Hello everyone; it's great to see so many of you still here and posting! It's been two eventful years since my last previous post, and it's been a similar time since my last photo excursion, prior to yesterday. I was taken away from here by a combination of pandemic restrictions, other medical issues, and my resurgent interest in my guitar playing hobby. As a result, I have not been going anywhere that I considered photographically interesting, and I've been sufficiently busy with at-home activities that photography took a back seat.
Yesterday, however, my wife and I managed to get out for a bit of a cruise on a small ship that does a thrice-weekly delivery and sightseeing run along various oceanic inlets between Port Alberni and Bamfield, here on Vancouver Island. I came away from that with a few images that I have organized into sets, of which this first set shows a few scenes from aboard the good ship, Francis Baker. They were taken with my Fuji XT2 together with, respectively, the 28-50 f/3.5 ai-s (official companion to what was once known as the Leighton lens), the always unique and interesting 16mm f/3.5 ai fisheye, and the 105 f/1.8 ai-s with its buttery bokeh.
Good to see you Glen! Looking forward to you images again!
George
GroWeb wrote:
Hello everyone; it's great to see so many of you still here and posting! It's been two eventful years since my last previous post, and it's been a similar time since my last photo excursion, prior to yesterday. I was taken away from here by a combination of pandemic restrictions, other medical issues, and my resurgent interest in my guitar playing hobby. As a result, I have not been going anywhere that I considered photographically interesting, and I've been sufficiently busy with at-home activities that photography took a back seat.
Yesterday, however, my wife and I managed to get out for a bit of a cruise on a small ship that does a thrice-weekly delivery and sightseeing run along various oceanic inlets between Port Alberni and Bamfield, here on Vancouver Island. I came away from that with a few images that I have organized into sets, of which this first set shows a few scenes from aboard the good ship, Francis Baker. They were taken with my Fuji XT2 together with, respectively, the 28-50 f/3.5 ai-s (official companion to what was once known as the Leighton lens), the always unique and interesting 16mm f/3.5 ai fisheye, and the 105 f/1.8 ai-s with its buttery bokeh.
James Markus wrote:
Rafael,
Does that Voigtlander 15mm mount right through the shutter (it looks long enough to touch the film plane)? I am not sure how you plugged it in to your F mount bodies.
Jim
This version of the Voigtlander is made specifically for the Nikon F series cameras, you have to lift the mirror to the up position but it does not go as deep into the camera as the Nikkor 2.1cm does, it also has a smaller circular diameter inside so it does not need the complicated mechanism of the 2.1cm to align a square cut rear element to the mirror, it mounts easy. This Voigtlander is a good lens, not as good as the Nikkor 15mm, but good; it is also a bit rare so it is not cheap in this version. The same Voigtlander in LTM is $350, in Nikon F it is $700. There are newer versions of the Voigtlander with better optics but not made for Nikon F mount.
GroWeb wrote:
Hello everyone; it's great to see so many of you still here and posting! It's been two eventful years since my last previous post, and it's been a similar time since my last photo excursion, prior to yesterday. I was taken away from here by a combination of pandemic restrictions, other medical issues, and my resurgent interest in my guitar playing hobby. As a result, I have not been going anywhere that I considered photographically interesting, and I've been sufficiently busy with at-home activities that photography took a back seat.
Yesterday, however, my wife and I managed to get out for a bit of a cruise on a small ship that does a thrice-weekly delivery and sightseeing run along various oceanic inlets between Port Alberni and Bamfield, here on Vancouver Island. I came away from that with a few images that I have organized into sets, of which this first set shows a few scenes from aboard the good ship, Francis Baker. They were taken with my Fuji XT2 together with, respectively, the 28-50 f/3.5 ai-s (official companion to what was once known as the Leighton lens), the always unique and interesting 16mm f/3.5 ai fisheye, and the 105 f/1.8 ai-s with its buttery bokeh.
Rafael,
Wow! Super sharp image. Sure would like to know how you get your gear so dust free. Btw, there is dirt in the grooves of the flat-head screws that you missed. Thanks for the info on the Voigtlander.
Jim
rafaelcasd wrote:
This posting is about the 70mm 1:5 Micro-Nikkor, very useful macro range and so so sharp.
