I was visiting a cat I found a home for a couple years ago. The previous owner gave me two pure bred Bengals, and they each ended up in homes with large dogs that they promptly wrapped around their fingers/paws. Nora is here in highkey with the 35mm f1.4
James Markus wrote:
OMG - Where are my sunglasses!
Yeah, exactly. Yesterday I was the prince of darkness today I'm responsible for pics of white walls. Colin, I like that pic a lot. I would have preferred it if the shadows were longer. Maybe try again at a later time?
bruni wrote:
Yeah, exactly. Yesterday I was the prince of darkness today I'm responsible for pics of white walls. Colin, I like that pic a lot. I would have preferred it if the shadows were longer. Maybe try again at a later time?
Sorry buddy, you will always be the "prince of darkness".
Some interesting art in the last few posts - Huss being very 1960's with the B&W. Good to see the theme on "light" and "dark' too. Ben you haven't lost your touch either
Some garden shots with the Z5 and 80-200 f4 on a PN-11 extension. To my eye they can't compare for sharpness to macros using the 105 2.8 Vr micro-nikkor but it's probably an unfair comparison.
akul wrote:
From this summer. Indian Lake, Adirondack. 200/F4
Wonderful shots. Great atmosphere.
Leighton - I took a very bright shot today just to prove you wrong about my darkness.....but I couldn't bring myself to process and post it. So, this instead. Maybe you're right after all.
this is Via del Corso - the main shopping street - taken with nikon 50mm f1.8 series E/Canon R5
Hahaha - Is that you blowing bubbles wearing a chin diaper, Ben?
bruni wrote:
Wonderful shots. Great atmosphere.
Leighton - I took a very bright shot today just to prove you wrong about my darkness.....but I couldn't bring myself to process and post it. Maybe you're right after all.
this is Via del Corso - the main shopping street - taken with nikon 50mm f1.8 series E/Canon R5
For years I have taken things apart, and rebuilt them with nothing more than a little knowledge and apparently unwarrented confidence. I tried to convert my 7D to IR following an online site's step by
step instructions. I discovered flaws in their instructions, but due to my engineer fathers advice (never force anything) no harm was done. So, It all went smoothly, but the camera refuses to turn on? I stewed a bit - thought about it a bit - took the camera apart and did it again focusing on suspected causes (ribbon cables). Nope, no power? I now own a lovely house brick that looks just like a Canon 7D.
In a fit of self theraphy I went out and shot some images with the screw on 720nm IR filters. All these were "windage" focused (couldn't see anything through the viewfinder), and then chimp adjusted (refocused through checking the camera screen) and shot again at iso 6400 with the nikkor 85mm f1.4 ais
I think this IR pursuit isn't over, but I will be giving it a break for awhile.
IR Lilac Leaves
A forgotten wheel barrow leaning against my ivy covered shed in IR
James Markus wrote:
For years I have taken things apart, and rebuilt them with nothing more than a little knowledge and apparently unwarrented confidence. I tried to convert my 7D to IR following an online site's step by
step instructions. I discovered flaws in their instructions, but due to my engineer fathers advice (never force anything) no harm was done. So, It all went smoothly, but the camera refuses to turn on? I stewed a bit - thought about it a bit - took the camera apart and did it again focusing on suspected causes (ribbon cables). Nope, no power? I now own a lovely house brick that looks just like a Canon 7D.
In a fit of self theraphy I went out and shot some images with the screw on 720nm IR filters. All these were "windage" focused (couldn't see anything through the viewfinder), and then chimp adjusted (refocused through checking the camera screen) and shot again at iso 6400 with the nikkor 85mm f1.4 ais
I think this IR pursuit isn't over, but I will be giving it a break for awhile.
Don't fret. I'd still put money on the ribbon cables being the culprit. Been there done that......
If Canon is anything like Nikon then they will use all sorts of different single/double sided cables, connector types and fastenings.
The cables have to sit perfectly orthogonal and also be administered to the correct depth before fastening the pressure clips.
My experience with Nikon is that some clips operate by rotating towards the cable and others away from the cable. Maybe you missed one of these?
The flexible nature of the just-long-enough cables make them very tricky to align. Although flexible, the wider ones can be quite stiff to manipulate and align at 90degrees. The ones that loop back have tension so want to spring out.
I have used narrow bodied tweezers (metal so care needed), toothpicks inserted under the cable to create a bridge and aid alignment, and also cut-up credit cards or a plastic spurger to encourage the flex cables back into their connectors. Then a magnifying glass is used to check the cables are sitting in place before engaging the fasteners.
You will be well aware that some cables have little notches that need to sit inside the connector, others have ears that prevent you from forcing it in too far. Most of my errors have come from the case where the cable didn't go in far enough but got gripped ok.
No power would suggest a troublesome cable eminating from near the power switch area.
You said you were careful taking it apart so I doubt you have crimped or bent a cable
Give it day or so and then try again. At least you now know how to take it apart now!
I also power up the camera before re-assembling the outer case. By holding the battery in place manually I can check that the LCDs come on. Caution required here due to exposed PCBs so keep all metallic objects out of the way.
A trip through the California desert to Lake Havasu. One of my favorite things. Old roadside signs. Also used the D300 Moon Field Goal by ric_hammond, on Flickr
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Couple normal light shots from the Nikkor-P 105/2.5 and 4T. Trying to get out more and these old Nikkors are more fun than the modern AF behemoths.
That first one is spot on.
I know what you mean about these old Nikkors. I don't even own an AF lens anymore. In fact, I just traded my whole Fuji kit in on another camera, should be here next week.
