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iPhone 11 Pro Max

16 hours ago, ajkocu said:

to enable shutter release without a lens!

Although I don't use adapters, etc., the solution dawned on me as I recall reading that solution "somewhere".  However I was reluctant to offer that solution because it was based on my recollection of "something that I had read  somewhere."  I'm glad you found the solution and look forward to what you post.  

BTW - again without context, I thought I read "somewhere" that you lose infinity focus using an adapter.  Perhaps you'll let us know if this is the case with your setup. 

Wooden giraffe with Santa hat.

Rebel T7, EF 85mm f1.8USM @ f1.8 w/fill flash

While walking my dog yesterday, I came across something interesting. 

I saw a couple that I'm guessing were born this century taking a walk and enjoying the day.  The young lady had what appeared to be a Canon AE-1 with breech lock FD 50mm f1.8 lens around her neck.  Curiousity got the best of me and I asked if her camera was a Canon AE-1 and if she was shooting black and white or color film?  She confirmed that it was an AE-1 and was shooting color negative film but enjoyed shooting black and white as well.  I told her that I had an AE-1 at one time (bought it shortly after the camera was introduced) and took thousands of photos with it over the years.  She said that she bought her camera at a thrift store and from what I saw, the camera and lens looked like they were in excellent condition.   I resisted the temptation to ask more questions, bore them with my AE-1 stories, etc.  I thanked them for stopping and talking to me and told them to have fun!

As we went separate ways, I saw them stop to and take photos of each other taking photos of each other - he of her with his iPhone and she of him with her AE-1.   I lthough it was interesting juxtaposition. 

It made me smile to run into someone enjoying the same camera that I enjoyed using for so many years and brought back many fond memories.   

Backyard Birds - Anna's Hummingbird (female) 

Rebel T7, EF-S 55-250 IS II, w/430EX fill flash

Coronado Bay Bridge

Rebel T7, EF-S 55-250 IS II

Another "backyard bird".  A female Anna's Hummingbird.

Rebel T7, EF-S 55-250 IS II

12 hours ago, Mark Keefer said:

perhaps getting to old to start over with a new mount system and cards...

Ditto.  

My pattern (after buying the original AE-1 shortly after it was introduced) has been to "jump in" to a camera or system after it's a generation or 2 old.  

Rebel T7, EF 85mm f1.8 USM @ f2.

More practice shots taken in the backyard with my EF 85mm f1.8 which is fairly new to me (although the one I owned when I shot film my favorite lens).  The lens wasn't designed for digital photograpy or macro photography but gave it a try anyway.

In the first shot, I noticed the purple fringing around the sap droplets that were illuminated by sunlight and kind of liked the way it looked.  The second shot is heavily cropped to show that purple fringing and also brought out some green fringing in the background bokeh. 

I reduced the saturation on the third shot and that seemed to mitigate the fringing.