CGrindahl wrote:
Leighton... I'm having lunch... a purple Cherokee tomato and cucumber from the farmers' market. Talk about ambrosia. Tomorrow Sue and I will be back at the market and I'm excited. I know you understand since you grow much of the food you eat... the produce we get in most supermarkets is FAR removed from the taste and freshness of produce recently harvested. Products are considered ready when they LOOK good regardless of taste AND are shipped early so they won't be bruised along the way. What you and your friends are doing for the people of Staunton is reminding them of what real food tastes like. Thank you for that. I say the same thing to the folks at the farmers' market. ...Show more →
Thank you for the kind words.
The purple Cherokee can look strange to some folks (expecting a tomato to look red), but the taste is wonderful!
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CGrindahl wrote:
How are you finding the learning experience? I tried to help a friend recently who runs a Windows machine and it was very frustrating trying to figure out even the basics. I imagine there would be some challenges for you as well. I find Mac both easy and reliable to use, but then I've been using Macs for 20 years. If you're willing to share I'd love to hear how it's going.
It took me a few weeks to get used to it, but now I'm loving it, especially how it works with my phone. I listen to a lot of podcasts and having them download automatically on the MB and iphone has made the process so easy. The only thing I'll say about Windows is, that it is SO much better at window management. Reagan mentioned Big Sur coming out and not liking it. I don't have a problem with what I've seen so far, maybe because I'm still new to the Mac OS. I do really like the changes coming to ios as well. I watched a lot of youtube videos when I was researching this move to Apple, and everyone agreed when they said, "it just works". Well, I have to agree with that too.
CGrindahl wrote:
I'm with you Reagan... largely because all of my old Adobe software still functions in Mojave... I'm avoiding Adobe's Creative Cloud. If/when I need to buy a new computer I'll switch to Affinity. I bought both their photo and publishing software. I can make it all work if necessary. Until then... Mojave. I'll make certain I have a bootable drive of Mojave set aside, hoping that even a newer computer will still run with the older OS. That is generally the case for some years after an operating system is released. I've run this computer on Sierra, even El Capitan.
Having to get the LR subscription was a downsize in switching to Mac. I am in the process of trying out other programs, but so far, I have not found one I like as well as LR. Hard to teach old dogs new tricks.
deang001 wrote:
I've really embraced the iPad. I've always had them, but it wasn't until I got the 12.9" version that I really started using it for nearly everything (outside of work). I love it Especially with the new trackpad keyboard.
I'm looking forward to Big Sur and Mac OS being a little more like IOS. Hopefully more of the apps start work on both platforms. I still use my 27" iMac at home for serious editing, but I love editing images lying on the couch with my 12.9" iPad. I could never do this with a MacBook Pro as it's like a heater on your lap!
I have been using my Google Pixel chromebook as my couch machine, but since switching, I have been eyeing the ipad pro or MB Air to replace it. I was wondering if you looked at the 11" ipad and what made up your mind to get the 12.9"? I have the MBP 16" as my main work horse in my office so I don't really want to unhook it every time I want to sit in the livingroom.
CGrindahl wrote:
The 55 f/1.2 S.C. AI was the first pre-AI lens I bought and it hit the sweet spot for me... enough so I've bought THREE of them over the years. They have the metal scalloped focusing ring and the latest coating.
Man, they look lovely. All of the scalloped Nikkors look beautiful
And thank you for helping me get hooked again. Not sure if it’s a mental disorder or some sort of addictive drug. Maybe both
That lens you linked does look great, but now I’m going a bit nuts thinking maybe I should get a converted 55/1.2 as I just got this delivered today...
I totally forgot about using these on the F100. I’m going to mainly use it with AF lenses but I’ll probably regret not being able to use my MF lenses on this cam.
This seems to be the best available of the converted 55/1.2’s at the moment. Seems pretty good.
I’m sure Rafael is having a Good old laugh at someone willing to pay this price for the lens. He’d find one in better condition for less than the postage price I’ll pay
leighton w wrote:
I have been using my Google Pixel chromebook as my couch machine, but since switching, I have been eyeing the ipad pro or MB Air to replace it. I was wondering if you looked at the 11" ipad and what made up your mind to get the 12.9"? I have the MBP 16" as my main work horse in my office so I don't really want to unhook it every time I want to sit in the livingroom.
