Makten wrote:
Yes, that's correct. Some poor guy died a couple of years ago when he got a block of ice falling on him. After that, the owners of the buildings must either remove the snow from their roofs or at least warn pedestrians in this way.
It's not a new rule; the owner of the building has always (as in for very many years) been obligated to make sure that snow and ice can't fall down from the roof, just as they are obligated to remove snow and ice from the sidewalk, or grit. The owner is responsible for any accident regardless of warning signs or planks.
Above: Gothenburg 2005, out of original context but showing how the rich lazy and egocentric building owners often believe a warning sign will do fine. (Yes, I slipped last week and my ego still hurts. Grr.) OK, no microcontrast, nor any blur in that one.
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Speaking of which, I broke my right arm last week slipping on ice right at the front door at work. Hope I can use it again when spring arrives. I hate winter
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Makten wrote:
Yes, that's correct. Some poor guy died a couple of years ago when he got a block of ice falling on him. After that, the owners of the buildings must either remove the snow from their roofs or at least warn pedestrians in this way.
Right. I'd rather have this in front of my lens than in my neck.
TWoK wrote:
I never want to taste anything else. ;D
Oh, and Cogitec, her teeth were great.
Japan is great.... I wish I could spend a year living and working there, but I hear that while you're a tourist the Japanese love you, the second you live/work there you become an outsider. It's been pretty true thus far with Singapore, so maybe it's like that with all Asian countries when you're white. Or maybe it's because I'm American
I've went through 76 pages in 2 evenings... I had to say something!
Well I'll add something constructive since I've started to write...
I really like the 58 rokor 1.2 photos, they're amazing, but the bokeh is distracting for anything other then abstract nature shots.
The 100 f/2 makro ZE looks amazing, I'm actually trying to get one Sunday night or Monday morning. I would like to see more portraits done with this lens, but I don't think anyone will be able to comply with my request by tomorrow morning...
Something to add about this topic, just because it's "admirable" doesn't mean it has real world applications, unless you're selling abstract nature prints. I'd love to see a lot of these lenses which have peaked my interest be used in a portrait setting....
adamdewilde wrote:
Japan is great.... I wish I could spend a year living and working there, but I hear that while you're a tourist the Japanese love you, the second you live/work there you become an outsider. It's been pretty true thus far with Singapore, so maybe it's like that with all Asian countries when you're white. Or maybe it's because I'm American
Best,
Adam
If you sell me your 1DsMkIII at half price, I will be your best friend in no time.
Can't help with ZE 100/2. I am evaluating this lens for its portrait ability as well, against 70-200f2.8 IS.
ManWearPants wrote:
If you sell me your 1DsMkIII at half price, I will be your best friend in no time.
Can't help with ZE 100/2. I am evaluating this lens for its portrait ability as well, against 70-200f2.8 IS.
I didn't even make it till Sunday or Monday, I cracked and picked one up Saturday before dinner... Fantastic, it's like love! I will try to work a lot with it in the next month or so, forcing it into any situation I can work wise and socially.... Hopefully I'll love it enough to switch-up my whole lens line up... Maybe end up going all Zeiss.
I'd sell the 1Ds3 at half price, but I'm not into long distance friendships, they're just so messy.
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
yep, according to Apple Aperture I have taken over 3000 photos with this lens and I have never seen anything like this, not even close. This lens has bokeh CA problems but not on this scale typically. However also have to be taken into account that there is nothing in 975px wide picture indicating that bokeh is as ugly as it is, and the 100% crops would result VERY large print (if assuming 72dpi => picture would be 78"/198cm wide at this magnification).
I had a problem with my 5DII a while back where it was streaking with yellow streaks, but it only took place once when I first picked up a new 50 1.4, and it only happened under florescent light. It then went away and never came back until last night while shooting with the newly purchased 100 makro ZE, but again, only happened once for about 5 or so shots then went away. I mean totally different problem, but I chalked it up to being something wrong with the sensor.
Now, something along the same lines as ur problem. I had a 1D2 a long long time ago, and in extremely cold weather conditions when I went outside and my cellphone LCD screen would freeze and not work, I would be shooting with this camera. Now I noticed I would get purple fringing in the cold, but not when it was warm and only with the 1 lens. The other lenses didn't do this no matter what temperature. So I thought either it was the metal swelling and shrinking that shifted the glass slightly, that or the sensor which was unlikely. The funny thing is though it could have also just been from the snow and the angle in which the light was hitting it... But more unlikely due to the fact that the lens performed well while warm...
Does any of this make sense to you?
Does it make sense to anyone... Maybe I was just crazy, but I could be on to something.
Don't mind the fact that it's out of focus, thats not the lens, thats my eyesight.. er I think its the fact that I wobble back and fourth... I even wear a powerband, I can't believe it doesn't help with my handheld shooting
Sorry for the lame example... But unless I try and re-create it, thats the best your gonna get.
Not really alt, and not really "admirable" but the first two are the nikon Af-s 300/4, with the third being the Nikon 50/1.8. All taken on 1.5x sensor.
I really like the first one. Not because the blur is anything to admire but because it has all the key elements - light, subject, composition - harmoniously blend together.
