The Raving Lunatic

Dumbass asshole is a fucking dumbass. Your stupidity knows no bounds.

Wished we named V10, “Shit.” It’s what it is anyway. That way, whenever users would call and whine for errors, we could have a direct answer.

“Ma’am/sir, why complain. It’s shit.”

That I reclaim my life. God damn you 2011. Burn in hell.

Happy new year! :-)

The worst thing that V10 could do to us is ruin our personal time. It was with regret that I came to work yesterday with almost nothing prepared, for the first time since i worked for that company five years ago. There was just no time to prepare, and I wasn’t alone. The family day celebration was killed off a year ago, and I scoffed remembering how ultimately different the situation was two years ago. It just got worse. I received pleas for help from users, and I couldn’t do much.

So the day that I thought I’d spend resting was devoted to shopping. It was a bad decision going along with all those struggling to make habol for the occasion. I think I spent more than I think I would, as I had not planned anything at all.

But then, I’m still optimistic that we’ll sort it out.

Merry Christmas everyone.

:)

I wanted a relatively cheap wide angled lens that could serve me well in low light. After making a short list of my options. I settled on the Sigma 24mm f/1.8. The Canon 28mm f/1.8 is slightly inferior in tests based on several online reviews. The only problem I saw going with the Sigma is issue on quality control. So I told my supplier to get me two copies to minimize risk.

Forward to the delivery date, I was told that there was only one coming, and if it was not working well, I could just had it replaced. I figured, okay, a lens’ supposed to work properly after all.

The lens came and I did my first shot on my 5D Mark II. I did my test at the mess hall, where it was dark as it was only lit lunch time. The lens had trouble focusing and the whirring noise it made was irritating. I was prepared for it, as I’d be mostly using it for video anyway. Still, I tried to find the lightest color I could find to help the lens, focused, and fired. I quickly played and was floored. I tried to remember where I focused. The image wasn’t focused at all. I did more shots and came with the same result. The lens would focus on the front, way far from where I was focusing. I quickly fired up the microadjustment and dialed it all the way back +20, but it barely made a difference. My temper flared. I called my supplier to complain and I was given two options – to have it calibrated for free on my body, or to wait 5 days for a replacement which I couldn’t be sure if it would have the same issue. I went for the calibration option.

I told the supplier to set me up an appointment with JT Photoworld that night, the official distributor of Sigma in my country. At around 6, when I was on my way to JT, I got a call from my supplier telling me that the guy in charge of calibration was on leave for 5 days!

With that, I told her that I don’t want to have to do anything anymore with the crappy lens I had. I wanted it replaced. I asked for the 16-35mm f/2.8 L II.

It arrived two days later and…

I couldn’t be more happier with it! :-)