Random Rants
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spring and autumn are the best months…rest is fecked! I only love the summer and winter temperatures when on vacation...
rant of the day:
wtf does the brits have those fucking power supply sockets not a single person needs...camera batterie (and almost the one from the iphone) is dead and I can't find an adapter
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I understand their measuring system…
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We have an aversion to our property burning down - apologies.
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Haha, you buys want Spring and I want more Winter. We are in a heat wave right now 50F for 3 days. Thankfully it goes down to 30F again on Thursday. I'm like Chris, once it gets hot. I can't do anything but an IH tee and IH shorts or pants. All my button ups get put on hiatus for 3 months, it sux.
IH clothing is definitely slanted to colder weather. It's hardly dropped below 60F / 20C in the past 4 months down here, with the odd days of 100F+ / 40C+.
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More.Fucking.Snow.
I do love the fact that up here we have four distinct seasons and I'm definitely not a hot climate kind of guy (can't wear jeans or flannels when it's over 20 degrees (celsius) or wear a down jacket if it's less (warmer) than -20 degrees, way too hot for me unless I just stand outside doing nothing at all which I never do).
There's just so much stuff you can't do when there's snow and ice everywhere that I long for right now. And there's been a whole lot of snow this winter.
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I'd take snow over rain, any day. You can stay dry with snow. That's why I had to get out of Seattle. It's such a beautiful city… for two months a year.
For sure. But we have that too
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Big ups to anyone who's shooting fixed-lens SLR outdoors regularly doing WAYW with open apertures around f/3.2 (Finn comes to mind). Crazy hard to nail focus and appears with Canon the only way to do it is with a wireless IR remote. So yeah big ups to you all who manage to nail this, below's as good as I got;
On the positive I understand what's required to solve the problem and can investigate if I wish to continue down the outdoor, prime lens path….
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Not for the 40D I've got it's not, it's around 350-400 for a camera body that's well-aged. There's after market solutions out there (yongnuo RF-602) which don't cost too much. If I'm not shooting with such a low aperture, the focusing issue mitigates itself.
50mm requires a lot of space to shoot (my only prime) (as above)
24/35mm require glass investment +less space +either after market RF or another body.Both options require a tripod to carry about, which I have, but it also requires a greater time investment to get
the shot.If I use my other lenses and use the self-timer I can use basically anywhere and get acceptable results, but lack the bokeh.
The 1st question for me has to be, will I have time and daylight hours to be able to shoot SLR-based WAYWT (office work starts tomorrow).
It's an annoying problem that I can solve very easily by throwing cash at, but may end up solving a problem that I'll encounter a handful of times a year, that at the very least I know how to work around, including manual focus.
So this really does deserve to be a random rant and praise to those who can/do nail the bokeh outdoor shots :).
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Yup, it does, http://www.amazon.com/Yongnuo-Wireless-Trigger-Receiver-Shutter/dp/B0042TYNJ4 is what I had/have tagged currently if it's a problem I want to solve. So whilst it can be worked around after-market for a handful of dollars, is it a problem I'm going to hit enough to make it worth while fixing? (Canon official is ~$600 (http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_157735_-1))
I was/am surprised that the camera focuses at shutter depress as apposed to before taking the photo which just seems logical (to me) in a self-timer mode.
It's the first time I've hit the issue, will see how time & light goes, might be a moot issue until next summer anyhow. Either manual focus for the odd occasion, or keeping clear of the delicious delicious bokeh are 'free' fixes. Any money spent on a camera body that is 5 years old is hard to swallow, vs something I know is future proof for another 5 years, even if greater upfront cost….
myself, thats why I want Spring up to 20C and sun, no need for summer heat….
