Random stuff over CNY

OK and so I'm down to the last day of the new year break, darn, counting down the hours to booking in again. Double darn. Anyway, have just gotten round to processing the photos from the fishing trip, which were terrible(that's what 3 days of no sleep does to you) and also have processed some test shots from my newly acquired 135L, which has a 11-year old vintage but still produces fantastic results. My L disease will not be sated for the moment until I acquire a 28-70L to fill up a small gap in my equipment at the moment(which technically is covered by the 50/1.4, but oh well, more is still more eh?). I've got plans to acquire the full L prime trinity(35/1.4, 85/1.2 and 135/2) by the end of army too, which should be quite a reasonable goal since I'm already a third there, although it is the cheapest of the trio. I'm also missing my 1dII's operation quite a bit, ever since having given it up for the 5d. Why can't the 1dsII be cheaper? Hurhur. Probably will pick up an old 1d or 1ds for those occasions that demand that operational capability, heh, but I'll leave that for the future. Priority for spending after the 28-70 gets into my dry box is bike lessons and subsequently a bike. Yea! Finally can get my own transport.

Anyhow, the fishing trip was a real bummer, with almost no one coming, despite the strong interest expressed back in camp. We basically got 2 bites in 8 hours anyway, totally pathetic. We did catch a few crabs though, but unfortunately they were about the size of our palm at best and probably weren't really worth eating. We threw them back, fortunately for them, mainly because we were too tired to deal with the hassle of bringing them back home.

Here are some very poorly taken images, with my brain off. Oh well.

Reagan with our best catch. Which was more fun to play with than to catch. Hurhur


The three surviving musketeers.


Crabby's hilarious pose.


And our CNY catch. Don't laugh, please...


Ok and here are the 135L test results, shot at Han's CNY party. I think I should have used it when we were playing Taboo, but it only occured to me later. Damn you, lack of sleep! The IQ is really impeccable, but it kinda looks like the output from my magic drainpipe and I wonder if I should have bought it. At least it's f2! Heh. The output's great at f2 and the DOF is razor thin, demanding careful and judicious usage. Beautiful resolution and bokeh, as can be seen from these wide open images(ok you can't really see since the images are so small, but go buy it, you won't be dissapointed).

Cho, looking gay. Glorious bokeh


A rare shot of the han brothers together. shallow DOF rendered meatloaf han OOF, though just barely at this distance.