Mr. Silverman welcomes you to another Feline Friday with his special toothless yawn.
Yup. He lost the last of his teeth in dental surgery a couple of months ago. His teeth were in bad shape, and our vet, Ann Sakamoto at VCA in Kaneohe, thought the recurring infections might be contributing to his diabetes issues. In any case, she thought he would feel better if not dealing with the dental woes. Well, his mouth is now all healed, and he doesn’t seem at all bothered by his toothlessness.
Even without teeth, he will still sit down and eat through a bowl of dry cat food. I avoid the ones with sharp edges, but luckily his two brands of diabetes diets are nice and rounded, and he likes them. I also give him canned food, which he prefers.
Even without teeth, he goes on food explorations. He’s come back at least two times carrying a partly-eaten chicken thigh, apparently stolen from a neighbor’s grill, plate, or (hopefully) just out of their unsecured garbage. I take them away from him, but perhaps I should see how much he can get done by gumming the meat.
Anyway, seven of our eight cats appear in today’s Feline Friday Foto Gallery. Ms. Kili decided to make herself scarce when the camera was around.
Speaking of the camera, I bought a new lens this week, and it arrived yesterday. It’s Canon’s newest, a 40mm “pancake” lens in their EF series for either full-frame cameras (like my 5D) or their other digital SLRs. It is very small. In this photo, the 40mm is on the 5D body, alongside Canon’s standard 24-105mm zoom lens. The 40mm is tiny!
Reviewers say it is very sharp across the full frame, and I have no reason to doubt that. I took it out this morning on our walk for the first time, and it was a lot of fun.
The 40mm focal length was popular back in the early days of 35mm photography, when Henri Cartier-Bresson was said to use a similar lens in his street photography. This new Canon is in their regular consumer series and not the more expensive “L” series of lenses, so is very reasonably priced at just under $200. I couldn’t resist trying it out.
A couple of photos taken this morning with the new lens are included with today’s photos, including this one of Toby. The other of Ms. Annie was also with the 40mm.
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Well, that gives new meaning to the term “gaping maw.”
Speaking of terms and meaning, “pancake,” indeed. When I looked at that photo, I thot “Oh, I didn’t know Ian had a 5D body, that lens next to it sure doesn’t look like a ‘pancake.'” Then, after reading the rest of the post, I realized that the lens is actually ON the body! It looks like a dust cover, it’s so small. Nice shots with it, too.
40mms are nice! It’s about the same field of view as the human eye keeps “in focus,” so the images seem very natural.
Try sticking to a Sony NEX – 7 to see what a compact street camera is like. Folks like HCB and Alfred Eisenstadt used small bodies like the Leica IIIC or M-3 with 50mm lens like the Elmar f/3.5. A 35mm or 40mm lens would be close to the same perspective.
Pardon my ignorance, is that 5D a Mark II or III?
How much?
5D II. Probably not as expensive now as when I bought it. This model had just come out. I love the full frame–it acts like a traditional film camera, lenses act as I expect, etc.