White Piano

A few photos with the Tamron 100-400mm on the Sony A7RII. It's a f4.5-6.3 lens, for the Canon EOS camera, however with the Sigma MC-11 adapter I was able to use it on the Sony A7RII. I took a risk there, new lens, just out, but it worked today. I will test it out further tomorrow. [my amateur test results: normally can't recommend the combo due to limited autofocus at this point, otherwise it's very nice though] It's dark now. Only astrophotography is possible for the most part, if the good Lord parts the clouds. Might try some, but have some samples to work on from a txistu too which should be quite fun. Thanks be to God for all His gifts.

Well my new keyboard has arrived in the mail, the Swissonic 88. It is intended to replace the Keystation 88 as the main keyboard I use. It's my hope that the sliders and aftertouch will give me some added control over the instruments. So far I am happy with the feel of the keys, and can say it's a solidly made device. The Yamaha FC-7 pedal I have works with it, with the polarity reversed, unlike the Keystation. The touch of the keys is just slightly heavier than the Keystation which is a light touch keyboard. I prefer a light touch. The Keystation keys, are comparatively loose and light, the Swissonic, solid and light. The same can be said for the modwheel. Overall the Swissonic being made of metal and a significant degree heavier than the Keystation gives a more reliable impression.  I'd prefer aesthetically the Swissonic to be white or black, rather than pewter gray. The Keystation also takes up less space.   It took me some time to get the Swissonic's sli...