leighton w wrote:
How could ever live without cell phone coverage?
Really easily!
I miss the days where we were all free agents and not contactable 24/7. No cell phones, no email, no instant messaging ... just a Filofax, Rolodex and one of those flip open A-Z address things
I thought for a moment the boss was back with some rose shots. It’s not the same without Curtis ... it’s like we’re missing a celebrity. Sure, characters like Leighton & Reagan are celebs, but more B-Grade.
I miss the days where we were all free agents and not contactable 24/7. No cell phones, no email, no instant messaging ... just a Filofax, Rolodex and one of those flip open A-Z address things
Dean its funny that just the other day I came across my old File-o-Fax and wondered what can I repurpose it in to. Notes/planner/phone #s and a map of the London tubes made it essential. Funny that was only 30 years ago.
I thought for a moment the boss was back with some rose shots. It’s not the same without Curtis ... it’s like we’re missing a celebrity. Sure, characters like Leighton & Reagan are celebs, but more B-Grade.
Been a B grade my whole life
I am comfortable with it
slugly wrote:
Thank you Colin, that's all quite good to know. The 16/3.5 is of interest to me as is the 50/2 H. I do have the AF-S 16-85 zoom which covers a broad range but would definitely like to add a few more manual lenses to my collection.
The N 24 2.8 seems to work quite well, here are the results from today.
Great set.
Yes, the 16-85 is a good all-rounder in IR. Convenient walk-about zoom range and VR.
I find my copy best at the long end but modern lens coatings rob acuity - hence the MF lenses really shine compared to the 16-85. Do a comparison of the same scene at 24mm with your 24/2.8 N.
I just bought a Nikkor 18mm f/3.5 Ai-S on the local ebay It's in the Kolarivision good list for IR so will make a handy 27mm equivalent on the crop bodies (I love 28), as well as being a nice ultra-wide for full frame.
James Markus wrote:
Kevin, I found some carbs were not the same as others. The more refined the faster they convert to sugar. Mixing with protein seems to slow the conversion. White rice is like eating sugar with a spoon - huge spike. Brown rice has almost no effect. For years I was on both a renal, and diabetic diet. It was an extremely boring diet - with none of the things I enjoyed. Plain white bread, and berries. I had to avoid anything that had skins on them...like brown rice, beans, tomatoes, meat, animal protein, leafy green plants like spinach (I dreamt for years about my spanakopita) After the transplant I had to learn all over again what I could eat. I have a slice of this bread most every breakfast with cream cheese and cayenne pepper. Here is the recipe for the bread. It seems to convert to sugar slowly, so it is good for my glucose levels. (all with the 105mm f4.0 ais)
EDIT-Plus 2-3 teaspoons of salt http://www.photomatter.com/2020/Recipe-web.jpg
Planning on a slice of this today - which is bad for the sugar, but good for thanksgiving. A Bête Noire by my wife Barb. "It is a flour-less chocolate cake, with bourbon, peppercorns, orange and bitters. I've never made it before. Very interesting spice profile." I'll let you know... http://www.photomatter.com/2020/BeteNoire-web.jpg
I had one day where my carb intake was exactly 1 gram. 24 hours, 1 gram of carbs. No kidding though, was the most boring day of food and only water to drink. The following morning, my sugars were 166. Previous day, 118. That day, I was stuck driving a lot that day and the gas station only had junk food. Grabbed a Snickers and at dinner, Subway sandwich... Makes no sense. My doctor is confident she will figure it out...I'm not so sure. It's almost as if my mom and I have both type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the same time. If we both maintain the same diet we had before we were diagnosed, just in moderation, our sugars are not bad. It's bizarre.
Some of us have done even worse. Too glad to be done being a student 
