Let's Make Friday Part Of The Weekend

The D40X and Spiratone lens...

While I was waiting for something to happen at the church that I often test cameras at, I decided to go ahead and do a round of pictures with the above mentioned kit.

Here are the raw, unedited results:

 

I did alter the ISO and White Balance when I moved to a much more shaded area. Overall though, I've always been happy with this lens.

Not bad for something that was part of a ten dollar Goodwill find. 

Just Ask For Roger

I think I'm going to take my D40X and do a post with every manual lens that I'm able to attach to it. I'll start with the janky Spiratone 135mm.

I'm not limiting myself to F-Mount lenses either.

If I have an adapter, I'm going for it!

This should be a fun summer! 

Pray That There's Intelligent Life Somewhere Out In Space

So I've been reading Projecr Hail Mary again. Well, listening to.

When the book got to the part about REDACTED, I had to stop and find the Monty Python Galaxy Song. Because that's what you do.

I Was Trapped Like A Fly On The Wall

I took the D70 and Tamron 70-210mm automatic lens outside yesterday. The sun was nice, flowers are starting to do their thing, and there are some insects flying around to be photographed.

So I did. Here are some of the highlights:

 

I had a few times where the auto focus didn't even struggle. It just straight up said "Ain't nobody got time for this!" and crapped the bed. I found myself needing to toggle between MF and AF more than a few times while I was doing this.

I will say though, even being capped at 6.1 megapixels, with a particularly old and slow lens, the quality and detail are fantastic. Yes, I had to manual focus on some of those purple flowers toward the bottom, along with the bugs, but there is nothing wrong with that. I'm honestly happy with everything I got off of this thing.

Later this week: The D40X and the Spiratone, for real this time.