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I recently bought this lens and so far I’m loving it. I took a couple of photos tonight to see how the photos came out and so far I’m very impressed by the quality.
I also got a polarized filter that my sister gave me and I’ll be getting a chance tomorrow to play with it. So check back tomorrow to check my quick review of the lens and also some new photos with that lens and the filter since I don’t have to work this Friday because it’s mother’s day in Costa Rica therefore a holiday so I’ll have plenty of time to play around.
The 4GB SanDisk Extreme III SDHC card also arrived this week and next week the remote shutter release control as well as a spare battery will arrive. Now all I’m missing is the external flash unit which will have to wait a bit before I buy it. I also would like to get a lens that covers the range of 55mm to 70mm since that’s the range that I’m missing but this is for a future purchase…though I’ll need a new camera bag for it since my current bag is maxed out in capacity.
-LM
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Last night was the party that I had organized since I was leaving the department I’ve been working for the past two years, I had to organize it because no one else would and it’s not because they don’t like me but because that’s just how things happen around here. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of the event because I didn’t bring my camera along and no one else did either.
We began at a bar called Quizz in Heredia then at 7pm we moved to MasTkila Bar that’s at the Paseo de las Flores mall, we went there because a couple of coworkers said that it would be best to do the whole activity there and not on another bar…but guess what…those people that said that I should make it there didn’t even arrive…well I learned my lesson and next time I’ll choose the place and the rest should decide whether to arrive there or not. After like an hour of being in that bar we left since it was kinda expensive and no one appeared to be going to arrive and we headed to a friend’s house to finish the party.
I came back home at around 3:30 am since we did the “sarpe” at Sands bar in San Jose the four of us that lasted.
Today I woke up at around 11 am and left with my parents to go shopping and to eat as well…
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I’m sure you’ve heard of Crayon Physics and if you haven’t then it’s a quite interesting program that uses physics to solve the puzzles. The name is because the interface interacts like if you were drawing with crayons.
I’ve been playing with a program called Numpty Physics which has a similar feel but is open source and gratis. There is a version for Windows which is entertaining to play on your free time and some of the puzzles are quite challenging to resolve.
You can check it by going to the project site: http://numptyphysics.garage.maemo.org/
And you can download the Windows version at: http://thpinfo.com/2008/numptyphysics/
The project has it’s small defects like there isn’t a way to restart the level without having to close the program and open it again.
-LM
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My older sister is part of a Costa Rican folklore dance group which gets together almost every weekend to practice their dances. Today they were preparing for their next show which will be in September and got together at the house of one of the members so that they can get their costumes ready and also to build a replica of the kiosk that once existed in the central park of Heredia so that it’s part of their set.
The director of the group asked me to take some photos of the group a while back but I was unable to do so. I attended today to document their activity for the day and will attend another day when they’re practicing their dance moves. I still have to process today’s photos but here is a preview.
-LM
My mini-review of the 50mm f/1.8D lens
Well this isn’t like one of those professional reviews of a lens. Let me say that I actually really love this lens and the first recommendation given to me by my good friend ocnarfid is not to go crazy with the f/1.8 since it’s not for all photos and let me say that he’s right and I’ll show you why in a bit.
I tested the lens last night when I was able to open the box on a rather low light situation and using the f/1.8 and really enjoyed the results from that quick run since I was able to get quite the interesting photos that I would have otherwise been unable to do so with my 18-55mm lens and I’ve been told that this is a good lens for low light situations.
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