It has been a few years years since I purchased a MF lens.
The 50/2 H has served me well in both colour and infrared but the lens really needs taking apart to get rid of troublesome dust and particles since it was becoming really noticable in infrared. A lube is needed too.
Reports suggest that the HC is better than the H. I have been mightily impressed by the H so when I saw a low priced buy-it-now on this HC I couldn't resist. (Dean made me do it given his recent acquisitions ) The multi coating will probably be detrimental to IR though.
The coating differences are quite aparent when viewed side by side. Taken with 55/2.8 micro.
Oosty wrote:
It's been a while but I have been watching. I've spent hours teaching myself new pp skills and learning about (blush) AF techniques. Also revisited some old images.
Specially for Siphiwe - hope you enjoy it my friend.
This is a Nguni bull - our native breed of cattle that were made famous due to Shaka Zulu whose troops used their hides for their magnificent rawhide shields. Each regiment had specific colours - what a sight they must have been.
This guy was not taking prisoners that day D200 105 2.5 @ 2.5
deang001 wrote:
My new child, a Nikon F3 HP Also got myself a light meter and a voice recorder for notes.
I've gone from pen and note pad to text notes on my phone, to using a dedicated app to making voice recordings on my phone. This voice recorder is by far the best (quickest) way of taking notes on each shot.
The last time I used my FE2, I was 47, 3 years ago in 2017. In those three years, my eyesight has degraded so much that I now wear progressive glasses and focusing with it is a bit of a struggle. After a bit of research, the F3 HP with a DK-17M attached seemed like a good idea, and it was! I tried a DG-2 with the FE-2, but it's not exactly ideal having to flip the magnifier up and down all the time. So really, I had no choice but to buy a new F3 But ... WOW, this camera is incredible. It handles so nicely and is beautiful to use with everything in the right spot. This will be my main MF camera, I think. What a beauty.
I've never used a light meter before, but a friend suggested I start using one as it will help with my film exposures. I used it all weekend metering for shadows where possible and shooting on manual. So far, so good but a lot to learn.
She's a beauty! The F3 was my first Nikon camera back in 1984. Wish I still had it. I remember Barbara and I (before we were married) driving an hour away to a large mall, just outside of Washington to a camera store to get. When our first daughter was born in 1988, I traded it for a VHS video camera.
DeltaSigma wrote:
It has been a few years years since I purchased a MF lens.
The 50/2 H has served me well in both colour and infrared but the lens really needs taking apart to get rid of troublesome dust and particles since it was becoming really noticable in infrared. A lube is needed too.
Reports suggest that the HC is better than the H. I have been mightily impressed by the H so when I saw a low priced buy-it-now on this HC I couldn't resist. (Dean made me do it given his recent acquisitions ) The multi coating will probably be detrimental to IR though.
The coating differences are quite aparent when viewed side by side. Taken with 55/2.8 micro.
leighton w wrote:
She's a beauty! The F3 was my first Nikon camera back in 1984. Wish I still had it. I remember Barbara and I (before we were married) driving an hour away to a large mall, just outside of Washington to a camera store to get. When our first daughter was born in 1988, I traded it for a VHS video camera.
A VHS camera. Wow. I remember those. I also remember frantically trying to get all the footage converted to disc after they were phased out Your old F3 is probably still alive somewhere while the VHS cam is probably long gone. These old Nikon cams & lenses were built to last.
The first time was in 1996 when Hurricane Fran came through and the market had to close because of flooding.
The parking lot was under water by 2 feet in 2003, but the water receded enough for us to have the market. This was the time I found a cherry vette totaled with nothing but mud inside of it.
164 public, residential and commercial properties totaling $3.1 million in damages. I know some of the business owners and they went through the one in 2003 and now this one. I think I may move after this.
Because of the efforts of a lot of people, the market went on as normal today.
deang001 wrote:
Great shot! And nicely edited. You would not want to get in his way!!
