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Kokubunji, 2022.02.13

I went to work today, downtown. I attended a risk meeting, I sold the adapters for my Sony camera to one of my colleagues, and I went for a photography wander at lunch. The lens for the new camera has two filters, a neutral-density and a polarizer. I don't know why I have this particular size: 58mm is on the large side and I'm scratching my head as to which past lens I had that would have needed them. But while it fits, it certainly does seem to have limitations: the flare is unbelievably bad, and it seems to blur things.

It's a Kenko, so not exactly expensive, and I'm wondering if I shouldn't replace it.

rand()m quote

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

—Antoine de Saint-Exupery