And having somebody come over to poke through your gear is a really good way to discover you don't know where everything is.
When Larry stopped by I couldn't find where I'd put the 300/2.8. How do you lose something that large? Surprisingly easily. I've since tracked it down - it was about three feet away from where I'd been sitting, but hidden behind a rollaround file. But it did give me a few mildly troubled hours until I was able to recall when and where I'd last used it, and where I was likely to have put it when I took it out of the car. What with that, and a couple of other things that turned up unexpectedly today I still haven't taken the 50-135 out for a test run, but with any luck I'll manage that tomorrow. On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 08:04:21AM +0900, David Savage wrote: > IMO cats are one of the better subjects for testing a lens. > > That's what I keep telling myself anyway :-) > > Cheers, > > Dave > > 2009/1/31 Larry Colen <[email protected]>: > > John sent me an email this afternoon that his 50-135 had shown up and > > invited me over to check it, and some of his other lenses out. Playing > > with toys like that can certainly interfere with my decision to put > > more planning into my lens purchases rather than getting a hankering > > for something just because it's shiny. I just hope he doesn't decide > > to sell them until I can afford and justify them. > > > > Playing with fast telephotos was a lot of fun. I could seriously covet > > the 80-200 f/2.8, and his A 200 f/2.8 is a real sweet lens. Though, I > > have a lot more need of wide primes for shooting indoors. > > > > Interestingly, I don't think I've shot pet cats before. It's something > > that would be fun to do when there's actually light. The close crops > > aren't quite as sharp as I'd like, but I put them up as a reminder of > > something to try again when I can do it right. All shots hand held at > > ISO 800. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157613181556984/ > > -- > 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. -- 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.
