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p.1873 #1 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

montym wrote:
huddy wrote:
montym wrote:
I figured out another way to make an Ansel Adams sky.

In Lightroom I lowered the luminance of blues and purples to a ridiculous level. The sky looked very bad. Then the photo went into Silver Efex Pro 2. Silver Efex converted it to b/w. THen I just lowered the blue slider and the sky went to almost black.

Monty

Or you could always get an F100, some FP4+ and a yellow, orange, or red filter (really depends on how deep blue the skies are)

All of your lenses will still work

A member of our photography club got "all over" me and seriously said that I should be doing that. Or shoot b/w mode in my camera and use a filter

An alternative take on dark skies:
Very 1st test-shot today with an IR-filter on a Nikon:

Hoya R72, Nikon D3s, ISO3200, Ais-Nikkor 20/3.5 @ f/8, 4sec on a really bright day

I was surprised too see that the D3s is really bad for IR :-) Basically it worked like stacking a strong red-filter and a strong neutral-density-filter.

Sep 12, 2012 at 02:08 PM

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asiostygius wrote:
Jon, beautiful heron/egret capture with the mighty 600/9;

Thanks!

It's called a Green Heron, although you won't see any green!

Sep 12, 2012 at 02:22 PM

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georgms wrote:
Jon, I like your bird-shot a lot!

Thanks!

Sep 12, 2012 at 02:43 PM

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MarkdV wrote:
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300mm f4.5 IF AIS, TC301
NIKON D2X : 900mm
320 ISO : F11 : 1/15 sec : 1/-3 EV

Hi Jon,
Lovely capture, great expression on the birds face.

Thank you!

Sep 12, 2012 at 02:45 PM

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p.1873 #5 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Hey guys I have decided I'm going to let go of a few of my MF lenses I just can't love for whatever reason. I also have my D3x up for sale.

20MM F3.5 will be listed.

55MM F2.8 Macro will be listed.

and one more I forgot to write down on my list. I'm going to ask what I paid for them. I will look that up and post here later if anyone is interested. I have the D3x already listed on the B&S forum, but wanted to give those here first choice on the MF lenses. When I get home tonight I can post some photos of them.

Matt

Sep 12, 2012 at 02:53 PM

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p.1873 #6 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Kit building is forever as someone has mentioned before on this thread, Matt. We know that massaging our kits never ends and your record of sales on the Buy and Sell board is ample proof of that. Besides, selling those lenses and that camera will free up money for other purchases, like the 85 f/1.4 AI-s that you'd doubtless get a great deal of use out of... Happy selling! Happy shopping...

Sep 12, 2012 at 02:59 PM

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p.1873 #7 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Curtis the camera is being sold to finish paying off the D4 I just bought. My wife keeps staring at the cameras I have(currently 3 all over $3K in value used!) and the ever piling up lenses.

The lenses as you suggest are going to put a payment on the 85MM F1.4 that I am chasing. I love fast glass and bokeh. I've found that the 180MM with tubes far out performs the 55 for macro use as well. And the 20MM F3.5 I just am not that good at figuring out angles for less distortion!

Matt

Sep 12, 2012 at 03:03 PM

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p.1873 #8 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Using tubes with normal lenses tends to be my preferred way to get close. The 180 f/2.8 AI-s and 105 f/2.5 in its various versions are champs with tubes, but then they do everything well. But you'll find the 85 f/1.4 AI-s is very happy with tubes attached. An oldie but goodie...

Close crop of shot with 85 f/1.4 AI-s at f/8 with 20mm Vivitar extension tube

Sep 12, 2012 at 04:26 PM

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Bert, splendid drop capture; this humble 135/3.5 always amaze me; if possible, post this shot here:
http://flic.kr/g/jeVj3

Curtis, spetacular bee + flower capture with 85/1.4 + tube; I need to try this combo more often.

Sep 12, 2012 at 05:10 PM

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p.1873 #10 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Matt,

Beautiful series from the zoo. I like the bee shot with the 180 and PK13 best.

Paul

Sep 12, 2012 at 05:55 PM

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p.1873 #11 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Curtis, Love the bee with the puffy pollen legs. Also, the portraits of Sue and yourself. This need to be on an wall.

David

Sep 12, 2012 at 06:13 PM

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asiostygius wrote:
Bert, splendid drop capture; this humble 135/3.5 always amaze me; if possible, post this shot here:
http://flic.kr/g/jeVj3

Thx Jose,

I will update in Flickr this weekend. Unfortunatley (or probably a good thing) my access is blocked at work, and the rest of the week I am busy every evening.

Bert

Sep 12, 2012 at 07:57 PM

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CGrindahl wrote:
Using tubes with normal lenses tends to be my preferred way to get close. The 180 f/2.8 AI-s and 105 f/2.5 in its various versions are champs with tubes, but then they do everything well.

I started with the tubes on the 50mm but lately more often then not have them mounted on the 135mm F3.5 or the 200mm F4. I really like the extra working distance.

Bert

Sep 12, 2012 at 07:59 PM

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Bert

Beautiful macro, Bert! I've tried it once, but I find it so difficult, besides I did not have much room to maneuver in, but when I see these results...!

Thx Rinie,

This was all done on top of my desk at home, a bucket of water, a oven dish to drop water in, some colored paper for the background, a eyedropper, a flash and a tripot were the tools.
As you said the results are worth it. I still have to go trough a lot more, and will probably take some more this weekend.

Bert.

Sep 12, 2012 at 08:05 PM

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vpik01 wrote:
Bert - love the water splash with the 135 + tubes... great color. I've never played around with this kind of shot but you might have pushed it up on my indoor/winter shooting list! Can't wait to see more.

Thx Tony,

It is definitely worth a try, especially on those dreary fall/winter days.

Bert

Sep 12, 2012 at 08:08 PM

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elnj wrote:
Bert - great water drop shot! What lighting did you use? Almost looks like a sunset...

Eric

Thx Eric,

I used a sb600 flash aimed at the background which was a computer generated piece of multi colored paper.

Bert

Sep 12, 2012 at 08:09 PM

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A quick glance after missing too many pages shows far too much good stuff to comment on. Well done everyone.

Peter

Sep 12, 2012 at 08:19 PM

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Matt OHarver wrote:
Hey guys I have decided I'm going to let go of a few of my MF lenses I just can't love for whatever reason. I also have my D3x up for sale.

20MM F3.5 will be listed.

55MM F2.8 Macro will be listed.

and one more I forgot to write down on my list. I'm going to ask what I paid for them. I will look that up and post here later if anyone is interested. I have the D3x already listed on the B&S forum, but wanted to give those here first choice on the MF lenses. When I get home tonight I can post some photos of them.

Matt

Hi Matt,
More in hope than expectation but if lens 3 is your 105mm then definitely interested (Unless you are selling your 400mm 2.8 that you picked up for $25.00 then even more interested

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Kind regards,
Mark.

Sep 12, 2012 at 09:12 PM

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p.1873 #19 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

All tuckered out.

Sep 12, 2012 at 09:17 PM

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huddy wrote:
Curtis, I think the grandfatherly role looks good on you!

bruni wrote:Leighton - I'm not going to buy any new lenses (get thee behind me Curtis). In fact I'm thinking of giving it all up - simplifying - and getting something like the sony RX100....or the rumoured FF point and shoot the RX1 and just snapping away. (but then I'd have to keep working for the RX1 - they say that's going to be close the $3000)

ben

Ben, the RX1 looks like a good concept. Hope that this sort of thing becomes a bit more common!

Alan - yes - now that it's out - very interesting. But as we know - it's the lenses, not just the sensor that count. A fixed zeiss 35 f2 sounds good - but who knows at this stage? At close to $3000 I'm not sure I'd want to be stuck at 35mm forever. It's obviously the beginning of something - how long can it be before nikon releases something similar? (after all, I've got a cupboard full of lenses that Curtis forced me to buy)

ben

Sep 12, 2012 at 09:56 PM

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