Photo of the Week 2025-07-21

 

This weeks post is being written later than usual. It's Monday morning, already nearing 8am, I'm cottaging solo for a few days to make some progress on a shed renovation project and tuckered myself out yesterday. Some until-now hidden wood rot took a little more time to rectify than I had expected so by the time I'd made (maple pistachio encrusted trout fillet) dinner on the BBQ and cleaned up I decided to let blog writing slide until the morning ...

 

... well, it's now morning and I sit enjoying coffee, listening to robins, cardinals, blue jays, gulls and crows through the open cottage windows as the day makes itself ready.

 

I recently picked up a vintage Canon FDn 50mm f/1.2 and needed to test it while the return window was still open so I mounted it on an R5 with an adapter to make some digital images I could inspect right away. The condition of the lens, cosmetically and optically is excellent and I'm very pleased with the results. In the near future, I'll shoot some film with it likely on the New F-1 body but for now ...

 

' Blackbridge Mill in June '

' Blackbridge Mill through the Gate '

I missed the (manual) focus justa tad on the gate image. Focusing at wide open with this f/1.2 beastie presents a challenge, or maybe it was my posture as I stooped awkwardly to get the framing just the way I wanted. Not so young eyes or not so young body, not sure which one to blame ;-) 

 

DJE