Topslakr April 30th, 2008
Topslakr April 29th, 2008
Topslakr April 29th, 2008
Well, I bought the FE. Got it at my local camera store, Eagle Photo. Used, of course, but in quite good condition. It appears to have been well loved but so far so good. I bought it with a ton of cheap, expired film so that I can test to see if it works correctly ect.
When I called their earlier today they told me they had the FE and a 24mm f/2.8 lens for very little money. I said great, I’ll be there before you close. When I got there the FE was there and looked good but the 24mm they were talking about was an off brand Tokina. For the price, $69, it was worth some thought but it is a very old lens and I just didn’t want to bother. The Nikon 24mm sells for three times the price and isn’t up to todays standards… I can’t imagine how awful the off brand would look. Not worth it to me. At least if I could take advantage of it using my digitals it would be fun to play with but having it limited to just the FE and of low image quality just doesn’t make sense. I will have to keep searching for a wide angle prime. The only down side, so far, with the camera is that it is all black and I kinda preferred the look of the chrome one… Oh well. Doesn’t affect the images and I have the camera now, instead of later. I’m going to shoot a half dozen rolls of film and then get them developed before my mini-vacation next week to make sure it all works. If it does, keep you eyes peeled for some talk about film versus digital.
Topslakr April 29th, 2008
A few weekends ago I roasted a Pork Rib Roast with a friend of mine. Neither one of use had ever eaten one.. let alone cooked one, so it was a bit of an adventure. He and I both enjoy cooking though so we gathered family and his pork reluctant girlfriend and prepared a feast. I’ve included a good number of images that are at the bottom of the post. I think I’ve posted information throughout this post that should explain them all…
The first step was to acquire the hunk of beast. I headed out to The Meat House the night before so see what they could do. I had never been there before so I thought it would be a good opportunity to see how knowledgeable their staff is. I explained to them what I wanted to do and how many people would be there (10) and they were quick to make some good recommendations. In the end I left with two sets of 5 bones wrapped in butchers paper.
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