About tuning slide
Currently working as an art director for an interactive agency in New England.
A tuning slide is a part of a brass instrument that allows adjustment of the tuning of the instrument, i.e. pulling the slide out flattens its overall pitch etc.
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Canon EF 85mm f/18 mini review
I've had the 85mm f/1.8 for over a week now, so I thought I should offer a mini review for the "rest of us". And by that I mean if you are looking for specs, charts, sample photos, stats etc. please look elsewhere. Here's what I've got:
- Feels ok. Not solid, but not flimsy either. A bit plasticky but hey, what do you expect from a sub $400 lens? But seriously, I'm a bit disappointed, but not enough to keep me awake at night. On the plus side, it's light, and very inconspicuous.
- Fast and quiet auto-focus. I'm impressed. Works great with my 7d, and that's pretty surprising considering it's by no means a new lens.
- Serious chromatic aberration or spherochromatism, or Bokeh Fringing or LoCA whatever, who cares what it's called, it's just pretty bad. Magenta and green fringing all over the place. In pretty much all photos with high contrast. Enough for me to return it? Probably not, but I'm lucky because I usually process in b&w. And don't think that these artifacts are like the usual CA you fix in Lightroom or Photoshop. I'm talking about serious color distortion here. Still, if you know your photoshop well, you shouldn't have much problems. More information here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/canon_7d_digital_slr/discuss/72157623189524582/?search=aberration
- Pleasingly sharp even at widest. Decent blur quality. (OK, for people who speak Japanese I meant "bokeh") I have never had an L lens, so I'm pretty happy with the quality here. And who cares anyway? You should know better than relying on just DoF for good photography. Right?
- Did I mention it's less then $400?
- And here's something I shot this weekend:
Unless I return it (which is still a possibility) I will try to add more comments as I discover this lens. So stay tuned!
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The studio in black & white
Some photos I took while visiting my wife Aysen’s studio the other day for lunch.
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100 meters of existence
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Dog day afternoon
I was driving north this weekend for a day trip when I came across this sled dog race in Tamworth, NH. I spent about half an hour watching the activities, and even though I enjoyed the race itself, seeing how the dogs were handled behind the scenes was a bit disheartening. Without further comments, below are some of my visual observations.
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