saph wrote:
Jim, really been enjoying your 35 PC shots!
Kristian, is that the Malmoe end of the Oresund bridge? Lovely lighthouse in the frame!!
Thanks so much, saph!
I've really been enjoying your 4x5 work. Reminds me that I used to own the Nikkor 65mm f/4.5 lens for architecture shooting. Great large format lenses from Nikon!
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Thanks as well to Ken Hill for your kind remarks!
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Here are a few more of the 35 PC shots on the D800e. (Hopefully, I've not recently posted any of these! )
This one flew 57 combat missions during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
It was flown by 13 different pilots, only 6 of whom survived WWII.
The 24mm was nowhere near wide enough for this museum so maybe somebody should lend one of their 15mm lenses.
I did toy with taking my 18-35G AF and regretted the decision not to have brought it with me...
Guess I will need to go back.
This one flew 57 combat missions during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
It was flown by 13 different pilots, only 6 of whom survived WWII.
The 24mm was nowhere near wide enough for this museum so maybe somebody should lend one of their 15mm lenses.
I did toy with taking my 18-35G AF and regretted the decision not to have brought it with me...
Guess I will need to go back.
mp356 wrote:
Colin, consider picking up a 18mm f3.5 AIS. I had one for a long time and really liked it.
Scott
Good idea Scott. I have a gap in MF lenses between 16/3.5 and 24/2.8.
However, I do like the wide end performance of the 18-35G so it fills that 18-24 gap.
It is highly unlikely I will pay today's price for a MF 18/3.5. So the MF gap will remain unless I find a bargain.
I said there would be family photos of my 10.5CM lenses, so here they are: the collection, close ups, and the coating reflections.
I am not a collector in a real sense; just like looking for lenses at a low price and good condition and using them. The Z6 opened up using the Leica thread mount and non-ai ones.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
I have a spreadsheet for my collection of gear along with the prices I paid for such gear... Samy has seen the spreadsheet, sent to him to help him organize his massive collection
It doesn't work for my case. If I do it transparently, this will cause homeless status when the big Boss see it obviously.
Do hope you guys have better bosses.
So this landed on my lap, meaning it was priced right in great condition. I would buy any Nikkor at the right price.
Not here yet, seller takes returns just in case. They come with all the right adapters for use on Nikon cameras. The multiphot stand is missing, the PB-6 bellows will do.
I received an email from Laura and began posting a response, then thought I'd post it here rather than via email. Thanks for reaching out Laura.
"We’re in the midst of a hell realm with Covid keeping us isolated and horrendous air quality keeping us inside our homes. Sue is apprehensive and talking about where in the United State she might find a safe haven… either as a place to move to or a place where she might spend part of the year. It is difficult to interpret what we’re experiencing. Virtually all the fires in California are result of a storm on August 16 that included a thousand lightening strikes on dry trees and grasses. The fires have been burning since then. Yes, we’ve had breathtaking heat on a few occasions. It was 112 where I live on one day, 108 the next. I don’t remember anything like that during my 48 years in the Bay Area. If this becomes the new normal it will be very difficult to live through. We’re really at the beginning of our dry season which typically includes fires… that it has started a month early is chilling. I turn 79 in two weeks so I’m sheltering in place hoping I’m not exposed to Covid. There is nothing else to do. The ONLY person with whom I have contact is Sue. We shared two hugs today when we spent a few hours together. Beyond that I spend long days home alone with occasional trips to the store wearing a mask to buy food. It feels like a dystopian movie… but it is my life."
What began as a walk in the park during the early days of Covid, when I could mount a lens and ramble through my neighborhood has become something very different. This is a strange world we inhabit at the moment, made even more strange by the apocalyptic conditions in which we now find ourselves. Fortunately, my health remains good... yes, a bit of dryness in my eyes and throat but the lousy air quality will do that. This is what I'm told is air quality at the moment.
10 Minute Average US EPA PM2.5 AQI is now 177
151-200: Everyone may begin to experience health effects if they are exposed for 24 hours; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
The air quality average for the WEEK has been 145. Our friend Ken with the username Ballard lives in Portland and at this moment, the sensor two blocks from his home reads 594....
10 Minute Average US EPA PM2.5 AQI is now 594
>401: Health warnings of emergency conditions if they are exposed for 24 hours. The entire population is more likely to be affected.
CGrindahl wrote:
I received an email from Laura and began posting a response, then thought I'd post it here rather than via email. Thanks for reaching out Laura.
"We’re in the midst of a hell realm with Covid keeping us isolated and horrendous air quality keeping us inside our homes. Sue is apprehensive and talking about where in the United State she might find a safe haven… either as a place to move to or a place where she might spend part of the year. It is difficult to interpret what we’re experiencing. Virtually all the fires in California are result of a storm on August 16 that included a thousand lightening strikes on dry trees and grasses. The fires have been burning since then. Yes, we’ve had breathtaking heat on a few occasions. It was 112 where I live on one day, 108 the next. I don’t remember anything like that during my 48 years in the Bay Area. If this becomes the new normal it will be very difficult to live through. We’re really at the beginning of our dry season which typically includes fires… that it has started a month early is chilling. I turn 79 in two weeks so I’m sheltering in place hoping I’m not exposed to Covid. There is nothing else to do. The ONLY person with whom I have contact is Sue. We shared two hugs today when we spent a few hours together. Beyond that I spend long days home alone with occasional trips to the store wearing a mask to buy food. It feels like a dystopian movie… but it is my life."
What began as a walk in the park during the early days of Covid, when I could mount a lens and ramble through my neighborhood has become something very different. This is a strange world we inhabit at the moment, made even more strange by the apocalyptic conditions in which we now find ourselves. Fortunately, my health remains good... yes, a bit of dryness in my eyes and throat but the lousy air quality will do that. This is what I'm told is air quality at the moment.
10 Minute Average US EPA PM2.5 AQI is now 177
151-200: Everyone may begin to experience health effects if they are exposed for 24 hours; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
The air quality average for the WEEK has been 145. Our friend Ken with the username Ballard lives in Portland and at this moment, the sensor two blocks from his home reads 594....
10 Minute Average US EPA PM2.5 AQI is now 594
>401: Health warnings of emergency conditions if they are exposed for 24 hours. The entire population is more likely to be affected.
Hellish year and no end in sight. Exactly 5 (or was it 6?) years ago I was at a conference in Portland and visited a relative in the suburbs during the trip. It rained every day, and in fact both times I hiked up Mount Hood to check out the waterfalls. My relative told me in Oregon its the start of the wet season. Well yesterday morning after reading that some of the Portland suburbs were part of the evacuations i checked up on them. They are okay, about 30 miles from any fire danger, just hunkered inside from those high PM 2.5 levels.
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