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Forum: General Talk
12-12-2020, 07:15 AM
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I remember reading some tests on a photography magazine of the time, and the conclusion was that the 1st series - the one with the zoom ring divided in two sectors and the focusing ring divided into four - was the better of the bunch, and subsequent changes in the optical formula worsened the performance of the "DG" (purportedly optimized for digital) and HSM (even worse, probably due to mass constraints imposed by the focusing mechanism).
I'm completely satisfied with my copy though, so that's probably just nit-picking :)
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Forum: General Talk
12-11-2020, 05:56 AM
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I might have misphrased that, sorry, language barrier probably.
I did the brake job in february perhaps, and I think the "squealing" started with the hot season (can't be sure because of the lockdown), and now it's almost absent.
Also, it's not continuous, it's only on a certain sector of the whole revolution, that's why that talking about over-tightened disks made me remember - also summer/metal expansion etc.
Also, I was talking about a supermini for everyday use, not a racing car! sorry :p
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Forum: General Talk
12-10-2020, 08:19 AM
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Now that I think about it, my front-right brake sometimes emits the faintest squeal when I've almost stopped the car... and I've just changed pads & rotors...
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Forum: General Talk
12-10-2020, 08:16 AM
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A Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX APO DG... would have liked the first version better, but this one came with the matched 2X TC for a little more than 300€ including postage, so... :o
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Forum: General Talk
07-04-2018, 12:51 PM
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Ah the fabled meteor... a camera with very good specs, ground-breaking in some cases (e.g. h.265 encoding), but Samsung bowed out before its true potential could be realized.
It intrigues me... especially after they stopped producing it... must be the aura of mystery :)
Picture is nice :)
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Forum: General Talk
06-29-2018, 05:31 AM
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A nice find :)
It's also a good thing that the lens found such a capable photographer for its new home :)
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Forum: General Talk
06-29-2018, 01:31 AM
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Didn't know about ABW... my instrument has pegs and tailpiece of that material.
With bows it's much more complex than with violins... historically the list of materials used for decoration included ivory (at the tip), turtle and whalebone (baleen).
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Forum: General Talk
06-28-2018, 05:05 AM
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Looks just marvelous... the 13-bladed aperture should make for nice sunstars... I have very few lenses with an odd number of blades, and enjoy a lot shooting with them.
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Forum: General Talk
06-28-2018, 03:57 AM
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Sorry, meant the wood grain or what you call it.
In Italian we use - among others - the word venatura, hence the brain fart...
Veneer we say impiallacciatura, which has a much slapdash-ier sound to it :lol:
In Tuscany we use olive wood a lot. It doesn't sink - 990 kg/m3- but it's close :)
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Forum: General Talk
06-28-2018, 01:56 AM
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That looks beautiful. I've got some flutist friends, so I've seen many up close. I even took a couple of lessons, just to get a feel for what playing another (a different one from the ones I already play I mean! :p) instrument is like.
Photo is very nice as well, love the light plays on the wood veneer.
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Forum: General Talk
06-26-2018, 08:49 AM
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Hahaha, betcha wouldn't! :p
A 345 for me :) I like the F40, but it's a tad intimidating... must be a real beast.
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Forum: General Talk
06-26-2018, 05:16 AM
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You can find a used Ferrari 360 Modena for about 35'000 €, if that's what you like.
There actually is such a thing as a cheap Ferrari :)
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Forum: General Talk
06-25-2018, 02:32 PM
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Forum: General Talk
06-25-2018, 04:58 AM
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A real genius...
Thankfully he wrote "will throw in" and not "up"... :lol:
Follow his sales, bid on the lot again next time, and when he cancels (if he has not upped his game by then) file a complaint to eBay.
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Forum: General Talk
06-25-2018, 01:16 AM
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I'm not too keen on doing something myself, even if I'd like a lot to, because I always think you would look like a "hey, pick and choose" to an eventual burglar :lol:
Very, very nice though.
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Forum: General Talk
06-24-2018, 01:10 PM
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Do you plan on testing both and deciding which one to keep? :)
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Forum: General Talk
06-22-2018, 06:40 AM
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...that second video (the Rimsky-Korsakov one) must be the most watched Sheherazade on YouTube! :lol: I lost count of how many times I listened to that. A fine performance.
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Forum: General Talk
06-20-2018, 12:25 AM
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Forum: General Talk
06-16-2018, 12:07 PM
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Forum: General Talk
06-16-2018, 09:21 AM
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You could do like I do with my K-01... buy an LCD viewfinder, and use LV magnification if focusing manually.
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Forum: General Talk
06-16-2018, 08:58 AM
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I think it has to do with what people do with those.
You can only mount one lens at a time, so if a lens is ok-ish, like most f/2, and offers nothing in particular, then it's not sought after.
OTOH, a lens with peculiar characteristics, which can help you get shots you can't get any other way, has more value because it's "different".
I mean, you could replace a 70-200/2.8 from Sigma with one from Tamron and no one would ever notice, but you can't do soap-bubble or swirly bokeh with more "usual" lenses.
Then a whole "mystique" develops, and people just go crazy :lol:
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Forum: General Talk
06-16-2018, 05:30 AM
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Do you have an idea for how much modern replicas of Meyer Optik Görlitz lenses sell?
There's a whole market of bokeh fetishists paying mind-boggling sums for that kind of lenses, and it affected the used market as well.
Here, knock yourself out! :D
https://www.meyer-optik-goerlitz.com/en-us/lenses/?p=1 |
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Forum: General Talk
06-16-2018, 05:02 AM
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You talk as if it was a bad lens... there's actually quite a rush to get those kind of vintage bubble-monsters.
12£ is a steal.
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Forum: General Talk
06-16-2018, 03:41 AM
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If you're a fan of bubble bokeh, then that's one lens to keep.
I'd have bought it, for 30£, so here's some validation to your purchase :p :)
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Forum: General Talk
06-16-2018, 01:29 AM
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Really? must try mine sometimes then! :)
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