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You could try asking people in the UTC area where there are about 5 large apts complexes that went condo. I rent next to one of those, The Venetian. In 2004, at the peak of the bubble, the 2-bed, 2-bath conversions were being offered for $480K by the company that did the conversion. I still have the brochures. Today you can find listings in the MLS asking $280K. They might sell for less. The place has gone to the dogs, “Investors” that bought those condos rent them out to people that wouldn’t be able to qualify to rent in the area. I have seen families with teenagers living in the tiny condos. Apparently you can have dogs in condos but not in apartments so now the neighborhood is full of dogs that poop all over the place. Crime rate has also gone up and I see more minorities (not Asian). In my opinion conversions have brought UTC down.
bubble_contagionParticipantYou could try asking people in the UTC area where there are about 5 large apts complexes that went condo. I rent next to one of those, The Venetian. In 2004, at the peak of the bubble, the 2-bed, 2-bath conversions were being offered for $480K by the company that did the conversion. I still have the brochures. Today you can find listings in the MLS asking $280K. They might sell for less. The place has gone to the dogs, “Investors” that bought those condos rent them out to people that wouldn’t be able to qualify to rent in the area. I have seen families with teenagers living in the tiny condos. Apparently you can have dogs in condos but not in apartments so now the neighborhood is full of dogs that poop all over the place. Crime rate has also gone up and I see more minorities (not Asian). In my opinion conversions have brought UTC down.
bubble_contagionParticipantYou could try asking people in the UTC area where there are about 5 large apts complexes that went condo. I rent next to one of those, The Venetian. In 2004, at the peak of the bubble, the 2-bed, 2-bath conversions were being offered for $480K by the company that did the conversion. I still have the brochures. Today you can find listings in the MLS asking $280K. They might sell for less. The place has gone to the dogs, “Investors” that bought those condos rent them out to people that wouldn’t be able to qualify to rent in the area. I have seen families with teenagers living in the tiny condos. Apparently you can have dogs in condos but not in apartments so now the neighborhood is full of dogs that poop all over the place. Crime rate has also gone up and I see more minorities (not Asian). In my opinion conversions have brought UTC down.
bubble_contagionParticipantThe company that I work for hires a lot of college-educated unskilled workers. I have no problems with Nancy’ bill.
bubble_contagionParticipantThe company that I work for hires a lot of college-educated unskilled workers. I have no problems with Nancy’ bill.
bubble_contagionParticipantThe company that I work for hires a lot of college-educated unskilled workers. I have no problems with Nancy’ bill.
bubble_contagionParticipantThe company that I work for hires a lot of college-educated unskilled workers. I have no problems with Nancy’ bill.
bubble_contagionParticipantThe company that I work for hires a lot of college-educated unskilled workers. I have no problems with Nancy’ bill.
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October 11, 2008 at 2:42 PM in reply to: OT: Duh, the filter on the camera makes a huge difference. #285723bubble_contagionParticipantThe front element of most lenses is very strong and you can clean it with confidence. Just do not put solution directly on the lens since it is not sealed. I prefer to keep clean the lens and not the filter plus the lens.
IS will give you 2-3 stops so if your subjects are not moving it is a big advantage. I would go for this telefoto lens:
Canon 70-300 f/4-5.6 with Image Stabilizer, for a half an arm.
The Canon 17-80 I.S. is a good companion lens to that telephoto and has a perfect range for travel.
The L series will give you better quality but if you cannot afford them try to improve the picture quality by shooting RAW and post-processing with software like Lightroom, Aperture, Photoshop.
Shoot the same picture in aperture priority at f/8 and f/2.8, if the quality is similar you have a good lens. If f/2.8 looks soft, you now know why the L series is so expensive.
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