Still cannot get over it
The enormous 24″ iMac screen beams a series of studio photographs of my wife and son at me, each seemingly more thrilling than its predecessor. The show, as I flick through the images and cull the losers is, well, nothing short of enthralling.
“There he goes again, babbling on about full frame digital” you mutter. And rightly so.
But when I tell you that I continue to be simply blown away by the combination of the Canon 5D, 85mm f/1.8 Canon EF lens and my three head Novatron studio outfit, as I view the results on that huge screen, it’s not like I’m talking the latest and greatest in gear. But it’s still better than I am.
And where there are errors it’s usually in the area of critical focus not because the 5D isn’t always spot on (it is) but because yours truly swayed a bit before pressing the button. Age not booze, I assure you. And boy, is depth of field limited at these distances or what?
And this, dear reader, is what I have to deal with:
Life is short. Live it well.
Funny reading this – I’m slowly (after 3 years) finding I have the same affection for my 5D, 35/1.4, 85/1.8 and 135/2.0 lenses that I have had for very few other cameras/machines – the M2 and 90mm summicron I used to have, the Pentax 67 I still have but don’t use, and the 20 year old RangeRover with over 200,000 miles.
Simple solid machines that do what you want without any fuss. Good enough that there’s no need to replace them, just get on with doing stuff instead. Strange to say that about the 5D, but after setting it up to get the results I wanted I hardly have to change the settings now.