On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Couldn't be a more definitive example. Well chosen and rendered. > Today is bright and completely still with a forecast of 65F. (A "crisp" 62F > now-11:22AM) > Always like to keep you current as to our weather, Frank. Like you to know > how we are all suffering. <snicker>
Thanks for the update, Jack! ;-) I took this with one of my favourite 35mm film zooms, the Vivitar Series 1 f3.8 constant aperture 24-48mm. It's big, heavy but has very low distortion at all focal lengths. Problem is that it's very hard to focus without the usual focusing aids on manual focus cameras (split screen or microprism). And, as I discovered from a few very blurry shots from a couple of weeks ago, focuses beyond infinity (which I suppose is better than never getting to infinity!). So it's really lousy street lens, but for situations where one has the time to be deliberate, it's a beauty. As for the weather, well, I really don't mind the nice cold, white winters I had as a kid in Montreal, but Toronto (while it does get snow) is generally grey, wet and dismal from mid-November to about March. I've learned to live with it, except when I'm cycling. As we speak (type?) it's +3 Celsius (maybe 38F?) and drizzling - quite dreary! It's not going to be a fun ride home, but at least I can tell myself that it's not pouring! :-) Thanks for the comment. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
