rafaelcasd wrote:
OK, here is a test of my 35-200mm 3.5 ais fully open, a casual test for casual users. You can see these at 100% on Flickr, form your own opinion.
My only comments: large central area very sharp and contrasty, extreme edges and corners soft, this goes away at f/8. 'macro' usable, goes to 1:4.
Thanks Rafael! Definitely looks like a decent performer wide open, and surprisingly the edges and corners stay more consistent in sharpness at the longer focal lengths. Central sharpness appears very usable at f3.5. So a classic AI era lens, usable in the middle wide open, rougher corners and edges wide open, only OK flare resistance compared to lenses today. Adding your previous comment indicating performance matching AI primes at f8, makes this seem compelling.
A little large (sorry) but a stitched pano with the 28mm f2.8 AIS. I found quite a few nice compositions within 400 feet or so from the location of this pano with the morning light, fog, and still water.
Ray,
Excellent pano - and is that a partial silhouette portrait?
Jim
pbraymond wrote:
A little large (sorry) but a stitched pano with the 28mm f2.8 AIS. I found quite a few nice compositions within 400 feet or so from the location of this pano with the morning light, fog, and still water.
Second shot, more storytelling then photographically appealing to me. I'm wondering if they were betting on the leaves holding on for a little while longer. 180mm f2.8 AIS.
That is exactly what I was thinking when I saw it (re: leaves). Timing is everything.
Second shot, more storytelling then photographically appealing to me. I'm wondering if they were betting on the leaves holding on for a little while longer. 180mm f2.8 AIS.
spoupard wrote:
A slave cabin found at Wormsloe State Historic Site near Savannah, GA.
I didn't know this exists, and in this condition but thinking about it, there is so much other historical material that is shared in this thread. Thank you for sharing these, too.
pbraymond wrote:
Second shot, more storytelling then photographically appealing to me. I'm wondering if they were betting on the leaves holding on for a little while longer. 180mm f2.8 AIS.
Sixteen lenses and three cameras departed. Out went the D300s/D700, and D5500. Cameras I loved for years. Reacquiring a D2X after ten years broke me for them. Reminded me how great the ergonomics of the single-digit bodies are, how nice its files are. In came a D3. It is making me very happy. 50-135mm handles so much better with it I'm shooting it a lot more than I used to.
Combination looks good and yes the single digit bodies are special to handle. Looking forward to seeing more.
SiMuMe wrote:
Sixteen lenses and three cameras departed. Out went the D300s/D700, and D5500. Cameras I loved for years. Reacquiring a D2X after ten years broke me for them. Reminded me how great the ergonomics of the single-digit bodies are, how nice its files are. In came a D3. It is making me very happy. 50-135mm handles so much better with it I'm shooting it a lot more than I used to.
A snake grass day D7200 400mm f5.6 ais and TC-16A. This is the closest I have got to what I want, but they are expecting 8-14 inches of snow the next couple days. May have to wait til spring to finish.
