A Pea on My Lens?

belmondo wrote in post #2379926
At this point, I feel obliged to intercede as this discussion has completely degenerated to an unacceptable point.

I feel the need to point out the pea and pee are quite different things, and their effect on optics would be decidedly different, not to mention their likely manner of delivery.

First, pea is a legume. Pee is not. Peas can be made into a tasty soup. Pee-----well, we don't really want to go there. Peas are produced by farmers, but so is pee. Pee is often a by-product of beer consumption. Peas are not, although pea farmers who drink a lot of beer will usually produce less peas and more pee.

I hope I've cleared that up for you all.

We can always count on you, Belmondo, to help sort through the muck!

I laughed so hard reading your post I almost pead my pants. Trust me, you don't even want to know what that looks like!

belmondo wrote in post #2379926
At this point, I feel obliged to intercede as this discussion has completely degenerated to an unacceptable point.

I feel the need to point out the pea and pee are quite different things, and their effect on optics would be decidedly different, not to mention their likely manner of delivery.

First, pea is a legume. Pee is not. Peas can be made into a tasty soup. Pee-----well, we don't really want to go there. Peas are produced by farmers, but so is pee. Pee is often a by-product of beer consumption. Peas are not, although pea farmers who drink a lot of beer will usually produce less peas and more pee.

I hope I've cleared that up for you all.

But, I feel obligated to point out that pee has been known to contain amounts of L-glutamine, which peas also do. The L of which, by the way, stands for levorotary.

I guess if there's one thing to be learned from all this its this:

Always wash your hands after handling photograhic equipment.

I am able to draw no other conclusion.

rklepper wrote in post #2379981
But, I feel obligated to point out that pee has been known to contain amounts of L-glutamine, which peas also do. The L of which, by the way, stands for levorotary.

What a chemical showoff !

Peas are optically superior to cabbages. They must be about an f1.4 compared to a cabbages f64 or so.

Put one pea on your lens - no difference to IQ or brightness - but stick a cabbage there and it goes all dark and blurry in the viewfinder.

So, I looked closer and every pea has a little red ring around it and the cabbage has some small writing on it which says "18-55mm kit lens".

When birth control pills were first intoduced, the estrogen was purified from the urine of pregnant mares. As a result you had both pea farmers and pee farmers.

I can't take much more of this... Arghhhh!

ScottE wrote in post #2381189
When birth control pills were first intoduced, the estrogen was purified from the urine of pregnant mares. As a result you had both pea farmers and pee farmers.

And that of nuns too, I believe. For some reason theirs was thought to be more pure. I can't imagine why...

rklepper wrote in post #2379981
L-glutamine......The L of which, by the way, stands for levorotary.

I'd just like to point out that in the original version of the Mother Tongue, the word is laevorotatory (Your version is shorter, sharper and more to the point - I like it) as opposed to dextrorotatory. this has some relevance to photography is it relates to the effect of the molecules on the passage of polarised light, something we are all interested in.

for some reason all these chemicals used as food supplements/vitamins etc are L forms, which just goes to show...well, something about lenses anyway.

Dextro forms are useless biologically even though chemically they act the same. and that has no relevance to digital photography as we are all very interested in D forms.

steved110 wrote in post #2381480
I'd just like to point out that in the original version of the Mother Tongue, the word is laevorotatory (Your version is shorter, sharper and more to the point - I like it) as opposed to dextrorotatory. this has some relevance to photography is it relates to the effect of the molecules on the passage of polarised light, something we are all interested in.

for some reason all these chemicals used as food supplements/vitamins etc are L forms, which just goes to show...well, something about lenses anyway.

Dextro forms are useless biologically even though chemically they act the same. and that has no relevance to digital photography as we are all very interested in D forms.

Thanks for the declarification.