Given Ben's chasing around American tourists, they need to keep an eye on him I seem to have some memory of some kind of selfie from Ben down under before he turned into the Prince of Darkness in Rome.
Took a break from decking the halls today to get some fresh air and take a walk around the pond.
The leaves and autumn color are gone and the air is brisk and the sky is clear. So that means black and white season is here
Not IR like Scott above, but almost with the Nikon R60 Red filter on the Monochrom. The 3.5cm/2.5 LTM Nikkor seems to handle the sun pretty well. Even with a hood I was surprised.
Now to go back and catch up with the posts on the thread.
I love the way your Monochrom renders, George. I've been telling myself that when I retire in about 5 years, I'm getting one for myself as a retirement present. I haven't told my wife, though, so we'll see!
spoupard wrote:
Thanks for the nice comments, Samy and George.
I love the way your Monochrom renders, George. I've been telling myself that when I retire in about 5 years, I'm getting one for myself as a retirement present. I haven't told my wife, though, so we'll see!
You won’t regret it and it would be the perfect retirement present I hit 30 years at my job on Jan 9th. I couldn’t wait.
Love that bridge Scott, works well in IR, and of course the rendering of the Leica George, 30 years in one job? Wow.
On the subject of filters, can someone explain the process of using the built in filters of the 16/3.5 AI on mirrorless ? I tried using the red one and everything goes red, well duh!, do I need to change the camera setting to monochrome and if so how. TIA
cadman342001 wrote:
Love that bridge Scott, works well in IR, and of course the rendering of the Leica George, 30 years in one job? Wow.
On the subject of filters, can someone explain the process of using the built in filters of the 16/3.5 AI on mirrorless ? I tried using the red one and everything goes red, well duh!, do I need to change the camera setting to monochrome and if so how. TIA
Andy
Andy the filters were really meant to be used with black and white film. But honestly if shooting with them on digital sensors you can get better results doing a black and white conversion from RAW. Can really control the color channels so much better. Unless of course you are shooting a camera like the monochrom. Then using filters like that are your options for controlling contrast and gray tones like I did by darkening the sky above with a red filter.
Here is a very good article explaining much better than I can
But if you want to try on your Z camera (I think that is what you shoot) you can select your JPG output to one of the Monochrome picture control profiles and use the filters. But note that your RAW file will always be color.
Having asked the question here I bothered my ass to search the net and I'm set. RAW+jpeg, picture control set to monochrome to "see" in B&W while shooting. Essentially how I use the XT2 most of the time although no Acros
You're welcome Scott, I'm generally not a fan of IR but it works i this case.
I was always a contract draughtsman in the UK, better pay, paid for every hour worked. I would work at companies who had won big projects and then at the end of the project if they didn't have another in the pipeline I'd go somewhere else. Or if an agent rang to say somewhere else was offering a $1 an hour more you would jump ship.
A week's notice, no paid holidays, no sick pay though.
Some jobs only 3 months, some up to 5 years like when I worked at Shell. They had the added attraction of a free canteen on site which was worth more than an extra dollar or two !
There were a lot of fat people who'd been there a long time, some with hairstyles that time had forgot !!!
cadman342001 wrote:
Thanks George, yes I have Z6ii and an XT2.
Having asked the question here I bothered my ass to search the net and I'm set. RAW+jpeg, picture control set to monochrome to "see" in B&W while shooting. Essentially how I use the XT2 most of the time although no Acros
You're welcome Scott, I'm generally not a fan of IR but it works i this case.
I was always a contract draughtsman in the UK, better pay, paid for every hour worked. I would work at companies who had won big projects and then at the end of the project if they didn't have another in the pipeline I'd go somewhere else. Or if an agent rang to say somewhere else was offering a $1 an hour more you would jump ship.
A week's notice, no paid holidays, no sick pay though.
Some jobs only 3 months, some up to 5 years like when I worked at Shell. They had the added attraction of a free canteen on site which was worth more than an extra dollar or two !
There were a lot of fat people who'd been there a long time, some with hairstyles that time had forgot !!! ...Show more →
That last line had me rolling
I was a contractor for the first 3 years after I got out of the Navy, but got a good offer for full time. So I am gambling that I will live long enough to enjoy the benefits of a full pension to offset the extra money that I could have made if I was a life long contractor. Only time will tell
Leighton - yes, there was accidental Ben selfie in his mirroed sunglasses. A handsome looking chap IIRC so that is probably the reason the lady was looking at him.
Andy - stunning shots from you lately.
Rafael - I am not a fan of circular fish-eyes but this time the lens was perfect for the subject matter. Realy cool perspective.
Got to say that I am just ahead of you '30-year guys' since I am now 32 years at the same company. When I hang up my keyboard (hopefully soon) I doubt I will be able to stretch to a Leica as a present to self though.
I did unglue the 40/2 from the Z6 and run a couple of wide open comparison shots against the 50/2 HC.
The bokeh from neither is great but which do people prefer and can you work out which is which?
bruni wrote:
Has anyone been watching the new Beatles documentary "Get Back"? In it both Linda and the official photographer are using Nikon. It's 1968 so they're pre-AI with the scalloped focussing rings. They're in Rafael condition, but then they would have been new then. It's interesting to see young people using them as the latest and greatest and now they're "vintage".
ben
nikkor O 35mm f2
Haha I saw the first episode yesterday and was about to write a comment here as well In the first episode she is using a Nikon F (I think?) and the Nikkor-P 105mm f2.5. Reminded me that I need to use my 105mm f2.5 (Ai-S) more often - it has probably the nicest rendering of all lenses I own.
Leighton - yes, there was accidental Ben selfie in his mirroed sunglasses. A handsome looking chap IIRC so that is probably the reason the lady was looking at him.
Andy - stunning shots from you lately.
Rafael - I am not a fan of circular fish-eyes but this time the lens was perfect for the subject matter. Realy cool perspective.
Got to say that I am just ahead if you '30-year guys' since I am now 32 years at the same company. When I hang up my keyboard (hopefully soon) I doubt I will be able to stretch to a Leica as a present to self though.
I did unglue the 40/2 from the Z6 and run a couple of wide open comparison shots against the 50/2 HC.
The bokeh from neither is great but which do people prefer and can you work out which is which?
Left is the 50/2 HC, right is the 40/2 Z. I generally prefer the bokeh on the right, although a very busy/structured bokeh can look nice with some backgrounds, esp. flowers as shown by Jay (HCE HCE) above with the 55/1.2
fjablo wrote:
Left is the 50/2 HC, right is the 40/2 Z. I generally prefer the bokeh on the right, although a very busy/structured bokeh can look nice with some backgrounds, esp. flowers as shown by Jay (HCE HCE) above with the 55/1.2
I seem to have some memory of some kind of selfie from Ben down under before he turned into the Prince of Darkness in Rome. 
