This thread far surpassed Mustang Air to Air in posts and views, long ago, before the cull, and after the cull.
CGrindahl wrote:
Thanks for the likes everyone. It is rather like deja vu at the moment as the thread moves along briskly and old friends keep showing up. Howdy Glen!
I'm enjoying what folks are bringing to the thread... old and new. As I check my Flickr account I definitely feel some nostalgia for places visited, photos taken, friends made simply out of a love of Nikon manual focus lenses. That is pretty amazing. In one way, it doesn't surprise me when folks who've been away for some time show up again. I believe most of us have had positive experiences sharing on this thread. Yes, our interests in photography can evolve, the muse that prompted our photographic adventures may have abandoned us, or led to other passions. No one believed this thread would be alive in ten years. Though our anniversary won't arrive for a few more months, this is, in fact, the tenth year we've been doing this. We count anniversaries at the END of a completed year, so on August 22, 2020 we will have completed our tenth year schmoozing with one another about lenses and life.
Thanks everyone for contributing to this conversation. Although Mustang Air to Air has had TWO long threads which combined likely exceed the post count on this thread, at the moment Manual Focus Nikon Glass is the longest thread on FM. I take that as evidence of how amazing these lenses have ALWAYS been and continue to be.
This is the photo that appears on the first page of this thread... this is where it all began...
kwoodard wrote:
I have access to an early version. Decent glass, but slow. It really needs either a tripod or at minimum, monopod. Most people who buy one think it’s defective because it only focuses up close. The lens comes with a spin on close up lens as the minimum focusing distance is like 20 feet. The other side is people get it without the closeup lens and find it hard to use near its MFD.
leighton w wrote:
This is what downsizing looks like on the farm. After 22 years, it's very difficult to produce just for us and the family.
Like the series Leighton. Assuming you weathered the storms ok. We just got power back on here a little while ago. Had two tornado confirmed touch downs within 10 miles of me. Neighbor had two huge trees drop and just missed their house by feet. It was interesting just before dawn for sure. Hate it when they come in the dark.
gbohannon wrote:
Like the series Leighton. Assuming you weathered the storms ok. We just got power back on here a little while ago. Had two tornado confirmed touch downs within 10 miles of me. Neighbor had two huge trees drop and just missed their house by feet. It was interesting just before dawn for sure. Hate it when they come in the dark.
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WOW, you had it a lot worse than we did. We only got 2" of rain and the wind has been low. Stay safe buddy!
Nice series Leighton. Interesting shots from your farm. We are on our third year with our little habanero farm now. So far all our plants are indoors in our apartments (may sound wierd, and of course it is ). But for now we dont have much of a choice. We are trying to fix a fully automated system for next season. I'm gonna share a few shots from our little farming and habanero salsa adventure
If you have old PS or PS Elements I have no hesitation in recommending DxO Photolab3. It is intuitive, same stable as Nik Efex, and integrates very well with my PSE 12 - also only about $100 for outright purchase.
The PC is almost ready for use. It still need some quiet fans to replace the loud stock ones. It needs 4 Tb of storage and it needs a CB radio.
On the software end, I'm looking for a Lightroom 5 or 6 licence to avoid Adobes monthly plan. I tried Luminar 4 but that did not convince me at all
bobbelbob wrote:
Nice series Leighton. Interesting shots from your farm. We are on our third year with our little habanero farm now. So far all our plants are indoors in our apartments (may sound wierd, and of course it is ). But for now we dont have much of a choice. We are trying to fix a fully automated system for next season. I'm gonna share a few shots from our little farming and habanero salsa adventure
The real question is what else are you growing among the habaneros?
Appreciate the update Leighton on what farm life looks like for a "retired" farmer. Looks like there is still plenty to keep you busy even with the market being closed. I can't help but wonder what the Covid-19 outbreak is doing in more rural areas such as where you live. I note that schools were closed in Virginia on March 16, which was close to the time California did it. But Virginia, like California, has big cities and small towns with rural areas, so I guess the caution is warranted.
There's a website folks may already know that shows projections for illness, hospitalization and death not only for the United States, but also for each state and for countries in Europe. Here's a link...
Next to the words "United States of America" is an arrow that opens to a list of states and countries, should anyone be interested. California, with the largest population of any state, jumped on this right away and we seem to be doing quite well. Perhaps not surprising is that Santa Clara County, home of Silicon Valley, has the highest incidence of cases and deaths. These were doubtless people bouncing around the world for business. But folks are taking "sheltering-in-place" seriously and most expect we'll be doing this through May. I spoke with a friend this morning who is hearing from college administrators that it is likely some colleges won't open to students to attend actual classrooms in September. That's hard to imagine, but then we're definitely exploring unfamiliar territory here.
Stay safe everyone and keep those photos coming...
). But for now we dont have much of a choice. We are trying to fix a fully automated system for next season. I'm gonna share a few shots from our little farming and habanero salsa adventure 
