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Prompted by a recent thread on lens fungus, I've spent two days inspecting and cleaning my lenses. Good news: no fungal matter to be seen in any.

In the process, I've been reminded all over again that playing with lenses beats picture taking, at least in my books.

White and black redneck piggies nicely marshalled on a dining room table.....giving them my alma mater (google, google google

) attention, one by one.

The superluminosity of 85L.
The genuine plasticity of 24-70L.
The girth and heft of my beloved Chubbylux 200 f/1.8 that just doesn't like to be handheld, and tries to flip and fall. A naughty baby she is.
The felt lined piston whoosh of the 100-400 zooming action.
Cool and deadly metal feel of 180L.
Lanky and elegant 400 f/5.6.

I get so much kick outta cleaning my babies.

Nov 04, 2009 at 03:15 AM

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Nov 04, 2009 at 03:18 AM

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PetKal wrote:
Prompted by a recent thread on lens fungus, I've spent two days inspecting and cleaning my lenses. Good news: no fungal matter to be seen in any.

Peter, if I remember correctly, there was a recent topic about "Fangus Protection"...not sure I remember anything about fungus though

Omar

Nov 04, 2009 at 03:22 AM

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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fangus

Nov 04, 2009 at 03:26 AM

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omarlyn wrote:
PetKal wrote:
Prompted by a recent thread on lens fungus, I've spent two days inspecting and cleaning my lenses. Good news: no fungal matter to be seen in any.

Peter, if I remember correctly, there was a recent topic about "Fangus Protection"...not sure I remember anything about fungus though

Omar

Omar, in the final analysis, the initial thrust as well as the title of the topic hardly mattered at all, because faster than we could say 'duck' the discussion (d)evolved into a sort of a New Jersey farmers almanach and a microclimate round table.

Nov 04, 2009 at 03:30 AM

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PetKal wrote:
Omar, in the final analysis, the initial thrust as well as the title of the topic hardly mattered at all, because faster than we could say 'duck' the discussion (d)evolved into a sort of a New Jersey farmers almanach and a microclimate round table.

Like I said, "not sure I remember anything about fungus though"

Omar

Nov 04, 2009 at 03:35 AM

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I feel sad when I sell any lens.

Nov 04, 2009 at 04:58 AM

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Oh my...it took you 2 days to clean all your lenses?

If I did it, it probably took 10 min max... I need more lenses

Nov 04, 2009 at 05:19 AM

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4x4rock wrote:
Oh my...it took you 2 days to clean all your lenses?

If I did it, it probably took 10 min max... I need more lenses

I played with them, then cleaned them a bit, then played some more.....we must take our time with the lenses. That's what I learned from arguably the best lovers on the planet: Italians.

Nov 04, 2009 at 05:50 AM

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PetKal wrote:
Prompted by a recent thread on lens fungus, I've spent two days inspecting and cleaning my lenses. Good news: no fungal matter to be seen in any.

In the process, I've been reminded all over again that playing with lenses beats picture taking, at least in my books.

White and black redneck piggies nicely marshalled on a dining room table.....giving them my alma mater (google, google google

One more thing you forget, go buy hygrometer

I am getting one after sucking several gallons of water last week-end out of my lens storage room air.

http://www.theweatherstore.com/dihy.html

Nov 04, 2009 at 11:31 AM

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It's easier to clean lenses if you don't use them.

Nov 04, 2009 at 05:59 PM

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Haha! I see what you did with that title, PetKal. But you can only get away with that because you don't have for 400 DO (or do you?

)

Nov 04, 2009 at 06:26 PM

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I just hope you used KY when you were playing with your 200 1.8.

Nov 04, 2009 at 06:46 PM

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Nick Nishizaka wrote:
I just hope you used KY when you were playing with your 200 1.8.

Ummm...Oh my!

Omar

Nov 04, 2009 at 06:53 PM

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garyvot wrote:
Haha! I see what you did with that title, PetKal. But you can only get away with that because you don't have for 400 DO (or do you?

)

Gary, I like all of my piggies to have red collars.......that whay I can refer to them as "rednecks". Now a green ringed lens would wreak havoc on our little old MacDonalds lens farm and its bucolic ways.

Nov 04, 2009 at 07:53 PM

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DavidP wrote:
It's easier to clean lenses if you don't use them.

Therein resides yet another benefit of being a collector.

Nov 04, 2009 at 07:54 PM

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PetKal wrote: Good news: no fungal matter to be seen in any.

But how many truck loads of "pidjun" $hit did you have to remove Pete!!!

Colin

Nov 04, 2009 at 08:51 PM

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PetKal wrote:
garyvot wrote:
Haha! I see what you did with that title, PetKal. But you can only get away with that because you don't have for 400 DO (or do you?

)

Now Peter you must send those Rednecks to me, all Canadians know or should know Rednecks are only in Alberta, so let them little Piggies have their freedom live in peace with all the other rednecks, we Albertans will look after them honest

Nov 04, 2009 at 08:54 PM

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burningheart wrote:
PetKal wrote:
garyvot wrote:
Haha! I see what you did with that title, PetKal. But you can only get away with that because you don't have for 400 DO (or do you?

)

You make a powerful argument for the repatriation of my little rednecks, Robert.

Nov 04, 2009 at 10:27 PM

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Colin Key wrote:
PetKal wrote: Good news: no fungal matter to be seen in any.

But how many truck loads of "pidjun" $hit did you have to remove Pete!!!

Colin

Not really a problem, Colin. Seldom shoot overhead pijuns, mostly horizontally panned flights.

Nov 04, 2009 at 10:30 PM

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