Matching the lens and the body
Today’s lesson in hardware configuration has to do with matching an older lens to a newer camera body. It’s not all about the mount, apparently.
The symptom pointed to the lens; no aperture info going into the camera “brain”. Turns out that the little switch beside the aperture ring (on older Pentax gear) actually has a reason for being there. Once we committed to auto aperture, everything came alive. Next stumbling block, a timer that wanted to play. All the time. Again, a configuration adjustment. Now, even the newest camera in the house will do macros in fine form.
On to other things. We still haven’t cut the lawn. Yesterday, the landscape team were back, applying fertilizer and admiring the progress. But, into every life, a little rain must fall… and it did. Perhaps tomorrow will be warm and dry. In anticipation, the potato field just below us was sprayed this evening, in the ongoing war against blight. If they (the agronomists in the area) find that things are dry enough, we can plan to ride, soon.
Finally had to change the book load on my ebook reader. I’ve made it through the Peter May collection, and now I’m reviewing my Lee Child pile. Happily, his openings are unique; the whole library is going by quickly, as I decide within a page or two that I’ve already been down that road. Still great stuff, and I’m reminded that the movie hack with the Cruise kid was not the wisest casting in history. Come on, Hollywood! Put the character before the face.
Sometime after 21h00, we were treated to the sight of two cruise ships in close formation, outbound from the Strait. Following behind, a third…
