With so many furloughed or losing their job, a promotion is a huge win.
Yeah there's some element of guilt and doubt creeping in, impostor syndrome probably. Biggie smalls was right, lol.
It's been a rough ride the last few months. The world's all topsy turvy it seems.
I had my promotion talk last year and asked what'd I need to do, set targets, kept my head down and worked for 'em.
When all this hit, I just buried them. I've had friends who have lost their jobs, their businesses, felt grateful I still had a job even. Then I got the call, scheduled for an interview with the higher-ups and just like that, it was done.
It's been a rough ride the last few months. The world's all topsy turvy it seems.
I don't really meet nobody but over the laptop. I even attended a Zoom funeral(?), Zoom eulogy; an ex passed on, she was only 37, too young, much too young. Coughing or sneezing in public is such a snafu now, and seeing someone without a face mask is simply too bizarre as they're mandatory here.
It's been a rough ride the last few months. The world's all topsy turvy it seems.
The markets were bleeding red when it all started, I stayed away from the news as my heart would quicken as I peered at my portfolio. But it's all mad now, the bulls are raging with fundamentals thrown out of the window. Everyone's gambling and I'm far ahead than when I first looked. Reagan pointed out AMZN's rocketed past $3,000, and I quietly made 5Cs from a day's trading.
It's been a rough ride the last few months. The world's all topsy turvy it seems.
And for normalcy I browse through this thread. From woodland hikes to lotus flower ponds, somewhere out there it still feels alright. The icing on the cake would be a photo of the Fairfax laundromat, pretty please.
Get the correct tools (JIS screwdrivers), take pics and notes, use infinity position as a reference. Make marks as Richard shows. It is a real pain if you mess up helical separation to get things back right. If it is totally dried out and locked up loosen the helicoids with some rubbing alcohol first so you are able to move it enough to be able to work from a known position like infinity. I’ve done 2 or 3 of these 105 f1.8’s they are not too difficult.
Elkins45 wrote:
A local camera shop quoted $194 to CLA my 105mm F1.8.
Given I can buy a used F2.5 for less than that it looks like I’m going to be learning how to take apart a lens.
Here are some from my day at the market in "STANTON." This is the correct way to say Staunton, and the readers of the forum probably, like me were unaware of that. It is a beautiful little city in central Virginia, very scenic and very historic.
These are my version of excellent shots taken and posted by Leighton over the years The groceries were fresh and the open market had a lot of visitors.
Zichar wrote:
The icing on the cake would be a photo of the Fairfax laundromat, pretty please.
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Alas Chin, Sue insists on doing my laundry so I don't have to go to the laundromat...
Next time I'm in the neighborhood I'll grab a few photos of the parking lot... Of course, you know the area well from your visit. We had lunch across the street at the Good Earth grocery store cafe... the cafe isn't open right now. All good has to be taken out of the store. Yes, it is a crazy world but in the United States we have the choice of whether to wear masks or not... we are rugged individualists... I'm afraid Covid will have to do its thing with us. We'll find how that works in the coming year. I wish us all well.
Here's a shot I posted a while back of the Good Earth. Hopefully that will help you for the moment...
Wonderful having good friends visit... Chin, Buddy and Jose. Congratulations on your new camera Jose. I have no need for so many megapixels but I certainly understand how they can help someone going long, as you do most of the time. And a reminder to those who are new to the thread, Jose is an ornithologist eternally taking photos of birds that he has generously shared with all of us.
Spending so much time at the computer, which most of us are doing because of Covid, finding a bit of relief from life's challenges makes a visit to this thread a must. We just keep rolling along. In six weeks we'll be marking the TENTH anniversary of this thread. Hope everyone is able to drop by on August 22 to say hello. This is a rather remarkable feat in the internet world. We definitely have to thank Fred for keeping this website going as well as a thank you to each other for keeping the conversation going. I guess if we weren't enjoying ourselves we would have left as many have over the years. But somehow the draw of these lenses continues to inspire us. All good.
I have three 5.8cm, one like new, one nice, and one assembled from pieces, including loose lens elements. These lenses are well made but very easy to take apart.
The 148XXX is like new, the 155XXX is nice, the 156XXX is the Frankenstein. The 152xxx the donor corpse.
So the summary of the test is: NOT ONE of my lenses focuses to infinity, they all focus a little short of infinity. I won't adjust them, anyone that uses this lens for landscape is nuts. One uses it for unique look, great bokeh, it is very nice for portrait rendition, looks very different at 1.4, 2.0 and 2.8 but that bokeh and smoothness makes for good portraits at any aperture.
All three were close enough in performance that the Z6 could not tell them apart, would need more MPs for that.
saph wrote:
Scott, at least you didn't do a Ben and call it banal. Nicely seen and captured!!!
Yes, Scott, nicely done.
Samy - what do you mean "do a Ben and call it banal"? Are you in cahoots with Philippe in propagating this lie? I'm not the one who used 'banal' (You knew I'd bite if you dangled the bait - hope I didn't disappoint).
Rafael - you only have 6 105s? sheesh, I had 11 or 12, not of your standard of course but still.......
Z7 + FTZ + Nikkor 300mm f/4.5K ai'd ED (non-IF) + SC17 cable + SB400 on a lateral bracket (fill flash), hand held, some 7-8m away; ISO 500, f/5.6 at 1/200s; ~15% cropped (7/45MP).
REvisiting old photos as I do not go much anywhere, my processing is better.
The 20mm 3.5 UD is outstanding, no mater what anyone else says, very sharp fully open if you match the field curvature. Ben made me buy two, one from down under. These are all at 3.5.
rafaelcasd wrote:
REvisiting old photos as I do not go much anywhere, my processing is better.
The 20mm 3.5 UD is outstanding, no mater what anyone else says, very sharp fully open if you match the field curvature. Ben made me buy two, one from down under. These are all at 3.5.
Is that true Rafael......did I really influence your purchase of the 20mm f3.5? I'd be very happy if I did. Not many people appreciate it, it's big and heavy and optically it has some quirks which people either love or hate. Please don't tell me you paid $69.
When I took the photo, thought they were models as is often the case in this area of Central Park. After a second look while performing tweaks, perhaps not. The couple seemed to be having too good of a time.
Fuji S5 + 50/2 Ai @ f/5.6
Have a fun weekend,
Serge
