Some fantastic pics over the last few pages that I caught up with today, Ani's dogs and horses, John and Colin's astro shots, Siphewi's flowers, lots of great 20mm images too and of course Sar's birds which are amazing for MF !
On the subject of 20mm AF and astro, I've been thinking of replacing my goto astro wide the Rokinon 14/2.8 and have been looking at reviews for the Z mount 20mm f1.8S but ended up ordering the Laowa 15mm f2 Zero-D for now. The old MF nikkors (including the 16mm) are not so good at astro work unfortunately
I have also been compiling MW shots from my trip into time lapses using LR Timelapse
Vlamingh Head Lighthouse
and another from I think Warrumbungle NP
Ooh and a link to an 11 (x 3 for bracketing) shot vertical pano of Brisbane's skyline, posted on the AF thread as it was with the 24-70/2.8G
Great pictures on 1413. Sar's BIF images with MFNG are just stupendous. I read somewhere that the little Zf-c has over 25k clicks already. Way to go. In 9 months, I've only managed 2000 on my Z50.
Ken, great to see your work again. It's been a while. Cheap lens looks great and your PP work is admirable, as always.
Anitrone, the pups are so grown and it appears they're great posers. Horse one is a favourite. I love horses.
James, great work on the bread. I would devour it. Flour is my thing.
SiMuMe wrote:
Great pictures on 1413. Sar's BIF images with MFNG are just stupendous. I read somewhere that the little Zf-c has over 25k clicks already. Way to go. In 9 months, I've only managed 2000 on my Z50.
Thanks for your kind words.
Actually, my little Z fc has exactly 28,250 clicks today.
BTW, my D850 had reached 400k clicks in 3 years before the shutter and mirror block failed.
cadman342001 wrote:
Some fantastic pics over the last few pages that I caught up with today, Ani's dogs and horses, John and Colin's astro shots, Siphewi's flowers, lots of great 20mm images too and of course Sar's birds which are amazing for MF !
On the subject of 20mm AF and astro, I've been thinking of replacing my goto astro wide the Rokinon 14/2.8 and have been looking at reviews for the Z mount 20mm f1.8S but ended up ordering the Laowa 15mm f2 Zero-D for now. The old MF nikkors (including the 16mm) are not so good at astro work unfortunately
I have also been compiling MW shots from my trip into time lapses using LR Timelapse
Vlamingh Head Lighthouse
and another from I think Warrumbungle NP
Ooh and a link to an 11 (x 3 for bracketing) shot vertical pano of Brisbane's skyline, posted on the AF thread as it was with the 24-70/2.8G
Very nice timelapse and skylines - Brisbane sure is a lovely city.
I came across a Brisbane based photgrapher called Matt Irwin. He shoots some great night time images.
The UK weather limits opportunities and I am not into astro enough to justify purchasing a really wide angle rectilinear lens - however that Z-mount 15mm does look interesting.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Very nice timelapse and skylines - Brisbane sure is a lovely city.
I came across a Brisbane based photgrapher called Matt Irwin. He shoots some great night time images.
The UK weather limits opportunities and I am not into astro enough to justify purchasing a really wide angle rectilinear lens - however that Z-mount 15mm does look interesting.
Colin
Yeah definitely spoiled here for dark skies. I had the Laowa 105 2X macro for a while, really well made and sharp.
I have ordered the 20mm f1.8S now too, low coma, sharp across the frame. The MTF charts are off the charts !
(I am able to resist other Z glass as I have fungus ridden 24-70G, 85/1.4 and 105/2.8G VR macro that although unsellable all seem to work fine despite the fungus !)
I also picked up a heavy duty CF tripod with 40mm diameter legs.
James Markus wrote:
leighton,
A lot of my kids are in the area, and they also love this new to us bread. I never even got a taste of that third one with rosemary.
I don't think sales are in her plans. She really enjoys giving bread to family and friends - or those in need. She has trained me to
never assume something she made is for us, because she usually has an intended person for whom she made it.
Jim
100 Series E f/2.8 was the first MF lens I bought back when I first signed up with FM. Series E lenses were meant as budget consumer grade (like the 3000 series or 5000 series D cameras) I've got the 28, 50 black, 50 chrome, 100, 75-150, so far....
Ballard wrote:
Awhile back I acquired a somewhat maligned lens, the 100/2.8 E. A friend had been trying to sell it to me and lowered
the price several times. I kept insisting that I didn't need another lens near 105mm focal length. Already had too many. Well, finally I gave in when the price got low enough. The lens was in pristine condition and in the original box with the instruction sheet.
This might be a fun walkabout lens. It is so small and light, about like a 50mm.
And in other news, my daughter is moving today. She's off to become a subject of the Queen, at least while's she's working on her graduate degrees at U Kent. I do wish she had waited another year.
Sar, excellent birding photos with the Zfc. Nice colors!
Ani, very healthy looking friends you have there. Great photos!
I have been to the World Trade Center Memorial many times but it has never been like this. The grounds were opened to the public at 3:00PM after the important folks had left the building. Will post some night photos later assuming they are half way decent.
Sar, excellent birding photos with the Zfc. Nice colors!
Ani, very healthy looking friends you have there. Great photos!
I have been to the World Trade Center Memorial many times but it has never been like this. The grounds were opened to the public at 3:00PM after the important folks had left the building. Will post some night photos later assuming they are half way decent.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
And in other news, my daughter is moving today. She's off to become a subject of the Queen, at least while's she's working on her graduate degrees at U Kent. I do wish she had waited another year.
cadman342001 wrote:
Yeah definitely spoiled here for dark skies. I had the Laowa 105 2X macro for a while, really well made and sharp.
I have ordered the 20mm f1.8S now too, low coma, sharp across the frame. The MTF charts are off the charts !
(I am able to resist other Z glass as I have fungus ridden 24-70G, 85/1.4 and 105/2.8G VR macro that although unsellable all seem to work fine despite the fungus !)
I also picked up a heavy duty CF tripod with 40mm diameter legs.
Andy
PS - Matt Irwin is Melbourne based
Ah yes! My bad. Melbourne indeed. I have watched a few of his Youtube appraisals of Z gear.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
And in other news, my daughter is moving today. She's off to become a subject of the Queen, at least while's she's working on her graduate degrees at U Kent. I do wish she had waited another year.
Canterbury is a nice place.
Fast train to central London in less than an hour and very close to the Eurostar International connection at Ashford - so Paris & Bruges within very easy reach.
Vaccination uptake for age 16+ = 1st dose @ 89.1%, 2nd dose @ 80.9%
History and Literature. Now I need to go apply for my first passport. She was drooling telling me about going to look at old documents, but she has to take a special class first.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Canterbury is a nice place.
Fast train to central London in less than an hour and very close to the Eurostar International connection at Ashford - so Paris & Bruges within very easy reach.
Vaccination uptake for age 16+ = 1st dose @ 89.1%, 2nd dose @ 80.9%
Citizens resident in Rome can buy for just 5 € a yearly pass (MIC Card) that allows free admission to all Civic Museums of Rome (all details here).
I love visiting Centrale Montemartini, which is an extraordinary example of industrial archaeology and belongs to Civic Museums of Rome. It's not so distant from home. It's a really beautiful place for testing your lenses and experimenting new compositions
All pictures below were taken with Z6 and my 40+ years old Nikkor AI 50/1.4.
