Finally got to processing this photo. I had gone to Vickery Creek Dam and didnt have my tripod. So put my camera on a stone and shot like 35 frames. Finally did the processing I was looking for.
Nice portrait of you Prince Buddy!! I really regret that I dont have any lighter teleish lenses. I think Iīll try to find a teleconverter next week. And perhaps a little mix of my original options would be something to consider. To be honest I never really became a good friend with the 25-50/4 itīs a really good and sharp zoom...
Curtis, couldnīt agree more on that. Itīs really difficult to decide..
Really good portrait, just in that perfect moment
Andy, remembering your series from there and watching my old ones from Bali 5 years ago I think you are right. I need some of those fast ones for candids. Totally agree, itīs a shame I dont have the 180 ED...but Iīll really try to find a TC200 or TC180 next week. Hope it works out fine for you today with the IronKids.
Samy, Iīm heading off to Bali and the islands around it. I really like your shots from the Canyons
Jay, love that cactus shot!!
Philippe, I really like your work from Burgundy. You make such good use of both the 105 and the 50, street shots as well as vineyards.
Ram, awesome waterfall shot! Perfectly b/w!
Now Iīm leaning towards to bring the following lenses:
20/1.8 af
28.8/2.8 ais
SC-50/1.4
105/2.5 ais
50-135/3.5 ais
I mean the 28 and the 50 are almost equal in weight to the 25-50/4...
bobbelbob wrote:
Nice portrait of you Prince Buddy!! I really regret that I dont have any lighter teleish lenses. I think Iīll try to find a teleconverter next week. And perhaps a little mix of my original options would be something to consider. To be honest I never really became a good friend with the 25-50/4 itīs a really good and sharp zoom...
Curtis, couldnīt agree more on that. Itīs really difficult to decide..
Really good portrait, just in that perfect moment
Andy, remembering your series from there and watching my old ones from Bali 5 years ago I think you are right. I need some of those fast ones for candids. Totally agree, itīs a shame I dont have the 180 ED...but Iīll really try to find a TC200 or TC180 next week. Hope it works out fine for you today with the IronKids.
Samy, Iīm heading off to Bali and the islands around it. I really like your shots from the Canyons
Jay, love that cactus shot!!
Philippe, I really like your work from Burgundy. You make such good use of both the 105 and the 50, street shots as well as vineyards.
Ram, awesome waterfall shot! Perfectly b/w!
Now Iīm leaning towards to bring the following lenses:
20/1.8 af
28.8/2.8 ais
SC-50/1.4
105/2.5 ais
50-135/3.5 ais
I mean the 28 and the 50 are almost equal in weight to the 25-50/4......Show more →
I got one in perfect shape. But have no camera for it. EZfan wrote:
Nice find George, I saw a couple of the Nikkor 10.5cm/2.5 in L39 mount a couple days ago It really a rare one indeed.
rafaelcasd wrote:
I got one in perfect shape. But have no camera for it.
Yeah, you need to find the body for it but Nikon didn't have any body in L39 mount, either finding a Leica L39 copy or Leica M copy body + L39 adapter or trade it toward the same lens but in Nikon S mount for Nikon S RF
Rafael, you need a Leica LTM camera for that lens. I also have the Bessa R, but its rangefinder length is a bit limited for telephoto lenses.
Kristian, I wish I had taken the canyon images, but that spot would be very much on my bucket list. The pics are thanks to Ken and his modern Noct. Niee scenes in Malmo, and look forward to your Bali tour pics!
Jay, quite a cactus!
Philippe, that middle photo at Pierre Damoy's domain is very striking! Nice area to wander through!
Here are the last of what I have processed from the Labrynth Canyon at Lake Powell. I've got to start on the Navajo canyon then on to the state parks of Utah in the coming week.
Kit building is forever, but sometimes it takes an offbeat path. While still shooting with Nikons and NIkkors, I have been trying out some less talked about gear. Latest one is a ~1954 Exa, made by Rheinmetall in Sommerda, not far from the Czech border. Very interesting shaped body, and a waist level finder that pops up as smoothly as it must have back in the 1950s. Blazing fast top speed of 1/150s, and lowest one other than bulb is 1/25s.
Oh, my apologies to both you and Ken. That was a bit sloppy by me, I blame it on the two IPA's I had tonight..
And thanks, I look forward to share some material from Bali!
//Kristian
saph wrote:
Rafael, you need a Leica LTM camera for that lens. I also have the Bessa R, but its rangefinder length is a bit limited for telephoto lenses.
Kristian, I wish I had taken the canyon images, but that spot would be very much on my bucket list. The pics are thanks to Ken and his modern Noct. Niee scenes in Malmo, and look forward to your Bali tour pics!
Jay, quite a cactus!
Philippe, that middle photo at Pierre Damoy's domain is very striking! Nice area to wander through!
Samy, I really enjoy seeing the medium format photos. Such amazing clarity and definition!
Phillippe, those landscape photos with the 105mm and 50mm are incredible. Not a detail about them I can't like
Kristian, the cloud shot is magic! Makes me want to find a job in Sweden.
I think the list you posted there looks like an all-in list, offering you a bit of everything. Even if the 28mm and 50mm combined weigh as much as the 25-50 zoom, I think these two lenses offer more versatility due to the narrower MfD and the faster lens speed.
Leighton, you even had me looking into the 50-135. But it's not that much shorter then, or lighter then the 80-200 f4 I love so much. At the moment I don't want to let the longer zoom go, so I will have to see how it will suit me on my next camera
Ballard wrote:
California poppies are almost like invasive weeds. They can take over the entire yard if I dont constantly pull them out. Oregonians are fond of making disparaging comments about the hordes of invading Californians, but Ill refrain from such comments here.
Anyway, after pulling out a bunch of poppies I put some in a vase and decided to watch them open, wilt, and fade. Interspersed between rain showers there have been occasional bursts of sunlight. Ive enjoyed watching the light hit the blossoms in different ways.
First shot with 300/4.5 AI-s at f/5.6. EXIF data was wrong.
Second shot with 55/2.8 Micro at f/11.
Third shot with 55/2.8 Micro at f/8.
All shots on D700 and intentionally underexposed to bring out the texture of the blossoms....Show more →
Ken, I especially like the third shot. If you are up to trying, how would that shot look with a square crop and b/w conversion? I have been contemplating doing a similar shot to yours, with the processing I suggested.
the solitaire wrote:
Leighton, you even had me looking into the 50-135. But it's not that much shorter then, or lighter then the 80-200 f4 I love so much. At the moment I don't want to let the longer zoom go, so I will have to see how it will suit me on my next camera
Buddy, I had the 80-200 (4.5 version), but the files I was getting out of it looked to clinical to me. This is just my opinion, but I have always thought the files from the 50-135 were Leica looking in the color and contrast areas. Plus, it's sharp as a tack even wide open, and the bokeh on the long end rivals the 135mm f2. Int the end, it was the only MF zoom Nikkor I kept and will ever keep. Having said that, I also think the 28-50mm f3.5 AIS has the same character traits as it't bigger brother, but in the end, it wouldn't focus close enough on the wide end so I didn't keep it.
