I took a bunch of photos of itsy-bitsy flowers in our front yard. Of course, we all know what comes with flowers, don’t we? Bugs! There were butterflies, moths, honeybees, and ants. There was also a lot of dust on my sensor, I know - and I’m too lazy to have cleaned it up yet. I know.
Other photography news: I finally cashed in my D90 fund, which would have gone toward buying a D90 if I were going to buy a D90 but instead went toward adding three lenses and two extension tubes to my Mamiya collection. I now proudly sport the 65mm, the 50mm ‘C’, the 127mm, and the 140mm Macro ‘C’, plus both the #1 and #2 extension tubes (45mm and 82mm, respectively). The 50 is the most beat up, and is still a remarkably solid and massive lens. The 65mm and 127mm both have more wear than the average Nikon lens ever sees, and the 140mm looks nearly new. None of these lenses look as if they have been affected AT ALL by this wear. Both extension tubes look as if they were brand flippin’ new, man.
Best of all, though, is that there was almost enough money in the D90 fund to get an Epson V750 flatbed scanner; close enough that I went ahead and bought it. This thing won’t replace a drum scanner for quality, but it’s about on par with a dedicated film scanner like a Nikon LS4000; I think that’s the model used in the comparison review I saw. The Nikon might be a bit better, but it’s 3x the price and won’t handle larger than 120 film. Or opaque documents, either.
Of course, UPS saw fit to throw a delivery exception for my Saturday scanner delivery - my address doesn’t exist. Ironically, it existed the previous day when I had TWO packages delivered - from UPS. I’m still waiting to see if they try to deliver it today, or if I have to pick it up. The folks on the phone can’t tell me. Nice.
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