Olympus OM-D E-M1 MarkII + adapter + Nikkor 400mm f/5.6K ED non-IF, hand held, ISO 800, f/8 at 1/500s. Using 4 images to do pano and focus stack. Contrary to cropping, this was an image of 29.5Mb from a sensor of 20 Mb.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 MarkII + adapter + Nikkor 400mm f/5.6K ED non-IF, hand held, ISO 800, f/8 at 1/500s. Using 4 images to do pano and focus stack. Contrary to cropping, this was an image of 29.5Mb from a sensor of 20 Mb.
George, I most certainly enjoy the results from the more "exotic" setups that you and Samy shoot with, but I'm with Mark. In fact (with shame on my face) whenever I fly and vacation in cool places, it ends up being AF zooms that come along, simply from the sheer versatility of focal lengths, and the fact that my wife ends up waiting on me significantly less than if I were to be changing lenses.
Some of our MF Nikkor lists are easier to pull from memory, though I sometimes forget whether I have the AI or AIS version of a lens.
16 f3.5 non AI
20 f3.5 AI (purchased back in the film days, only one of two MF lenses that is not a casualty of this thread)
24 f2.8 AIS
28 f2.8 AIS
35 f2.0 O (purchased as a ghetto-AiD lens)
50 f1.4 AI
55 f2.8 AIS
85 f1.8 H (purchased as a ghetto-AiD lens, sometimes registers as f2.0 max, sometimes as f1.8 :-))
105 f2.5 AIS
135 f3.5 Q (purchased as a ghetto-AiD lens)
180 f2.8 AIS
200 f4 AI
25-50 f4 AI
50-135 f3.5
75-150 f3.5 (my first MF lens, back in film days for backpacking, only one of two MF lenses that is not a casualty of this thread)
Olympus OM-D E-M1 MarkII + adapter + Nikkor 80-200mm f/4 ai-s @200mm, hand held, ISO 640, f/5.6 at 1/500s. 70% cropped (14/20MP).
For this epiphyte I find this single shot at f/5.6 the best compromise between sharpness and bokeh.
Tried some focus stacking, but I was not happy with the results.
George that is not only gorgeous, but so compact compared to the 4x5 gear I had. My Graphic view monorail was about 12" long - not counting lens mount and ground glass ends. Only had three lenses for it - 100mm f6.3 Meyer Gorlitz wide angle, 150mm f5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar normal, and a 10 inch Wollensak Rapter telephoto. I had to carry a backback for all the gear. Makes me tired just thinking about it now.
Jim
GeorgeBo wrote:
Warning! The F mount stuff is just a gateway. You may end up like this one day
James Markus wrote:
George that is not only gorgeous, but so compact compared to the 4x5 gear I had. My Graphic view monorail was about 12" long - not counting lens mount and ground glass ends. Only had three lenses for it - 100mm f6.3 Meyer Gorlitz wide angle, 150mm f5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar normal, and a 10 inch Wollensak Rapter telephoto. I had to carry a backback for all the gear. Makes me tired just thinking about it now.
Jim
Thanks Jim. And yes it is compact and light for what it is. I have a backpack for it and it is no trouble at all along with a decent tripod strapped on. I have 3 lenses for it. The 90/4.5, 60/4 and 135/5.6. The 135 is currently at SK Grimes. I got a rebuilt Copal 0 shutter and needed the correct aperture scale engraved. They are matching it to the lens. Not really needed for this configuration, but I also want to use it on my 4x5 film camera.
GeorgeBo wrote:
This whole kit stemmed from that visit to Staunton with you and Samy. I can only imaging if Ken would have been there
G
Lets see, I went to Staunton and Samy was there, then you, Samy and Leighton did the same, Then I returned to Staunton and I missed Leighton by FIVE minutes. The folks at the market said he left quickly. So as I see it the common denominator is Leighton who knows I don't like FUJI talk ..... therefore he fled!! YMMV !!!!!!!
bruni wrote:
Speaking for myself, I'm loving all this gear talk, and especially the gear pics. Not sure how "addiction" and "weakness" and "shame" come into it, but hey......to each his/her own.
The 18mm has a bit of flare but the real king is the 20mm f3.5 UD. I'm posting this now while Philippe's away because he hates these flare pics.
Ben
Ben, I like how the flare leads your eye to the sitting person.
