Zichar wrote:
I always find it amazing when people in this thread meet.
My 24/2 AI arrived after getting temporarily lost at the post office and I was left rather flabbergasted after calling Customer service ("I'm sorry Mr Chin but we cannot understand why it says 'Item not ready' in the system. Perhaps one of our guys forgot to scan it into the system. Don't worry it will turn up shortly!")
Condition is perfect; I don't know how these Japanese eBay sellers do it. Testing... It does seem like it has some kinda veiling flare wide open, not unlike the 50/1.2. Maybe it's the mundane stuff or dreadful weather I've been testing it on but it seems like a dog of a lens so far... yikes...Show more →
Hi Chin, sorry to read about your troubles with the 24/2 Ai.
Is the veiling flare the main problem? I recall one shoot with massive flare-problems caused by the 24/2, on all other occasions I could make good use (to my eyes) of the 24/2's behavior.
Best wishes from the other end of the world, Georg ;-)
DeltaSigma wrote:
In order to keep things moving along I post a 105mm lens pano that was taken half an hour later than the 24mm pano from the same vantage point. Obviously a narrower field of view than before.
St Paul's Cathedral is the tallest structure. D610 as usual - and, yes, more cranes spoiling the skyline.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Leighton,
Your wish is my command.
Just after we started our sojourn I asked a random stranger (with some nice camera kit hanging off his shoulder) to do the honours. Didn't quite nail the manual focus - but better than nothing.
You guys are dropping some great work on the thread. How delightful to have a photo of the two of you. As Leighton observes, meeting folks from this thread who share this particular "obsession" can be a delight. And as Max is discovering as he begins kit building as it was truly meant to be done, the price of admission is ridiculously low. Granted, the cameras we mount our favorite lenses on themselves can carry a hefty price tag and it often happens that bodies begin to accumulate as our kit of lenses fills out. Then there are the airline tickets to take us to new places to play... which at the moment captured in that photo is London. Thanks for the memories.
I need one of these at home without the Iguana's
There were about 10 wandering around
I must be getting old since I let my wife talk me into letting someone else
paint the house
Since there are woodworkers in the group I braved the sawdust to show my recently repaired Rockwell Delta 10-in radial arm saw. I just had the motor rewound so it is back up and running. There might be better saws out there but I like the old time construction. I am hardly a fine woodworker, and in fact would say I am a coarse one, but this machine at least give me a chance at completing a project!
Reagan wrote:
The saw looks as old as that computer case up on the shelf
Not many people get a look into Jay's shop
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Maybe that's just as well since they would not recognize what is on the shelf!
That's not a computer, it's a clock! Trak model 8500 Time Code Processor.
-Jay-
Just dropped in to say - All is well at my end. Have not touched my camera for a while now. Just got pulled into different tracks and didnt get a chance. Hoping to start taking photos again.
Hope you all enjoy your holidays!
For a change in scenery here are a couple of images from inside the Tate Modern Gallery.
These depict the massive 'art installation' space that used to be the old turbine hall of the former power station.
