Sunday, January 15, 2023

Lens arrives. We take it for a walk. We approve. Welcome ancient artifact!!!

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Coffee under the big awning at Mañana Coffee. Good drip stuff. Better cappuccinos.  Clean, new tables outside.  Yesterday I took possession ...
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A blog post from the distant past. Just the perfect summation of Summer Swimming...

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 https://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-time-is-swim-time.html
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Timmie's News Alert. Mostly written to rile up my Canadian friends....

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 On January 2nd I wrote a blog post expressing alarm and a sense of deprivation because of Austin not having enough good donut shops. Later ...
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Saturday, January 14, 2023

Strolling down the main drag across from my alma mater and banging away with the Leica Q2. Loving the way that sensor holds onto shadow detail and highlights. Really nice.

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  Construction never ends around the UT campus. A lot of the buildings that were lining the streets when I was at UT from 1974 to 1982 are g...
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Friday, January 13, 2023

I'm not recommending cameras to friends anymore. I either underestimate or overestimate their technical needs and their passion for the art.

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 I have a friend who has an MFA and is the quintessential artist-not-gear guy. He's owned a lot of cameras and he has a great sense of ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Love the camera. Love the lens. Hated the combination today. Not my most productive afternoon. By a long shot.

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  I was going to walk this afternoon with a photographer friend who can be difficult with which to schedule.  Everything has a contingency a...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Vintage-y 50mm lenses. More personality per $$$. Now available for just about any mirrorless camera.

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Author with 50mm Canon FD on a Leica SL. I'm guessing that most photographers of a certain age; people who started actively photographin...
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