Nikkor-SW 90/4.5 @ f/32 - 15mm rise on Cambo Actus GFX - Fuji Velvia and graduated ND filter. Will see what I can do with it once back with my home computer.
Thanks for looking,
George
*not sure if it is my iPad compressing the image or what, but the original jpg sure looks sharper than what is being uploaded. Will have to try again when I get home Sunday night.
This is Columbia Gorge about 35 miles west of Portland. The gray area on the distant shore is 2017 Eagle Creek fire started by a teenager igniting fireworks during a burn ban. Some of the most popular hiking trails are still closed. Beacon Rock is at the center left. It is a volcanic neck or plug, the solidified conduit supplying lava to a cinder cone that was subsequently eroded away during the Ice Age Missoula floods. The floods happened around 15,000 years ago. Beacon Rock and its cinder cone formed about 57,000 years ago. It is the youngest and most easterly member of the so-called Boring Volcanic field. I live on the flanks of a much older [203,000 years] Boring Volcanics cinder cone in Portland.
A closer shot of Beacon Rock and a 100% crop of the same shot to show the bridges on the walking trail that zig-zags up the southern face. After I looked at this on the computer I noticed a dangling rope and two climbers in the lower right.
AM4L wrote:
... They are for me really and I share when I can here to fuel the GAS.. they are a magical beans of their own, the more you buy the more you shoot!
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GeorgeBo wrote:
Was a little too breezy this afternoon for longer shutter speeds.
George
Ballard wrote:
I hope these aren’t monitor busters.
This is Columbia Gorge about 35 miles west of Portland. The gray area on the distant shore is 2017 Eagle Creek fire started by a teenager igniting fireworks during a burn ban. Some of the most popular hiking trails are still closed. Beacon Rock is at the center left. It is a volcanic neck or plug, the solidified conduit supplying lava to a cinder cone that was subsequently eroded away during the Ice Age Missoula floods. The floods happened around 15,000 years ago. Beacon Rock and its cinder cone formed about 57,000 years ago. It is the youngest and most easterly member of the so-called Boring Volcanic field. I live on the flanks of a much older [203,000 years] Boring Volcanics cinder cone in Portland.
A closer shot of Beacon Rock and a 100% crop of the same shot to show the bridges on the walking trail that zig-zags up the southern face. After I looked at this on the computer I noticed a dangling rope and two climbers in the lower right.
I shot this last year on a cloudy day. This year I had a beautiful, almost still morning. I shot a set that included the sun quartering in front and, here, with the sun quartering behind me. The former gives nice luminous, yellow leaves, but this ain't too shabby, either. I posted one of the former on the Df page, taken with the Voigtlander 90. This is from a little lane off the main road just inside Glacier Park.
I know Im bending the "Manual Nikon" rules here a little bit for the sake of comparison, but here are two photos. Each are a composite, two-shot landscape oriented, vertical pano. Each image used was a 2-shot focus stack.
This first photo is using the 55mm micro-Nikkor f2.8 on my Df (f8), and the second, the 24-105mm Sony on my A7RII at 57mm (thought I was at 55). This yielded a 24+ MP image from the 16 MP sensor. I cropped quite heavily, down to 8.5 MP to get the composition I wanted - presented here as a 4x5 for George's sake! ( )
The second yielded a 59.5 MP image from the 42 MP sensor (maybe a bit more overlap than the Df version), which I cropped down to 29 MP. I tried to process these as closely as I could - given my non-expert abilities. Also, the sun has moved a bit between shots, changing the shadows a little.
When displayed here, I am seeing a bit more difference in exposure and WB than just on my computer screen - oh well.
I have been experimenting with using longer lenses and then making then into panoramas to simulate shorter ones, while concomitantly, gaining resolution from the Df. Of course, not having every prime ever made (like some here whose name begins with "R" ), there are compromises and depth of field issues to address. Additionally, the wind can ruin everything if you need to capture things that move, like leaves. But, I think it can be a useful tool when increased resolution is desired.
Still, to my eye, the Df with the legacy 55 does not quite measure up to more modern glass on a higher res sensor. I am also seeing a slightly greater dynamic range in the Sony photo. When I have time, I will repeat this with the 55 on the Sony (with adapter) to see if that is a function of the lens or the process.
Comments from more learned amongst us are very welcome!
