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Here's a quick descent into geekdom. I've seen hundreds of new macro lens owners run to me with the same question: "When I focus closely, my maximum aperture closes a LOT! Is my lens broken? Was it made cheaply?"
Nope. In fact, your aperture isn't really changing at all. All that happens is that to come up with a good, general-purpose macro design, there is a trade-off that at super-close distances, a "bellows effect" means that the lens is less effective at transmitting light. (Something that's measured in t-stops) Note, though, that the aperture of the lens isn't closing down (measured in f-stops). But new lenses and cameras are smart, so they let you know "Hey! You're not getting as much light as you might think, and you'll want to adjust for that!"
Confused yet? Maybe this video will help. We start out with a way-out-of-focus image of a nickel, and there's a big ol' blown highlight. Note that as I use the Nikon 60mm AF-S macro to focus all the way in, the exposure gets darker, and the blown highlight goes away. But the *aperture* doesn't change -- you don't all of a sudden see more depth-of-field.
So don't freak out when you buy a new macro, but adjust your ISO or flash power accordingly when shooting close-up.
After 3 days, everyone is tired.
New York Comic Con 2010 and New York Anime Festival 2010. October 8-10, 2010.
My lovely g/f asked me last night. I said "They look similar but actually they're different characters and some are the same guy but from different companies. Like this guy is Ultraseven, that's ultra jack, ultra zoffy, ultra ace etc etc" She just laughed. Argghh geekdom is too hard to explain sometimes. :(
He won the award for best costume at NYCC 2010.
New York Comic Con 2010 and New York Anime Festival 2010.
October 8-10, 2010.
This was a chocolate cake with chocolate butter cream icing. It was for a 6 year old boy. My husband kindly pointed out that Yoda was holding the light sabre incorrectly and would have had has hands cut off and that I missed out the gun turrets on the ship. In all other ways he is very supportive but he can be a stickler when it comes to geekdom.
I'll never look at Darth Vader the same way again.
New York Comic Con 2010 and New York Anime Festival 2010.
October 8-10, 2010.
Rogue Dance Innovations is based out of Hampton Roads VA. Poisoned Spoon, pictured here, is the master mind behind the magic that happens there. Spoon is a table top gamer (RPGs) she sticks mostly to D&D 3rd ED and WOD.
Organic Armor Creates handmade costumes and props that look like ancient metal, bone and leather.
Moonstone went to grab lunch.
New York Comic Con 2010 and New York Anime Festival 2010.
October 8-10, 2010.
New York Comic Con 2010 and New York Anime Festival 2010.
October 8-10, 2010.
Rogue, Jubilee, Emma Frost, Domino, Psylocke, Phoenix.
Paper piecing-love-geekdom from DT days at "Story of My Life". My adoration for you will never cease SB...
This was a chocolate cake with chocolate butter cream icing. It was for a 6 year old boy. My husband kindly pointed out that Yoda was holding the light sabre incorrectly and would have had has hands cut off and that I missed out the gun turrets on the ship. In all other ways he is very supportive but he can be a stickler when it comes to geekdom.
The slide is labeled "Hayes", maybe that's the name of the man viewing the carpet through binoculars. At a Halloween party for engineers from MIT's Rad Lab and their wives in perhaps 1942. This may be at my grandparents' rented duplex in Belmont, MA.
Read more about the party in another photo's caption.
Taken by my grandfather David C. Cook. Here are more slides of Boston. And here are photos by my grandfather from other cities around the world.