Love the Cal-look Beetle! I had a couple of those back in the early 90’s… Wish I still had the ‘67 Ragtop. Looked stock except for the lowered front and short wheelie bar in the back. Ran 9.9’s in the quarter mile on pump gas.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Will get off the Corvette addiction and post some interesting cars.
Barb brought me a little present yesterday that she found in the yard. Our trees have been singing for a couple weeks now, and I suspect this is one of the singers. After our visit I turned him/her loose to rejoin the choir. D850 with the 55mm f3.5 + tc-16a
This will likely be my last half 35mm frame camera. The shutter is made of titanium, and is rotary. The sound it makes exceeds any shutter I have ever heard - better than even the best crisp leaf shutters. Made in 1966 (I think it is an early model of the FT) it literally is a work of art. Hoping the radioactive lens is as well, but there is a Nikon adapter on it's way. Even in the 1960s people were adapting MF Nikkors to their cameras.
James Markus wrote:
Barb brought me a little present yesterday that she found in the yard. Our trees have been singing for a couple weeks now, and I suspect this is one of the singers. After our visit I turned him/her loose to rejoin the choir. D850 with the 55mm f3.5 + tc-16a
Nice Katydid (I guess) ! It should be a female because it has an ovipositor.
James Markus wrote:
This will likely be my last half 35mm frame camera. The shutter is made of titanium, and is rotary. The sound it makes exceeds any shutter I have ever heard - better than even the best crisp leaf shutters. Made in 1966 (I think it is an early model of the FT) it literally is a work of art. Hoping the radioactive lens is as well, but there is a Nikon adapter on it's way. Even in the 1960s people were adapting MF Nikkors to their cameras.
Had me looking this camera up, what a great camera, with unique engineering to match function to form, and I like it!
Keeping this thing moving with a 5.8cm f1.4 shot, detail of a tabletop with embedded glass.
James Markus wrote:
Barb brought me a little present yesterday that she found in the yard. Our trees have been singing for a couple weeks now, and I suspect this is one of the singers. After our visit I turned him/her loose to rejoin the choir. D850 with the 55mm f3.5 + tc-16a
James Markus wrote:
This will likely be my last half 35mm frame camera. The shutter is made of titanium, and is rotary. The sound it makes exceeds any shutter I have ever heard - better than even the best crisp leaf shutters. Made in 1966 (I think it is an early model of the FT) it literally is a work of art. Hoping the radioactive lens is as well, but there is a Nikon adapter on it's way. Even in the 1960s people were adapting MF Nikkors to their cameras.
What a beauty 📸 and great shot of it
I hope to get the digital Pen-F next week - if the seller doesn't back out 🤞
Not a MF lens, but one that has been on my wishlist since it was released in 2000. Finally bought a (seriously beat up, and serviced) copy of the lens for just $250
Not a MF lens, but one that has been on my wishlist since it was released in 2000. Finally bought a (seriously beat up, and serviced) copy of the lens for just $250
If you use that lens on a Z body I think it counts as manual focus
True, but I only own a D800. Kristina had the need for a Z camera. To me, it was more of a hindrance when I tried it. I really feel disconnected looking through that digital finder. Purely a mental issue though
mivadep wrote:
If you use that lens on a Z body I think it counts as manual focus
That green dot is certainly not that precise. I can clearly notice that when using the 55mm f1,2. You see where you move into the green dot confirmation area, but focus is not where it should be by quite a margin. For me, moving the focus ring so I move in to the green dot confirmation, continue until tge dot disappers, and then turn back roughly half that distance works most of the time.
James Markus wrote:
A couple more with the 105mm f1.8 ais @ f2.8 iso 3200 - missed focus using the green dot, but still like them
