Some basic focus-stacking tests with the Medical:
Wide open it is soft and has some CA, though the bokeh is pelasant.
Best results at f/16. Diffraction is beggining to play a (bad) role at f/22. Too see details, best to click in the direct link at flickr and then click 2 x at the image.
Z7 + FTZ + Medical-Nikkor 200mm f/5.6 + 2x close up lens + tripod + focusing rail; f/5.6 at ISO 1250 and 1/125s; f/16 at ISO 4000 and 1/60s; f/22 at ISO 4500 at 1/40s. Each image 67% cropped (30/45MP). The working distance was just 11 cm. To avoid shaking a 5s timer was used for shooting.
Natural light, no flash used.
Hi Everyone
I'm making a brief return as I've got a cheap adapter for my Canon R5 and I wanted to play with the old Nikkors on Canon. This is the 5.8cm f1.4 that Rafael forced me to buy.
I follow a lot of people from here on Flickr but it's good to be back to catch up with what's happening in "real" photography.
Ronny - you're obviously posting different pics here than on Flickr. I don't think I've seen these latest pics.
Jay - love that second pic of the man and the little boy.
Looks like the 55mm Micro is a good friend of the FT-1, though best results require a tripod. I had high hopes for the 35-70mm AIS as it is such a lightweight lens but results were quite disappointing. The 24mm does not mount, the chunk of metal at the back gets in the way. I will try the 105 and 135 duo some time.
Experiments with stuff I have never shot and processing I don't often use.
NX Studio -> SEP 2 -> Capture NX 2.
Mop strings(with PK-13) and bits of a bicycle. The PK-13 results in extremely working distance. It's a challenge to work and focus with.
bruni wrote:
Hi Everyone
I'm making a brief return as I've got a cheap adapter for my Canon R5 and I wanted to play with the old Nikkors on Canon. This is the 5.8cm f1.4 that Rafael forced me to buy.
I follow a lot of people from here on Flickr but it's good to be back to catch up with what's happening in "real" photography.
Ronny - you're obviously posting different pics here than on Flickr. I don't think I've seen these latest pics.
Jay - love that second pic of the man and the little boy.
Ben
Good to see you on here Ben. See we're all still here.
SiMuMe wrote:
Looks like the 55mm Micro is a good friend of the FT-1, though best results require a tripod. I had high hopes for the 35-70mm AIS as it is such a lightweight lens but results were quite disappointing. The 24mm does not mount, the chunk of metal at the back gets in the way. I will try the 105 and 135 duo some time.
Experiments with stuff I have never shot and processing I don't often use.
NX Studio -> SEP 2 -> Capture NX 2.
Mop strings(with PK-13) and bits of a bicycle. The PK-13 results in extremely working distance. It's a challenge to work and focus with.
leighton w wrote:
Good to see you on here Ben. See we're all still here.
Yes, and I'm very happy about that. You didn't post the 2013 one on Flickr so the photo didn't have the same meaning. The only difference I see is that the trees have grown. Is that right?
Z7 + FTZ + Medical-Nikkor 200mm f/5.6 + 2x close up lens + tripod; ISO 720 to 16000. Each image 67% cropped (30/45MP).
This macro tele has an unusual behaviour: surprisingly at f/16-22 it did not suffer diffraction like other "normal" lenses. For a closer examination it is better to use the link at flickr and click 2 x at the image.
Thanks for this post Jose, I do like the 200mm 5.6 medical and have a full set. including the battery power pack.
Too much light in that frame, Ben! You are slipping
bruni wrote:
Hi Everyone
I'm making a brief return as I've got a cheap adapter for my Canon R5 and I wanted to play with the old Nikkors on Canon. This is the 5.8cm f1.4 that Rafael forced me to buy.
I follow a lot of people from here on Flickr but it's good to be back to catch up with what's happening in "real" photography.
Ronny - you're obviously posting different pics here than on Flickr. I don't think I've seen these latest pics.
Jay - love that second pic of the man and the little boy.
JFK was a resident of Hyannis; the Kennedy family home is still on the waterfront and I believe Ethel Kennedy still resides there. This statue is in front of the JFK museum at Hyannis' Main Street. I learned there that the Hyannis name is derived from Iannough, a Wampanoag tribal leader. Iyannough is believed to have helped the Pilgrims when they first landed at Cape Cod. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyannough
