Jul 30, 2009

My new toy

I bought a new lens earlier this week. It's the EF 35-80 f/4-5.6 III. According the review by some people and sites, this is a crap lens. But why I bought it?

I found a forum discussing about canon camera. A thread called "EF 35-80 for macro" caught my attention. After reading all 4 pages, and see the result, I decided to give it a try. Luckily, there are plenty of them on the local auction site. And I got this lens for about 900 yen (with delivery fees).

Then, with the instruction given I hack the lens. It was very easy. I just have to remove the front element.



I took a screw that I took off when I removed the front element and put it on my cutting board. The screw length is about 7mm.



To shoot, my camera must be about 2-4cm to get the subject in focus. Because the front element has been removed, the lens AF is useless.

I also took several test shot.







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Jul 21, 2009

Gion Matsuri


Gion Matsuri
Originally uploaded by orcaz
Celebrated in Kyoto, this matsuri (festival) is one of the famous festivals in Japan. It spans the entire month of July. 16th of July, which when this pic were taken is known as Yoiyama (宵山).




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