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On March 27 2012 08:44 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 08:43 FragKrag wrote:
If you got into UCSB Chem E, it's actually one of the best in the nation for grad students (though this may not mean much to you), and it's probably the best engineering department we have at the moment.
I'd be hard pressed to justify going to UCSB if you got a bunch of full rides from other equivalent schools though. Not sure how Alabama or the others fare. Naw, Compsci.  I mean, UCSB program is better than others, just not sure about HOW much better. Haven't seen you on AIM for ages T-T
CS here is... okay, unless you got into the Engineering BS CS, which is actually good.
While PhD rankings probably don't translate directly toward undergrad education, if the PhD program is top 5 in the world, you are guaranteed to at least have top notch faculty, and more research opportunities.
Yeah, I haven't been using AIM at all recently. Facebook and IRC have largely replaced it as my to-go chat programs
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Same. I just idle in AIM.
Anyways, yeah. I'm in the engineering CS program.
I'm really torn between SD, SB, and saving a shitton of $
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what's your goal with photography? make money? impress other people? maybe you just like photos?
Make money: only if I get good and people want me to do it. It's not my primary objective.
Impress other people: nope. There are easier ways :|
Like photos: really this. I want to become halfway reasonable.
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If you want to do CS, I would recommend SD or another school, based purely on an academic perspective of course.
If you want to go to college, I suggest UCSB :p
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On March 27 2012 10:09 FragKrag wrote:
If you want to do CS, I would recommend SD or another school, based purely on an academic perspective of course.
If you want to go to college, I suggest UCSB :p
Haha. Realistically the only reason academically SB is better is the program is 300 vs like 1200 :|
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On March 26 2012 23:45 Froadac wrote:
Although none of them are quite on the level of UCSD, it would save around 120-130k. I could potentially get a masters with saved money.
That is a significant amount of money you will be saving. In the long run, that may outweigh attending a university that you have to pay any amount of money for, regardless of prestige. If you have plans for going on and pursuing graduate school, it might make even more sense because where you go to grad school matters way more than where you went for undergrad. Just food for thought.
I ordered a 550d with a stock lens, and some random rather useless accessories. It cost $500 used, from a reputable resaler. (KEH) It was in “excellent” condition. The 550d/t2i isn’t a bad camera, and I’d like to start doing some more serious photography. What should I start with, and are there any good “guides” per se. Also, any other rather cheap but good class I should invest in. Would a 50mm F1.8 be worthwhile?
The camera should arrive Tuesday. Expect many pictures :D
50mm f/1.8 would be nice, and is generally advocated as something to get for photographers since the days of film, but keep in mind that on a crop sensor it will end up being a little tele and may be too tight of a field of view for what you might want. When you get your camera, put the kit zoom on and try out various common prime focal lengths (28mm, 30mm, 35mm, 40mm, 50mm) and see which one you can work with the most and then look for a good prime in that length. For me on a crop sensor, a 35mm prime most closely approximates what I feel to be 'normal.'
You can read more about this here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_factor
Other than that, read the manual for it and then go out and use the camera. Set it to a priority mode or even full manual and fiddle about until you start getting the hang of how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO come together in building an exposure.
You will also get an eye towards photographing certain kinds of subjects if you use the camera a lot at every opportunity. For instance, I found out that that I happen to like photographing nerds winning thousands of dollars. Much more exciting than pictures of trees and clouds, I think.
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Fair enough. I'm aware of crop factor :D
I mean, it IS a ton of money. Blargh. The suck :|
Not planning on doing grad necessarily.
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UCSB Comp Sci program is great. Lots of amazing professors.
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Yeah. I've heard good things about staff for UCSD/UCSB.
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Come to OU! It's a great football school and you can probably make $10k from your scholarships over 4 years.
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Make 10k?
I mean, it's an option. Sorta reluctant to move there though.
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On March 27 2012 10:34 itsjustatank wrote:
You will also get an eye towards photographing certain kinds of subjects if you use the camera a lot at every opportunity. For instance, I found out that that I happen to like photographing nerds winning thousands of dollars. Much more exciting than pictures of trees and clouds, I think.
i like trees and clouds (ooh, don't forget about mountains and water, and sometimes buildings) more than people, so really you need to find what you want to take photos of before moving forward with your gear. =) eye of the beholder and all that.
i learned a ton about focal length by shooting with the 50mm f/1.8 exclusively on a trip to japan. unfortunately it also meant a ton of weird pictures since i learned what you shouldn't use it for, but it was a good learning experience. you can accomplish the same thing with the kit lens though.
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I want to get one, but price is still high. Even $100 is sorta out of budget right now. 50mm might actually be better than kit though :|
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