> Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel; I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down. I was looking for my keys. They were not in my pockets.
> A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing. Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot.
>
> My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them. His theory is that the car will be stolen.
>
> As I burst through the door, I came to a terrifying conclusion. His theory was right. The parking lot was empty. I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen.
> Then I made the most difficult call of all, "Honey," I stammered; ( I always call him "honey" in times like these.) "I left my keys in the car and it's been stolen."
>
> There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice.
>
> "Are you kiddin' me", he barked, "I dropped you off"!!!!!!!
>
> Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me."
>
> He retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this cop I didn't steal your car."
>
> Yep it's the golden years................ ...Show more →
When I bought my first macro lens a few years ago, a Sigma 105 opened up a whole new world
Still got the Sigma and use it but main lens is now the Canon 100L
> Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel; I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down. I was looking for my keys. They were not in my pockets.
> A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing. Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot.
>
> My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them. His theory is that the car will be stolen.
>
> As I burst through the door, I came to a terrifying conclusion. His theory was right. The parking lot was empty. I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen.
> Then I made the most difficult call of all, "Honey," I stammered; ( I always call him "honey" in times like these.) "I left my keys in the car and it's been stolen."
>
> There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice.
>
> "Are you kiddin' me", he barked, "I dropped you off"!!!!!!!
>
> Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me."
>
> He retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this cop I didn't steal your car."
>
> Yep it's the golden years................ ...Show more →
Mine was shooting night shots with the 5D and 35 1.4L and could capture a sky full of stars at ISO 6400 at less than 1 second exposure.
Further experimentation resulted in a new minor hobby of astrophotography
In regard to camera: my first digital camera in 2002 which was a Sony DSC-P5 P&S (3 MP) camera which I was using in addition to my film SLRs. It was my first entry to digital photography and also the start of post-processing my digital photos.
In regard to lenses: nothing amazed me as much as of having tilt/shift lens capability. I started with the old T/S lens version of Canon's 24/3.5 lens and upgraded last year to the version II. It is my most used lens so far together with my 50 mm prime lenses.
stan23 wrote:
When the D30 came out, it blew my mind. First real affordable DSLR with an amazing smooth sensor. I think I paid 2399 at the time, which was an absolute steal.
Same here. That was my biggest aha!
Upgrading from my Nikon Coolpix D990 to the Canon D30 DSLR + Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens. I captured bokeh for the first time.
BTW: I paid $3,000 for it and another $500 for a 500MB Microdrive.
1. 1970-something -- Looking through my first 35mm SLR (an old match-needle Mamiya/Sekkor something) after shooting with an Instamatic 126 for a couple of years.
2. 1980-something: Canon "New" F-1 with 5 fps motor and AE finder -- I though this camera was blindingly fast at everything....
3. 1990-something: Canon A-2 and auto-focus --- The aforementioned F-1 seems so slow now. Worked wonders for my BIF keeper rate.
4. 2006: Digital -- No longer was I constrained by film and processing budgets. Still have a spot in my heart for Kodachrome 64. Shot it occasionally till the sad end. Velvia sucked, BTW.... garishly oversaturated colors.
5. 2011: 1D4 and 10fps with accurate AF -- Adds a whole new perspective to fast-moving subjects.
