No, not a post about my genitals.
A call from Nik this morning. Did I have a macro lens for my GF1 he could use? Our lens collection is expanding such that we do not know what each other has acquired. Indeed, I have to look into my lens cabinet on a daily basis to remind myself of current stock.
And I do own a macro lens; but it isn’t quite here yet. In fact it hasn’t started the journey to Pattaya; a journey that starts somewhere in the Ukraine so it may take a while. My future macro lens solution is an exotic mix of an ancient Russian lens made in a tractor factory, some plastic tubes, and an adapter, the total cost of which is less than $70. I fear the resulting image quality will be more amusing than impressive; but you can never get enough of amusing.
So, no macro, but I could offer him my LX3 which takes stupidly excellent macros, even though it did not originate from a tractor factory. After a couple of hours he returned it, suitably impressed, and it seemed a shame not to point it at something. A rummage in a drawer revealed a bag of tiny Buddhist statues, the purpose of which was not clear, but they could be photographed.
A bit of fiddling and this was the result:
Neither impressive or amusing; suppose I will just have to wait for the Ukrainian shipment to arrive.