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I couldn’t put this book down. A fascinating perspective of the Civil Rights movement in the ’60s. I bought an extra copy to pass among my friends. Any parent who wants their children to understand the relatively recent history of the southern African American should encourage them to read it.
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Wow! WIDE ANGLE LENS MACRO
This is wonderful book! Ever curious about what happens behind the scenes of a circus? Well this story shows that it’s nothing like you’ve ever imagined. Jacob Jankowski is en route to become a veternarian when all of a sudden he loses his parents and everything changes. He decides to run away and runs into a traveling circus. He eventually gets a job with them as their “vet”, and gets an inside look on the running of the circus. But wait, now Jacob is a 90… or is it 93 year old man living in a dull nursing home. The way that this novel flashes back and forth between the present old man and the past young Jacob as his story with the circus and the excentric characters he meets there adds a wonderful effect to this story. It’s a must read, once you pick up the book, you won’t want to put it down until the end. You’ll never believe the crazyness behind the freakshows and the secretive and passionate characters behind the facade of happiness.
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Wow! 70-300mm Sigma Macro SLD DG f/4-5.6 Lens
Good Utility lens. I bought this lens based on reviews here and my budget. I was just stepping up to a DSLR and wanted a long reach lens but I didnt have the budget for much. I went back and forth between the Sigma and the Tamron and ended up with the Sigma, again based on reviews here.
The Good:
This is a great starter lens or budget lens. With a 1.5 crop factor Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 SLD DG Macro Lens is a 105mm-450mm lens with true macro from 200-300mm (250-450 converted). Thats a lot of lens for $150. The macro is good but takes some getting used to. First you have to go past 200mm, then flip a switch to go to macro focusing. When you are done, you have to do all of that in reverse or it wont retract. The macro focusing is good but most of the time you will want to switch to manual. The zoom ring has a nice positive feel that lets you stop when you want to and go when you want to. Some zooms are a little too “lose” for my taste. Because of its size, hand held shooting needs daylight and even then if you can use a tripod, do. With a tripod, the sharpness is excellent. This lens has a definite sweet spot between 135mm and 200mm, f/8. Shoot in this range and you will get amazing results.
The Bad
This thing is BIG and HEAVY. At 300mm and the full macro focusing, this lens is HUGE!! Do not try using it on a cheep tripod. I did, its frustrating. Because of the size and weight, it flops around more than some lenses. BE CAREFUL! Focus at either end is not a strong point. There is softness and CA at 300mm and at the low end of the f-stops. IF you can shoot f/8 or better, you will get better results.
This is not a “digital” lens. It is a full frame, 35mm film lens that works great on new Pentax digitals. AS long as you understand and accept its limitations, you will get a lot of value from it.