NightOwl Cat wrote:
I agree, Colin. This week has been pretty awful. Sunday I got my new sous vide, bought steaks to cook with it... seasoned first steak and turned on the machine, and it started throwing STOP on the screen. Not knowing what to expect, I thought it meant it was showing stop for the button to hit... nope, no circulating water. After 3 hours of messing with it, and goggling, (manufacturer's web site is TOTALLY useless) I got a return for it, and another sent out, which arrived yesterday. Tested it, and it works, and heats the water quickly. Steak will go in there tonight when I get home.
Also Sunday, I bit into something, and my front tooth broke in half, from the gumline down. Scrambled to find a dentist that took my insurnace... first five I called did not. Made an appointment with a chain, and then one that I'd tried calling and got no answer, got back with me yesterday and had an appointment open, so made appointment there, and cancelled the chain's. Escaped with a $500 payment and a temp crown, new crown for both front in three weeks.
Spectrum wire was down on the ground. They came out Saturday to fix it, but son who lives with me slept through when they were coming. Had to redo the appointment also for yesterday. Guy ran the wire back up, only to discover that squirrels had chewed through, so all new wiring installed outside..
My plans for Tuesday, my day off, kaput.
Back to work the rest of the week.BOO HISS.
First world problems for me though.
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Which sous vide did you get? I love mine. Cook with it a few times a month.
Thankfully all fixable. Dentists, yeah, UGH, but when you need them....
DeltaSigma wrote:
Your week sounds worse than mine. Dentists - ugh!
First world problems indeed - and all fixable.
Colin
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I'd heard of them when they first came out, guy at work (in my hospice days) went gaga over it, did nothing but cook with it and rave about it. First real meal wasn't too bad. Now to hook it up with my phone so I can start it from work
Bet the makers of it never figured on the alternate usage
saph wrote:
Laura, I had never heard of sous vide cookers until I was figuring out how to control temperature for slide film or colour negative development. I got the CineStill one which broke down pretty quickly. Then I got a no name one which has lasted a lot longer. Glad you got one finally that works. I did read that its pretty efficient at cooking food evenly, although mine I would not use for food. Maybe someday I will get a different one for cooking.
Glad to hear the tooth issue was resolved quickly, that does sound nasty.
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Actually, I don't have USPS insurance for anything. I pay out of pocket for my health, dental, and vision coverage through military retirees as I am still eligible that way.
pbraymond wrote:
Ouch Laura. Good thing you have USPS insurance, hope everything works out quickly.
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kwoodard wrote:
Which sous vide did you get? I love mine. Cook with it a few times a month.
Z7 + FTZ + Nikkor 300mm f/4.5K ED (non-IF) hand held (IBIS activated), ISO 500, f/4.5 at 1/320s; 12% cropped (5.5/45MP).
Have I already told you all that this non-IF ED is way better to control CA than the newer f/4.5 ai-s EDIF version??
leighton w wrote:
Took a little trip about an hour and a half SW to shoot these falls. The light wasn't the best so I had to settle for this. Shot with the 28mm f2.8 ais.
Z7 + FTZ + Nikkor 300mm f/4.5K ED (non-IF) hand held (IBIS activated), ISO 500, f/4.5 at 1/320s; 12% cropped (5.5/45MP).
Have I already told you all that this non-IF ED is way better to control CA than the newer f/4.5 ai-s EDIF version??
leighton w wrote:
Thanks Scott, I actually thought of you when I took this after seeing all the beautiful pics from you of waterfalls.
When were you there?
When I visited you at the market a few years ago. I visited the Cass Scenic RR that day.
Edit: I just looked and that was eight years ago Leighton that we met at the market! Attached is the falls as it looked then. Taken with the 28mm f2.8 Ais on the D7000.
Having been a lurker for the past twenty pages it's time to add something. Robin and I just returned from a road trip to Missouri and Arkansas and did nothing but relax. So much so, I forgot at times I brought a camera.
It had the laziest of lenses, a 16mm 2,8, which does not require much focusing effort and still rendesr nicely.
Glad to see Leighton, Raphael and Jose posting, Always welcome their work. Scott nice scenic falls. NYS is such a beautiful state.
Here are two from Mammoth Springs which seems to be having water quality issues, Usually the basin is blue and clear but it was not.
mp356 wrote:
When I visited you at the market a few years ago. I visited the Cass Scenic RR that day.
Edit: I just looked and that was eight years ago Leighton that we met at the market! Attached is the falls as it looked then. Taken with the 28mm f2.8 Ais on the D7000.
Good grief, eight years ago! I like your version much better.
Some picture of - not with - MF Nikkors. Thought it might be interesting for some in this thread how these lenses look adapted to a Z - in this case with the Shoten adapter, which I think looks much better than the FTZ and is very well made. 0 wobbling, at least on my copy.
In terms of performance, I've only really tried the 105mm f/2.5 so far which is super sharp on the Z7 at f/8 (maybe already from f/5.6, didn't really test that but used it for focusing). From some early tests it looks like the 50mm f/2.0 H is also very sharp stopped down to f/5.6-f/8.0 and the 28mm f/2.8 Ai-S is also pretty good. Need to do more tests with these two though.
I really had lower expectations given the pixel count of the Z7, but looks like all these lenses are more than usable for landscapes.
fjablo wrote:
Some picture of - not with - MF Nikkors. Thought it might be interesting for some in this thread how these lenses look adapted to a Z - in this case with the Shoten adapter, which I think looks much better than the FTZ and is very well made. 0 wobbling, at least on my copy.
In terms of performance, I've only really tried the 105mm f/2.5 so far which is super sharp on the Z7 at f/8 (maybe already from f/5.6, didn't really test that but used it for focusing). From some early tests it looks like the 50mm f/2.0 H is also very sharp stopped down to f/5.6-f/8.0 and the 28mm f/2.8 Ai-S is also pretty good. Need to do more tests with these two though.
I really had lower expectations given the pixel count of the Z7, but looks like all these lenses are more than usable for landscapes.
fjablo wrote:
Some picture of - not with - MF Nikkors. Thought it might be interesting for some in this thread how these lenses look adapted to a Z - in this case with the Shoten adapter, which I think looks much better than the FTZ and is very well made. 0 wobbling, at least on my copy.
In terms of performance, I've only really tried the 105mm f/2.5 so far which is super sharp on the Z7 at f/8 (maybe already from f/5.6, didn't really test that but used it for focusing). From some early tests it looks like the 50mm f/2.0 H is also very sharp stopped down to f/5.6-f/8.0 and the 28mm f/2.8 Ai-S is also pretty good. Need to do more tests with these two though.
I really had lower expectations given the pixel count of the Z7, but looks like all these lenses are more than usable for landscapes.
Looks really great with the matching ribbed lens grips but less so with the 50/2 scalloped lens.
In either case MUCH better than the FTZ!
Does any CPU lens data get stored in the EXIF when you use a non-FTZ adapter?
I read somewhere that the FTZ was required to even get that basic info recorded.
