nope.
I picked up one of those silly tabletop tripods from a thrift store today…always been curious about them but never wanted to buy one at full price. $3 is less than a decent coffee, so I’ll see how I like it.
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The resistance ended today, and another lens will be joining the fold tomorrow. I guess when I fall I fall hard.
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Glad to hear you’re doing it right.
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LOL we’ll see what my next credit card statement looks like. I booked a workshop too…
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My random find of the week: I have cataract.
I also have (it recurs) allergic conjunctivitis, and, along with vision working differently to a few months back, it is not a good time for sight!
I don’t know the doc’s verdict until he can see me without allergy, but I guess it’s going to be operation time soon.
Anyway, making casual internet enquiries into techniques, costs, etc.
And I had to give myself a slap! I had to ask myself why I was complaining about the possibility of spending more on my sight than I did on my camera! Priorities were recognised immediately.
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I had fast growing cataracts in both eyes, surgery on both last year. 15 minute procedure, painless. I got distant vision in both, need readers but really liking the distant vision.
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Let me plug once again the Manfrotto MP3, of course more expensive, but a lot more discreet. It can also be used to hold your camera steady against something (railing, pilar,…) for a long exposure.
In action:
Ready to jump:
And while we are at it, another of my “finds” is a roll of “Magic chart” sheets. These things cling to any surface by a combination of static electricity and atmospheric pressure, and make an instant backdrop (demo above).
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@Kadsura @Tim To some in my neighbourhood, weeds are food. We have a long and wide hydro (electricity) corridor that doubles as a pedestrian and cycling path that has lots of overgrown weeds including dandelions. I regularly see people harvest large bins of them.
The city saves money by manicuring the grassland (ahem: weed land) once in a blue moon. Terrible for allergy sufferers like myself.
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Hobbit is also a unit. 
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Dandelion is a fine salad ingredient, alone or in a mix. It’s supposed to have a diuretic effect, hence its French name.
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The greens are fine…I’ve not once cared for the stems or the flowers as a salad ingredient.
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Although I’ve heard of seriously awful outcomes, they have always been because the patient ignored and went against advice. Everyone else seems to be happy.
Subject to my doctor’s advice, I intend to opt for single-vision, distance lenses. The rest I’ll use specs for just like now.
I’m not looking forward to the event, but I am looking forward to afterwards 
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I am now on ZEISS lenses on both eyes. So much better - it is worth the money. For me it was about 1400€, but I was reimbursed by insurance.
Why is there no reimbursement after a lens purchase? 
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Have you heard of “The GIMP”?
If you have problems installing it, I have found a magazine article that describes the way perfectly on 4 pages.
I think I started to use “The GIMP” a year or so before that. It was an experience…
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I remember trying to compile that new browser called “Mozilla” in 1998 for weeks until I figured it out.
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Yes, there was always one library missing.
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Can anyone recommend a good aurora forecast website for North America? I’ve been getting teased with weak results from the three I frequently check on. I know it’s not an exact science, but I sure would like one that can definitively state that there will be an aurora with a one hour margin of error.
Pardon the whinge…I just want to snap some pretty lights.
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
As long as the NOAA exists…
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