jay a. frew

<p>Who or what is a prosumer?</p> <p>A Prosumer is a Proponent of Sumer ~ an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq. <br> <br> Have you ever met one?<br> <br />I've never had the pleasure.<br /><br> ;~)<br /><br> Cheers! Jay<br /></p>

<p>Here's one from the weekend with my LX7<br> <a title="P1020837CactusFlower_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/15244153351"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3886/15244153351_7afa5c71d4_z.jpg" alt="P1020837CactusFlower_S" width="640" height="432" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>More great images from the Canon folks this week!<br> This one was shot with my EOS M and FD 24mm/2.8 SSC BL:<br> <a title="_MG_6857Mower_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/15162571036"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/15162571036_d3deb8652a_z.jpg" alt="_MG_6857Mower_S" width="640" height="431" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>An EVF allows me to dispense with the glasses I must continually remove and replace when I use an optical finder (reading glasses that are not needed for the optical finder, but, I need them to view the LCD etc).</p> <p>I have a Panasonic LX7 with the EVF attachment and it transformed the way I use a camera! I can not only see all my settings and focus in the EVF, I can also see Live View and Image Playback (with no glare from the sun to contend with)...all without glasses.</p> <p>I agree that some Canon optical finders are very good (the ones in my EOS 3 and 40D are very good), but, they cannot do what an EVF can do.</p> <p>This EVF-fitted camera goes everywhere I go (even when I am carrying my DSLR kit) and I've used it everyday for nearly three yrs. Nothing has gone wrong with the EVF so far.</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Hello:<br /> I don't have any of the equipment you mention, but, I have been looking. I am wondering why you did not mention a digital Leica body ~ since you already have four Leica lenses that you enjoy.<br /> <br />The Olympus kit that you mentioned would run about $3000.00 new.</p> <p>There are used Leica M9 bodies, at B&H in the $3700.00 range:<br /> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/801082341-USE/leica_10704_m9_rangefinder_digital_camera.html<br /> ...and there is a used M8 for about $2100.00:<br /> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/801025578-USE/leica_m8_rangefinder_digital_camera.html</p> <p>According to this site:<br /> http://camerasize.com/compare/#289,213<br /> the Leica M9 is a bit larger and heavier than the OMD EM5 (13% wider, 13% thicker and 185 grams heavier).</p> <p>From what I've read, a digital rangefinder like the m9 can be focused in low light:<br> http://www.photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00cXkI</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>I could be wrong, but, it seems to me that if you change your aperture (in this case by changing the zoom setting), your previously locked exposure settings must also be changed.</p> <p>Maybe that's why the camera automatically cancels exposure lock when you rotate the zoom ring.</p> <p>If you have a constant aperture zoom for this camera you could soon put this theory to rest one way or another.</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Is it a variable aperture zoom lens or a constant aperture zoom lens?</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Thanks Alan Bryant! That was very helpful.</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Arguments for, or, against Electronic Viewfinders (EVF) notwithstanding, I would like to buy a "prosumer" camera body, with an EVF, without selling and replacing my collection of EF lenses.</p> <p>Unfortunately for me, it doesn't seem like Canon has an interest in producing such a body.<br> <br />Today, on photorumors dot com, I read about the announcement of a new "Metabones Ultra" adapter that will allow me to use my EF lenses on Sony E-mount and Fuji X-mount bodies. This new "Ultra" adapter will have a magnification of 0.71 and will make my lenses one stop faster (i.e., an f2.8 lens becomes an f2.0 lens). This adapter (for Canon EF) will list for about $650.00.</p> <p>NOTE: this link opens a *.pdf file:</p> <p>http://www.metabones.com/assets/a/stories/SpeedBoosterULTRA_Press_Release.pdf</p> <p>Sounds fantastic, however, I wonder if this is another gimmick or how much it will degrade image quality.</p> <p>This "Metabones Ultra" has yet to be released, but, I am wondering if any of you had experiences with other Metabones products? If so, do you have an opinion about them that you would like to share?</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Adrian K ~ Thanks!<br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Wow, those are hard shots to follow folks.<br> Here's an image of a school building , which opened in 1877, in our town. The school was closed at the end of June this year. Not sure what will happen to it now, but, it has been designated as a "Heritage Building" so I'm sure it will survive and be re-purposed.<br> Shot with my EOS M (IR) and my old FD 24/2.8 SSC BL. It was one of my favourite film lenses...and now, all these years later it seems to do as well on the Canon mirror-less camera.<br> <a title="_MG_6833DicksonSchoolFD24mm_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/15171069215"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5575/15171069215_39d23d61bd_z.jpg" alt="_MG_6833DicksonSchoolFD24mm_S" width="640" height="431" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Thanks thom!