I don't normally do gear shots, or at least not very often. I'm seeing lots of dust and cat hairs, and it makes it look like my lenses are dirty. Well, they are dirty. Here are the three 55m's I own side by side. I shot these with the beautiful and rarely used PC Shift Nikkor 28mm f3.5 AIS on the D800 and then the Nikkor P.C. AI 55mm f3.5 Micro was used on the - hasn't seen the light of day in quite awhile - D300 (a great crop sensor camera)
D800 + PC Shift Nikkor 28mm f3.5 AIS of the 55mm collection
D300 + Nikkor P.C. AI 55mm f3.5 Micro of the lovely & shy PC Shift Nikkor 28mm f3.5 AIS mounted on the D800 (thanks to Chuong and Peter for reminding me I owned a copy of the 28)
My recently acquired K, non-ai, now factory ai'd to use Jim's correct terminology, 300mm 4.5 ED is the 75th lens produced!!!!!!!
Serial 173186 with first being 173111, 176186-176111=75! out of the 800 or so made. It is a lens with perfect glass and function, a few paint blemishes and box with serialized warranty card.
Just saying, actually the 200mm 2.0 I own is one of the last 25 or so out of 1800 or so. It was one time listed as the last SN in photosynthesis NZ. but later lenses surfaced.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Tele length is awkward for me and I am trying to use tripods more and more. No time like the present. So I got out the 300mm and the tripod and took this picture.
Old scarecrow has been hanging in with us for 20+ Halloweens. Looks like he will make it at least one more
FYI - this lens has very little vignetting on the 50S sensor. Shooting 4x5 crop and it is gone. This was the first time I tried it on the Fuji. It will not be the last. Approx 240mm equivalent
George
Works well with that camera, very sharp. That scarecrow looks like how I feel.
HCE HCE wrote:
Here's are different sorts of gear shots... an ordinary non-ED 300mm f/4.5 on extension tubes. Results are better than my 300mm f/4.5 ED IF extended.
I think cat hair helps with the diffusion.
D800
Great shots Jay. That combo probably provides a very good working distance for lighting too?
Not only does it help with diffusion, but it is a good indicator of happiness.
HCE HCE wrote:
Here's are different sorts of gear shots... an ordinary non-ED 300mm f/4.5 on extension tubes. Results are better than my 300mm f/4.5 ED IF extended.
GeorgeBo Once you work out the conjugates the 300 is quite nice to work with, and leaves the subject open for illumination. I was pleased with the results. The 300 f/4.5 I used above is a pedestrian AI-S.
I compared this to an ED-IF AI-S of the 1st series and found that the non ED-IF provided more magnification for a given extension and seemed sharper in this application.
James I agree with the dual benefits of cats, as long as you use a sturdy tripod.
Here's one with my AI'd version of the 55mm f/3.5 on the D800.
I'm undecided whether or not I like this photo. I think I would like it more as a large print than as a small photo viewed on a small screen. You may have to follow the link and look at the full size version to see it, but this is the South end of St. Simon's Island, GA. If you look closely, you can see the lighthouse on the far right of the island.
A part of me likes the negative space, but then I also feel like there might be too much negative space. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
spoupard wrote:
I'm undecided whether or not I like this photo. I think I would like it more as a large print than as a small photo viewed on a small screen. You may have to follow the link and look at the full size version to see it, but this is the South end of St. Simon's Island, GA. If you look closely, you can see the lighthouse on the far right of the island.
A part of me likes the negative space, but then I also feel like there might be too much negative space. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
spoupard wrote:
I'm undecided whether or not I like this photo. I think I would like it more as a large print than as a small photo viewed on a small screen. You may have to follow the link and look at the full size version to see it, but this is the South end of St. Simon's Island, GA. If you look closely, you can see the lighthouse on the far right of the island.
A part of me likes the negative space, but then I also feel like there might be too much negative space. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Chuong, you are right, it can be hard to focus especially for closer subjects. I have only seldom run into that problem since my general use case is architecture and I set it at infinity at f/8 or f/11. When I have tried focusing closer its a struggle.
raboof wrote:
Thanks Samy. I found that it’s hard to focus on something but also have to make sure to check its surroundings.
spoupard wrote:
I'm undecided whether or not I like this photo. I think I would like it more as a large print than as a small photo viewed on a small screen. You may have to follow the link and look at the full size version to see it, but this is the South end of St. Simon's Island, GA. If you look closely, you can see the lighthouse on the far right of the island.
A part of me likes the negative space, but then I also feel like there might be too much negative space. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
looking for this glass. The sunstars are fantastic. Very difficult to find in good state. looking for Af-D 2.8 as an alternative, or the canon 15mm. Got the sigma 15, and i do not know if keeping it or sending it back. Nice shots!
jhinkey wrote:
Been away a long time it seems.
Some 16/3.5 AI shots from this past weekend.
spoupard wrote:
I'm undecided whether or not I like this photo. I think I would like it more as a large print than as a small photo viewed on a small screen. You may have to follow the link and look at the full size version to see it, but this is the South end of St. Simon's Island, GA. If you look closely, you can see the lighthouse on the far right of the island.
A part of me likes the negative space, but then I also feel like there might be too much negative space. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Scott - I know what you mean, it is a lot of negative space, maybe too much, but I like it. I think it works. It is a stylised image after all. I think it would work with the sky cropped too. That would draw more attention to the island. Depends on the effect you want.
Jay - are you really facing the same dilemma with that shot? To me, it's the opposite "problem". Scott has lots of blank space, you have a lot going on, as George says, in a good way. Are you thinking of cropping the foreground a bit, to draw focus more to the white water and the bird? I can see that. That would work well.
Although, they're both such strong images that they work very well as they are and would work well cropped. That's a testimony to how good they are. What a great dilemma to be in!
Ben
