Owning an olympus makes me cry. I own 5 lenses (2 kit lenses that came with my camera) and 3 primes. The 50MM prime is the only one of the 5 that is worth getting. A lot of the other lenses are too expensive to purchase ($1000+) so i figured investing in more primes was a good idea since the 50mm was so wonderful. I was completely wrong! DO NOT BUY ANY OTHERS!
The 25mm pancake lens was slightly sharper than the 35mm (which is a complete joke). However, the CA (chromatic aberration) the 25mm produces is sickening. At any aperture it’s completely apparent.
I wasted over $500 investing in both these lenses, which is still only half of what’s needed to get a decent lens by Olympus.
My advice to Olympus would be to create some more decent prime lenses like the 50MM and to stop making these ridiculous products to rob the few oly-users left of their money.
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Can anyone give me their thoughts on my very short (and whimsical) story?
I enjoy writing short stories and was wondering if anyone could give me their thoughts on this latest one I've written. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
Not long ago, in a modestly sized town in mid-western America, there lived a man called Richard Drake. And every day at 8:00 a.m. Richard Drake would wake up, and brush his teeth. Then he would shower, dress, and make himself three buttermilk pancakes along with a glass of orange juice. Upon finishing his meal, Richard Drake would drive to the local coffee shop for a little bit of caffeine. He would say hello to Mrs. Robinson, who was eating a cranberry scone. He would converse with old Seymour Stanton, and he would drop a coin in the ragged, tattered hat of the homeless veteran on the corner, who was always preaching something or other for the passersby. And after that, Richard Drake would make his way to his place of work, arriving at exactly 9 o’clock, to sort mail for seven hours. Richard Drake would then drive home, eat dinner, read the paper, and distract himself with an array of various other occupations of his time before going off to bed, to repeat it all over again.
And that, in essence, was the complete life of Richard Drake. Simple, easy, and unaffecting. It was exactly how he had always envisioned it. It was exactly how he liked it. And it went on for some time. Until one day, when the life of Richard Drake would be turned over upon itself.
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It was a completely ordinary morning in mid December. Patches of snow littered the landscape. A snippy breeze made its rounds through the town, and Richard Drake’s house Pancake Lens had that air of a cozy, yet brisk bite of cold that welcomes the thought of a seat next to the fireplace. Richard Drake began his morning routine as normal. He showered and dressed himself. He brushed his teeth, and he made himself a breakfast of three buttermilk pancakes. It was upon stepping out front door that Richard Drake came upon a small parcel seated directly in front of him, wrapped in plain brown cardboard, on which there was a small note that in bold black print read the word: DRAKE.
“Why that’s odd,” Richard Drake thought to himself. “I didn’t come across this package while sorting the mail yesterday.” Puzzled and understandably interested, Richard Drake momentarily retreated back into his house and then emerged with a letter opener, with which he carefully cut the thick brown tape along the top of the box, so as not to damage the goods inside.
Upon opening the mysterious package, Richard Drake found a number of things. There was a perfectly circular pocket watch about the size of a quarter. There was a magnifying glass, and a brown pair of old aviator’s goggles. And beneath it all was a set of hastily written instructions on a sheet of scratch paper folded many times over. Written on the top of this piece of paper were the words, WARNING: Handle with care. Those who change the future will find that they can never return to the past. Those who change the past will find the future unattainable. Underneath this caution was a list of 5 steps. And they read:
1.Adjust watch to exact year, day, and time of your desired destination using the black knobs on the left hand side.
2.If device proves to be too small for accurate adjustment, please use the magnification lens provided.
3.Equip goggles over eyes, lest you lose them during travel.
4.Device allows for travel through time, not space, so please make your own way to desired destination in the first three dimensions.
5.Click the red knob on the right hand side of the watch, and be on your way.
Needless to say, Richard Drake was intrigued. But alas, he would be late for work if he did not depart soon, so he put the watch, and the magnifying glass, and the goggles, and the instructions back into the box, and he placed the box on the kitchen counter for later. And then he left for the local coffee shop, as usual. There he greeted Mrs. Robinson, eating her cranberry scone, and then he conversed with old Seymour Stanton. Then he dropped a coin in the old tattered hat of the homeless war veteran. And then he went to work as normal and sorted the mail for seven hours. When his work day was over, Richard Drake hurried home, filled with anticipation, to take a closer look at his new package.
He walked into the kitchen to examine the quarter sized watch. It contained four rows of information, which from top to bottom, included year, month, day, and of course time. Richard Drake struggled at first to adjust the miniscule dials on his own, with pursed lips and squinted eyes, but in the end his vision failed him, and so he resorted to the magnifying glass included. Holding the watch at an angle to the light, Richard Drake used the lens to examine the various numbers and knobs that littered the small contraption. He then carefully adjusted the date to December 13th 1996, exactly one day previous. He strapped on the old brown goggles as the directions
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