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p.2008 #1 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

JimmyChoo wrote:
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Thank you Scott.

I was hanging out with the guys some yesterday.

Leighton, hope you weren't hanging from up there when you took the second shot.

Nope, just standing on the top floor of the parking garage next door.

Oct 05, 2012 at 10:54 AM

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p.2008 #2 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Thanks Peter and Leighton;

Steve and Jeff, wonderful night shots!

Oct 05, 2012 at 11:00 AM

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p.2008 #3 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Some mornings ago I managed to got this small flower bud with "Nikki's daughter" plus a tube at f/2:

Small flower bud with Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 K ai'd + 20mm tube by labecoaves, on Flickr

D3 + 20mm Vivitar tube + 85mm f/1.8 K ai'd, hand held , ISO 200, f/2 at 1/8000s, ~30% cropped.
The flower bud had 1 cm or less and the DOF is so tiny at f/2.

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Oct 05, 2012 at 11:02 AM

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p.2008 #4 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Love the shot of the trio walking along the breakwater. Wonderful colors and excellent composition. Does the D600 have a sensor cleaning system? I use a rocket blower on my D700, though on one occasion I had my local camera technician clean it. He did a great job for fifty bucks.

So many D600 cameras on the thread now. Loving all the fine photos taken with this fine new addition to Nikon's camera lineup.

Thanks Curtis, Leighton, Matt and Peter for your comments on my marina picture! Curtis the D600 comes with a sensor cleaning feature with a identical interface to the one in my D700 but this time I appear to have gotten something beyond its powers, I've also got the rocket blower and will be giving it a try this afternoon. If not then I'll see about getting it done locally. Man I can't wait to have raw support in LR!

Oct 05, 2012 at 11:02 AM

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p.2008 #5 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

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JimmyChoo - Welcome and...good luck finding remedies.

+ 1
But be aware that the NMAS disease is incurable!!!

Jimmy, see my own terminal case: this last month I bought my second copy of a 28mm f/2 AI to compare with another AI; a second copy of the 20mm f/2.8 AIS to compare with another AIS copy, and a second copy of the 50mm f/1.2 AI to compare with my AI-S version.

Of course some sanity remains, since the "loosers" in the comparison tests will be sold

Jose, thank you for the welcome.
I know, the NMFAS disease has no cure, but it has its remedy. Did you notice that in my first post I mentioned that I now have two copies of the 28mmf2.8AIS but one has SIC. So I'm comparing their performance to see if the one with the special coating is any better. I hope both of us will be sane enough to let go of the extra copies.

Oct 05, 2012 at 11:32 AM

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p.2008 #6 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

A couple from the dry interior of SA en route to the KNP 1500 miles away!

2013 © Oosty

Gariep Dam - 370 sq Km the biggest in South Africa
NIKON D200 300 mm f/5.6 1/1000 sec 100 ISO 0.0 EV

2013 © Oosty

Free State sheep farm - about 8 acres per sheep!
NIKON D200 28 mm f/11.0 1/750 sec 400 ISO 0.0 EV

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:02 PM

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p.2008 #7 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

vpik01 wrote:
Love the shot of the trio walking along the breakwater. Wonderful colors and excellent composition. Does the D600 have a sensor cleaning system? I use a rocket blower on my D700, though on one occasion I had my local camera technician clean it. He did a great job for fifty bucks.

So many D600 cameras on the thread now. Loving all the fine photos taken with this fine new addition to Nikon's camera lineup.

Thanks Curtis, Leighton, Matt and Peter for your comments on my marina picture! Curtis the D600 comes with a sensor cleaning feature with a identical interface to the one in my D700 but this time I appear to have gotten something beyond its powers, I've also got the rocket blower and will be giving it a try this afternoon. If not then I'll see about getting it done locally. Man I can't wait to have raw support in LR!

Tony, it's here! LR has updated to include D600 files.

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:08 PM

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p.2008 #8 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Four of the "Big 5" - no leopards seen and every cat was fast asleep and not in a good position for a pic

2013 © Oosty

Mudbath - White (Square lipped Rhino)
NIKON D200 300 mm f/8.0 1/200 sec 400 ISO 0.0 EV

2013 © Oosty

Dinner time
NIKON D200 300 mm f/4.5 1/3000 sec 400 ISO 0.0 EV

2013 © Oosty

Anybody want a piece of me? Cape Buffalo
NIKON D200 300 mm f/4.5 1/1000 sec 400 ISO 0.0 EV

2013 © Oosty

Lazy cat - the most boring animal to watch in the world
NIKON D200 300 mm f/8.0 1/1500 sec 400 ISO 0.0 EV

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:13 PM

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p.2008 #9 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Jose - Nice colors and bokeh with the 85 and tube.

Peter - Really nice panos and wildlife shots, I am enjoying your safari!

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:23 PM

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p.2008 #10 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

This is just an experiment, I'm playing with flickr.

DSC_8093.jpg by T Leighton Womack, on Flickr

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:24 PM

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p.2008 #11 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Curtis, thank you for the welcome. And congratulations for
this milestone in this thread. From your statistics it looks like
this thread's posts are accelerating at a considerable pace.

Every 10,000 posts is taking less days to attain.

I am trying very hard to catch up with the posts, making replies and comments.
I use Notepad to type out my messages as I scroll through the pages here.
I'm falling behind because I am doing other things and coming back to the computer.
Just had dinner and am back to the desk again.

Thanks also for referring to Chin. We have in fact met before
on another website in Singapore, but not in person.

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:28 PM

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p.2008 #12 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

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Orcus and I went for our walk this afternoon.