The sample photo below and the crop should speak for themselves.
GroWeb wrote:
Hello everyone; it's great to see so many of you still here and posting! It's been two eventful years since my last previous post, and it's been a similar time since my last photo excursion, prior to yesterday. I was taken away from here by a combination of pandemic restrictions, other medical issues, and my resurgent interest in my guitar playing hobby. As a result, I have not been going anywhere that I considered photographically interesting, and I've been sufficiently busy with at-home activities that photography took a back seat.
Yesterday, however, my wife and I managed to get out for a bit of a cruise on a small ship that does a thrice-weekly delivery and sightseeing run along various oceanic inlets between Port Alberni and Bamfield, here on Vancouver Island. I came away from that with a few images that I have organized into sets, of which this first set shows a few scenes from aboard the good ship, Francis Baker. They were taken with my Fuji XT2 together with, respectively, the 28-50 f/3.5 ai-s (official companion to what was once known as the Leighton lens), the always unique and interesting 16mm f/3.5 ai fisheye, and the 105 f/1.8 ai-s with its buttery bokeh.
GroWeb wrote:
Hello everyone; it's great to see so many of you still here and posting! It's been two eventful years since my last previous post, and it's been a similar time since my last photo excursion, prior to yesterday. I was taken away from here by a combination of pandemic restrictions, other medical issues, and my resurgent interest in my guitar playing hobby. As a result, I have not been going anywhere that I considered photographically interesting, and I've been sufficiently busy with at-home activities that photography took a back seat.
Yesterday, however, my wife and I managed to get out for a bit of a cruise on a small ship that does a thrice-weekly delivery and sightseeing run along various oceanic inlets between Port Alberni and Bamfield, here on Vancouver Island. I came away from that with a few images that I have organized into sets, of which this first set shows a few scenes from aboard the good ship, Francis Baker. They were taken with my Fuji XT2 together with, respectively, the 28-50 f/3.5 ai-s (official companion to what was once known as the Leighton lens), the always unique and interesting 16mm f/3.5 ai fisheye, and the 105 f/1.8 ai-s with its buttery bokeh.
GroWeb wrote:
Hello everyone; it's great to see so many of you still here and posting! It's been two eventful years since my last previous post, and it's been a similar time since my last photo excursion, prior to yesterday. I was taken away from here by a combination of pandemic restrictions, other medical issues, and my resurgent interest in my guitar playing hobby. As a result, I have not been going anywhere that I considered photographically interesting, and I've been sufficiently busy with at-home activities that photography took a back seat.
Yesterday, however, my wife and I managed to get out for a bit of a cruise on a small ship that does a thrice-weekly delivery and sightseeing run along various oceanic inlets between Port Alberni and Bamfield, here on Vancouver Island. I came away from that with a few images that I have organized into sets, of which this first set shows a few scenes from aboard the good ship, Francis Baker. They were taken with my Fuji XT2 together with, respectively, the 28-50 f/3.5 ai-s (official companion to what was once known as the Leighton lens), the always unique and interesting 16mm f/3.5 ai fisheye, and the 105 f/1.8 ai-s with its buttery bokeh.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Continuing with the doorway and bricks. Same lens/camera combo.
I love both of them. The first for the spot on exposure of the scene through the door, but the light and shadow does something special for me in the second one, not to mention the composition. Well done.
James Markus wrote:
After avoiding it for almost 2.5 years - I caught Covid-19 at the end of June. Being fully vaccinated and twice boosted made an incredible difference in my experience, and I am so thankful. On July 3rd I forced myself to go out and shoot some IR at a graveyard, and soon after I began to recover. Yet the world just keeps on turning, and my 103 year old mother started a new chapter (she was a librarian) on July 29th, and died in her sleep. This last Sunday my third grand son entered this thing we call life. So, I have been busy and tired - which are good problems.
Thanks Leighton. No legs for those. But shooting waist level using the camera strap tension as a brace helped with the slower shutter speed stability in the second shot. Those Nikkor medium format lenses are quite heavy especially when adding in the large adapter. But does allow for less movement/shaking in handheld shots for me.
leighton w wrote:
I love both of them. The first for the spot on exposure of the scene through the door, but the light and shadow does something special for me in the second one, not to mention the composition. Well done.
