Massachusetts
Sony A7r2, 75-150mm Nikkor E
Watercolor treatment
You are a master composer Kenneth, and the watercolor transform works really well, will go get that - I also want a E 75-150mm, it has an excellent reputation. How's the zoom and focus? is it smooth?
rafaelcasd wrote:
You are a master composer Kenneth, and the watercolor transform works really well, will go get that - I also want a E 75-150mm, it has an excellent reputation. How's the zoom and focus? is it smooth?
Thanks so much.
With age, the push-pull design is prone to sliding. I applied a piece of blue painter's tape to the barrel and mine no longer slides.
It does exhibit some distortion but also has wonderfully neutral blur rendition, particularly at the long end. "Like butta". See Christopher Perez' point light source blur tests here.
(Another lens he tested with a highly neutral blur rendition is the 55mm Micro Nikkor).
I have placed a few E 75-150 sample images here and some 55mm Micro Nikkor images here.
With age, the push-pull design is prone to sliding. I applied a piece of blue painter's tape to the barrel and mine no longer slides.
It does exhibit some distortion but also has wonderfully neutral blur rendition, particularly at the long end. "Like butta". See Christopher Perez' point light source blur tests here.
(Another lens he tested with a highly neutral blur rendition is the 55mm Micro Nikkor).
I have placed a few E 75-150 sample images here and some 55mm Micro Nikkor images here.
Love the last one Ken.
Was that a former gas station?
75-150 Series E is infamous for zoom creep, but samples can be found without.
rafaelcasd wrote:
You are a master composer Kenneth, and the watercolor transform works really well, will go get that - I also want a E 75-150mm, it has an excellent reputation. How's the zoom and focus? is it smooth?
Colin I think so and deduce that from the concrete island seen in the foreground. I’ve passed it a hundred times and watched its decay to the point it had to be a photograph.
Hope you are all good, alive and kicking. I just logged in and realized that I haven't been in since march (page 1614), so I got a bit to go through😅.
Have been shooting very little, mostly a few here and there but I've more or less lost it 2022. Too much work. Me and my oldest boy are still into thai boxing a few days per week. This takes a lot of time and energy but it's giving us a lot 😃 Have managed to loose a few kilos too 😅
However I find it really nice to log in and see the same crowd showing off some excellent work!! Who knows it night give me some inspiration too dust off the gear🙂
Anyways, I just wanted to drop in and show my appreciation. Keep it up ya'all.
/Kristian
Hope you are all good, alive and kicking. I just logged in and realized that I haven't been in since march (page 1614), so I got a bit to go through😅.
Have been shooting very little, mostly a few here and there but I've more or less lost it 2022. Too much work. Me and my oldest boy are still into thai boxing a few days per week. This takes a lot of time and energy but it's giving us a lot 😃 Have managed to loose a few kilos too 😅
However I find it really nice to log in and see the same crowd showing off some excellent work!! Who knows it night give me some inspiration too dust off the gear🙂
Anyways, I just wanted to drop in and show my appreciation. Keep it up ya'all.
/Kristian ...Show more →
It's great to see you check in Kristian. Don't be a stranger.
rafaelcasd wrote:
This Friday Cruising Grand was just ordinary cars, but as always a relaxed and happy crowd in warm but not hot weather. Took the Nikkor 5cm 2.0 LTM for a spin
leighton w wrote:
I like it and I'll have what you're smoking.
Thanks Leighton. It's always rewarding when I see something that I think is great raw material and it works out. Another 135Q with a different trip thru Nik Silver EFX.
Oosty wrote:
When I was a kid in the '50's these were sometimes seen in South Africa but were called the "Henry J ".
Peter,
Your are so right! My Dad had a maroon colored one when I was preschool. This was in Arizona, and I only knew it as a Henry J. Our's died a violent death at the hands of a drunk driver going 50+ mph in an old Packard tank that rear ended my Dad as he was waiting in a left turn lane. The impact drove the rear end of the J into the back of the front seat and knocked the J 175' from a standstill. It was incredible that my Dad only had a cut on his elbow. The poor little J was no more and Dad replaced it with a Plymouth tank.
