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<p>Sony A6000, E 55-210mm</p><div></div>

<p>This is a new on me. Interesting camera and excellent results. Thank you, Rick.</p>

<p>To answer your question, perhaps no. People blink for all sorts of reasons. Even a movement of a finger on a shutter trigger can do it. That is why for years portrait photographers used air releases with the off camera bulb hidden from the sitter's sight. What a rangefinder will allow is the ability to actually see a blink as it occurs at the moment of flash/exposure. Due to directly seeing the sitter without SLR finder "blackout". This feature is also available in twin lens cameras which is partly why they were popular for wedding photography.</p>

<p>WOW, major kudos for a stellar restorative effort.</p>

<p>Thank you, Edward and Barry. There are no real secrets. The perception of image quality is achieved by being attentive to a number of variables in the image creation process. Certainly, having a top-shelf image forming optic like the FE 90mm f/2.8 and a high resolution, high dynamic range camera, like the A7RII, is part of the equation. </p>

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<p> Shocked because a macro lens performs actually better close-up than at infinity?</p>

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<p>No, that was not the basis of their reaction. Please allow me to quote the article more fully for you, "The <a href="https://www.lensrentals.com/rent/preorder-products/sony-fe-90mm-f2.8-g-oss-macro">Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro</a> totally shocked me. It’s clearly better at all frequencies at macro distances. In fact, it’s the highest resolving of all these lenses at macro distances, at least in the image center. "<br>

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<p>For the lens geek crowd. Are macro lenses better close-up than at infinity? <br>

LensRentals gets a new finite conjugate modification for their optical test bench that allows MTF measurements and comparisons of macro lenses at close distance. <a href="https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2016/08/more-photogeekery-finite-conjugate-mtf-bench-tests-for-macro-lenses/">HERE</a> Results are compared to infinity MTF data. <br>

Micro-Nikkor, Canon EF , Sony FE, Zeiss, and Sigma macro lenses were tested and compared.</p>

<p>The testers were "totally shocked" by the results of the Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 macro lens! </p>

<p>Sad news <a href="http://petapixel.com/2016/08/13/brooks-institute-closes-70-years-photo-education/">HERE</a><br>

I suppose with the many changes in the photography world, the multiple changes of ownership and the high costs of tuition, this shouldn't have been much of a surprise. Yet, as a former alumni, I feel a twinge of sadness. I also feel sad for the students who got cut off from finishing after a fair investment in time and money.</p>

<p>I went to Brooks in the early 80's when it was still owned by the Brooks family and Ernie Brooks was at the helm. What a terrific experience that was back then with all the wonderful and inspiring teachers and creative students combined with a beautiful facility in the hills of Montecito. I got my first full-time photo job right out of school and I've had a long, career in photography since. I am grateful for the opportunity to have attended, but times have changed, photo markets have changed, photo education has changed and with new technologies and shifting cultural trends, photography itself has changed.</p>

<p>So after 70 years of photography education, Brooks Institute is closing its doors. Thanks and farewell.</p>

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<p>The Native 5 LW is one of the knives in my Every Day Carry rotation. As I pulled it from my pocket to clean it up for photography, I thought it might be interesting to do a complete pocket dump and shoot the knife with my other EDC items. <br />Sony A7RII, FE 55mm f/1.8</p>

<p>What's in<strong><em> your</em></strong> pockets?</p><div></div>

<p>Sony A7R, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AIS<br>

CPM S35VN is my favorite of the modern super steels. Wonderful edge retention yet sharpens easily with great corrosion resistance. </p><div></div>

<p>Still working on my pocket knife collection.<br>

Sony A7RII, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AIS</p><div></div>

<p>Trying to determine "redeeming value" at a moment of seeing or emotive response is a slippery slope. That is the time to feel not think. Shoot first...ponder, philosophize and edit later. And yes, I am a compulsive shooter. It's neither virtue nor vice. It's my response to all the wonder around us and the sense of gratitude I feel to be able to see it and catch a bit of it.</p><div></div>

<p>Hi Salvador, Welcome!</p>

<p>Cheesecake. Love it.</p>

<p>Sanrenmu 7063</p><div></div>

<p>Kershaw Leek</p><div></div>

<p>I'm continuing to document my pocket knife collection.</p>

<p>A7RII, FE 90mm f/2.8</p>

<p>Kershaw Entropy</p><div></div>

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<p>Good luck with your "new" NEX6, Mark. It's a really fine camera. I passed mine off to the Mrs. when I moved up to the A6000. It was my prime street shooting/walk around camera and now my wife is having a blast with it. Better image quality than cameras many times its price.</p>

<p>Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 up close</p><div></div>

<p>Canon FD 400mm f/4.5</p><div></div>

<p>Out on the edge of the prairie this morning with the Sony A7RII</p>

<p>FE 55mm f/1.8</p><div></div>

<p>Dear photo.net Friends:<br>

The Departments of Photography and Digital Experience at the Art<br />Institute of Chicago are delighted to announce a new website focused<br />on the museum's Alfred Stieglitz photography collection. This new<br />interactive collection focus brings to the public high-quality<br />reproductions of all 244 photographs in the Stieglitz Collection: 159<br />by Stieglitz himself, and others by Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Edward<br />Steichen, and many others in his circle. It contains in-depth<br />information assembled by conservators, curators, and other<br />researchers.<br /><br />Among its features are:<br /> - new conservation analysis on each work, with 44 receiving in-depth<br /> examination<br /> - over 900 images, including new object photography, contextual images,<br /> and photomicrographs<br /> - a scholarly essay about the collection's history and entry into the<br /> Art Institute<br /> - essays on the twenty-one artists featured in its holdings<br /> - historical entries on the three galleries Stieglitz ran, and the two<br /> journals he edited<br /> - explanations of twelve separate photographic processes<br /> - context for nine different series within Stieglitz’s own photography<br /> - seven thematic essays linking the works<br /> - high-quality image downloads, and a downloadable PDF with information<br /> on each object<br>

You can sort, filter, download, explore, and share. Please take a<br />minute to play with it, and pass it along to your friends and<br />colleagues: <a href="http://media.artic.edu/stieglitz/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://media.artic.edu/stieglitz/</a></p>

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<p> you would probably enjoy this store</p>

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<p>You betcha! Nothing like a small shop to get the best service.</p>