Been a rough summer personally for me, due to reasons I haven't touched my camera for almost two months but a recent wedding where the photographer had canceled on the bride and groom and week prior to the wedding at least forced me to pick it back up again and help out. Good thing. Hopefully I'll get back to shooting some more now
Anyways, finally pulled the plug on the Olympus 40-150 F2.8 and have had the chance to test it some, very uncertain about the editing here, will probably redo it later. Couldn't decide between the 40-150 or the 7-14 when available in Sweden but decided I needed a tele more.
owyhee wrote:
Well I did not know my 12-40mm had a focus clutch. My lens did not stop working, I did. Here is an image in celebration (mine) that my lens still works and does not need to be sent to Olympus for repair.
I'm sure this is the most frequent support problem Olympus faces I can't count the number of times the fix has been "hey, put it back in AF with the clutch!"
It got me when I owned the lens too - I freaked out, turned off/on the camera, remounted lens...then finally figured it out haha
Ha Ha ... I think this has happened to most of us using the AF/MF clutch for the first time, and it's very easy to accidentally engage/disengage the clutch!
cputeq wrote:
I'm sure this is the most frequent support problem Olympus faces I can't count the number of times the fix has been "hey, put it back in AF with the clutch!"
It got me when I owned the lens too - I freaked out, turned off/on the camera, remounted lens...then finally figured it out haha
Wilbus wrote:
What are they doing there Julian? I'm a sailor my self but haven't got a clue as to what they are up to!
This boat sunk, although inshore and aground at low tide it was full of pebbles sand and water, therefore rocked and rolled about on low rocks as the tide came in or went out. I think it was there over about three or four tides, with only the top of the wheel house showing at high water.
It was quite lucky after such submersion, that the pumps actually worked when they went to tow it off, the battery lasted long enough to get the boat out into water with time to tow it back the 9 or so nautical miles, when the battery packed up. The engine is being rebuilt which blew when they tried to go astern with full power into the waves that were tossing it towards the rocky beach. I think the engine took in water which blew the head gaskets and bent the odd rod or two.
Considered a total right off, many planks had sprung and pebbles had lodges in the gaps keeping the gapes open and letting in water, ribs were cracked and a slight twist down the length. The pebbles have been removed and they are putting new ribs in here and adding steamed green oak ribs along side existing ones where appropriate. The copper nails are driven in pre drilled holes, through the original planks, through the new ribs and will be riveted.There is someone inside the hull holding the ribs in place as the nails are driven through. It is starting to look good already and the work is putting it back to how it was. Quite a young boat of 23 years so hopefully many more years ahead for a working inshore boat, originally built by the boat builder at Mevagissey one of a pair.
The boat builder overseeing this hands on is not the original builder but has vast experience in repairs. I do believe he has worked on a few well known Pirate ships in his time.
juju1958 wrote:
This boat sunk, although inshore and aground at low tide it was full of pebbles sand and water, therefore rocked and rolled about on low rocks as the tide came in or went out. I think it was there over about three or four tides, with only the top of the wheel house showing at high water.
It was quite lucky after such submersion, that the pumps actually worked when they went to tow it off, the battery lasted long enough to get the boat out into water with time to tow it back the 9 or so nautical miles, when the battery packed up. The engine is being rebuilt which blew when they tried to go astern with full power into the waves that were tossing it towards the rocky beach. I think the engine took in water which blew the head gaskets and bent the odd rod or two.
Considered a total right off, many planks had sprung and pebbles had lodges in the gaps keeping the gapes open and letting in water, ribs were cracked and a slight twist down the length. The pebbles have been removed and they are putting new ribs in here and adding steamed green oak ribs along side existing ones where appropriate. The copper nails are driven in pre drilled holes, through the original planks, through the new ribs and will be riveted.There is someone inside the hull holding the ribs in place as the nails are driven through. It is starting to look good already and the work is putting it back to how it was. Quite a young boat of 23 years so hopefully many more years ahead for a working inshore boat, originally built by the boat builder at Mevagissey one of a pair.
The boat builder overseeing this hands on is not the original builder but has vast experience in repairs. I do believe he has worked on a few well known Pirate ships in his time. ...Show more →
In today's plastic "throw-away as soon as it breaks" society, this is a great story. Nice to see care and craftsmanship still alive. IMO, you are showing us - pictorially - a slice of living history. Certainly not the only example, but refreshing just the same.
owyhee wrote:
Well I did not know my 12-40mm had a focus clutch. My lens did not stop working, I did. Here is an image in celebration (mine) that my lens still works and does not need to be sent to Olympus for repair.
Hi Aaron, as you know I am particularly keen about your Sawtooth pictures. For those on this board that have not been to this location in central Idaho, it is somewhat of a hidden treasure. The mountains in this location are as rugged as any place you would find in the world, and the streams are crystal clear. I just turned 50 years of age and in celebration went in July with some high school friends to Stanley, a place of my childhood. Much to my delight (and surprise) things were pretty much the same. It is said you can't go back home, but in some cases...I believe you can. Great shot. Keep them coming!
galenapass wrote:
In today's plastic "throw-away as soon as it breaks" society, this is a great story. Nice to see care and craftsmanship still alive. IMO, you are showing us - pictorially - a slice of living history. Certainly not the only example, but refreshing just the same.
Thanks galenapass, although about two months prior to this a much larger fibre glass fishing boat ran onto rocks, at the entrance of the harbour at seven knots laden with fish and gear. The five foot high net pounds a quarter the length of the boat and it's width full of heavy wet nets ended up shifting several feet forward, so they hit hard and stopped abruptly. It took water but they got of the rock and the bow onto this same slip. They did manage to repair it within the day being fibre glass, which as you know can be applied will dry and used that same day . But there is no reason this wooden boats wont be around in another fifty years and far beyond if cared for and really nothing that cannot be replaced.
There are problems though, even within the age of this boat, in it's twenty three years, it is hard to get green oak knot less ribs to the length of the originals these days. The quality timber is becoming rare along with the inevitable costs now. So they have to scarf joint which more of a compromise. But the boat yard here still builds large wooden boats and a joy to watch the purchased trees, planked and as the months go by a boat is created, with the use of many hand tools as well as more modern saws. A skill that hopefully will carry on, I think it is important that it is and agree fully with your sentiments.
When I look at documentary photography of communities, be it work or social it touches me and my favoured form of photography. We have a lot of images on walls of the small museum here, the local pubs and cafe's of the last century and before of this small fishing port,the generation of families, the boats the buildings, with the changes over the years. It is so informative to view.
I've got the 7-14mm f/2.8 in for review this week. The few shots I've taken so far look like it's pretty good. Quite sharp across the frame right from f/2.8. A bit of corner softness, but not bad at all. Some slight moustache distortion and the lens can flare if the sun's at the edge of the frame, but otherwise it looks good. Of course, a lot more to come. All of these are with the E-M5, and while I certainly took shots at multiple focal lengths, these happen to all be at 7mm:
I can't count the number of times the fix has been "hey, put it back in AF with the clutch!"
