Originally posted by Sandy Hancock Ah....stuff it!
I'm in with my new-to-me DFA645 25/4.0
Forget everything I said about selling out of 645
I was going to mention 50Mp images of future grandchildren or perhaps the wedding of No 2 - seemed a bit shortsighted - it's one of those things, you get rid of the 645 stuff and a opportunity would present itself where it would be just perfect!
I'm in the business of getting a new tripod head, the 70-200 won't take kindly to me handholding at 1/20s like I do with most of my primes
- down to 2 so runners I think, a Manfrotto Xpro-3 and or a Jobu Design JR3 Gimbal.
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Originally posted by robgski Whatever gives you the impetus to take an image evey day, that is what the challenge is all about. If it be omes a dreaded chore, that is NOT what the challenge is all about
It's a bit of the challenge though surely? I had over 18months where I did not take a single photo with the exception of my mobile phone for documentation if I was off site. There was some stages there where I did not know where I had put my kit. So this challenge is a multi faceted one to me, primarily to get to know a lens, secondary to actually use my K-1 or K-3 again and thirdly to begin ramping up my quality again if possible. A few standouts have shown up in July namely I need to get out of my up close up safe zone and go longer, the K-1 raw file is remarkably tolerant compared to the K-3 especially at the extremes with shadows and highlights and I'm no longer afraid of stopping down further than say f/8 on the K-1 at least.
July is stepping into another realm altogether for me. I have a high grade 70-200/2.8 to play with and get to know and it will open up a whole new world through the viewfinder. It is big, heavy and I don't understand a thing about subject compression, where its sweet spot is, is it too heavy and bulky for me? Does it demand a competence beyond my skills? For all I know, I might just fall in love with the thing and sell all my primes
So the challenge can be a chore to me but that is me personally and my life, work and hobby balance just need a bit of tweaking. I take it seriously in that I feel like part of the Singles community and I don't want to let you gals & guys down but also not myself. And it is a challenge I accept