Stop it Dean! I already have scanned all my color film - and again you post perfect color. Do you get results like this on other films? EDIT. Found
the process, Your post is gonna make me redo some scans...
deang001 wrote:
Some more shots with the F3HP, 35/2 O & 50/1.4 SC. Portra 400
Wanted to see how the recently acquired Nikon TC-200 would work - I'm impressed. Years ago
I had a 2x TC by Sigma that I instantly regretted buying. Nikon has done an admirable job
of preserving image quality - just as Colin's donated sample photos showed. I opted for the
TC-200 versus the TC-201, because they are identical lens wise, but the 201 has a ground divot that wouldn't be of any use anyway.
300mm f2.8 ais + TC-200 on Canon 7D - 300 x 2 x 1.6 = 960 effective focal length - No crop
Common Sparrow
James Markus wrote:
Question. Has Nikon enabled focus confirmation beep on any Nikon body recently for manual focusing?
Ive never heard of any Nikon cam having this feature. Actually the first time I heard of such a feature in any cam was a few weeks back when researching a Pentax 645N. Not a bad idea though as you could just keep your eye on the subject, but quite possibly annoying as well
Dean, I have complained about this for almost 30 years. From 1992-1994 I tested the first digital portable professional cameras. Back then, none of the manufacturers had the money to do it alone. So, Nikon provided the bodies, Kodak the sensor, and the Associated Press wrote the software. In the fall of 1994 two guys from their "skunkworks" delivered the "2nd prototype" of the NC2000 to me. It was based on Nikon's N90 film camera. My other
complaint had been the crop factor. The first cameras were 2x or more, because tooling for large sensor's was so expensive...the NC2000 got that down to 1.3x. But, the N90 had focus confirmation beep - just for auto focus lenses which I found crazy (most people turn it off). This same stubborn insistence on having focus beep confirmation - when you don't need it, but have it's absence when you do need it continued in the D1X, D2X, D800, D300 etc etc. It is one of the reasons I hang onto my Canon bodies, because Canon does have focus beep confirmation with my Nikkor or any other manual focus lens. I really miss audio annotation as well - saved so much time for ID, address, phone numbers, and all those details you need to get on a shoot...just push a button and talk. You are correct about the effect on shooting - you can keep your eye on the subject - move your focus point, and manually focus without having to concentrate on a dot on the edge of the frame. Not annoying at all...just a couple beeps and shoot. In auto focus it beeps dozens of times until you turn the feature off.
deang001 wrote:
Ive never heard of any Nikon cam having this feature. Actually the first time I heard of such a feature in any cam was a few weeks back when researching a Pentax 645N. Not a bad idea though as you could just keep your eye on the subject, but quite possibly annoying as well
Very nice shots and an interesting film stock choice. I thought the "industrial" fuji was pretty difficult to find outside of Japan and HK. I've used it for street a few times and it has a very cool look about it. Many say it's rebadged Fujicolor 100 but no one seems to know for sure.
Thanks Dean, and I like your HK shots, the pair training by the concrete blocks beneath the tower blocks is excellent.
I saw the film for sale at a local supplier and thought I'd give it a try, I'm quite pleased with the results, the colours show up quite nicely, especially bright tones. I've got another roll shot with the 28 f/2 which I'll post shortly.
Here's one last one with the 35 OC f/2 actually at f/2, all the above ones were f/8
James Markus wrote:
Stop it Dean! I already have scanned all my color film - and again you post perfect color. Do you get results like this on other films? EDIT. Found
the process, Your post is gonna make me redo some scans...
Sorry ... I forgot to answer your question regarding the colours and film stocks. I find Portra 400 is easier than other film stocks to get looking pretty right without much effort. It’s a beautiful looking film as well. I’m enjoying Ektar 100 at the moment as well although getting colours right with Ektar is a bit hit and miss for me. I’m slowly getting there though.
Just took the 35mm f2 of my old F2as and put it on the D750 to see what was up.
Nothings really sharp and it's not my style but hmmmmm....Crude but dreamy.:
