Originally posted by Sandy Hancock Don't you just hate it when you give the camera to Noob and they take a better shot than you did?
Grr, Thanks Sandy
- I'm of two minds on this, Jen is really chuffed with her pic (reminds me, must change the Exif Copyright
) and rightly so. "
how did it get it blurry in the background? was it the lens?" type questions, later on in the evening, so perhaps a good thing. Plenty of kit to go around
. On the other hand, she is a banker by trade so I could also expect "
why do you need 4 50s, a 65, a 77 and a 100 when the 50-135 covers those?"
Possible conversation...
Ahem, well, the 100 is a macro so you can get in close
("you mean those silly flower shots and pics of stuff where you only see part of the subject?"),
And the 77 is a real favourite and it is even better at portraits, it did these ones - points to various pics that I know she likes
("no, I disagree, it is noisy, and my zoom is more flexible, how much?")
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"What about these, points to 4 x 50s?")
These are the 50s, they can be sharper and more blurry at the same time, one is a macro, one is state of the art, this one (holding up the 55), cost almost nothing and it has a cool look to its pictures and the SuperTak is one of the originals, it has 8 elements and in its day was the best of the best.
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"OK, I kinda get the 2 old ones, don't understand why you persist in buying junk but wtf is this? (holds up the DFA*50), why is it heavier than my zoom and why is it so big, how MUCH?")
We have it coming up to a couple of years (see what I did there? introduced the 'we'), it was about, cough, a grand, cough.... You should try it out, might be better on the other camera though.
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"I told you, I don't like the other camera, it's too big and heavy and you want me to put this heavy, piece of **** on it as well?, you're not allowed to buy any more lens, you've too many doing the same thing")
ROFL
Better find a hiding space for the DFA*s, out of sight, out of mind
, the Limiteds are safe, too many pics she has liked associated with them. The 50-135 is now hers, (there is another, a bit bigger, heavier, quieter for me in that focal range)
Any hints or thoughts on how to onboard the she who has to be obeyed into our hobby?