One last one for the day from the walk this morning. Again with the 85/1.4. This one wide open and it just about melts the stem of this flower away. An equivalent f/1.1 depth of field on this camera
Cropped to 1x1 and applied BW04 profile in Lightroom. Guess I went moody because of the thunderstorms going on now.
Yea it’s “late” spring here now. We had a big bush in the backyard growing up, used to pick it clean. Agree, they have a great smell. I think I need to plant some, we recently got some acreage, but it’ll be a couple years till we’re there. Might as well give them a head start.
leighton w wrote:
More beautiful flowers to fill the page. Can't believe you guys have honeysuckle out already. Love how it smells.
That’s outstanding George! I need to get my 85 lubed again, it’s too dry to be enjoyable. You make me want to put in the work though.
GeorgeBo wrote:
One last one for the day from the walk this morning. Again with the 85/1.4. This one wide open and it just about melts the stem of this flower away. An equivalent f/1.1 depth of field on this camera
Cropped to 1x1 and applied BW04 profile in Lightroom. Guess I went moody because of the thunderstorms going on now.
Well whatever you did, save that recipe. It works!
AdaptedLenses wrote:
I believe it’s Ai-S but I’m usually lazy and just write AIS. Unintentionally keeping the flower theme going.
First one: Series E 50mm(Ai-S) with the 4T, X-T1 with the Lens Turbo 2. Lots of extra glass, still looks good to me. Or maybe I just like honeysuckle.
Second one: Different light, Z6II, Series E (Ai-S) 100mm with the 4T again. Playing with Nikon processing to mimic Fuji’s Classic Chrome which just works with classic lenses. Though I did push the texture and contrast on both.
SiMuMe wrote:
Mmmm, I miss the bird of paradise in our garden. I must mount a campaign to bring it back. It is an indigenous plant but for some strange reason, it vanished from the garden. Must enquire. Looks like we no longer have the second one either .
Great shots with the crt lens.
I need some birds of paradise at home too, around the base of palm trees,
Soon after getting the 85mm f1.4 ais Oscar was it's first subject - then I went kind of farmers market crazy with the lens. It is a heavy lens, but well worth it for the image quality. I keep a deep metal shade attached at all times.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Thanks. The 85/1.4 has been a shelf queen and was actually on the "sell" shelf along with the 105/1.8 and 135/2 because I really didn't use them with the time I had the Z6. Missed the aperture coupling and didn't really like the shooting experience. Glad I am a procrastinator.
Will have to try the 105 and 135 next.
G
George, while I like the Z6 quite a bit and consider getting a Z7II. The Z6, partiularly with weird adapted lenses, does not satisfy for the simple reason of not registering the aperture with manual lenses, and not even the focal length with non-Nikon adapters.
Spring is in the Air! Finally a couple warm days and the tree buds are starting to pop. These taken under harsh mid-day light with the 55 f3.5 Ai'd. Thanks for looking.
George,
That is one of the most aesthetically pleasing Iris photos I have seen. I have tried, but can't seem to get the right angle or composition.
Jim
I am not aware of any mirrorless that will correctly read aperture settings of Nikkor Automatic (aperture) Indexing and Shutter (priority) lens
Fujis will allow focal length and minimum aperture in EXIF. So at least you know what lens you were using. Leica will "guesstimate" aperture and it is pretty accurate too (as long as you are not using filters). Again though, Leica never coupled aperture, but then you are stuck with either live view or EVF for focusing the M 240s and newer. That is unless using the focus coupled LTM Nikkors. The Hassy doesn't aperture couple the adapted lenses. But who cares
So for mirrorless and full function with these manual lenses, I guess we are SOL.
Only digital camera I have really enjoyed having full functionality with these old lenses is the Df (after adding a split image micro prism focusing screen.
EDIT: I forgot... If you shoot the 45p or put a dandelion chip on the lenses, you do get full control and focus confirmation when used with the FTZ adapter. With limitations in some models. For example on the Zfc you cannot control aperture from the lens with chips. You have to set to minimum aperture and control from the front wheel.
rafaelcasd wrote:
George, while I like the Z6 quite a bit and consider getting a Z7II. The Z6, partiularly with weird adapted lenses, does not satisfy for the simple reason of not registering the aperture with manual lenses, and not even the focal length with non-Nikon adapters.
James Markus wrote:
George,
That is one of the most aesthetically pleasing Iris photos I have seen. I have tried, but can't seem to get the right angle or composition.
Jim
AdaptedLenses wrote:
That’s outstanding George! I need to get my 85 lubed again, it’s too dry to be enjoyable. You make me want to put in the work though.
My 85mm 1.4 was dry as well. All I had to do was remove the bayonet and focus to the closest distance. This exposed a fair amount of the helicoid in the inner rear part of the lens. To the exposed helicoid using a wood stick, I applied very small (1/2 drop equivalent) amount of grease in each of six evenly spaced locations in the periphery of the exposed helicoid. Placed the bayonet back and worked the helicoid end to end. Lens became buttery smooth.
I use Dow Corning high vacuum grease - it does not outgas. Learned to use it in semiconductor vacuum chambers.
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