Slower day today. Got up somewhat earlier but stayed in bed 10 or 20 minutes. Wrapped up History assignment, I just need to do a reply tomorrow. Made some packed udon for breakfast with a couple eggs, cooked the noodles a minute or so longer (I like them soft), added some shallot and cilantro. Yum. The FD 28mm lens finally arrived as I was eating! Gleefully unpacked it and was ... kind of underwhelmed? Build was very very light and the aperture ring was a touch stiff -- thought I'd accidentally pop it off my adapter. I think it's because I'm so used to the (ultra) wide angle lens on my smartphone camera this is just normal for me. I tried shooting some test shots and noticed the semi-automatic modes on my RP like Fv and Av were consistently overexposing one or two stops even though the EVF preview was perfectly exposed. Same for my Industar 50-2 and my SMC Takumar, though I didn't try the EF pancake. Eventually I tried setting it to manual, metered by Sunny 16 and then by the light meter UI on it, and the photos came out well exposed. So I may have to shoot in manual mode more. But I'm very grateful to have this. The wide angle of view -- and it is wide -- brings more context into each shot. And the focal length means that zone focusing is much much easier -- on f/16 this lens has an acceptable focus from 2.55 feet to infinity. Wow! The balance and weight of the lens on the camera also feels quite nice and so it's very mobile. Intermittently worked on history homework throughout the day, checked my Spanish and photography canvas pages. Chicken lime soup and a couple of ponytail radish pickles for dinner, over a Minecraft video about playing the Alpha version (apparently a purer experience, I want to try playing some soon). Had a few (7) pieces of candied ginger for dessert. Telling that no one seems to have touched them. More for me! (A few years ago I bought a few packs of chewy ginger candy and basically wolfed it down in 3 or 4 months which really set my heart on ginger since. Love the stuff.) Mostly completed with most of my work today I decided to work on my slipbox and finally out my chunk of notes that have been in buffer these last couple days into the box. Very satisfying, and laying out all the cards really helped me see the topic better. After finishing I noticed my left middle finger was acting up. My topmost joint had been a little stiff these past two days but now after working on my slipbox, writing cards and putting them into the slipbox, my middle joint is acting up. I hesitate to say it's rheumatoid arthritis but if it doesn't clear up in a week I'm seeing the doctor.
"[Growing up] is hard and nobody understands." // https://www.homestuck.com/story/2391