How does one start to recognize the differences among lenses?

[jnantz]

Buy and sell what you hate.

ymmv

Read old catalogs online, almost all are online.

Buy good shutters, way more of those are now a crapshoot.

+1

[Pfsor]

Ok, post corrected: https://www.largeformatphotography.i...=1#post1484933

Ok, post corrected: https://www.largeformatphotography.i...=1#post1484933

Ok, post corrected: https://www.largeformatphotography.i...=1#post1484933

Pere, what happened? Too a long session on trichromic photography? I worry.

[Pere Casals]

Pere, what happened? Too a long session on trichromic photography? I worry.

No...

every day the forum hungs during a few minutes, and if one retries posting the reply then the reply gets posted inadvertedly several times.

This happens everyday around midday in central EU time, that I guess this is the interval with lowest activity and some regular maintenance operation is scheduled...

[Pfsor]

Thanks, that calms me down.

[Tin Can]

I notice it about 12 UTC aka Zulu time which i wished we used everywhere in the world.

Whoever is rebooting the server has gotten much faster than a few years ago.

And I thank the programmer that supports this fine forum!

No...

every day the forum hungs during a few minutes, and if one retries posting the reply then the reply gets posted inadvertedly several times.

This happens everyday around midday in central EU time, that I guess this is the interval with lowest activity and some regular maintenance operation is scheduled...

[Pere Casals]

I notice it about 12 UTC aka Zulu time

I guess that this small interruption helps data consistency, perhaps it ensures a safe backup, just speculating.

[Daniel Casper Lohenstein]

Not a German fairy tale.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" (Danish: Kejserens nye klæder) is a short tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen ...

... who had his inspiration from Karl Eduard von Bülows (father of Hans von Bülow) translation of the book "El Conde Lucanor" by Don Juan Manuel, 1337, cf. http://www.zeno.org/M%C3%A4rchen/M/S...4lken+begegnet

q.e.d. : we are all uninformed.

BTW. I said it was a german tale because I didn't know whether people from the U.S. know this tale, so I wanted to short cut this. (Of course the tale in its modern form comes from Andersen. Every child in Germany knows Andersens tales. Apparently I adopted Andersen. I vote for a honorary citizenship of Andersen. He found very much approval in Germany of the 1830ies. There are even Andersen sculptures in Germany!) I am sure Americans know tales that I don't know, but this is exactly what I wanted to show: there is always somebody who wants to tell you the obvious truth that isn't a truth at all, in the end. It's the same with lenses. There is a lot of people out there who talk about lenses that they never owned.

[Daniel Casper Lohenstein]

Hi, the Grimm brothers invented their tales, as far as I know. These tales weren't popular tales but pure inventions. It's quite amusing seeing structuralists analyzing the plots of those tales and finding structural principles.

[Grandpa Ron]

One of the things I have learned, is high end professional products are often separated by nuances and personal choice.

Musical instruments, audiophile gear, shotguns, telescopes and even golf clubs reach a quality level where "feel" and other intangibles become a factor. One person's too heavy is another's solid feel. I might find some item too complicated while other find it precise.

Kind of like, which is the best beer.

[Pfsor]

... who had his inspiration from Karl Eduard von Bülows (father of Hans von Bülow) translation of the book "El Conde Lucanor" by Don Juan Manuel, 1337, cf. http://www.zeno.org/M%C3%A4rchen/M/S...4lken+begegnet

q.e.d. : we are all uninformed.

BTW. I said it was a german tale because I didn't know whether people from the U.S. know this tale, so I wanted to short cut this.

Daniel, I forgive you...