We have both the 11” Pro and the 12.9” Pro. I initially bought the 11” for myself but after a few weeks my wife ended up owning it somehow It was a good excuse to get the 12.9” anyway and it was a great decision. It really doesn’t feel that much bigger... but it is. The extra space is handy for everything but especially for editing images as there’s less space consumed by the tools. No comparison. The 12.9” is the way go go IMO.
LR CC on the iPad is pretty good actually and gets updated quite regularly. Selective edits are even easy with the pencil. It’s also handy being able to switch between my iMac & iPad as everything is synced including edits. Very relaxing editing images while lying on the couch.
It’s got power to burn as well. My analog TIFF’s after scanning are around 120MB a shot and the iPad just edits them with ease.
Normal stuff like web browsing, email, news apps, FaceTime, Kindle are all better on the 12.9” as well.
Before the virus hit, I left my MacBook Pro at home and used only the iPad on a week long work trip to Tokyo with no issues. Over Xmas in Aus I only took the iPad. Didn’t miss the MacBook at all.
But the best thing ever made for the iPad is the magic KB. It’s incredible. It takes the iPad to a new level.
cadman342001 wrote:
My Dell 17" i7 is absolutely 100% reliable and rock solid stable on Win10. Best windows version to date for me.
Just sayin !
Even had me looking at those 55/1.2s for a minute there Dean !
Andy
I get a headache even looking at Windows
My first mac was a Macintosh Classic about 30 years ago and I’ve used Macs ever since. It’s still at our house in Aus and it still boots up. I’ll probably cark it before it does!
I'm sure Andy is happy to have someone on his side of the globe showing up on the thread. With Chin on sabbatical and Ben now living in Italy Andy has been lonely...
My first Apple product was the Powerbook 190cs in the mid-nineties, then a gorgeous G3 tangerine iMac, then the glorious G4 Cube with matching display, a G5 Power Mac with 20" Apple Cinema display, and two 27" iMac, now joined with a 13" MacBook Air and iPad. I took the bait...
I worked on the first Windows machine in the 1980s but once I found my way to an Apple product there was no turning back. Yes, we pay a premium for these products and frankly, Apple's success with the iPhone has resulted in compromises on its computers which have been dumbed down ostensibly for our benefit as users... Aperture in exchange for iPhoto? RAM soldered onto logic boards so a user can't upgrade? Ever new ports that make drives and other peripherals obsolete?
All that ultimately matters is that the user is content... with their computer OR their camera. The only thing about which we're fixated on is Nikon manual focus glass...
My Win10 machine is very stable, even through all the updates. LR5 on Win10, however, is getting silly somehow. Updating databases, synchronizing edits, or loupe mode quick scrolling thru pictures (not in develop module) etc sometimes cause a significant slowdown, and then I restart LR and it goes back fine .... Luminar seems adequate, but definitely not equivalent to LR.
deang001 wrote:
We have both the 11” Pro and the 12.9” Pro. I initially bought the 11” for myself but after a few weeks my wife ended up owning it somehow It was a good excuse to get the 12.9” anyway and it was a great decision. It really doesn’t feel that much bigger... but it is. The extra space is handy for everything but especially for editing images as there’s less space consumed by the tools. No comparison. The 12.9” is the way go go IMO.
LR CC on the iPad is pretty good actually and gets updated quite regularly. Selective edits are even easy with the pencil. It’s also handy being able to switch between my iMac & iPad as everything is synced including edits. Very relaxing editing images while lying on the couch.
It’s got power to burn as well. My analog TIFF’s after scanning are around 120MB a shot and the iPad just edits them with ease.
Normal stuff like web browsing, email, news apps, FaceTime, Kindle are all better on the 12.9” as well.
Before the virus hit, I left my MacBook Pro at home and used only the iPad on a week long work trip to Tokyo with no issues. Over Xmas in Aus I only took the iPad. Didn’t miss the MacBook at all.
