Re: ...and on that note, has anyone heard from Brian Swale of late?
davidt
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Hello all,
I still read the Digest periodically as I get it sent to my wife's
computer which has a much larger mailbox than mine has.
What a coincidence - I had tried to send a posting to the group on the
same day that later I see people asking where / what I'm up to. But
clearly I have forgotten the posting protocols as the message from my
main computer didn't get through. So hopefully this one from my wife's
computer will work.
I'm comparatively fine; turned over 80 on the odometer last October. But
I've lost a lot of weight due in part to recurring respiratory ailments.
Am now going to the gym to try and add some more covering for my bones.
What I tried to post to you all was the news that I have bought a 2nd
hand Sony A7 camera, for the extra pixels it has over my M5 and the
e-series cameras I have. I now have an adapter to enable me to use OM
Zuiko lenses, and the first few shots seem to indicate it was a good
idea.
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum&g2_albumId=7&g2_itemId=23258
Recently an old friend who has a great photo shop
(http://www.photo.co.nz) posted a couple of pictures on facebook
offering 2 cameras at a discount if purchased online on facebook. One
was a Sony A7. I was impressed by the specifications especially the
number of pixels. It also could accept OM manual lenses, of which I have
more then a few. For a full-frame digital camera, it has a small body.
Here it is with a Zuiko 100/2 attached and a couple of digital cameras
alongside. The 100/2 makes it a heavy combination. I have a lot to learn
with this camera, and manual focusing will be a challenge for me,
cataracts and all. The first few images have favourably impressed me.
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_view=dynamicalbum.UpdatesAlbum&g2_albumId=7&g2_itemId=23261
View from the front. The central camera is the OM D E-5 I bought from
Chuck Norcutt. It is my main camera these days. The A7 seems to be a
very capable camera, packed with features. The instruction manual has 94
jam-packed pages. It's going to take me a while to work through it.
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=23034
Not the greatest photo I've seen - taken Sept 2018. The camera is the
Obsession 5? x 17 I bought some years ago.
I don't get out much any more to do the kind of landscape photography I
want to, in good part to my wife developing increasing memory loss and
physical instability.
Otherwise we are OK. Our house rebuilt after the 2015 fire is very nice
and we are happy with it.
Best regards to all.
Brian
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