No, an oldie. Just have tended to grab the 20mm of late, but now that I've used it as part of my "use every lens" adventure in July/August, it may see more outings.
ocean2059 wrote:
Went for a morning walk with my 'new to me' W-Nikkor-C 3.5cm f1.8 lens and saw two fellow photographers in action
Great shot, makes me want to look under the branches to see what they're shooting. From the looks of the long lenses perhaps shorebirds or some furry critter.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Hi All,
Thought I'd throw in some info into the Mac Mini / Studio versus PC and Lightroom's ability to denoise images.
With my meagre i5, 7600K, 4 core processor, 32GB dram and a 4GB,GTX 1050 ti graphics card denoise was taking just over 4 mins whilst number crunching Z6ii and D610 ISO3200 sensor images.
I was nearly tempted to move over the the dark side and get a Mac Studio but did some reading on the topic. In the end I bought a RTX 3060 graphics card with 12GB memory.
I just plugged it in an re-ran denoise on the same set of images.
Times are now in the 10sec to 16sec range. I am really pleased with the improvement.
Colin ...Show more →
Now my trigger finger is really itching on that buy button. I'm running i5-9600K, 32GB RAM, 3GB 1060 card right now. It seems this thread is dangerous now beyond MFNG.
Glen, the IR car shots really allow the darker cars to stand out from the background foliage. Beautiful Stingray.
Great chickens Leighton. Great perspective and choice of lens.
pbraymond wrote:
No, an oldie. Just have tended to grab the 20mm of late, but now that I've used it as part of my "use every lens" adventure in July/August, it may see more outings.
Great shot, makes me want to look under the branches to see what their shooting. From the looks of the long lenses perhaps shorebirds or some furry critter.
Now my trigger finger is really itching on that buy button. I'm running i5-9600K, 32GB RAM, 3GB 1060 card right now. It seems this thread is dangerous now beyond MFNG.
Glen, the IR car shots really allow the darker cars to stand out from the background foliage. Beautiful Stingray.
Great chickens Leighton. Great perspective and choice of lens.
leighton w wrote:
Being frameless, I bet you don't even realize they're on your face most of the time.
The frames are from Silhouette and yes, they are rimless. Sue has worn glasses from this company fo many years. She was with me when I was shopping for frames. I wasn't looking at Silhouette because they cost a pretty penny... well beyond the benefit my HMO provides for glass frames. But after trying three or four different glasses she appeared at my shoulder with the pair in the photo. I tried them on and decided to spend a little money... I'm glad I did, because, as you say, wearing them is like having no glasses on at all. They're feather light and with no frame to catch your eye you simply relate to your surroundings. I know from Sue's experience that they are quite durable. I always keep them in a hard case when not wearing them. I wear them when walking and when driving... but NOT when I'm using a camera...
I've spent countless hours thinking about it. A MacBook Air or Pro, with the M1/M2 and 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD has been extremely tempting; the efficiently packaged M1/M2's are nice. Then I figure on a docking station, and Thunderbolt external drives, etc and pretty soon just a GPU upgrade on my homebuilt desktop for $300-$400 sounds more appealing. CPU components are all from 2011 (with MB, CPU, GPU, and RAM upgrades in 2019) so upgrades are affordable. If I thought I would be content with the base Mini or Air with 8GB I probably would be on the dark side already as those are the best value Apples.
Alas, work is all Windows so I would need to be dual platform. We are happily on iPhones so not exactly Apple naysayers. But never say never :-)
Not quite the right lens, but it was the only one I had with me. Perhaps if time and light permits I'll head back out with the 200 Micro. Highly cropped frames, 50-135 f3.5.
pbraymond wrote:
Not quite the right lens, but it was the only one I had with me. Perhaps if time and light permits I'll head back out with the 200 Micro. Highly cropped frames, 50-135 f3.5.
I used to surf Swamis in encinitas every winter for many years. Only made a couple of friends there but they are still some of my best. Art you saw on the deck of DDG-1002 for family and friend day.
Went there yesterday, the place now has many little mementos of people I likely surfed along.
It’s not a terrible price… Edit: I guess that price isn’t all that great after all.
Pulled the bare sensor NEX-6 out today. Not sure why I hadn’t thought about it before but better controls in Shutter Priority especially with manual Nikkors, so using it wasn’t as terrible. I usually use this with a converted Contax Tessar off a Contax T3 or T4 since it needs the bare sensor. Also reminded how focus gets hazy with full spectrum. Used the NAI 24mm f/2.8 but it seemed to fare the worst with the 100 close behind. But interesting tones, might use it more with the 55 micro.
+1 for the Silhouette glasses. Worth the extra price in my opinion. I switched to them about 10 years ago for my all day wear. So light and comfortable. Only have a heavier, sturdier Oakleys for my cycling and outside working glasses (almost like safety glasses). My wife is sold on Silhouette too.
CGrindahl wrote:
The frames are from Silhouette and yes, they are rimless. Sue has worn glasses from this company fo many years. She was with me when I was shopping for frames. I wasn't looking at Silhouette because they cost a pretty penny... well beyond the benefit my HMO provides for glass frames. But after trying three or four different glasses she appeared at my shoulder with the pair in the photo. I tried them on and decided to spend a little money... I'm glad I did, because, as you say, wearing them is like having no glasses on at all. They're feather light and with no frame to catch your eye you simply relate to your surroundings. I know from Sue's experience that they are quite durable. I always keep them in a hard case when not wearing them. I wear them when walking and when driving... but NOT when I'm using a camera... ...Show more →
Curtis, Serge and Ray, thanks for your comments on my most recent image post. It is taking some time to learn about infrared photography, which presents unique challenges and offers unique possibilities. I've been enjoying the process of learning about it alongside my continuing learning about visible spectrum photography, and the car shows have presented me with lots of opportunities for both avenues of learning. That I am able to do all of this with the joy of turning the focusing ring by hand is an extra pleasure!
Here are a few more visible spectrum images from the car show in Comox, all three of which were taken with the 24 f/2.8 NC on my Fuji X-T4 with help from the Lens Turbo II focal reducer.
pbraymond wrote:
I've spent countless hours thinking about it. A MacBook Air or Pro, with the M1/M2 and 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD has been extremely tempting; the efficiently packaged M1/M2's are nice. Then I figure on a docking station, and Thunderbolt external drives, etc and pretty soon just a GPU upgrade on my homebuilt desktop for $300-$400 sounds more appealing. CPU components are all from 2011 (with MB, CPU, GPU, and RAM upgrades in 2019) so upgrades are affordable. If I thought I would be content with the base Mini or Air with 8GB I probably would be on the dark side already as those are the best value Apples.
Alas, work is all Windows so I would need to be dual platform. We are happily on iPhones so not exactly Apple naysayers. But never say never :-)
You'd probably be better off upgrading your Windows machine. The one thing I hate about Macs is that you can't upgrade the components. My 2019 16" MBP started wigging out everytime I opened Time Machine to browse backups. I took it to the closest Apple store and was told that it looked like the GPU was going on it and that it was not interchangeable, they would have to replace the whole logic board. The price of that repair would be more than what the laptop is even worth. Needless to say I walked out disappointed. The good news is that it ONLY does it when browsing Time Machine Backups, so I have relegated it to be a couch computer and won't use Time Machine.
pbraymond wrote:
Not quite the right lens, but it was the only one I had with me. Perhaps if time and light permits I'll head back out with the 200 Micro. Highly cropped frames, 50-135 f3.5.
Great shots on with the 50-135. Were you using the macro mode?
28mm f2.8 ais.