But the best thing ever made for the iPad is the magic KB. It’s incredible. It takes the iPad to a new level....Show more →
Yes, you're paying a bit of a premium for that lens Dean but finding a 55 f/12 S.C. with the Nikon AI conversion kit is becoming more difficult. My first was at $375, the second a pristine lens I stumbled on locally through craigslist for $300 and then a bid on E-Bay on a whim brought me the third which was also $300. The last was bought five years ago.
Yes, there is an advantage in having converted lenses and if at all possible that is the way I go. Yes, the Df will accept a pre-AI lens, for which I'm grateful, but shooting is a bit cumbersome because you have to change aperture both on the lens and on the camera. With the conversion kit I only have to be concerned with the lens. When I shoot with a pre-AI lens I'm more inclined to select an aperture and then do most of my shooting there.
That F100 is a beauty. I noted a review from Ken Rockwell who said that is his second favorite film camera, the first being the F6. You're fortunate you have processing so readily available. I bought an FA years ago with the thought I'd shoot some film but processing labs dropped like flies and I never used the film I'd bought. But I appreciate the film work you, Samy and George have shared on the thread. Have fun Dean!
CGrindahl wrote:
Yes, you're paying a bit of a premium for that lens Dean but finding a 55 f/12 S.C. with the Nikon AI conversion kit is becoming more difficult. My first was at $375, the second a pristine lens I stumbled on locally through craigslist for $300 and then a bid on E-Bay on a whim brought me the third which was also $300. The last was bought five years ago.
Yes, there is an advantage in having converted lenses and if at all possible that is the way I go. Yes, the Df will accept a pre-AI lens, for which I'm grateful, but shooting is a bit cumbersome because you have to change aperture both on the lens and on the camera. With the conversion kit I only have to be concerned with the lens. When I shoot with a pre-AI lens I'm more inclined to select an aperture and then do most of my shooting there.
That F100 is a beauty. I noted a review from Ken Rockwell who said that is his second favorite film camera, the first being the F6. You're fortunate you have processing so readily available. I bought an FA years ago with the thought I'd shoot some film but processing labs dropped like flies and I never used the film I'd bought. But I appreciate the film work you, Samy and George have shared on the thread. Have fun Dean! ...Show more →
That is one benefit of shooting with adapters, no need to worry about converted lenses.
leighton w wrote:
That is one benefit of shooting with adapters, no need to worry about converted lenses.
Have you ever thought about going into the medium format world of Fuji? Saw where they released a new lens for that system and some of the manual focus glass will cover the sensor.
gbohannon wrote:
Have you ever thought about going into the medium format world of Fuji? Saw where they released a new lens for that system and some of the manual focus glass will cover the sensor.
Now I have planted a seed
G
WHY...why do you do that!
Seriously though, I have no desire to go there. If I was going to spend that kind of money, I'd get a Leica like the rich folks on this thread.
rafaelcasd wrote:
You must have figured out that I am not taking many photos, decided to stick to being around the house and just go to the ships to work.
My processing has improved, I think, so here is a study in color of old photos of my all time favorite car, would take this over a Buggatti any time! (orperhaps take the Bugatti and sell it to buy 5 of these)
Or with a Nikon Z maybe (though that is with an adapter so really same category). One of these days we have to convince Curtis to go modern with a mirrorless. Getting my Z6 really kicked my manual NIKKOR collecting into high gear, including some unconverted lenses. I like the focus peaking but even more the 100% zoom to fine tune focus. Much more fun than on my D750.
On a lens note I’ve got an AI 55 f1.2 and now you guys have me wanting one of those scalloped pre-AI versions. They are so pretty. Why again do we need to have 2 or more versions/copies of the same lens? I need to come up with a good excuse. 🙂
leighton w wrote:
That is one benefit of shooting with adapters, no need to worry about converted lenses.
Especially with the new trackpad keyboard. 
It was a good excuse to get the 12.9” anyway and it was a great decision. It really doesn’t feel that much bigger... but it is. The extra space is handy for everything but especially for editing images as there’s less space consumed by the tools. No comparison. The 12.9” is the way go go IMO. 