Today, I was taking pictures of that mantis and it climbed onto my hand.

New friend!

Update - short distance (about 60 cm) test at 50mm.

Compared with my reference 50mm, the Zeiss Milvus 50/2:

- I confirm the shorter FL of the zoom at that distance
- with both lenses at f/2.8:
  - the zoom is darker by about 1/6 stop
  - center resolution (examined at 100% and 200% ratio) is *very slightly* in favour of the Zeiss (maybe the higher magnification contributes to this)
  - the Zeiss has a markedly shallower DOF; this is not due to field curvature as the difference is visible on both "sides" (closer and more distant)
  - Zeiss red color is slightly more saturated
  - on further stopping down, color and DOF are still different, but that's all.

I must admit that the zoom performs extremely well - in the center at least.

And that's it.

Mostly HDD(s). I go for units with 5 year warranties such as as the maker isn't going to give you an HDD that is likely to fail during the warranty period (thought they can).

5 years can pass very fastly ... A 2018 Western Digital with 6TB died on me this year ...

Mastering the "gritty" style better by the day

Coffee drinking man