Agreed, Bill, on both points.
Chris
> On 22 Feb 19, at 05:50, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Car washing is much more important. An empty desktop is the sign of an empty
> mind.
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> From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Olympus Camera Discussion"
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:40:40 PM
> Subject: [OM] Nathan's PAD 18/2/2019: testing a new lens
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> I do not buy much new photo equipment these days—the stuff I have is good
> enough. But this week, on the suggestion of Moose on the Oly list, I picked
> up a 12-32mm lens for my Panasonic GF1. On an MFT camera this range is
> equivalent to 24–64mm, very useful in a tiny package—this may well replace
> the Ricoh GRII as my cycling camera (the Ricoh is still the choice when
> pocketability and/or high ISO capability are needed). The lens arrived on
> Monday, and I have been shooting with it this week to test it in various
> circumstances. It has been a busy week at work, so I have not had much time
> to go out to photograph, and had to do most of my testing at the office.
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> This was the very first image on Monday:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-CzThMJL/A
> Every company I have worked for since 1987, including the office where I work
> now, has had a “clean desk policy”. In every place I have heartily ignored
> this policy, and I continue to do so. In my view, cleaning one’s desk ranks
> right up there with washing one’s car as a total waste of time.
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> I then set out to look for more interesting subjects, so I prowled the floor
> looking for victims. Many people were at lunch but our Greek colleague Eri
> was at her desk:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-8927XVS/A
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> And this one of our cafeteria terrace, actually taken on Wednesday, is a good
> test of the distortions of the lens—not too much, albeit this is with the
> lens set at 17mm, so not at the extreme wide end:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-t936CK6/A
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
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