I can see what Orcus is trying to say, "Please don't believe that sign. I was not raised by wolves. Look at me. I'm so little and you don't see orange wolves, do you? My master is more like a wolf. His face has more hair than me!"

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:33 PM

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p.2008 #13 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Chin, thanks for the welcome. We've met before on a
different website - a Singapore one. I like your dog pictures.
Nice high key effect.

Yes, in future I shall try to make my pictures bigger. I
was just trying out posting some images which I had not done for a
long time. Thank you for the feedback.

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:49 PM

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p.2008 #14 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Dean, I like your image of the 2 faded boats. Was this in a
marina in HongKong Harbour? Each time I was in HKG I
used to stay at a hotel that overlooked the marina where the
Noon Gun is, Causeway Bay. And I could see that the water in the marina is
black in colour, just like in your picture.

The picture of the dried fish also reminds me of salted fish
which is what it is in your picture. Have you eaten such
salted fish? It is usually fried. When frying the smell is so
strong that your neighbours 10 houses away will know. It is a
bit like frying the strongest cheese you can find; only that
folks 3-5 houses away would detect it. Salted fish is a
delicacy to the locals there as well as in Singapore and Malaysia.

Oct 05, 2012 at 12:52 PM

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p.2008 #15 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

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You are absolutely right Ray that a DX sensor will often hide the weaknesses of a lens at the edges. That generally is not of much concern for me since shooting wide open the edges tend to be blurred. I don't need them to be sharp. Also, if there is a touch of vignetting that isn't a problem for me either. My comment was certainly not that the lenses are "better on full frame," but rather that shooting at the native focal length makes using them easier on an FX camera. Doubtless, the talented folks using these lenses on DX cameras are capable of accommodating the cropping factor and the resulting extra length. Yet, I recall feeling almost a sense of relief when I mounted the 17-40L on the 5D and suddenly had a real wide angle lens. Yes, it had been very useful as a walk around lens on the 20D at about 28-64, but I loved having it at its native focal range. Then my 28-70L could do the job for which it was intended.

Better or worse? Not at all in my lexicon. Familiar and comfortable? That's it.

The only thing I'll add here is that some of us who haven't been shooting seriously for as long don't have the same notion of what a given focal length "should" look like, i.e. that the field of view it would give on film or an FX sensor is somehow "native" to that lens. What you're expecting from a given lens is not only a statement about the lens, but also (or even mostly) about your past experiences with some lens/body combination(s). So for me it's not a matter of "accommodating" or being talented - to me, what a 55mm field of view "really" looks like is (presumably) to you what an 85mm field of view "really" looks like. No adjusting necessary if I don't have that other idea in my head...

Interesting discussion!

Eric J.

Oct 05, 2012 at 01:00 PM

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p.2008 #16 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Wow, lotsa fantastic shots on the last pages!

Leighton, I like your flickr-experiment.

Peter, great series on the "Big Five" and beautiful landscapes!

Steve, fantastic panorama!

Jeff, I like your mystical take on the incoming lobsterboats.

Jose - cool macro (sorry, my comparison between tubes and a No.6T-lens on a 105/1.8 is still on my to-do-list).

Tony, the "quay-walkers-picture" is stellar - I love everything about this capture.

Oct 05, 2012 at 01:00 PM

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p.2008 #17 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

vpik01 wrote:

Here is one shot from the municpal marina in downtown Menominee, I was really excited when I shot it because I had been lining up this horizon shot for a minute or two when I realized I'd get a shot at the family walking on the breakwater as a bonus. As a double bonus I caught them in-step and really liked this shot. I even caught them several minutes later and gave them my email address so hopefully I'll get to send them a copy.

Menominee Marina Sunset by Tony DeFilippo, on Flickr

Wow, Tony, I really love this image. It immediately caught my eye, really well done. I like the gradient in the sky, I think you've really captured the colors of this time of day perfectly.

Eric J.

Oct 05, 2012 at 01:03 PM

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p.2008 #18 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Two shots taken today at the local zoo for Matt:

dwarf monkey - taken with the 135/2 Ais

dwarf monkey - taken with the 35/1.4 Ai at f/2 - full frame/no crop on the D700

Have fun with your new lenses!

Oct 05, 2012 at 01:04 PM

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p.2008 #19 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

JimmyChoo wrote:
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My cat Minerva, working on her homework.

55mm 1.2 SC, at f/2.

Eric J.

Lovely shot Eric, wonderful pose. I just think however she would be better off reading "Why good people are divided by cat people and dog people."

This is because cats and dogs think differently and have differing attitudes from each other.

The cat thinks, "You look after me, feed me and care for me love me; I must be your god."
Dogs think, "You look after me, feed me, care for me and love me; you are my god."

My dog 'Riley" says +10 on that

Reagan

Oct 05, 2012 at 01:54 PM

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p.2008 #20 · Manual Focus Nikon Glass

Leighton and Georg - thank you.

Eric - I think you've hit the nail on the head. I shot 35mm for years and was very used to the FOV with that format. I then picked up a D70 and my son got me as a "standard lens" an 18 - 35 ED AF zoom which gave me effectively 27 to 55mm on the DX format. When I then moved to the MF lenses my first being the 80-200 f4 I loved using it and the reach with the 300 is just like my old Soligor 400mm was on my Pentax.

Until this issue was raised I wasn't even aware of the difference and compared the 28mm on my N80 to the 28 -45 set at 28 on the D200. The coverage in the centre is identical i.e. the perspective does not change on full frame which is not the case with a tele lens on a FX camera where there is a degree of foreshortening.

Oct 05, 2012 at 01:55 PM

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