$256 Sparkfun gift card for sale
DavidZemon
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I was paid for a side job via SparkFun gift card, but after perusing around, they don't have anything I really want. Will anyone give me $225 $200 ANYTHING for it? Google Wallet & PayPal acceptable.
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Dropping price to $200
I will only go ahead with this if I get requests for at least $128.
On a second read, I think the above might be a bit confusing.
Say Erco, Billy, Bob, Joe and Fred each want $25 worth of stuff. They send me part numbers, quantities, and shipping addresses. Let's also assume shipping comes out to $5 each, so their total is $30 each (or $150 total). At that point, I'll buy everything with my gift card in five separate orders and get them sent on their way. When each of the five packages arrive, the recipients will send me $27 ($30 - 10%).
If Fred didn't join in on the group buy, then the total is only $120, which is less than half and deemed too risky. Less than half, and it's a no go.
I'd rather buy a bunch of Arduino electronics kits and donate them to my local Coder Dojo organization. Reselling on eBay would be way too much work for this lazy bum.
Is there a Sparkfun forum you can advertise the card on?
This had me laughing out loud!
Tried once at the same time that i started this post. No response.
David,
Please define anything. I don't want to offer you a lowball price, and discover that I've insulted both your sensibilities and your pride, especially that, since it travels in groups of five and increases exponentially. Oh and if you do want such a price, PM me please with contact details.
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erco, why would your robots be visiting NYC? I think I saw one being ignored by a cab, twice.
"It won't be long now" said the dog with his tail on the railroad track.
I wouldn't go below $200 if I were you. Money's money.
Or else, get someone to do a side job for you, offering the card as payment.
Way to dodge that bullet!
Hang on, I think I have another one sitting around here....
I'd say you got the lens use down! Looks great David.
I doubt the images I take with my end of the deal will look so good but I've wanted an excuse to try one of SparkFun's FLiR Dev Kits since I first saw it. Thanks to the deal struck with David, I can try it a more reasonable price.
There's nothing in my neighborhood worth looking at at such a high resolution :P
Here you go though. This is a full-res image of a couple wedding gifts.
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The blur in the bottom left of the image is pretty extreme though. I can't tell if that's bokeh or damage inside the lens. The zoom action and focus ring are damaged (replacement lens arriving later today) but I haven't been able to repeat this extreme blur in the bottom left with any other shots.
I just assumed the blur was a depth of field thing.
I don't see signs of a flash so I assume the photo was taken with ambient light. Right? Wouldn't that require a low f stop number (with accompanying narrow field of view)?
I'm not familiar with either the camera or lens but am I missing something obvious.
Has much changed in photography since I earned my photography merit badge 40 years ago?
So YOU'RE his Huckleberry! Nice to hear everyone made out.
No flash, 1/13s, f/4.5, 48mm, ISO 800. Maybe it's fine
The lens is probably wide open or close to wide open for that focal length, so you will seem image quality issues toward the edges which combined with being out of focus anyway will look worse.
You first set of shots didn't show any issues in that corner and most (all?) of them were also shot wide open for the 200mm focal length.
The damage you descirbe could have knocked an element loose or messed up VR in some way, so any testing with this lens is pretty much pointless.
The 1/13 of a second shutter speed is probably on the limits of the VR's capability - you're asking for about 3-4 stops worth of shake for the VR to pick up. Plus you may not be as steady yet if you aren't used to the bigger glass hanging off the front of your camera.
The pictures with the new lens are a lot better than the picture you were getting from your gift card!!