LBA cure?

I have just run Exposure Plot on my Pictures folder. This is a seriously useful programme - get it here link.

Been meaning to do this for yonks but only just got round to it (having anticipated it would be more complicated than it is). It's great - giving a full breakdown of the frequency you use different focal lengths, ISO, aperture and shutter speed on all images included in your search.

And having worked out which focal lengths you use, you can then rule out all those unnecessary purchases you were contemplating. Well that's the theory. I have now ruled out the purchase of a 60-250/70-200. The downside is I clearly really need a 50-135 or 50-150.

Thanks for that, very useful

or could it show up a gap in your arsenal, to assist with the oohh I need a xxmm lens

Surely the only real cure for LBA is to own every possible lens?

Seriously though, the only drawback of this is that if you don't have a lens at a certain focal length, you're not going to have any pictures taken at that length, but you might still need/want it.

Other than that, really useful program for understanding your own habits.

Doc,

Thank you for the link too. What this would do is provide you with some data to confirm what you already 'knew' - that you really did need the 50-135!

Seriously though, it's a very useful lens in terms of focal length, and IQ is just superb.

Ah, but it did help me rule out the 60-250, which is more expensive!

Do you see a gap

And it showed me what I already knew - I don't really need my 50-135 since I have the 60-250 . Not sure it's for sale just yet though.

My wife keeps me under control with "What will that do what the others won't"

John

John I have a wife like.

I just hide them now

James

John,

the study of the inner workings of the female brain has been my life's work. The results of recently conducted, double-blinded clinical trial involving the wives of 1500 photographers selected at random from all over the U.K. has revealed that in 85% of cases like yours, substituting the words 'new handbag or handbags' for 'new lens or lenses' in your negotiations has proved highly effective in overcoming the symptoms you describe. In the remaining 15% of cases, a complete resolution was reached once the 'old model' had been traded in for one more malleable.

The full article can be read in the Journal of Irreproducible Results 15, pp 60 - 250, May 2010. A reprint can be obtained from the publishers DA* Optical.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Jon

...in which case you need to train up to ensure you can dazzle her with brilliance, such as detailed discussions about the effects of various focal lengths, maximum apertures, rendering and IQ, as each of these vary between lenses.

As it happens, coupons for just such a course are in the rear of the Journal cited by Jon above.

A man met this genie on the Scottish moores.

"I'll grant you one wish", the genie says, "so think carefully about your wish".

After some consideration the man says "Build me a bridge to Australia. I have always wanted to go to Australia, but I'm afraid of flying, and I don't like boats".

"Can you imagine the amount of steel, concrete and tarmac it takes to build such a bridge", the genie says, "don't you have a simpler wish?"

The man thinks again, and finally he says: "I've been married for 30 years, but I have never understood my wife. Please give me a brain so I can understand women."

The genie looks at him and says: "What about this bridge..."

How did we get from a link to a useful site into a set of sexist jokes?

Please remember a good proportion of Pentax Users are women.