kobi

<p>A friend and I rented the ZE 85/1.4 and 50/1.4 for a week each from lensrentals.com. I exposed about 500 frames over a w/end with the 85mm on a 5D, and grew to love it. The colors are delicate and neutral. Compared to my EF 85mm/1.8, the shadows render more smoothly. I'm still shooting with the 50mm. As with the 85mm, the bokeh wide open is delightful. Having to focus manually takes some getting used to after being spoiled with USM autofocus all these years, but the focus rings on these two lenses make the transition relatively easy. Follow <a href="http://kobi.smugmug.com/gallery/6616139_DQWKE#430481270_28t9H"> this link for a small gallery</a> of sample images.</p><div></div>

(i) Sign me up for "6," programming -- as long as I don't have to deal with MS tools.

(ii) Sustained load per week is probably 8. Willing to sink much more initially to ramp up.

(iii) 10+ yrs UNIX programming (HP/UX, SunOS 4.x, Linux) in production environment.

(iv) Non-profit status has no impact on my willingness.

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kobi