EF 50mm f/1.4 USM II
the old one has been plagued with USM focusing problem

EF-S 35mm f/1.8
going back to the classic focal length following Nikon

EF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM
perhaps the most requested out there, with new IS

EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM II
new IS (but the lens is only 4 years old!)

EF 100mm f/2.8 IS USM
also with new IS, Nikon already put VR in their macro

Result: EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
almost right except the L

EF-S 17/18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
my request, replacing EF 28-135mm IS USM (and EF-S 17-85mm IS USM?)

Result: EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM & EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
almost got 18-135mm right except that Canon left the USM out (so disappointed here… I’ll keep using 28-135mm for now), 17-85mm is being replaced by 15-85mm instead

EF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
similar to above for affordable walkaround FF zoom lens alternative to 24-105 f/4L IS USM

EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II
overdue IS update

EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM II
a decade old IS needs refreshing, better dust sealing

EF 300mm f/4L IS USM II
another aging residence of the family

EF super-telephoto from 400mm to 600mm L IS USM II
for the Olympics, most of them a decade old

When I’m creating a website for a client, instead of spending time making the site better, I have to spend that exact time making sure the site would work on every browser including the big ugly blue “e.” While you’re using IE, you’re like a parasite to us: making our lives unproductive and inefficient. So please, make the switch or at least give it a spin as a portable app.

Update: I also posted this fix on Instructables which somehow made it to the front page as featured instructable! Go me!

For lens with wide zoom range, it’s not unusual that lens creep will happen sometime in its life. This phenomenon occurs as zoom ring loses friction and cannot hold the weight of the large front element. Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM is one of those lenses that have this problem, and I just found perhaps the most basic solution.

Here is what lens creep looks like. As I hold the lens by its mount…

…the lens barrel starts to extend by itself.

Solution? Elastic hairband! Not just any rubber band can do the job as it has to be the variety that is very thin.

Now, slide the elastic band between the focus ring and the zoom ring and make sure the whole band stays within this gap.

Here’s the magic part. Slide part of the elastic band under the crack of the zoom ring and not the whole band as you may need to remove it later. This is why normal rubber band would not work!

Testing again…

Voila! No creep!

This is the lens extended to the maximum. Note that it stays like this and not collapsing.

I’m not sure if this technique works with other copies of the same lens, but I’m quite pleased with the result!

Fast forward one week later, new version was released. For other apps, an update would mean to iron out kinks and pimp up features.

Not this app.

Ustream 1.1 was more like a downgrade. Now, you no longer have the access to live streams other than “approved” featured and popular shows.  Even worse? I found out that some live shows won’t even show up on the “popular” list! For example, the bottom of the “popular” list has the show with less that 10 viewers yet I couldn’t find the show with 20+ viewers on the list!

So, what’s on the “popular” list instead of the shows I want to watch?

Puppies and kittties. FUCKING PUPPIES AND KITTIES!

Of course it makes sense that Ustream would prefer to limit only those show on the list. Face it… there’s no way puppies cam would break the copyright! No songs, no videos, no unauthorized usage of licensed materials.

Too bad you can’t copyright dog breed!

The app itself has limitless potential. It’s the perfect platform for broadcasting historical moments to the mass. We did it with the inauguration with 100k of live viewers. Yet, we may not be able to repeat the same massive feat with Super Bowl because of potential copyright infringement.

We’ve come so far from the age of stick and stone, and to be defeated by our own greed is a step backward for us.

Let us watch what we want!