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different P/P regime on this one , done with instructions from another forum poster . I really like this effect ... floats my boat anyway
a splsh of colour by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

Great capture in time Jeff but it make my eyes feel like I'm looking through my misty glasses.different P/P regime on this one , done with instructions from another forum poster . I really like this effect ... floats my boat anyway
a splsh of colour by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
Haha - me too. In the first lockdown a year ago I decorated the whole house except for the hall, stairs and landing. Being an old victorian house there are many doors and high ceilings but i have now reluctantly started that space. Managed to paint 7 door sides and frames last week and now just 3 to go.Couple of old ones from me as I've been busy decorating instead of doing photography.
Robin by Ajophotog, on ipernity
Brent Geese by Ajophotog, on ipernity
I tend to use the mechanical shutter its a bit louder but feels rightJust had my first short outing with the em1x and 100-400
First impressions are it's a breath of fresh air, just so mobile fast and obviously silent. The stabilisation is very welcome and so is the auto focus. I think I'm going to love it
.... That combo is a good physical balance I find and I fell in love with my E-M1X from the moment I held one - I came from a Canon 1DX-2 and the M1X is like a scaled down version and not too small.Just had my first short outing with the em1x and 100-400
First impressions are it's a breath of fresh air, just so mobile fast and obviously silent. The stabilisation is very welcome and so is the auto focus. I think I'm going to love it
.... As someone who absolutely loves driving I love this shot. Very nicely done.
.... Especially much quieter than Canons which Nikon users call 'Canon Slappers'to be fair i have used the mechanical shutter while practicing at home and its far far quieter than my dslr .
I have a vague'ish memory of the FX3 taxi my dad had for a while and that also had a starting handle.......needed sometimes.....though I don't recall ever cranking that one and anyway that was some years before I droveI’m not sure I go back quite that far...
Good for him. That's quite an achievement at 17! I quite fancy one of those myselfYou’re right @Bebop but he’s only just 17 and has bought his own car. Unfortunately he can’t afford a newer car ( he likes this one, just needs the gym for the handbrake )
Gosh he's done well. I didn't know about Abarth - just looked up the Fiat connection - that Italian style! And the Italians like their cars...They’re great. His brother is 13 and has his eye on it for 3 years time...
He actually bought it when he was 16 - he had a specific list of “wants” ie 2014 onwards as it has the digital dash, less than 50k miles, certain wheels, certain interior etc etc.
Given that most kids of his age buy a Ford or a Vauxhall, an Abarth 500 was quite liberating but he’s friends with a YouTube’r who has a large Abarth following so perhaps he was swayed..
Sorry it's all a bit off topic, but I bought a 1970 MG1300 in Hayle when I was on holiday there in 1986. It had 13k miles on the clock if I remember rightly. I kept it until 1996. I was a teacher at the time and the kids thought it was hilarious because it looked like Basil Fawlty's carOne of my customers I saw only 2 times a year had BMW M3 estate......on one visit I saw he had an Abarth 500 and he said the M3 was good but the Abarth was fun. Bearing in mind he lived & worked in Hayle in Cornwall he often used it for runs up to London and back in a day!!!
Sorry it's all a bit off topic, but I bought a 1970 MG1300 in Hayle when I was on holiday there in 1986. It had 13k miles on the clock if I remember rightly. I kept it until 1996. I was a teacher at the time and the kids thought it was hilarious because it looked like Basil Fawlty's car
And just to get back on topic - I thought this was quite a handy video...
View: https://youtu.be/855ulRaLn3s
dont hope to much ,my daughters a covid ward nurse , had covid ... had the vaccine ... sent home last week to isolate for seven days , went back at the weekend sent home again as another nurse contracted it so self isolating for another seven days .. and people wonder why I get snappy at timesGosh he's done well. I didn't know about Abarth - just looked up the Fiat connection - that Italian style! And the Italians like their cars...
At the end of January 2020 I was in Italy and had a track just next door to the hotel, so I spent some time there with my 12-100 on the Em1ii with a 3 stop filter. I'm not sure if I've shared any pics from here before. On my first attempt they were racing and I really struggled to pan - it turned out I was working against the IBIS!! On my next attempt they were just teaching, so it wasn't so exciting.
My husband was ill at the end of the holiday, followed by the rest of us when we got home and I now think (hope!) that it was covid. So this was our last holiday before all this madness started.
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Yeah Rob I was gobsmacked I'm going to try a couple of other outlets today.Wow 12 months don't they want to sell them it was on my radar until the a1 came out that's a long time to have to wait.
Rob
Tried 4 different shops all quoting next yearyou could join in the zoom meeting on thurs on the olympus u.k forum and ask mark Thackera the head of olympus u.k the questions . anything that comes via a shop assistant has to be taken with a pinch of salt .. i.e scenario if I tell the customer its over a year he might change to Sony etc and I'll still get my commission on a sale
That's pretty bad and will not help the brand. Even for those of us who could not contemplate buying that particular lens, it will make people wonder hoe the new owners will perform. The 100-400 is still out of stock at most dealers.Tried 4 different shops all quoting next year
Delivery Jeff. 2 of them I have been dealing with for years and am I first names with the mangers. So they know I'm not prone to chopping and changing systems.
With the information available it looks like the production of this lens was woefully under estimated.
I'm guessing Covid has also caused the supply of parts to be an issue if they are outsourcing the parts.