A friend of ours has a farm near Vrede in the Free State. 8,000 head of free range cattle as well as maize and soya. Breeds for genetics though and sells bulls. Looks like an amazing place and he’s asked us to visit many times. The farm is actually in a meteorite crater We will certainly take up his offer at some point (when this disaster of a year ends!!!). The last time we were in SA was in 2012 at Madikwe Game Reserve. I really enjoyed SA and next time we will also visit Cape Town. ...Show more →
Hi Dean
Thanks for the kind words. Vrede is in highveld grassland without too much exciting scenery and the little town is best avoided these days. So many Free State towns have been depopulated and unfotunately the infrastructure has been allowed to deteriorate. The farmers still seem to manage despite an ongoing steady rate of farm murders which only have the effect of driving down food production.
Vredefort (at a guess 150 -200km away) is where the famous meteorite struck creating the "Vredefort Dome" which many speculate is the origin of the particular geology which created the Witwatersrand of gold fame.
There is so much to see in SA and we have great people. Knysna is only 450km from Cape Town on the renowned "Garden Route" and is also worth a visit.
Well done Peter, that looks like raw power about to trample anything in its path.
Oosty wrote:
It's been a while but I have been watching. I've spent hours teaching myself new pp skills and learning about (blush) AF techniques. Also revisited some old images.
Specially for Siphiwe - hope you enjoy it my friend.
This is a Nguni bull - our native breed of cattle that were made famous due to Shaka Zulu whose troops used their hides for their magnificent rawhide shields. Each regiment had specific colours - what a sight they must have been.
This guy was not taking prisoners that day D200 105 2.5 @ 2.5
20 feet right outside my office window, just 10 minutes ago. They are really getting brazen. I spooked up two of them last evening in the same spot when I went out to cook on the grill.
Oosty wrote:
It's been a while but I have been watching. I've spent hours teaching myself new pp skills and learning about (blush) AF techniques. Also revisited some old images.
Specially for Siphiwe - hope you enjoy it my friend.
This is a Nguni bull - our native breed of cattle that were made famous due to Shaka Zulu whose troops used their hides for their magnificent rawhide shields. Each regiment had specific colours - what a sight they must have been.
This guy was not taking prisoners that day D200 105 2.5 @ 2.5
What a beautiful bull, Meneer. Thank you very much for sharing. My brother has a herd with a few Nguni. Wonderful cattle.
Different theme, this just fell in my lap for a couple of hundred, looks unused with bad ebay photos, certainly could not be used with that hood , In any case seller takes returns should I find it less than perfect:
Howdy gang! Been observing photos for the past three or so weeks. We took off for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and were treated to 70F (22C) Days and colder nights. Enroute we stopped at a tourist attraction on a very rainy day. NOAHS Ark in Kentucky and these first are Pano's as the rendition of the Ark is supposed to be historically accurate. It measures the length of two Boeing 747's. All of wood.
Have other shots of the interior and comments to follow.. Z6 and NOCT PANO's
leighton w wrote:
20 feet right outside my office window, just 10 minutes ago. They are really getting brazen. I spooked up two of them last evening in the same spot when I went out to cook on the grill.
DeltaSigma wrote:
It has been a few years years since I purchased a MF lens.
The 50/2 H has served me well in both colour and infrared but the lens really needs taking apart to get rid of troublesome dust and particles since it was becoming really noticable in infrared. A lube is needed too.
Reports suggest that the HC is better than the H. I have been mightily impressed by the H so when I saw a low priced buy-it-now on this HC I couldn't resist. (Dean made me do it given his recent acquisitions ) The multi coating will probably be detrimental to IR though.
The coating differences are quite aparent when viewed side by side. Taken with 55/2.8 micro.
F3 HP, 50/1.4 Ai-S and Portra 400 rated @ 200
But ... WOW, this camera is incredible. It handles so nicely and is beautiful to use with everything in the right spot. This will be my main MF camera, I think. What a beauty.
We will certainly take up his offer at some point (when this disaster of a year ends!!!). The last time we were in SA was in 2012 at Madikwe Game Reserve. I really
