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It appears upgrading to LR5 borked the XMP files for about a month worth of photos, negating any and all edits/adjustments I did with them.  Didn't notice it when I initially upgraded to LR5 since these were photos I'd processed a while back.  Now I get to go through my backups to find non-borked XMP files.  Joy.

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Personally, I quite like 135mm lenses.  I have three manual focus ones I use on a fairly regular basis.  

Meyer-Optik Orestor 135mm F/2.8, with its 15 blade aperture.

Tair 11A 135mm F/2.8, which has a 22 blade aperture.

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm F/3.5, sporting a humble 6 blade aperture, but is the sharpest of the bunch and has the best color transmission.

 

I've toyed with the idea of buying the Canon 135mm F/2L for many years, but haven't ever pulled the trigger.  I have never owned a Nikon body, but that hasn't stopped me from lusting after the 135mm DC.

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Thanks Gene, I noticed you sold off your RX-100, what are you using now?  I am thinking about moving to the RX-1 at this point.

Jeff, I loved the RX100, and got many great shots with it.  imho the best p&s out there, but I also got great results from the Canon S100.  Decided to see if phone cam will do for p&s duties.  Not sure it will work out, but got the best I could to give it a go.  Looked at the Samsung S4 Zoom and decided it was a freak - no interest.  Have had a Sony Xperia Z1 for a few weeks - 20 mp, 1/2.3" sensor and f/2.0 lens.  Great specs, but still needs some work.  One firmware update already, and cam definitely improved.   Still a work in progress.

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Jeff, I loved the RX100, and got many great shots with it.  imho the best p&s out there, but I also got great results from the Canon S100.  Decided to see if phone cam will do for p&s duties.  Not sure it will work out, but got the best I could to give it a go.  Looked at the Samsung S4 Zoom and decided it was a freak - no interest.  Have had a Sony Xperia Z1 for a few weeks - 20 mp, 1/2.3" sensor and f/2.0 lens.  Great specs, but still needs some work.  One firmware update already, and cam definitely improved.   Still a work in progress.

 

Cool stuff, Gene.  Be sure to show us some Z1 shots.  The upgraded camera and weatherproofing of that phone definitely make it an appealing prospect.

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With the second round of med school exams over, a few friends and I decided to take a break and head to the local watering holes to procure some choice beverages for them.

 

1. The afternoon started with a trip to "The Pub" where absurdly tasty lamb burgers were consumed with two fingers of Macallan 18. The gorgeous caramel was making it difficult to focus on focusing. 

 

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2. I collected myself and tried real hard to focus properly.

 

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3. Fast forward a couple of hours and we ended up at Primanti Brothers in search of a good pizza.

 

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5. Everyone we came across greeted us with a smile

 

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6. We came. We bit. We were stuffed.

 

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7. The sendoff included a smile too.

 

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8. We ran into a couple of wise guys who couldn't figure out the "who has two thumbs" joke. No, they weren't drunk.

 

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9. They showed us how what their mating call was. I promised them I would try it when I got home. :) It didn't work. :(

 

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10. Then they showed us how Arnold posed in the Mr. Universe competition.

 

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11. We came across a model who only wanted a dollar in exchange for services rendered as a subject.

 

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12. Some people pretended (quite poorly) that they didn't want their picture taken.

 

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13. The night ended at The Drunken Taco where we had an excellent conversation with Gil who wanted me to email him this photo as he liked it a lot but wanted to make sure that I knew his name was Gil, not Gill. He mentioned with a quivering voice that his mother would have killed him if he ever received any correspondence addressed to Gil.

 

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All in all a well deserved break from the books. Now back to the grind.

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As much as I love Zeiss glass, I don't like the look of the Otus. I wish they had stuck to the rugged look/feel/construction of the distagon series. The Otus seems prone to rub marks and discolorations. Not something I would like to see in a lens that expensive. Then again, I don't have the money to buy it so I guess my opinion doesn't really matter. 

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