Watching the Clouds

[den]

This is my Sigma 600mm mirror lens. The two internal mirrors (one parabolic, one flat) make it operate like a newtonian telescope, but with the light exiting the rear instead of the side. I bought it years ago for my AE1, but Canon decided to change the mounts for the new EOS series so the lens wouldn't fit my new camera. I was a bit sad about that. I now have a little adapter that will let me fix the FD lens into the EOS mount. All I need now is to remember who I loaned my tripod to...

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[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Ooooooo more lovely cloud pix :)

[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

What model EOS, Den?

I shot a pair of them my last 3.5 years before I left the newspaper, then they sat in my closet for 5 years---untouched. Sold them on e-Bay last summer...then discovered that my "middle-aged" eyes could no longer easily focus an SLR. (I'd bought an old, fully-manual dinosaur identical to my first 35, a Mamiya-Sekor 1000DTL---probably made before you were BORN. Focusing it inside a dimly-lit lodge room (I'm a member of the BPOE, a fraternal order) was absolutely impossible, so I had to go BACK onto e-Bay and buy ANOTHER EOS, this time a slightly fancier model, along with lenses and a big flash.

I love the fool thing, and believe me, I won't make the mistake of selling THIS one anytime soon!

(BTW, nice cloud shot! *grin*)

Ciao!
Jim

Oh!

[ursuscal.livejournal.com]

A Schmidt-Cassegrain! Way cool. I've been thinking of buying one for my Nikons. Just remember: they tend to form "donuts" when shooting point sources of light.

[pantherpc.livejournal.com]

That photo is whacked! I can't tell what way up is. Maybe it would help if the picture was larger then I could make out details. Have you noticed how I do my pictures with a thumbnail?