asiostygius wrote:

Congrats James for the new lens at a very good price. Beautiful first image.

By the way, have you or anyone over here any idea of how the 35/2 AI or AIS compare with 35/1.4 AI/AIS specifically at f2?

Jose
Bjørn Rørslett claims it's "a little softer at f/2 than the 35/1.4. I liked these images of yours from the last 80 pages. I only took three weeks off from this thread...you wouldn't believe how many images I liked of everyones. Almost caught up on my client imaging....

NightOwl Cat wrote:
Love these shots John, but this one's my favorite

jhinkey wrote:
A couple more from the last Sunday of 2012.
Boy do these lose sharpness when they are uploaded to FM!



John


Thanks Laura!

I wish I could get out more often these days.

John

NightOwl Cat wrote:
Lizzie, wow, that's some really beautiful light there! Not to mention all the dust you'd have to deal with in changing lenses outside, too, I bet.


Thanks, Laura - actually I'm pleasantly surprised what I seem to be able to get away with on the dust front with the d800E - wish I could say the same for the 600 ;-(
Lizzie

Thanks for the comments Laura, Tony, Peter & Leighton.

Laura, I own two of these very old Tantalus (don;t know what the plural of Tantalus is?). Did complete restorations on both - included making
a key for one of them. My wife spent 1.5-2 years buying crystal decanters trying to complete the one set we already owned. Each stopper is hand
ground for it's specific bottle. A wrong match up had caused one decanter to shatter. Poor packing by many ebay sellers left us many boxes of crystal shards, but eventually we found a perfect match...and ended up with a complete second set for a different sized Tantalus.

Peter - enjoyed this one of yours....

Thanks Jim! Since I put my ugly mug up here, I think it's time for all the rest of you to let us see you!

Not much to shoot out there. Some inside shots to test out the 28-50mm f3.5 AIS. Quick JPEG shots from my D2X.

WOW! Love the first one Chuong, what great clarity and color, not to mention the light!

Welcome to the 28-50mm club, how do you like your's?

James - thank you

Chuong - I love the mini Chuong complete with Ipad!!

Thanks Leighton. I love it! It's smaller than the 35-70mm so that's a plus. I thought mine was defected because it only takes about 1/4 of the circumference to go to infinity.

Oh the lighting...guess who started it.

Thanks for the kind comments Leighton, Tony, David, Mark, Jose, Scott, Ben, Lizzie and Laura! Scott, regarding icicles, it got down in the 30's Thursday night so I'll be on the lookout.

Leighton, love the tunnel shots from Monticello.

Mark, very nice detail and color on your 55mm shots.

Philip, the courthouse photo has a great foreboding look to it. I like it!

Laura, great shots from New Year's Eve and school. No doubt, you'll be one of the coolest coeds on campus.

Rafael, I really like the first version of the wall photo. If you need an excuse to buy another MF lens, the wall would be a great candidate for a PC lens.

Scott, I really like the simple beauty of the cobblestone farmhouse photo.

Tony, nice fence!

Monty, great shot of Deb. Don't know if you're into competitions, but if you post that one on the weekly assignment thread ("occupational portraits") it's got my vote.

James, beautiful image with your new 35mm.

John, nice locomotive shots.

Peter, I like what you're doing with your photos of old film images.

Ben, love the "heatwave" shot!

Philippe, beautiful PC shots. I told myself I was done buying MF lenses. I might be wrong.

Chin, gorgeous shots! Great color depth and lighting.

asiostygius wrote:
James Markus wrote:
Wow...Bravo to all of you! I couldn't even take time to read this thread...only skimmed the photos - OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS. There are a ton of great images over the last 80 some pages. Here is an image I took Christmas eve with my new to me - $82 dollar - minty, Nikkor 35mm f2.0 AI

Foggy14 wrote:

Monty, great shot of Deb. Don't know if you're into competitions, but if you post that one on the weekly assignment thread ("occupational portraits") it's got my vote.




Thanks, I'll give it a try. I just entered

Monty

leighton w wrote:
Thanks Jim! Since I put my ugly mug up here, I think it's time for all the rest of you to let us see you!

Leighton,
I put my ugly mug up a long time ago, and I don't know on what page of this thread it is located.

However, I have some fun shooting myself - it just seems to occur with AF lenses. Here I am watching TV
HERE - Yep, that's my hand and foot. I also sneak into the fridge more often than i should HERE I occasionally read a good book HERE I called this one "Digital Renewal" even though I trimmed my beard and mustache on one side the old fashion way HERE This one is my favorite because it uses smoke and mirrors to conceal my ugly mug HERE I have more, but I think you must be traumatized enough.

One from this morning - it feels great to be shooting outside again.

pbraymond wrote:
One from this morning - it feels great to be shooting outside again.



That is Cool in more ways than one

leighton w wrote:
Thanks Jim! Since I put my ugly mug up here, I think it's time for all the rest of you to let us see you!

James Markus wrote:
Leighton,
I put my ugly mug up a long time ago, and I don't know on what page of this thread it is located.

However, I have some fun shooting myself - it just seems to occur with AF lenses. Here I am watching TV
HERE - Yep, that's my hand and foot. I also sneak into the fridge more often than i should HERE I occasionally read a good book HERE I called this one "Digital Renewal" even though I trimmed my beard and mustache on one side the old fashion way HERE This one is my favorite because it uses smoke and mirrors to conceal my ugly mug HERE I have more, but I think you must be traumatized enough.


Oh yea, now I remember your ugly mug! Just kidding.

montym wrote:
pbraymond wrote:
One from this morning - it feels great to be shooting outside again.



That is Cool in more ways than one

+1

leighton w wrote:
montym wrote:
pbraymond wrote:
One from this morning - it feels great to be shooting outside again.



That is Cool in more ways than one

+1

+1
here we go - we're all +1ing it - but it is a great find.

ben

Incredibly Nice pictures last pages .. Good job by all


Nikkor 135mm f/2 Ai-s by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr

Nikkor 135mm f/2 Ai-s by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr

DSC_98461 by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr

All nice Ronny, but the first one is special with the old man and his shadow.