I'm going to be letting go of my manual focus gear here soon. My diabetes, although well controlled, has caused a lot of collateral damage to my body. My doctors are puzzled as to why, but I have diabetic neuropathy like they would see in someone that has had a lifetime of unchecked diabetes (the pain in my feet and legs sometimes is unreal, close to kidney stone pain). Also, my eyesight has gone to absolute hell in a hand basket. One day, I can see sort of OK, the next, I am using my distance glasses to read my computer screen, because my computer glasses are useless. Some days, I forget that I have my computer glasses on because I can see everything just fine through them. Biggest issue though, the neuropathy is spreading to my hands. Light weight items, I can carry without much issues. My XT2 with an adapted 50/1.4 and a wrist strap I can carry all day without too many issues. Toss the 55/1.2 and it starts to slip out of my hands. Put the 300/2.8 on there, well, its a tripod lens now. I feel so old......Show more →
I sympathise, while not having the extremes of physical problems ('merely' the dilapidations of age generally) eyesight issues have made mf a slow and uncertain process.
The light weight and sure focus of the Fujis have meant I can concentrate on the subject, rather than having too be so careful with heavier gear, and keep the mf Nikkors and others for 'special occasions'.
I'm going to be letting go of my manual focus gear here soon. My diabetes, although well controlled, has caused a lot of collateral damage to my body. My doctors are puzzled as to why, but I have diabetic neuropathy like they would see in someone that has had a lifetime of unchecked diabetes (the pain in my feet and legs sometimes is unreal, close to kidney stone pain). Also, my eyesight has gone to absolute hell in a hand basket. One day, I can see sort of OK, the next, I am using my distance glasses to read my computer screen, because my computer glasses are useless. Some days, I forget that I have my computer glasses on because I can see everything just fine through them. Biggest issue though, the neuropathy is spreading to my hands. Light weight items, I can carry without much issues. My XT2 with an adapted 50/1.4 and a wrist strap I can carry all day without too many issues. Toss the 55/1.2 and it starts to slip out of my hands. Put the 300/2.8 on there, well, its a tripod lens now. I feel so old......Show more →
saph wrote:
Haha some of us can gain weight just looking at that delicious pumpkin bread
Hitting the rowing machine now. Gearing up for the annual Concept2 Holiday challenge. Going for the 200km mark between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. That should hopefully offset the extra goodies
gbohannon wrote:
Hitting the rowing machine now. Gearing up for the annual Concept2 Holiday challenge. Going for the 200km mark between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. That should hopefully offset the extra goodies
G
Johnny Cash use to say “there ain’t no calories if you eat standing up!” Let me know how that works out for you!
Kevin, I am so sorry to hear of your health problems. I had neuropathy in my feet and legs for over three years. I hardly slept that entire time - "unreal" is an understatement. The variable vision also plagued me, but now seems related to fluctuations in my sugar levels. I hope you can have peace from these ailments soon.
gbohannon wrote:
Hitting the rowing machine now. Gearing up for the annual Concept2 Holiday challenge. Going for the 200km mark between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. That should hopefully offset the extra goodies
G
I have a Concept2 too! Bought one 10 years ago. Probably not a good idea to publish my distance times in fear of being humiliated by yours. Maybe I should take up the challenge as well this year. Approx 10k per day. Mmmmm. Mine is in the garage so it can often be cold at this time of the year. Used it extensively to built up stamina and breathing capacity after being so ill in March/April.
saph wrote:
Jose, are you publishing an ornithology book with all those species documented in it?
Yes Samy, by coincidende last October I published ( with the help of several ex-students) a free (photo)ebook on birds and habitats at the preserve I have fieldworked last 20 or more years.
I have not posted over here because the text is in Portuguese only, anyway, there are lots of images, some from the time I used positive films.
Any of you can get it from the link below, but be warned the text is in Portuguese only. I have not quantified yet, but a lot (perhaps ~1/4) of the images were taken with manual focus Nikkors:
Oh, and be warned too that the size of the PDF is gigantic (~550mb), since I made the option of a huge sized book (50x28cm) with 300dpi images, just for people zooming up to 100-200% without losing image quality.
DeltaSigma wrote:
I have a Concept2 too! Bought one 10 years ago. Probably not a good idea to publish my distance times in fear of being humiliated by yours. Maybe I should take up the challenge as well this year. Approx 10k per day. Mmmmm. Mine is in the garage so it can often be cold at this time of the year. Used it extensively to built up stamina and breathing capacity after being so ill in March/April.
Game on....?
There are 50k, 100k, and 200k options. They make a donation per km rowed. There are a number of charities it goes to. I picked Doctors Without Borders.
Trust me, I am not a speed demon on it. Slow and steady wins the race, right? I got one after my bike accident back in 2004. Great low impact full body therapy.
Wanted to take a minute and wish all of you in the United States (or expats) an early Happy Thanksgiving. Whether you are celebrating within your household, via Zoom with extended family and friends, this year will be different for sure.
I know we will have some empty chairs at the table this year. All the best to you and may we all get back to a more normal life in the not too distant future.
Hang in there gang and God bless.
George
Shot with the GFX 50R and adapted Nikkor-P 75mm f/2.8 medium format lens for Bronica.
gbohannon wrote:
Wanted to take a minute and wish all of you in the United States (or expats) an early Happy Thanksgiving. Whether you are celebrating within your household, via Zoom with extended family and friends, this year will be different for sure.
I know we will have some empty chairs at the table this year. All the best to you and may we all get back to a more normal life in the not too distant future.
Hang in there gang and God bless.
George
Shot with the GFX 50R and adapted Nikkor-P 75mm f/2.8 medium format lens for Bronica.
Beautiful rendering. Happy Thanksgiving to and yours too.
Downloaded and reading through the PDF, amazing compilation Jose! Great to see your work we have seen on the thread over the years published!
I recognize some of the pictures already from your posts. I can't understand Portuguese but can definitely understand, and appreciate the camera metadata you are including with the images!!!
asiostygius wrote:
Yes Samy, by coincidende last October I published ( with the help of several ex-students) a free (photo)ebook on birds and habitats at the preserve I have fieldworked last 20 or more years.
I have not posted over here because the text is in Portuguese only, anyway, there are lots of images, some from the time I used positive films.
Any of you can get it from here, but be warned the text is in Portuguese. I have not quantified yet, but a lot (perhaps 1/4 to 1/3) of images were taken with manual focus Nikkors:
Oh, and be warned the size of the PDF is huge (~550mb), since I made the option of a huge sized book (50x28cm) with 300dpi images, just for zooming to 100-200% without losing image quality. ...Show more →
