graytrekker wrote:
The street looks pretty empty, Kristian
I hope the "Sweden Experiment" works for you guys
Today everything was pretty much empty. But I wasn´t very surprised, most swedes stay home on a grey, windy and cold day coronavirus or not. Last week when it was quite warm it was the opposite. I´ve noticed that most of the people crowding are the young ones. Most swedes are taking the government recommendations very seriously.
We´ll, it´s way too early to say how this whole experiment is going so far.
Took a walk with my son today. Brought my D800 and the 50/2.0 ai (btw it´s not as near as good as the 50/1.8 ais so I gotta get one of those - again. Dont know why I sold the last one though )
Interesting indeed, very unusual lens used in the review for such a modern camera with all its latest AF technology. Maybe the reviewer spent some time on this thread and got the idea
SiMuMe wrote:
The very first line in that review suggests it's a modified pre-AI.
(Google Translate)
"It is no coincidence that I wanted to photograph it by mounting a 50mm Nikkor-S designed in 1962 as a standard for the Nikon F.
My copy, practically as new, is from 1971, a modified AI pre-AI that can still safely work on the new Nikon D6. "
Kristian, great photo of your mini-me! The 50 f2's not so shabby, it did well in the photos.
bobbelbob wrote:
Hi gang!
Took a walk with my son today. Brought my D800 and the 50/2.0 ai (btw it´s not as near as good as the 50/1.8 ais so I gotta get one of those - again. Dont know why I sold the last one though )
Surely its no more than a couple more lines or so of extra code in their Z firmware that's needed?
pbraymond wrote:
I think it’s an opportunity for someone 3rd party to create an FTZ that would pass on AI data. It would probably have to be self powered. And I think I would just take a smart grip with vertical controls vs the current “dumb” grip.
Glen, good to have a relaxing place to hang out here! I have been on forums previously where some people were too interested in proving they were right.
Thanks folks for the encouragement on the film development. JPelt, the Makina is a very capable camera. It has a wide angle version too, the W67, and some review said that Nikkor lens is even sharper.
Loving the conversation and photos everyone... thanks Kristian for you set of black and white images. Nicely done. Sorry, folks but I don't "carry" a knife but I do have a hand Swiss knife in my car available as needed... usually for the tooth pick...
I had a very frustrating day today with George's 35-200 f/3.5-4.5 AI-s, though I won't blame the lens, probably shouldn't blame the Df, perhaps should blame the person who depresses the shutter button...
Of the almost eighty photos taken during a 2 mile ramble through the neighboring town Fairfax, over seventy were so overexposed I couldn't get anything useful out of the files. I changed metering but none of three available improved the situation. Yes, I occasionally used the macro feature but that would have affected focus rather than metering. Focus wasn't great either even though I was getting the green dot and never shot wide open. Most of the time I was at f/8 and images were still soft. I confirmed I was using the center focusing point throughout the day as well.
I'll share a few salvaged images. If anyone has suggestions regarding what I may have missed here I'd appreciate it. I had no metering problems with earlier shooting and was shooting mostly wide open. So I stopped down and had used the macro feature between those sessions and this one. Any thoughts?
A closed restaurant with signs in the window saying take-out is available. But coffee is always available when done by drive-through. Folks in this neck of the woods LIKE their coffee. You'd feel right at home George.
And I got one fine flower shot at the end of the day... it was over-exposed but I was able to salvage the shot. It is even sharp, which is important so folks can make out the rain drops nestled between petals of the rose. I was using the macro feature for this shot.
CGrindahl wrote:
And I got one fine flower shot at the end of the day... it was over-exposed but I was able to salvage the shot. It is even sharp, which is important so folks can make out the rain drops nestled between petals of the rose. I was using the macro feature for this shot.
CGrindahl wrote:
A closed restaurant with signs in the window saying take-out is available. But coffee is always available when done by drive-through. Folks in this neck of the woods LIKE their coffee. You'd feel right at home George.
The coffee I roast actually comes from that area. I get all my green beans from Sweet Maria's in Oakland.
gbohannon wrote:
Curtis - looking at your EXIF info for the shots in Flickr, I am seeing this:
Exposure Bias - +4/3 EV
George
Wow George, thanks! How the hell did that happen? Looking in Lightroom the photos I still have say 1 and a third stops, and yes that is the setting on the camera... but I've NEVER set the exposure compensation dial on the camera and it requires depressing a button before you can turn the knob. I'm completely confused about how that could have happened. I wonder if when I was trying to get the macro mechanism to work I inadvertently pressed the button and nudged the dial. That is about the only explanation that makes sense to me... So in truth it IS USER ERROR...
I've never quite understood the need for using exposure compensation with modern digital cameras that have so much latitude in handling both low and high light conditions. If somebody cares to give me an education on the subject I'd welcome it... And thanks again George. Tomorrow is another day and I'll take your lens for another walk around the neighborhood. Oops! Its forecast we'll have rain tomorrow. One of these days I'll take it for a walk...
Curtis, the five shots that you shared from your walk seems to be pretty good output for a 2 mile walk so that latitude did make a difference. B&W does have a knack for salvaging shots as well. I think it means you need to buy a copy of the 35-200 and get used to the macro mode so you never make that mistake again.
It really was one of those b/w days.....
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