Got a call from his scrub nurse about an hour later asking me if I wanted to observe another similar surgery...I was already on campus so politely declined but holy shit. That man is a fucking machine.
Just got out of the first long surgery I observed. Started at 5am. Finished at 1pm. Complete double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. My feet hurt so freaking bad. I have no clue how the 67 year old surgeon did it all. So much respect for the surgeons and staff.
It has spoilt me. Nothing comes close in sharpness. Even at f1.4 it is disgustingly sharp. I got the nikkor 85/1.8 for a longer focal length and typically the focal length has the sharpest lenses but I have to stop it down to f4 to get anything usable which to me is a waste of money. I'm sending it back for a replacement to see if maybe I just got a bad copy but if the second one is poor as well I will likely wait for the sigma art version of 85mm. What I really want is their 135/1.8 so might just wait for that. I tried the 135/2 dc from nikon but wide open it was very soft without any dc.
Finished off first semester of med school with 8 A's, 2 B's and a C in the bullshit careers in medicine class. It was harsh and not easy but I had fun and made new friends along the way. A much needed break until Jan 6th then back at it again.
Very nice Brent.
I got lucky with mine. There's a gentleman (fay126) selling new ones on fredmiranda for $820 whom I purchased mine from. Receipt is included if you ask him for it for any warranty purposes. To remove doubts he does agree to send raw images for the buyer to determine if the lens has trouble focusing which I think is better than having to deal with returns.
Id suggest the sigma 35/1.4 over the nikon version Shelly. +1 on lensrentals. Great people.
http://www.dxomark.com/%20eng/Reviews/Sigma-35mm-f1.4-DG-HSM-Nikon-Mount-review-the-definitive-high-speed-35mm-wide-angle-lens-for-DSLRs/Sigma-35mm-f1.4-DG-HSM-Nikon-versus-competition
The files were all on ntfs drives originally. I formatted the drives sequentially to whatever macs use when I moved to a MacBook Air. Even when copying originally I had similar issues but not as badly. No background programs running. No hard drive software used. The files seem to work just fine. How would one know if they are corrupted? I'll try repairing the permissions today. There are close to 1500 sub folders. Don't have the time to do each one. The error throws a different file every time.
This is driving me insane.
Latest macbook air running mavericks. Everytime I try to copy one of my music folders (~250gb) to an portable usb drive from an external non portable usb drive it throws the following error with random files.
"The operation can't be completed because the item is in use. Can't copy"
Google is dry on it. Has anyone faced similar issues? Anyone solved them successfully? I am considering going back to a PC for file server usage as it has been a nightmare on a mac.