My sweetie and I went for a walk today through conservation land along the left bank of the Concord River. Cold wind and cold light. I took the 200mm and the 50mm. I could have used a 300, or a 400, or a 500, or a 10,000, whatever.
Bathed, and drove down to this lake, got these shots, changed lenses, and the D700 then said NOPE. No more battery for you. I don't know what's up with it, but here's my ride.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Bathed, and drove down to this lake, got these shots, changed lenses, and the D700 then said NOPE. No more battery for you. I don't know what's up with it, but here's my ride.
pbraymond wrote:
Don't think I've ever shown this POV before, the entire (crumbling) bridge in one view, the light was hitting it well that day. 50mm f1.4 pano stitch. https://www.pbraymond.com/img/s/v-10/p1197565107-6.jpg
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Bathed, and drove down to this lake, got these shots, changed lenses, and the D700 then said NOPE. No more battery for you. I don't know what's up with it, but here's my ride.
Nice ride, did not know you switched out from the white beemer. Bummer about the D700, I wonder what gives?
Nice pic despite the OOF parts! Actually, the visual violence in the OOF parts are appropriate for the subject. That's bittersweet, pretty but an invasive non-native plant that some of us try hard to get rid of. But still pretty.
My new-to-me 300mm f/4.5 AI-S toy arrived today! Excellent condition, have to look closely to see that it isn't new. Clean optics. No pics with it yet. Real life gets in the way. I tried a few practice shots in the neighborhood. (I'm amazed at how well the Z5-II corrects for hand movement.)
Hmm, not quite yet! I'm liking working with the old lenses. They keep me honest, and I haven't yet learned how to do it..
One of my brothers who has owned several Canon digital cameras asked my why I bought a fancy new new camera but then didn't go with auto-focus, auto-exposure, focusing automatically, setting ISO for me, auto-focus, aperture management, and did I mention auto-focus? I told him I was cheap, that I already owned the MFNG lenses. But truth be told, I like the challenge and the learning experience. That's going to go on for a while!
That sucks, my memory says this is the first time I’ve seen these fruits ever, would make sense since it’s invasive. . Now my brain is scrambling to try to remember where I saw it to at least cut where the literature says to cut it. Maybe bag the cut segment into the trash.
jimmuller wrote:
Nice pic despite the OOF parts! Actually, the visual violence in the OOF parts are appropriate for the subject. That's bittersweet, pretty but an invasive non-native plant that some of us try hard to get rid of. But still pretty.
Long story a bit shorter - I fell for the Mamiya C3. With it's 3.5X-6X chimney finder I can get good focus manually with my eyes. So, here is my latest muse shot with one of the first (circa 1981) 85mm f1.4 ais (the :cream machine") BTW - I picked up a (circa 2009) 85mm af-d from North Pole Alaska recently, and the dreamy rendering is identical to the 1981 lens. When Nikon gets it right - they don't mess with it.
Jim, it warmed my heart to see your TLR Mamiya. I still have mine and 3 lenses -- 65mm, 80mm, & 180mm -- from the days when I was shooting a lot of B&W. It's a heavy beast but the lenses aren't shabby. I haven't used it in several years and should sell it, but I just can't bear to part with it. Time to get it out run some film through it!
Ballard wrote:
Jim, it warmed my heart to see your TLR Mamiya. I still have mine and 3 lenses -- 65mm, 80mm, & 180mm -- from the days when I was shooting a lot of B&W. It's a heavy beast but the lenses aren't shabby. I haven't used it in several years and should sell it, but I just can't bear to part with it. Time to get it out run some film through it!
If you do - come by the "Film is not Dead" forum" and share your results.
pbraymond wrote:
... Now my brain is scrambling to try to remember where I saw it to at least cut where the literature says to cut it. Maybe bag the cut segment into the trash.
Do bag it for trash, and pick up any berries which fall to the ground. BTW, you'll find that those flowers put out a scent that at first seems sweet but then seems annoyingly cloyingly annoying, hence the name.
grantgoodes wrote:
I purchased an 85/1.4D IF after owning the AiS version for several years -- in fact it was my first AF-Nikkor. I never really did a close comparison of the two lenses (would be very easy on my Df), but my casual estimation was that the "cream machine" moniker applied for either. The AF-D-IF version is a 9/8 design while the AiS is 7/5. Also, as an IF lens, there is focal-length shift as you focus in. So, I'd expect that there _will_ be differences in the rendering of these two lenses.
I have both the AIS and D versions of the 85mm 1.4 and did a comparison earlier this year. The bokeh was very similar with the D being a bit smoother. The biggest difference was the sharpness at 1.4 where the D had slightly better center sharpness and the AIS had much better edge and corner sharpness. Stopped down, center sharpness becomes even, but the D never quite catches up to the AIS with the corners and edges.
Talking of lens comparisons in the 85mm realm.
I am not really into the 85mm focal length but have ended up with 3 variants.
AI-S H f/1.8, the G f/1.8 , and a non-Nikon, f/2, Z mount Viltrox with AF and a clickable aperture ring.
I was so intrigued by the well received, low cost, low weight Viltrox that I ordered one a couple of days ago. Now I need to compare these 3 side by side.
Hastily taken image using the 28/2.8
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DeltaSigma wrote:
Talking of lens comparisons in the 85mm realm.
I am not really into the 85mm focal length but have ended up with 3 variants.
AI-S H f/1.8, the G f/1.8 , and a non-Nikon, f/2, Z mount Viltrox with AF and a clickable aperture ring.
I was so intrigued by the well received, low cost, low weight Viltrox that I ordered one a couple of days ago. Now I need to compare these 3 side by side.
Please share your results! I've been thinking about getting one of the latter two for an AF portrait lens and I'd like to see how those compare to the classic MF one.
