Thanks, René and Joshua! Kinds words coming from you make me blush...:-) Joshua, the building is known as the CNIT. It was built as an exhibition hall and was the very first building in the La Défense complex (1958) but, some 40 years later it was converted to an office/commercial building
Contax 28/2.8 f8. No two cows alike, but all face the same way sitting the same way. Like everything else here, super healthy. Eat while lying down on the job.
I've been looking for some old Nikkor lenses. Last week I ordered the Pre-Ai 10.5cm f/2.5 from Japan via eBay. The day I got it, I had to look for a Nikon F -adapter to fit it to my A7... Every place I knew had them in stock, but were too busy to sell me one so I had to get a Kipon adapter which cost me almost as much as the lens. To my surpise, the Pre-Ai did not fit right away. I had to find a way to file off the 'ass gasket' part of the lens to fit it on the adapter.
I don't have a dremel handy, so I came up with a simpler solution that might make people cringe.. I had a callus remover tool lying around, with a "diamond infused" rolling part. Took me an hour to file the ass gasket down to fit the lens, but now it fits.
The place that sold the Kipon adapter also made an offer to buy a Color Skopar 21/4.0 50% off the list price. I had to reserve it Can't wait to get some proper wide angle street shots. Seems like a great sharp lens.
This shot is nothing special, just a test shot to see if it really has the three dimensional rendering it is touted for. I think it's there. Very happy for this purchase, although 105mm really isn't my focal lenght.
Nat Harvie Trio at BLUSH. BLUSH is a new venue in town that's been open for a month or two, finally made it down for a show. The lighting is tough, but I'm sure it'll improve over time. One of the questions I ask myself when visiting a venue for the first time is whether it's a 35/75 kind of venue, or a 28/45/90 kind of place. Pretty sure it's the former. Other music venues in town are decidedly in the 28/45/90 camp.
See Flickr for the particular lens. Most with the Voigtlander 35mm f/1.7 Ultron VM, and one each with the Voigtlander 75mm f/2.5 LTM and Sony FE 28mm f/2. I've been shooting
philber wrote:
Thanks, René and Joshua! Kinds words coming from you make me blush...:-) Joshua, the building is known as the CNIT. It was built as an exhibition hall and was the very first building in the La Défense complex (1958) but, some 40 years later it was converted to an office/commercial building
Otus 55 wide open
Thank you for the explanation, Philippe. The Otus came through....again for you - great image!
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Philippe, as somebody that lives in Paris, what do you think of this copycat ? It is actually quite tall although, not close to that of the original, of course,l but still quite impressive as an attention grabber.