saph wrote:
That scene is amazing, and a lens not I think mentioned here before.
What kind of shark is it. And that's a bit close to the shark with a 15mm lens, especially the last one
Ya, unfortunately the Nikonos system doesn't quite get the love it should any more. But some underwater housings can use them on mirrorless cameras now. But these we all shot on film was the a Nikonos V and Kodak Ektar 100.
These are whale sharks. So they are super chill. You need all the width the 15mm can give you due to their massive size
HCE HCE wrote:
You are preaching to the choir, look back through this thread and you will see numerous examples of PC mis-applied!
In this case it is intentional, the looming effect is perhaps a failed attempt to menace the viewer, I find this sort of paint job obnoxious and was trying to playfully present the image.
Another example you will see often is a shot of a view from a cliff or shore that omits foreground, leaving the viewer with no place to stand.
Lots of fun this image business!
D800 24mm PC-E
Jay, this is very good and as the eye sees it. I take your point about the looming effect and the paint job!
Kav, love the whale shark photos. At one time, I had a Nikinos IV-A and loved it. Unfortunately, I sold it when I moved away from the beach and I no longer had time for scuba diving.
Colin, I love the IR photos, as always. I just bought an old D70 that I will eventually convert to IR. I figured that would give me an inexpensive way to try it out and see if it's for me.
TheOtherKav wrote:
It was a mix of old 28mm and 135mm manual focus lenses that day. I also had the 15mm, but didn't see anything I liked for that lens
That's interesting.
I never use my 28/2.8 AI-S or 138/2.8 AI-S for infrared - images have always been soft (on DX IR ) compared to other lenses.
My 135/2.8 AI-S is the worst perfoming lens in IR that I have.
Therefore I reach for the 200/4 AI-S when I need something longer and 24/2.8 NC in preference to the 28/2.8.
My general experience is that the newer coatings of the later-day MF lenses rob acuity in IR.
Having said that I have both 50/2 H and HC varieties and my HC version performs a little better in side by side comparisons with its older brother. 85/1.8 HC is also very good. I should pick up an 85 H to see how that fares.
Will give my meagre lens collection a workout when I get my D610 back from conversion. I ma eagre to see whether my experience holds true or whether the filter/sensor combo alters things.
And I see you are putting that Big Stopper to good use too. Hope you had a good vacation.
