I hope you called ME. But really, if you don't call them, you just need to haul your bags over to the counter and they should be able to fit you in a bus.
The memory cards and the Eneloops is more urgent. Hope you get them soon.
But the most important thing - an unfinished TR????
Isn't that grounds for banishment from the Dis?
Ok, you can calm down now. I recently (well, about 45 minutes ago) got OFF the phone with Disney and booked my ME reservations. It's nice to finally have a working phone again! The usb port/charging port got all flubbed up on mine, and both my batteries were dead. I did order an external charger last Thursday, was supposed to be delivered Saturday, ended up here Tuesday (Monday was a holiday here in the States), but I had to walk home, so I didn't make it to the office in time to pick it up!
Ahem, so yup, I'm officially riding the bus.
Hi! I noticed you have the 55-250 lens! I am thinking about getting that.
You said it is under rated? So you like it? What exactly do you use it for in the parks? Can you give me an example of one of the pics in your PTR that used it.
I am thinking I want it for shows and parades. Would it work in any of the dark shows such as Finding Nemo or Lion King?
The nifty 250 as PIO (and several others) call it is very underrated. I love mine a lot. For a ~$200-$250 lens, the IQ is very decent. Now, it's not an end-all, be-all, professional level of lens, but it's very good for a kit/entry level for sure.
Now, I'm not 100% sure what I put in this PTR as far as photos... so I'm just going to post a few of the better ones that I took with the lens here instead
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All of the below were taken with the 55-250, I'll also point out other pertinent info as I see fit.
The first, was my first large use of the lens at Disney (and really, over all). Lights, Motor, Action!
This is cropped in a little bit (original dimensions 4752x3168, this is 2033x3050 (well, this is 600x800, but the full size one is that one above
) 123mm, 1/400s @ f/13 ISO 400. In hindsight, I probably could have gone tighter and used a wider aperture to narrow the DoF, but I think this is still pretty solid, especially for one of my first uses of the lens.
Indy Show
Speaking of opening up the lens a bit, both of these were shot at f/5.6. This was on the same day as LMA above, so still learning. Shot the whole show (well, we got there late, so MOST of the show) with the lens and got some other nice images as well. Neither of these are cropped at all.
Since you asked for it, and it's next in my group... Nemo Musical
I REALLY liked using this lens here. I'm sure a faster one would have been even better, but I got quite a few great shots with this thing.
The first was 250mm 1/50s @ f/10 ISO 3200 (why such a narrow aperture? /shrug, I bet I forgot to change something before going in there...), the second 55mm 1/100s @ f/5.0 ISO 1600.
I learned from attempting to photograph Hall of Presidents on my first day, to meter for the stage (spot helps). Metering for everything will blow out the elements being lit up on stage, because there's so much darkness around them. Also, I figured since it was dark, I better use my 50mm f/1.8... yeah, that didn't work out. The whole trip was about learning it seems.
Now, we'll head on over to FotLK
The focal lengths and exposure info is different for each of these, and all are cropped to some extent. But these are only 3 of my 7 top shots from the show, and I have many others that were very good (just didn't quite make my wholly self created 5 star rating due to too close to better ones, or just a thing or two that I didn't like as much).
And lastly, some misc shots. I think most of these didn't make it into the PTR as they didn't really help tell the story of the planning.
Obviously, different exposure, cropping, and other PP stuff added to some of them, but it gives you an idea of the range of what I was able to do with that one lens.
Now, this year's trip may be a little different in my focus (no pun intended) as I recently picked up both a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 and the Canon EX430II Speedlite. Since they're new toys, I'm going to want to play with them a bit. I do bet that my 55-250 will get a workout though, as it's my primary lens even for non-Disney stuff.
for finishing your PTR. I've been slacking sooooo much I really haven't gotten round to doing much with mine. Don't feel so bad knowing you haven't finished your TR from last year 
I know for me time has just flown and the closer the trip gets the faster time goes!
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for 10 days! Almost single digits!
