07-05-2015, 08:19 PM
Quote:Tord555, I don't know what I find more strange: The desire to make other people work? The overdose of exclamation marks? No confidence in own findings (why do you need confirmation of obviously visible differences? of "mix made in heaven"? Come on, it's only glass and plastic and metal...) ^_^I gather from your avatar than you're less than half my age, therefor I'll have to make amends for you know-it-all attitude!
Neither, nor. I decided to find it strange - once more - that Americans always need to point out their belongings. My wife, my camera, my lens, my experience… I'm not judging, just a little bit smiling. At least it makes clear you're talking about your own experiences.
Also, what's so great about a lens you have to stop down to an aperture on which every lens has to deliver a certain quality?
Young and stupid, I was that once, too!
First, I am as little an American as you are, I presume, as the only foreign blood in my veins is Scottish, and Bohemian.
And you are just out to show off your experience of the world, while I owned my first SLR, a German one, in 1974, or thereabout. You wasn't even born then!
I have used many kinds of cameras through my life, like lovely old Sinar 4x5s, Minox 35s, and Leicas, including the famed M3. And various Canon and Nikon SLRs, and brands I am sure you never heard of.
I have worked in our Air Force's Transport Command, as illustrator in courts, and as a technical illustrator at Volvo Trucks, for many years I worked as fire fighter, and as heliguard onboard oil rigs, been editor-in-chief, photo editor, and, of course, often used my cameras in my work. And I have owned a bookshop, I am proud to say! But that failed when I got run over in Scotland (thus the Scottish blood). Back at work eight years later.
One of the more thrilling moments in my life was aboard a ferry on fire in the North Sea, happily not that many died that time. I've been involved in aircraft crashes, thrilling indeed, while you seem to do nothing but annoy people — poor kid!