A Small Annoyance with the Sony 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS Lens

One annoyance with the 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 kit lens that came with my NEX-6, is that after it wakes up from sleep, it does not remember what zoom position the lens was in, and resets to 16mm.  I find this very disappointing.  The aperture is retained, but not the zoom position.  I am sure this little issue can be easily remedied with a firmware update, but probably not many people will find it as annoying as I do, so the chance of it fixed in firmware is pretty slim.

Streetcar on Spadina - NEX-6 & 16-50mm f3.5-5.6. Some cropping. Click for larger.

Photo Essay: Around My Work Place in Infrared - Part II

This is the second part of a three part series on Infrared around my work place.  Today I headed west toward Bathurst on Queen street.  As always, this is a very busy section of the city, especially at lunch time in a nice day like today, when many people just wanted to go out for lunch and enjoy the weather.

I started from Spadina & Queen.  This intersection is one of the busiest in the area, partly because many people get on or off here from streetcars.

Spadina & Queen North East Corner -- Canon 20D IR & Penatx-M 20mm f4. Click for larger.

Hot Dog Stand -- Canon 20D IR & Pentax-M 20mm f4.

In the picture above, the same hot dog stand has been here for many years in this spot.  It opens 24 hours.  It almost becomes a fixture at the north east corner.  On the left of the picture, you can see my colleague Mark, with a camera on his right hand.  If you like street photography, you will love Mark's pictures on Flickr.  Mark is a collector and user of vintage cameras/lenses.

Trees -- Canon 20D IR & Pentax-M 20mm f4. Click for larger.

Even with a very ordinary and boring street scene, infrared makes it look different and interesting, and the false colours adds some weirdness to it.

St. Stanislau R. C. Church -- Canon 20D IR & Pentax-M 20mm f4.