On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Ken Norton<ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, the Zuikofest is Ztill on for Zaturday. Don't know about the ribZ as
> my time availabilty during the week is extremely limited thiZZ particular
> week. RegardleZZ, I'm quite poZitive that I know how to fire up the barby
> and Hyvee is having a meat Zale this week.
I can take or leave the BBQ (no offense to True Believers). Paul, the
new guy I hope to bring, is vegetarian, or maybe thats a
chickenoterian, so I think he can handle a porkless Saturday. Let's
shoot!
> BTW, I still haven't been able to contact Tom Scales. Could you see if you
> can rattle his door or cause his home landline to ring?
Is he in the book? That's all I would have to go on.
> Anybody else coming? We'll have a nice little outing in the Grinnell area.
> I've got a couple of locations planned out for aiming the Zuikos at. Hiking
> shoes recommended.
Would motorcycle boots do? Paul is a budding OMer, but he's been a
Beemer guy longer than I have. Unless it's going to be snowing, we
were thinking of riding over yonder your way.
> The E-1 is just sort of tolerable compared to the
> OM system.
Now, now. Your're changing the subject.
> Someday, I'd like to try the
> 28/2 as a one-lens solution as 35mm just isn't wide-enough when working
> close and 24mm is too wide, but in the meantime, the 35/2.8 seems to be the
> near-perfect balance of lens size, weight and performance while sitting
> comfortably on an OM body.
I can bring mine along (it's one of the lenses that travels with the
Beem). I've always felt that the 28 is like a 35 with attitude.
>> I brought along the PL, thinking it would improve my photos. Well, it
>> does and it doesn't. It really improves clouds and sky, but it so
>> flattens foreground plants that it almost appears to mess with color.
>>
>
> Was this with that big 72mm PL that you bought in Des Moines? Mine has been
> pretty similar, but my old 49mm polarizer seems to be just fine.
I wish. I have lost that filter. It was quite a good buy. The PL in
question is a Hoya -- one of the more moderately priced POL-Circs I
bought specifically for the 14-54.
>> I'm equally dismayed with my results of polarized digital images. It's
> something that I've fought and remain flummoxed. Maybe we can figure this
> out this weekend.
Unfortunately, I don't really see it until I've uploaded the ORFs and
I see them on my PC. One thing I am going to experiment with is back
off a bit from maximum effect.
Joel W.
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