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Meaningful Things

People, places, and things that matter.


Kiva Do something good today... for tomorrow.

Best Films Ever


Citizen Kane 1941

It's a Wonderful Life 1946

Rear Window 1954

Twelve Angry Men 1957

Touch of Evil 1959

Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961

The Great Escape 1963

Dr. Strangelove 1964

Goldfinger 1964

The Graduate 1967

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969

Patton 1971

A Clockwork Orange 1971

The Hot Rock 1972

MAS*H 1972

The Godfather 1972

The Godfather: Part II 1974

Chinatown 1974

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975

The Deer Hunter 1978

Apocalypse Now (Redux) 1979

Reds 1981

Moonlighting 1982

Gandhi 1982

The Right Stuff 1983

Real Genius 1985

Better Off Dead 1985

Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986

Nothing in Common 1986

Full Metal Jacket 1987

The Last Emperor 1987

A Fish Called Wanda 1988

The Rusia House 1990

Glengarry Glen Ross 1992

Unforgiven 1992

Ed Wood 1994

Pulp Fiction 1994

Nixon 1995

The Usual Suspects 1995

2 Days In The Valley 1996

Vor (Thief) 1997

L.A. Confidential 1997

Jackie Brown 1997

The Big Lebowski 1998

Magnolia 1999

Happy Times (Hotel) 2000

The Man Who Wasn't There 2001

Good Bye Lenin! 2003

Das Leben der Anderen 2006

Canon EOS Prime Lenses

Canon fixed focal length optics for the EF (EOS) mount I own and use.


EF 14 f/2.8 L II USM Make the most of a full frame with sharper-than-ever corners.

EF 15 f/2.8 Fisheye Cater to your inner Marty Feldman with this Jim Dandy of a performer given its price and performance scope. No USM, but it's not exactly a birding lens, is it?

EF 24 f/1.4 L USM A landscape and available-light event must.

EF 35 f/1.4 L USM Dramatic perspectives or event-use utility make one of the most useful L-Series opttics available.

EF 50 f/1.0 L USM Because sharpness isn't responsible for most breathtaking photography.

EF 50 f/1.2 L USM The "poor man's" 85 L and "rich man's" bargain that's excels with all sensor sizes.

EF 50 f/1.4 USM A lens everyone should own.

EF 85 f/1.2 L II USM The portrait-maker's dream and a masterpiece for creative depth of field.

EF 135 f/2 L USM As vivid and sharp as they come.

EF 200 f/1.8 L USM The ultimate fashion and portrait optic.

EF 200 f/2 L IS USM Can Canon's newest wide-aperture telephoto carry-on from where the EF 200 f/1.8 L USM left off?

EF 200 f/2.8 L USM II Long, fast, compact, sharp, and one of the best values bearing a red stripe.

EF 300 f/2.8 L IS USM Inside or outside, a must for sports.

EF 400 f/2.8 L IS USM One reason why so many professional Olympic and SuperBowl photographers choose Canon.

EF 500 f/4 L IS USM This could be my "vanity" lens. Do I keep it to add to the arsenal, or does it remain in the "resale" pool? For now, it's "mine".

Canon EOS Macro Lenses

Canon high-magnification (1:1) fixed focal length optics for the EF (EOS) mount I own and use.


EF 12 II Extension Tube

EF 25 II Extension Tube

MP-E 65 f/2.8 1x-5x Nothing else like it. Period. Useful for super-micro photography (or sequencing DNA segments). It teaches an entirely unique way to photograph.

EF 100 f/2.8 USM Whether for its tremendous 1:1 Macro prowess or its utility as a portrait prime, one of the best values and most useful lenses for the EF mount.

EF 180 f/3.5 L USM A contender for the EF resolving power title that captures nature at its most fascinating.

Canon EOS Tilt-Shift Lenses


TS-E 24 f/3.5 L A masterpiece for creative architectural and landscape perspective correction and focal plane finesse.

TS-E 45 f/2.8 An essential for maximizing the creative potential of still life scenes.

TS-E 90 f/2.8 A razor-sharp scalpel for maximizing focal plane control and depth for product work.

Canon EOS Zoom Lenses


EF 16-35 f/2.8 L II USM The updated event shooter's essential comes into its own as everything it should be.

EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM Contender for sharpest EOS zoom and stabilized available light shooting are reason enough to shoot APS-C alongside full-frame.

EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM A feather-light stabilized zoom for $200. What's not to love?

EF 24-70 f/2.8 L USM Venerable indoor and short portrait zoom crying out for a Mark II update to complete the stabilized f/2.8 zoom platform.

EF 24-105 f/4 L IS USM Superb stabilized daylight tourist lens covering the sweet spot of the focal length spectrum.

EF 28-300 f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM 10x is a lot to ask of any zoom, but it's tremendous reach and stabilized image quality make it a compelling choice even with it's heft and equally sizable price for a one-lens daylight solution.

EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS (RUN, DON'T WALK, TO GET ONE!) Dirt cheap, infinitely useful, and razor sharp, the "Ginsu" of Canon telezooms. It's SO good that Canon won't sell it to the U.S. market with the weak Greenback because it would rob sales from their other higher-priced zooms with actual profit margins.

EF 70-200 f/2.8 L IS USM What many consider to be the "ultimate" telezoom. Fast, sharp, stabilized, and hard to beat for long portrature and capturing available-light action.

EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM What it may lack in speed, it makes up for in spades in every other regard from its stabilized sharpness and vivid output to its compactness and unprecedented value. A "lower case L".

EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM The de facto fluorite standard-bearer for stabilized long telezooms and one of the better price/performance values.

Sigma EOS Zoom Lenses


Sigma 12-24 f/4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM Widest option available for the EOS platform with less distortion than even the priciest competitors. Sharp and sure focusing throughout. An interior shooter's dream.

Sigma 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 OS DC A definitive single-lens stabilized zoom soultion that Canon APS-C shooters have been longing for that manages its 11x range with aplomb. A travel must.

Sigma 50-500 f/4-6.3 APO EX DG HSM They don't call her "Bigma" for nuthin'. It more than compensates for anything it lacks in the form of speed or stabilization with razor-sharp output throughout.

Canon EOS Modifiers


Extender EF 1.4x II Well, "when ya gotta, ya gotta". I hate to insert a $200 booster between a $3,000 lens and a $4,000 sensor, but sometimes there's no resort except the last one.

McCarthyism for the 21st Century

The House of Representatives (and various states' attorneys general) have suspended all reason, and the constitution, to give-in to populist cries at a time when we need their leadership most. America will only have itself to blame if it does not remember this "push came to shove" moment when the time comes to exercise its voting rights with respect to the 328 elected leaders who have acted so shamefully.

Marketplace - Vendor Links

Photographic and Computing Equipment Available for Purchase


eBay Retail Marketplace Come explore the premium computing and photographic equipment being offered for at unrivaled prices and service from the segment's most respected distributor.

House of Canon at Digital Grin Visit the House of Canon Flea Maket section of the Digital Grin Photograpy Forum. Member ID - Remford

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Buy & Sell at Fred Miranda Visit the Buy & Sell section of the Fred Miranda photography forum. Member ID - Remford

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McCarthyism for the 21st Century

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