Just to make things clear, your implying that Norm's a Master Baiter? Bob W wrote: >> Been a bit quiet lately, despite Norm's usual baiting. >> > > he's a master at baiting... > > >> On holiday an hour inland from La Rochelle in the >> > > I like La Rochelle. I have happy memories of time spent around there > in the 1980s. > > -- > Bob > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Cotty >> Sent: 23 August 2007 23:50 >> To: pentax list >> Subject: Pentax or Bust >> >> Howdy listers, >> >> Been a bit quiet lately, despite Norm's usual baiting. >> >> On holiday an hour inland from La Rochelle in the >> Poitou-Cherente (about >> half way down France on the left hand side). The blasted weather has >> been abysmal, with only three decent days this week - and one of >> > those > >> is supposed to be tomorrow, so that's a bloody gamble! As a >> > penitence > >> for bringing the rain with us, all the mosquitos in Cherbionneres >> > have > >> been exacting their revenge on me. I look like a prop from CSI. >> >> Been shouldering my Domke canvas satchel with only 2 lenses >> aboard: the >> K15mm 3.5 and the A*85mm 1.4 to accompany my Darkside 1D mark II and >> 580EX flash. It felt completely wrong not to bring the >> EF24-70mm 2.8 as >> a walkabout lens. It turned out to be the right decision though. >> >> What a lovely revelation it has been to wander ancient >> streets with one >> body and just 2 lenses to choose from. And both good old manual >> > focus > >> lenses to boot. I've had a ball with them. >> >> The 15mm is a superb piece of optical engineering as many of you >> > will > >> know. On a 1.3 crop camera it still gives a very usable wide >> image, and >> with no vingetting due to said crop. I don't even focus it - set it >> > to > >> f8, set the focus accordingly and just get lost in the >> framing with the >> camera set on aperture priority. It's not the brightest view at f8 >> > on > >> stop-down metering but entirely do-able. >> >> With the A*85mm I take a slightly different approach. I frame >> and focus >> at f1.4, and then depending on the nature of the shot, I usually >> > stop > >> down to about 5.6 or 8 and shoot, popping open the iris again >> immediately after, ready for the next setup. Or, as when >> shooting my son >> playing table tennis with his friend, shooting wide open at 1.4 to >> > get > >> that lovely minimal depth of field and creamy bokeh. Hand held, I >> > tend > >> to shoot either wide open or about f8. Really needs a tripod for >> anything past f8 depending on ISO. Usually I'm at ISO400 for >> > wandering > >> about picking off quaint window-boxes full of colour. No IS here! >> >> I brought a 750Z but haven't pulled it out of the pouch once. >> >> The nice thing is, I have done some really fulfilling photography - >> something I haven't done in some time, and that's what it's all >> > about. > >> We get home on Sunday, so hopefully I can do a bit of sorting and >> > post > >> some PESOs - something else I haven't done in a long while. >> >> I'll then be taking some pics of some Canon lenses before >> they go up on >> eekbay. I guess I'm just not suited to the auto-focus, image >> stabilising, auto-everything, wipe yer bum type of photography. It >> > was > >> fun, but I just didn't enjoy it like I used to years ago. >> Know what I mean? >> >> (written midnight Thursday, no doubt sent from the car park >> of a LeClerc >> hypermarche somewhere on the way to the beach on Friday via >> 3G Broadband >> card in the side of the PowerBook, dialling up on F SFR. French wifi >> does a 2.5 hour lunch, just like the rest of the blessed country!) >> >> B good, >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > >
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