leighton w wrote:
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I am home, but it will be a while before I do any shooting. I have a new 12 inch scar to deal with. Makes me wish for my old drug days.
The doctor said that he got everything and that the prognosis was good. No more treatment needed.
That is great news Leighton !! Try to take it easy and get well
NightOwl Cat wrote:
I shouldn't have looked, I'm drooling. Boston to Vietnam is a drastic change for sure. Are you going to have any MF Nikkors left so you can share some views from there, along with Han Diep's?
Yeah, as Reagan said I'm back in NM at the moment, but I'll be moving to VN in June. Will be quite a change!
I'm definitely taking some of the smaller Nikkors and my D700, don't worry.
Foggy14 wrote:
Hi, gang. I had the chance to take the family skiing for a few days in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
While spring was coming on fast in the valley, it was still full-on winter in the mountains, with a lot of new snow while we were there. The best late-season skiing I've seen. The snow pack was impressive, with Mammoth Mountain ski area at 540 inches for the season and a 330 inch base at the summit. One of the local hosts said that the mountain will be open for skiing and boarding until July 4th, at least.
Here are a couple pano-style, black and white shots of Mammoth. The first (105/2.5 ais) shows the ski area from the valley, near the Hot Creek fish hatchery. Mammoth's summit (11,053 feet / 3,369 meters) is in clouds. Lincoln Mountain (10,091 feet / 3,076 meters) is the peak in the sunshine.
The second shot (180/2.8 ED ais) shows the summit and the eastern ridge of the mountain on a clearer morning, before the lifts opened.
Jeff,
love these angles - quite unique views of Mammoth Mountain.
I hope to get out in July for some seriously white landscapes - this is a special year and I don't want to miss it, even though it'll mean a lot of wet feed and endless slogs across massive snow fields, even in late July.
kwoodard wrote:
For those that use the Df, can any of you list any drawbacks that it has. I am considering getting one.
No real drawbacks other than no pop up flash which is something I like to use for fill. The ISO range is terrific negating the need for flash most times
kwoodard wrote:
For those that use the Df, can any of you list any drawbacks that it has. I am considering getting one.
Kevin - I preordered my Df the day it was announced and it is the last digital camera that I have that I would get rid of. Is it perfect? No, but there is something about it that just scratches me the right way
With that said, here are a few areas I see. YMMV.
As Ken said, no flash but none of my cameras have a built in flash so not an issue for me. For something small and easy to carry for fill flash get a used SB-400 and throw in your bag if that is important.
If video is important, it does not have that capability
There are a few times where I would have liked to have a tilt screen like the Fuji X-T2
Shallow grip. Only an issue for me when using larger lenses like the 180/2,8, 135/2, 300/400 primes. There is an add-on grip that a few others on here have used so that may help. They missed the mark on that add-on by not having an Arca dovetail groove built in.
I personally had a hard time focusing primes wider than 24mm, but solved that issue by putting in a Type K3 focusing screen. Best $100 I have spent outside of a lens.
Again, these are just my person points and I don't consider drawbacks.
One of the biggest plus points I have aside from the classic controls is the flip up meter coupling lever that allows you to mount all the great Non-AI lenses without having to modify them.
Lieutenant Z wrote:
body too big and too heavy ; shutter way too noisy and only 1/4000
borrow/rent a mirrorless cam before buying this kind of prehistoric stuff...
That is also on the table. I had a Fuji XE1, really liked it. Not sure if I want a crop sensor though. I played with the Sony A7...menu pissed me off to no end. I also am not thrilled with Sony not sending out firmware updates. Fuji is fantastic at this.
gbohannon wrote:
Kevin - I preordered my Df the day it was announced and it is the last digital camera that I have that I would get rid of. Is it perfect? No, but there is something about it that just scratches me the right way
With that said, here are a few areas I see. YMMV.
As Ken said, no flash but none of my cameras have a built in flash so not an issue for me. For something small and easy to carry for fill flash get a used SB-400 and throw in your bag if that is important.
If video is important, it does not have that capability
There are a few times where I would have liked to have a tilt screen like the Fuji X-T2
Shallow grip. Only an issue for me when using larger lenses like the 180/2,8, 135/2, 300/400 primes. There is an add-on grip that a few others on here have used so that my help. They missed the mark on that add-on by not having and Arca dovetail groove built in.
I personally had a hard time focusing primes wider than 24mm, but solved that issue by putting in a Type K3 focusing screen. Best $100 I have spent outside of a lens.
Again, these are just my person points and I don't consider drawbacks.
One of the biggest plus points I have aside from the classic controls is the flip up meter coupling lever that allows you to mount all the great Non-AI lenses without having to modify them.
kwoodard wrote:
Those are the pluses. I have large hands, but I do ok with the Fuji size. I need to handle a Df to see if I like it.
I think it also comes down to what focal length you shoot with the most and what form factor you really enjoy. My number 2 body that is a real joy to use is the X-Pro2. Especially if you have a draw to legacy rangefinder glass (Nikon/Leica M/LTM). The hybrid optical viewfinder is something I really enjoy using.
My experience with the Fuji and adapted Nikon glass (to keep on topic with the thread I hope) has been very good as long as I stay above 24mm/28mm. Wider than that and I experience much softer corners than using native lenses. But there is not hardly anything out there that you can't adapt to the Fuji.
I recently acquired a Nikon S2 rangefinder made in 1955 with a Nikkor 5cm f/1.4 lens attached. I found a roll of film that expired 15 years ago, loaded up the camera, and went out and shot a few frames to see if the camera still worked. Here are a few photos from that roll. The camera seems to be in very good working condition and the shutter speeds seem to be very accurate.
Another Nikon RF user, fantastic!!! Scott, try Ilford FP4+ film for black and white. The S2 is amazing value, and just love its styling. I am getting really attached to the FP4+ film too, as much as my attachment to pre-historic cameras and lenses Maybe that's why the Df is a permanent appendage at least when I am not hauling a film camera around. Its smaller than the D800; for me anything smaller (like the Leica IIIc I have been playing around with recently) is too small to conveniently tote around in my hand.
The only Df drawback I came across is the same with the F4; the really early (1959-60) Nikkors don't fit on it without modification. The rear mount on those very early lenses (tick mark and a bit later) is too deep. Of course those historic lenses should really not be cut up or have their aperture rings swapped.
just picked up a MINT shape Nikkor 70-210mm E series for $50 shipped on eBay.
this was taken this past weekend on my new to me Sony a7r, which the files are night and day different than my D600/610 were. i had this lens before, but don't know why i sold it....
saph wrote:
The rear mount on those very early lenses (tick mark and a bit later) is too deep. Of course those historic lenses should really not be cut up or have their aperture rings swapped.
May be variances in that. My tick mark 5cm fits. It is close but it fits without the aperture ring rubbing. I am sure it is not modified. The aperture ring screws on so there is some room for clearance depending on how it is installed. Realized that when I disassembled it for cleaning.