<br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>I have three this week from my visit to the "Halton County Radial Railway" museum:<br> #3<br> <a title="_MG_6811RailBonder@Work_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/14936721127"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14936721127_fdcc74e740_z.jpg" alt="_MG_6811RailBonder@Work_S" width="431" height="640" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>I have three this week from my visit to the "Halton County Radial Railway" museum:<br> #2<br> <a title="_MG_6789RailGrinderCar_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/15120311091"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/15120311091_134c4cff07_z.jpg" alt="_MG_6789RailGrinderCar_S" width="640" height="431" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>I have three this week from my visit to the "Halton County Radial Railway" museum:<br> #1<br> <a title="_MG_6798Waiting@TheStaion_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/15120303641"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3846/15120303641_e77485e1b0_z.jpg" alt="_MG_6798Waiting@TheStaion_S" width="640" height="431" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>I can fix it with post processing...</p> <p>...no matter how long it takes!</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Part of the former Babcock & Wilcox Southworks plant, (established in Cambridge, ON in 1844) ~ now a shopping mall. Their primary Cambridge facility, in another location in town, still exists and is busy producing pressure vessels for the nuclear power industry.<br> Shot with my trusty LX7 in Monochrome Mode.<br> <a title="P1020740SouthworksCourt_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/14849837159"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3892/14849837159_2d0fcc7a97_z.jpg" alt="P1020740SouthworksCourt_S" width="640" height="411" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Early morning sun blasting through the dew kicked-up by a large lawn tractor ~ LX7<br> I'm shooting almost directly into the sun and there is very little flare in the image. Click-on the image to see a larger version (flickr)<br> <a title="P1020734GrassTractor_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/14955526411"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3909/14955526411_63424be7f7_z.jpg" alt="P1020734GrassTractor_S" width="640" height="431" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>...and #2<br> <a title="P1020717Sunflower_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/14750054597"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5556/14750054597_f8cd57fb9d_z.jpg" alt="P1020717Sunflower_S" width="432" height="640" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Here's a couple shot with my LX7 Friday morning:<br> #1<br> <a title="P1020718Sunflowers_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/14749949859"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3844/14749949859_cab7caf29b_z.jpg" alt="P1020718Sunflowers_S" width="640" height="433" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>ECF works well for me (EOS 3). The only thing that would improve it is if the focus point cluster covered a wider area of the viewfinder frame (there are 45 points but they are all in the middle portion of the frame).</p> <p>A couple of folks (above) mentioned that they wanted their eye to scan the viewfinder frame without changing the focus point (words to that effect). The focus point does not follow your eye unless you activate AF. The way I use it is to look at the point on which I want to focus, then, I activate AF and the focus point shifts.</p> <p>ECF works best for me when I use Custom Function 4 to configure the AE Lock button ("* button" on the upper right-hand side of the camera back) so then, the focus point will only change when I press the "* button". This also allows me to separate AE and AF lock functions.</p> <p>Also, when you activate the ECF calibration routine, it begins in landscape mode and continues into portrait mode - Automatically. There is no switch to make between landscape and portrait calibration. You only need to rotate your camera from landscape orientation to portrait orientation and continue with the routine. Once you successfully complete and deactivate the calibration routine, ECF will function as designed in both landscape and portrait modes.</p> <p>The EOS 3 calibration instructions are on page 43 of the EOS Manual (link below):</p> <p>http://www3.canon.de/images/pro/fot/slr/geh/file/eos_3_eng_toc.pdf</p> <p>Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>#3<br> <a title="MG_029655FestivalFaces_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/14876984972"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3847/14876984972_5e958db989_z.jpg" alt="MG_029655FestivalFaces_S" width="640" height="431" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>#2<br /> <a title="MG_029670FestivalFaces_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/14877310905"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/14877310905_57d9de0bee_z.jpg" alt="MG_029670FestivalFaces_S" width="640" height="431" /></a><br /> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>Today I have three street portraits from our local Folk Festival. All shot with a 40D and an 85/1.8.<br> #1<br> <a title="MG_029581FlamencoDancer_S by Jay Frew, on Flickr" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxonophile/14690736438"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5565/14690736438_66cce9c4d6_z.jpg" alt="MG_029581FlamencoDancer_S" width="640" height="640" /></a><br> Cheers! Jay</p>

<p>I don't have a cell phone or a smart phone. However, my two adult children (mid-thirties) and their spouses keep the latest & greatest smartphones in their pockets.</p> <p>All I can say about smartphone cameras is that I am quite sure my kids will realize, when it is too late, that nearly all the memories of their children growing up, which they documented with their phones, are out of focus, badly exposed, poorly composed and nearly useless to look at.</p> <p>I have first-hand experience with this type of disappointment. When we were raising a young family, my wife and I had a Kodak Disc camera for a couple of years. VERY FEW of those images made useful prints. So, we lost a couple of years of photo memories that we surely miss now.</p> <p>Forget the phone cams. Get a camera.<br> Cheers! Jay</p>