April 23

the z 20mm f/1.8s being one of the sharper z lenses
is not perfect

Zf  Z 20mm f/1.8S @f/5.6 iso 3600

Fons, your bookshelf offers space for many more lenses the right amount of lenses is n+1

The CV f/1.0 lens seems to be a tool you have been needing for a while. You are getting lovely results with it.

you are too kind, Keith. I loved to be more bold and just jump into the next plane to get roasted in the California sun. Here we got freezing nights and rainy days. Just today we had some sun at one digit Celsius temperatures in the shadow...


... how is it in California?

That one was special indeed but most of the time, I only get this, which is only visible with a long lens or binoculars. With the naked eye my wife sees only a very faint and fleeting green spot 1 on 3 times, roughly. That could be the reason why you don't see it.

Dungeness is over 40km from here. With clear sky and a binocular, I can see the power plant.

Bruno 'must be one of your better blurry shots'! Beats me whats out there?

A sound idea would be adding a « normal » bank account number. With the normalized IBAN account structuring, payments (even international) became very easy. I’m using less and less intermediaries such as credit cards, PayPal and the like, by making straight payments directly from one of my bank accounts.

Automatic renewals are a definite NO GO for me.

I was thinking about that too but the country of origin of the NG account is important. It is indeed straightforward within EU with no transaction fee added, but it can be different outside EU. For example the transaction fee to UK from Belgium is prohibitive for small amounts. I also once did a transfer to a (small) bank account in US and it was a nightmare to do.

Lovely green spark Bruno

Thanks Akira. I have a very good spot with almost ideal conditions to see it, when the weather is right.

Amazingly, you must be looking down the length of the Channel to see this.
I've never seen this when looking West at sunsets from Cornwall or Western Ireland.