Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In my case, I have a balanced diet, just too much of it!! Old habits die hard. When I did a huge amount of competitive running - and triathlons to boot, I ate all around me, but the weight never stuck. Then, out training on my bike, some eejit decided to use me as a bonnet (car hood) ornament, and did my back in permanently. I had to stop all the exercise, but still ate... It was a bad idea. Douglas On 18/03/2017 02:52, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Have you tried the Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) diet to lose weight? It is > controlling my diabetes quite well, to the extent that I have managed to > stop medication after 25 years, but weight loss can be spectacular if you > can follow the regimen. It is not quite so easy for us Indian vegetarians, > as we have to forgo around 80% of our normal diet, but should be relatively > easy to follow for meat eaters. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 3:15 AM, Gene Duprey <geneduprey2015 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Douglas, >> >> Wow, glad to hear your knees are feeling better after the injections. My >> wife tried the injections and had zero luck and ended up getting both >> knees >> replaced and is now pain free. Hope the injections work long term. >> >> I know what you mean by needing to loose weight, I have managed to drop >> over 50 lbs this past year. Still need to loose more, but it is getting >> there. i have also taken up Nathan's habit of riding my bike, which helps, >> even got my wife, Chris doing it also. >> >> Gene >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >> gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It is not enough for the body to be weather sealed, lenses must be, too, >>> at least weather resistant, if not sealed! >>> >>> Both the Nikon D500 and the Fuji X-T2 have a good degree of "weather >>> resistance" built in and work fine in a moderate downpour - never tried >>> them during a full fledged monsoon downpour yet, I stay safely at home >>> during those times. Many of the newer Fuji lenses are weather resistant >> as >>> well. >>> >>> So, Douglas, if you want the D5 performance in a lighter body, may I >>> suggest the D500, even though, horror of horrors, it is APS-C? I have a >> D4 >>> as well, which I hardly ever take out except for wildlife safaris >> nowadays, >>> the D500 is superior in practically every which way. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 17-Mar-2017, at 04:34, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>>> >>>> Worthwhile thinking about, Frank. The other four adaptors I have are >>> Fotodiox too, and work well. However, the water resistance of the Sony >>> worries me, and, as sport, and especially sports like mountain running, >>> leave you very exposed to rapid and intense weather changes, I'd be >>> reluctant to have its innards fried with the slightest chance of an >>> electrical short. >>>> That said if my knees let me down, and I can't get back to climbing up >>> (well, really the going down bit kills me) the race routes, I'll probably >>> feel sorry for the unused Nikon lenses and get that adaptor too. My next >>> planned adaptor is for Miranda as I have a couple of nice Miranda lenses >>> from my Sensomat RE, and curiosity, as usual, will get the better of me >> :-) >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>>> On 16/03/2017 20:13, Frank Filippone wrote: >>>>> If you are contemplating a Nikon lens to Sony E series adapter, let me >>> put >>>>> in my $0.02 ( Roughly 0.02 Euros) >>>>> >>>>> I have the Novoflex adapter. It works fine. BUT, it does not offer >>>>> aperture connection to the body.... ie, you must MANUALLY open up the >>> lens >>>>> fully (turning a ring on the adapter), focus, close the lens ( ditto >> the >>>>> ring) to working aperture, then shoot. ( or focus at F11 or whatever >>> your >>>>> working aperture is). If that works for you, fine, go for it. >>>>> >>>>> I bought a Fotodiox adapter that is a bit more expensive, but more >>> capable. >>>>> It has the ability to take the electrical images from the Sony body >> and >>>>> convert them to Nikon lens mechanical motions... including the >> aperture >>>>> connectivity. >>>>> If you set the working aperture, the lens opens fully for focusing, >> then >>>>> stops down for taking the picture. This works, as far as I can tell, >>> for >>>>> all MF Ai and AIs lenses as well as more modern AF lenses. If you >>> have a >>>>> A7r or A7r11 ( which I know you have), and you have Nikon G lenses ( >> all >>>>> electronic control) they will also AF those lenses on your Sony body. >>> ( >>>>> does not work for the generation 1 Sony bodies, the A7 ( mine) or the >>> A7r. >>>>> It is an option.... >>>>> >>>>> Frank Filippone >>>>> >>>>> Red735i at verizon.net >>>>> >>>>> Yes, Gene, the D4 is a really great camera too, and funnily enough I >>> DIDN'T >>>>> buy a Nikon adaptor for my A7II despite having some ok full frame >> Nikon >>>>> lenses. The reason? I'm thinking of getting one. >>>>> >>>>> I've delayed doing so, due to my knee issues, but I visited the >> theatre >>>>> - my ortho-man's one - this morning at 6am and had another couple of >>>>> injections in my knees. These bring my total to 20. Unlike the 18 >>> previous >>>>> ones which were rooster juice, these were steroid ones. The effect has >>> been >>>>> immediate. I can now walk without pain. Let's hope it lasts, as I miss >>> my >>>>> mountain walking and going up to spectate at my old sport - mountain >>>>> running. If I do drop some weight and get a bit fitter again, I'll >>> have a >>>>> D4 on my shoulder as I used to a fair bit of running shots, and get >>> stuff >>>>> into athletic mags in the past. >>>>> >>>>> Fingers and knees crossed. >>>>> >>>>> Douglas >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >