Bob gets desperate

[BobL]

Well it's almost 4 weeks since I touched a CS and things are getting grim. Yesterday we were visiting the historical U-bar ranch just off the Cowboy trail in Alberta and I stumbled across this old docking rig - well I just had to pretend for a second or two. SWMBO even says I was making a sawing Zinging sound although I will deny it.

 

[mtngun]

Hope you are enjoying Canada, Bob.

Did you ever make it to Glacier Park ?

I thought about you today when I was trying to file a chain in the field, something I am not very good at. "If Bob were here, he could do it."

 

[BobL]

Hope you are enjoying Canada, Bob.

Did you ever make it to Glacier Park ?

We got to Waterton Lakes National Park last weekend. From where we hiked up to Bertha Lake where we could see far enough up Waterton Lakes to look into Glacier N Park. The far end of the lake in this picture is Montana.

Another view of Waterton Lake.

A couple of panoramas of Bertha Lake.

The weekend we went to Drumheller to see dinosaurs and fossils - pretty impressive I have to say.

I thought about you today when I was trying to file a chain in the field, something I am not very good at. "If Bob were here, he could do it."

It sounds daft but there would be few things I would like better right now than a beer, a chain that needs sharpening and a fresh file.

 

[mtngun]

It sounds daft but there would be few things I would like better right now than a beer, a chain that needs sharpening and a fresh file.

Beautiful pictures.

Ya, I figured you would actually enjoy filing, unlike me.

 

[Brmorgan]

We got to Waterton Lakes National Park last weekend. From where we hiked up to Bertha Lake where we could see far enough up Waterton Lakes to look into Glacier N Park. The far end of the lake in this picture is Montana.

Another view of Waterton Lake.

A couple of panoramas of Bertha Lake.

The weekend we went to Drumheller to see dinosaurs and fossils - pretty impressive I have to say.


It sounds daft but there would be few things I would like better right now than a beer, a chain that needs sharpening and a fresh file.

Those are the key words. A brand new file is almost a joy to use. A worn one tends to cause cursing and bloody knuckles in my case!

What are you shooting the wide-angle and pano shots with? I have a Canon 10-22mm and I love it, but I've never tried panos with it.

 

[BobL]

Those are the key words. A brand new file is almost a joy to use. A worn one tends to cause cursing and bloody knuckles in my case!

What are you shooting the wide-angle and pano shots with? I have a Canon 10-22mm and I love it, but I've never tried panos with it.

The Camera is a 50D while the lens is the kit lens (EFS 17 - 85 mm) from my old 20D. Because of the small CDD form factor on the 50D, its equivalent to 27 - 105 mm so not that wide. I'd usually rather take more pics than shoot with a really wide angle because of the added distortion but sometimes (just like a CS bar) a little bit wider (ie maybe 24 mm full size) would be useful.

Cheers

 

[guitarborist]

Nice Photos! That 's part of my backyard, I'll be up there soon myself.

 

[BobL]

Nice Photos! That 's part of my backyard, I'll be up there soon myself.

Cheers GA, that sure a nice part of the world.

 

[Brmorgan]

The Camera is a 50D while the lens is the kit lens (EFS 17 - 85 mm) from my old 20D. Because of the small CDD form factor on the 50D, its equivalent to 27 - 105 mm so not that wide. I'd usually rather take more pics than shoot with a really wide angle because of the added distortion but sometimes (just like a CS bar) a little bit wider (ie maybe 24 mm full size) would be useful.

Cheers

Nice. I bought my 20D barebones, but my friend had that lens with his 30D a couple years back and I got to fiddle around with it a bit; it's awful nice for a kit lens, especially considering its zoom range. It would probably be my most-used lens if I owned one; as it is I do probably 80% with the 24-70mm and 100mm macro. The 10-22mm doesn't get used all that much, really, but is sure nice to have for some artistic shots, or where you don't have much space to work with. At 10mm, I can fit my entire hand in the frame with it less than 6" from the lens. The downside is that it's EF-S, so I'm stuck with APS-C based cameras, though that won't be an issue for the foreseeable future..

 

[BobL]

Nice. I bought my 20D barebones, but my friend had that lens with his 30D a couple years back and I got to fiddle around with it a bit; it's awful nice for a kit lens, especially considering its zoom range. It would probably be my most-used lens if I owned one; as it is I do probably 80% with the 24-70mm and 100mm macro. The 10-22mm doesn't get used all that much, really, but is sure nice to have for some artistic shots, or where you don't have much space to work with. At 10mm, I can fit my entire hand in the frame with it less than 6" from the lens. The downside is that it's EF-S, so I'm stuck with APS-C based cameras, though that won't be an issue for the foreseeable future..

24-70 is a very useful range for most stuff.
I've decided I will only buy non-EFS lenses from now on because I do see myself eventually switching to a full size sensor camera, maybe-hopefully with my next upgrade.