Group outing to Tower Bridge. For some strange reason, I was always falling behind. Folks today with their phone cameras take two seconds to snap a photo and move along.
Some shots of my unscientific, satisfy my own curiosity test of the 35-200 through the focal length and apertures. I've learnt so much from the gang here, this is my humble attempt to give back some. Hope some of you find this interesting.
A couple of selections here, the rest in the link below. Quick, handheld, late evening shots of a decently textured subject so not the ultimate test of sharpness, but rather the difference in sharpness from center to edge to corner. Order is top left wide open on the aperture ring, top right next full aperture stop (unmarked f4), bottom left f5.6 mark on the aperture ring, and bottom right f8 mark on the aperture ring.
Nice chinking ! 😁 (I have watched a LOT of shows on the Lifestyle channel about building / rebuilding log cabins in the U.S.)
pbraymond wrote:
Some shots of my unscientific, satisfy my own curiosity test of the 35-200 through the focal length and apertures. I've learnt so much from the gang here, this is my humble attempt to give back some. Hope some of you find this interesting.
A couple of selections here, the rest in the link below. Quick, handheld, late evening shots of a decently textured subject so not the ultimate test of sharpness, but rather the difference in sharpness from center to edge to corner. Order is top left wide open on the aperture ring, top right next full aperture stop (unmarked f4), bottom left f5.6 mark on the aperture ring, and bottom right f8 mark on the aperture ring.
Maybe it was just a test but I love that first one. Colors, textures, layers, it just works.
Couple with the AIS 85/1.4. Hard to get enough time to shoot and process these days. Only had time here cause kids let the cat out and I was nominated to stand around till it suited him to come back in.
pbraymond wrote:
Couple of 35-200 shots that interested me and is handy to evaluate OOF areas.
pbraymond wrote:
Some shots of my unscientific, satisfy my own curiosity test of the 35-200 through the focal length and apertures. I've learnt so much from the gang here, this is my humble attempt to give back some. Hope some of you find this interesting.
A couple of selections here, the rest in the link below. Quick, handheld, late evening shots of a decently textured subject so not the ultimate test of sharpness, but rather the difference in sharpness from center to edge to corner. Order is top left wide open on the aperture ring, top right next full aperture stop (unmarked f4), bottom left f5.6 mark on the aperture ring, and bottom right f8 mark on the aperture ring.
I have owned 35-200mm since the time it was worth $500 real dollars used as the top 3.5-4.5 Nikkor Zoom, but always looked down on it. In reality it is an excellent lens, albeit easily damaged if hit. Still own a couple, one is like new and performs well, the other is well used and no longer sharp.
These lenses go for less than $100 nowadays, I highly recommend it at these prices for a travel/walkaround lens. Just buy one you can test and return if not up to par anymore.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Thanks for this test with a great subject Ray!
I have owned 35-200mm since the time it was worth $500 real dollars used as the top 3.5-4.5 Nikkor Zoom, but always looked down on it. In reality it is an excellent lens, albeit easily damaged if hit. Still own a couple, one is like new and performs well, the other is well used and no longer sharp.
These lenses go for less than $100 nowadays, I highly recommend it at these prices for a travel/walkaround lens. Just buy one you can test and return if not up to par anymore.
You're welcome Rafael. I agree completely, this would be a great travel / walkaround lens, worth seeking out. Kit Building is forever or something like that.
Here's one lesson I learned real quick. Focus stacking with a one ring MF zoom handheld is quite the challenge. After all that I'm not sure if I don't prefer the shot with a softer OOF background.
cadman342001 wrote:
Nice chinking ! 😁 (I have watched a LOT of shows on the Lifestyle channel about building / rebuilding log cabins in the U.S.)
Thanks Andy, I had to look up "chinking", another new thing learned! Here's another shot of the test subject, this time with some aesthetics in mind. The test shots from flat on to the side of the cabin is not accessible during the growing season, as where I stood to shoot from is a vegetable/flower garden during that time. Chalk this one up to a seasonal test subject.
Moving on to Tongariro NP now, still on the North Island.
3 main volcanic peaks there, Mt Tongariro, Mt Ngauruhoe and Mt Ruapehu. Mt Ngauruhoe is Mt Doom from the LoTR films.
On the road to the ski field/village is Gollum's Pool - The Forbidden Pool in The Two Towers (Tawhai Falls) where Gollum sings his song about catching a fishy before he is tricked by Frodo and captured by Faramir and his men. (see clip)
See if you can see any resemblance to the actual location ! It is fleeting but it is the actual location. Water height, processing etc. makes it look a LOT different and they added in extra real estate !
I think chard is a vegetable 
