cadman342001 wrote:
Great shot Ani, perfect light.
Loved the one of the grass Leighton.
Thanks for pics from Italy Serge.
Picked up my Z6ii with the 55/1.2 pre-ai wide open, first time for ages to take a couple of shots of my latest bike, a 2008 Yamaha YZF-R1. 176kg, 180 BHP.
Currently looking for jobs in New Zealand South Island, if that comes off I should be sorted for landscapes for years, and biking roads !
leighton w wrote:
Ok, what are we REALLY looking at? Is it flare? Or some sort of strange cloud formations?
That weird cut-off shape looks like something from within the optical system. Maybe some kind of internal reflection with mechanical vignetting from an adapter or something like that. OR shot through a window which had these reflections on it - the window glass would kind of be part the optical system as well, right?
rafaelcasd wrote:
Serge, very 3D like presence in your Alice photographs. The lens? the processing?
Thanks, Rafael.
It is is a mint condition Nikkor-O 35/2. It is a killer lens as long as one is careful with bright light sources. I tried the O.C a while back but to me, it did not have the attractive glow of its single coated brother.
Processing was nothing out of the ordinary with minor adjustments in Lightroom.
Hi Rafael - sorry to learn of your cold, but good to learn of your recovery. I shot everything between f2 and f4, but the seven posted images were all f4. ISOs varied from 160-500.
Jim
rafaelcasd wrote:
Very pleasing combination of sharpness and bokeh James, what aperture were you using?
James - I tried the "tanzhong" (milk bread) roux on a simple otherwise unaltered recipe for whole wheat I make in a bread machine and it results in a much improved softer texture with a higher rise.
HCE HCE wrote:
James - I tried the "tanzhong" (milk bread) roux on a simple otherwise unaltered recipe for whole wheat I make in a bread machine and it results in a much improved softer texture with a higher rise.
Looks like I have a D610 IR that is beyond economic repair.
Now that I am back home I can see that the spindle (the rod that the secondary mirror oval should rotate around) does not protrude from the mirror side enclosure. I wonder if the spindle is spring loaded in order to keep tension on the oval. Either that or the spindle has broken off. Scott sent me some D610 images to use as a comparison.
With a bit of gentle pressure I was able to move the primary mirror and secondary mirror to the fully-opened position.
So, it looks like I will need a new mirror box. That is a very invasive and time consuming process. Then there is the cost of sourcing a replacement mirror box.
I will probably look for a low shutter D610 replacement body so that I can swap in the IR sensor unit.
Thanks to everyone for the images, Youtube links and suggestions.
It is is a mint condition Nikkor-O 35/2. It is a killer lens as long as one is careful with bright light sources. I tried the O.C a while back but to me, it did not have the attractive glow of its single coated brother.
Processing was nothing out of the ordinary with minor adjustments in Lightroom.
Serge
I agree, the Nikkor-O 35mm f2 is a lens with very attractive rendering. One thing that stops me from using it more often is the lack of corner sharpness, even at f5,6. But that is hardy what such a lens should be used for, so I'm now waiting for a 35-70 f3,5 zoom Nikkor to do the job.
In the meanwhile I finally came to making photo's again.
here are some with the 55mm f1,2
Processing through Affinity Photo, because my notebook stopped working and I still need to recover the Lightroom license from it.
All of these were still taken using my D800, still relying on the optical viewfinder. I tried a Z6 in the meanwhile, and even though it is nice, I still prefer the view through the mirror and pentaprism myself. Even though I am getting older, and really more then occasionally use the back display for low angle shots, rather then crawl on the forest floor. Shame on me for getting lazy like that.
there are some benefits to urban areas.
