On 5/29/2018 6:23 AM, WayneS wrote:
At 5/27/2018 10:22 PM, Moose wrote:
Life continues, new things arise. I'm blissfully remarried and Carol and I have
been together longer than my late wife and I had been.
Eliza was my second wife, getting together when I was around 44.
I'm a trifecta guy, with Ex, Late and Current wives. :-)
At 65, I'm not sure I can be broken in again. Hard to imagine at this time.
I understand, and yet, we go on living and changing - until we stop, too. Everyone's different. I had a friend who's
wife died in his early 60s. He remarried in a year, to some tut-tutting, and that lasted at least 10 years until we lost
contact. My dad died when Mom was 66, and as far as I could tell, she never looked at another man for her remaining 20
years.
Carol and I met, and got together awfully quickly, when I was 57, 17 years ago.
I feel I should just be open to what life places in my path.
2. If native, AF lenses is your primary desire, I highly recommend an E-M5 II
or E-M1 II. The '5' is cheap; even though its replacement hasn't been
announced, Oly is clearly moving the price point down. I have a pair of these
for my 'regular' photography and find them exceptional cameras. They allow me
to take photographs I couldn't even dream might be possible in film days.
This choice has a significant effect on size/weight. While the A7 III is smaller than
the 5D, it's still quite a bit larger and heavier than the E-M5 II.
<http://j.mp/2ISl1I8>
Probably this option is worth considering. I do have the Sony alpha 6000 for
small size. How is the eye relief on the E-M5's.
I wear glasses, and am happy with the E-M1/5 EVFs. OTOH, I'm notoriously VF
agnostic, so perhaps not a good reference.
With the Sony I have to push aside my glasses and really push it into my eye.
The diopter adjustment on the alpha is a bit crude.
It works fine for me on the OM-Ds
...
Looking forward to reviewing past list technical stuff. I have lost track of
Adobe and all the twiddling possible.
LOL! If you are talking PS, the possibilities are endless. And they keep adding to them. Select & Mask has been improved
a lot recently, and Select Focus Area and Select Subject added recently, for example.
After a lot of experimentation, I'm also using achromatic Close-Up lenses on
various lenses, esp. the PLeica 100-400, for moderate macro with great working
distance.
This sounds like an approach you have talked about in the past, and working
distance is of prime concern. Most critters don't like lenses pointing up their
noses.
Exactly so. I am endlessly entranced by the possibilities of PL 100-400 with Pentax T132 and Nikon 5T. I have the C-U
lenses on magnetic filter holders in a belt pouch or pocket, and can pop one on, shoot, and take it off in a handful of
seconds.
You should know that furthest focus with a C-U lens is the FL of the C-U lens from its front. So, for the T132, 1,320
mm/52 in. 5T is 667 mm/26 in. This is real working distance, from front of lens, not film plane.
Lots of examples here. <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20398>
Esp. in Flies, Flutterbys and Dragonflies. Although this grasshopper is also a pretty spectacular example of combining
C-U lens and Focus Bracketing. <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22826>
Yup, alive critter, hand held.
My recent shot of a rattle snake, in strike pose, ... what can I say, yes to
working distance.
Yikes!
You wouldn't need a C-U lens for that, but the looong FL would be a big help!
Moose
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