That's a heavily redneck-accented pronunciation of American. It's sarcastic American Exceptionalism. It's a self-effacing way of acknowledging that I'm asking a dumb question because Americans are stereotypically self-important and unaware of customs of neighbors and trade partners. Like if someone gave a distance in kilometers [which I don't understand], I might ask for it in miles by saying "What's that in 'Murikan?" or another similar one is 'What's that in Freedom Units?'
Lee Saxon wrote:
That's a heavily redneck-accented pronunciation of American. It's sarcastic American Exceptionalism. It's a self-effacing way of acknowledging that I'm asking a dumb question because Americans are stereotypically self-important and unaware of customs of neighbors and trade partners. Like if someone gave a distance in kilometers [which I don't understand], I might ask for it in miles by saying "What's that in 'Murikan?" or another similar one is 'What's that in Freedom Units?'
Hahaha! I love it and a brilliantly worded explanation. We have a similar way of saying things here in Oz. We say "What's that in Straailian (Australian)" with the nazally Australian twang.
Anyway, great fun, you've made my day with a good laugh.
Some great photos here. I just bought this lens for an upcoming trip and have a question concerning filter use. I have mostly all 77mm filters, and am wondering if there will be significant vignetting if I use a step down ring on this lens?
vandrv wrote:
Some great photos here. I just bought this lens for an upcoming trip and have a question concerning filter use. I have mostly all 77mm filters, and am wondering if there will be significant vignetting if I use a step down ring on this lens?
You'll get significant vignetting. Non stacked 82mm filters are the way to go.
Every year, Sydney has the Sculptures by the sea exhibition on the coastal walk that goes from Bondi Beach to Bronte Beach. The exhibition part of the walk is about 2kms along quite a spectacular area overlooking the Pacific Ocean/Tasman Sea. The exhibition is usually run at this time of year for about 3 weeks. These are mainly to show the area where the sculptures were held and one of the sculptures. Is there a better back drop for such an exhibition? I think not!
I took this opportunity to use my 35 f1.8S, 50 f1.8S and 85 f1.8S as much as I could but I did use the 14-30 f4S and the 24-70 f2.8S for a few. Here are the 14-30 f4S images.
There will be 35mm f1.8S, 50 f1.8S, 85 f1.8S and 24-70 f2.8S images in their respective threads as well. I hope you like them as much as I did taking them.
First time trying to shoot firework here so I did not quite know what to expect and foolishly enough to set my 14-30/4 at 19mm, opps. Oh well...
I was on a bridge with lots of cars and trucks passing by so probably not ideal location for tripod with long exposure either
