That is quite a career Jim and really neat being up and close to the early digitization wave. People really don't like change as a rule, and especially when they are vested in knowledge and skills developed over a period of time. It is still quite interesting to watch people waiting breathlessly for the latest and greatest camera or lens. In the wider population learning something new is not so normal.
James Markus wrote:
Samy,
They were just prototypes for about two years until the NC2000 AP in late 1993 or 1994. That was the first portable professional digital camera. I just added the new cameras to my existing three film body kit, and only used it to compare, or if the usage wasn't going to require high resolution. It was fun, but film was so superior to digital then - that I found the rate of progress frustrating. My "job" was as a marketing photographer, and I got into the testing through a few lucky conditions. One, I was asked by the editorial photo department to pick up supplies for the newspaper at a local photo store in March of 1989 - where I encountered my first "still" digital camera. It was a Canon video camera that shot 320 x 240 pixel stills to use as proofs on lighting, focus etc. It was an epiphany for me, because I instantly knew it would scale to replace film - which would free me from printing all day on Thursdays in the darkroom. Another condition was the prevailing attitude by editorial photographers to not learn another way to take photos. Some had spent lifetimes perfecting their analog styles, and "if it ain't broke..." Another condition was the newspaper's determination to be first at everything - highest tech, newest, biggest etc. I wrote a report about my 1989 visit to the photo store and what I thought that meant for photography, and the associated costs at the paper. Not long after I had a stream of cameras being regularly brought to me to test. I was never happy with any of them - which seemed to just require me writing more reports.
Jim
rafaelcasd wrote:
We were finally blessed with substantial rain is San Diego, perhaps too much elsewhere.
Plants are happy, the sky very clear, and the sharpness and contrast of the 10mm OP gets it all in.
Next purchase will be a Z7II to get the most of of these sharp lenses.
All good Serge, reminded me of a visit to NYC maybe 15 or so years ago and visiting the Rockefeller Center and watching the ice skating, during the holiday time. The visit included going up the elevator in the building to get a birds eye view of the city.
And talking about film vs. digital, here's back to the past. Aires Automat with Fuji Pro 400H. Some great winter light in Baltimore about a week or so back.
George, I am looking at some of the pictures I got back from the lab with the Aires TLR's tiny Nikkor 7.5cm taking lens, and I think it outdoes the killer Zeiss T* glass
GeorgeBo wrote:
Now that is a blast from the digital past! That and the Contax N were full frame. So wish Contax would have hung in there. Killer Zeiss T* glass with those. (Ducking from incoming grief on this thread)
saph wrote:
George, I am looking at some of the pictures I got back from the lab with the Aires TLR's tiny Nikkor 7.5cm taking lens, and I think it outdoes the killer Zeiss T* glass
Maybe I'm better off posting my reply here since it's similar to the topic.
How hard is it to focus a Nikon d810 with manual focus lenses that range from 70 mm to 135 basically.
I kind of like the old school manual focus but how hard is it to do on a DSLR that doesn't have focus peaking or anything else? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.
Califmike33 wrote:
Maybe I'm better off posting my reply here since it's similar to the topic.
How hard is it to focus a Nikon d810 with manual focus lenses that range from 70 mm to 135 basically.
I kind of like the old school manual focus but how hard is it to do on a DSLR that doesn't have focus peaking or anything else? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.
Opinions here may differ but I always found manual focusing with the D800 (and more recently the D850) pretty straightforward. The green dot is very dependable. I for one have not gotten completely used to focus peaking. In some situations I think it needs enlarging the image in the viewfinder or LCD to get focus where one wants to.
Califmike33 wrote:
Maybe I'm better off posting my reply here since it's similar to the topic.
How hard is it to focus a Nikon d810 with manual focus lenses that range from 70 mm to 135 basically.
I kind of like the old school manual focus but how hard is it to do on a DSLR that doesn't have focus peaking or anything else? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.
Really easy. The DSLRs have a green focus confirmation light in the viewfinder that lights up when you are in focus.
Thanks for your replies. I just bought myself a Samyang 135mm f2 manual focus for my 810.
Nikon d810 doesn't have a green light when you are in focus, i don't see that. There is a small circle that is in the lower left corner that moves around and then stays as a full circle but my shots are out of focus. Something is not right.
Ok so there is a circle in the lower left corner, it's white and it has arrows telling you which way to turn the lens to get it to focus. It goes on to say live view manual focus is better cause you can magnify the image and check focus.
I'm not sure, I shoot with a Fuji now. But when I did shoot Nikon (D600) it had the green dot that lit up when in focus. It may be a setting in the menu you need to turn on. Take a look at the manual.
BTW, you mention the Samyang, please be aware that although you can ask questions and join in on the conversation in this thread, you are only permitted to post images made with a manual focus Nikon lens.
Califmike33 wrote:
Thanks for your replies. I just bought myself a Samyang 135mm f2 manual focus for my 810.
Nikon d810 doesn't have a green light when you are in focus, i don't see that. There is a small circle that is in the lower left corner that moves around and then stays as a full circle but my shots are out of focus. Something is not right.
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