One final image from me for today - the Eiger, as viewed from near the top of the Lauberhorn at 8000 feet.
Cloud and snow was enveloping the Kleine Scheidigg below.
The light was very flat and made the descent pretty tricky.
Black and white seemed appropriate for this image.
Absolutely exquisite collection, including W. G. Shaw's MIOF 13.5cm! Rafael, only thing you really need is the 10.5cm f 4 T to add to that collection.
rafaelcasd wrote:
After so many years if hoarding Nikon F lenses the mirrorless Z gave me an opportunity to use the original rangefinder Nikkors. I am too young (Ha!) to have a native interest in the rangefinder era, but I acquired a taste now. My F Nikkor collection has some truly rare lenses, my rangefinder collection never will ,I started too late to find them at reasonable prices.
I am not a true collector, but a user looking for unique experiences, don't care to look for the first of a series, prefer excellent condition. Also not an artist but a gig who cannot afford a classic car collection but able to put together some lenses.
This is most of my rangefinder lenses and camera, there is a 3.5cm 2.5 hidden behind the S3, also have extra copies of the 5cm 2.0, 8.5cm and 10.5cm that are in excellent user condition: All these lenses were bought for ~$200 each, except the LTM 8.5cm, and the millennium. The 13.5cm is the only MIOJ.
These are the more recent additions, all perfect glass, some oil on blades here and there (the oil that NKJ used does not generate haze and it is in the lens anyway, oil in RF blades generates some extra reflection but no other harm, in reflex blades oil will keep them from closing in time), latest lens first:
James Markus wrote:
Rafael, I don't know how you have such dust free pristine gear. Beautiful!
Guess this is gear Saturday.
Picked up a couple camera support aids recently. One is a table top tripod that goes from 9"-25", can hold 22 pounds of gear, and only weights 2 pounds. This forced me to clean one end of my desk. Here is a 960mm EFL combo (D7200 + 400mm f5.6 ais + tc-16a) I can now use for the birds I lure to the yard. Next I added a carbon fiber monopod that has a nifty foot with a lockable ball socket. Last, I needed to re-examine the 24mm f2.8 ais after finding that for IR it can produce hot centers. For just normal light photography the lens has superb image quality - as the lens cap shot at MFD wide open demonstrates. All of these were shot with the said 24mm.
DeltaSigma wrote:
It has been a while since I last posted an image using a MF Nikkor.
I am just back from a short skiing holiday in Wengen, Switzerland. I decided to take the Z6 and carry it on the slopes in my Lowpro Pro Tactic AW 350. The camera bag is very stiff and has waist and chest straps. It worked extremely well and protected the limited gear I took onto the slopes.
The 50/2 HC came along for the ride. Here is a 20 frame pano of the north face of the Eiger. Best viewed over on Flickr since it is a huge file.
The Eiger is a huge lump of rock topping out at 13,015 feet. The famous face of rock and ice rises 5,900 feet from its base. I took the image at an altitude of ~6000 feet, on the slopes, just down from the Kleine Scheidegg railway terminal.
The last time I got a peek at the Eiger was when Clint Eastwood was climbing it (and fighting I think). Quite a feat getting up that altitude lugging gear!
saph wrote:
Absolutely exquisite collection, including W. G. Shaw's MIOF 13.5cm! Rafael, only thing you really need is the 10.5cm f 4 T to add to that collection.
Samy, it is never ending, need the 2.5cm, the 3.5cm 1.8, the 5cm 1.1, the 8.5cm 1.5 and the 18cm 2.5!!!
Took the new to me 5cm 1.4 S.C S mount for a spin to the local Mexican bar, but my richer neighbors had taken it over.
Their cars were pointed out, maybe members of the cosa nostra that may need a quick exit.
Swiss railways are fantastic. We flew into Zurich then took trains to within 150 yards of our hotel in Wengen. In the morning you could either take a train or a cable car to the slopes.
The first image is of a train coming from Grindlewald and heading to Kleine Scheidegg. The others are in and around the station itself.
Loving it Colin! I love snow and winter overall and have not seen a much in a few years. I bet it was incredible!
G
DeltaSigma wrote:
Swiss railways are fantastic. We flew into Zurich then took trains to within 150 yards of our hotel in Wengen. In the morning you could either take a train or a cable car to the slopes.
The first image is of a train coming from Grindlewald and heading to Kleine Scheidegg. The others are in and around the station itself.
IIRR, I have it. Been forever since I took it for a spin... HMMM....
huddy wrote:
What a beauty. I had an old BGN grade 300/2.8 AIS 10 years ago that was marvelous. That lens makes the 200/2 feel easy to handle in comparison, not many lenses can say that.
I don't like cold and snow in my aging years but those are some damn good snow scenes!!! DeltaSigma wrote:
Swiss railways are fantastic. We flew into Zurich then took trains to within 150 yards of our hotel in Wengen. In the morning you could either take a train or a cable car to the slopes.
The first image is of a train coming from Grindlewald and heading to Kleine Scheidegg. The others are in and around the station itself.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Samy, it is never ending, need the 2.5cm, the 3.5cm 1.8, the 5cm 1.1, the 8.5cm 1.5 and the 18cm 2.5!!!
Any donations?
Rafael, of those I only have the 8.5cm f1.5 but that's very much not a Rafael quality sample The 5cm 1.1 is always overpriced, but that would be quite a piece of gear to have. Try looking for the hood for the 3.5cm f1.8, that's as expensive as the lens itself.
Samy - yes, the snow that was falling was dense enough to capture pretty easily.
George - the scenery is amazing as evidenced by this pano view looking down into the Lauterbrunnen valley on a clear fresh morning. We lucked out with the blue sky day following 4-5 inches of new snow. Perfection!
I just noticed that a slightly soft image made it into the pano. Normally I shoot 2 or 3 frames at each position then select the sharpest one to go into the pano. A bad one got through my selection process.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Swiss railways are fantastic. We flew into Zurich then took trains to within 150 yards of our hotel in Wengen. In the morning you could either take a train or a cable car to the slopes.
The first image is of a train coming from Grindlewald and heading to Kleine Scheidegg. The others are in and around the station itself.
saph wrote:
Rafael, of those I only have the 8.5cm f1.5 but that's very much not a Rafael quality sample The 5cm 1.1 is always overpriced, but that would be quite a piece of gear to have. Try looking for the hood for the 3.5cm f1.8, that's as expensive as the lens itself.
I started too late with the rangefinders, it is only because of the mirrorless Z that I developed an interest. If I had started in the 80's like I did with the F lenses, I would have them all! But I do genuinely enjoy a 3.5cm 3.5 S mount, or a 5cm 2.0 S F Mount as I would enjoy a 3.5cm 1.8, or a 5cm 1.1. Enjoy finding an sharing them, but it is not upmanship - it is truly sharing.
Who knows? may a local thrift store will have one sometime!
DeltaSigma wrote:
Swiss railways are fantastic. We flew into Zurich then took trains to within 150 yards of our hotel in Wengen. In the morning you could either take a train or a cable car to the slopes.
The first image is of a train coming from Grindlewald and heading to Kleine Scheidegg. The others are in and around the station itself.
Keep on sharing those shots Rafael, the gleaming glimpses of the gear are a delight!
rafaelcasd wrote:
I started too late with the rangefinders, it is only because of the mirrorless Z that I developed an interest. If I had started in the 80's like I did with the F lenses, I would have them all! But I do genuinely enjoy a 3.5cm 3.5 S mount, or a 5cm 2.0 S F Mount as I would enjoy a 3.5cm 1.8, or a 5cm 1.1. Enjoy finding an sharing them, but it is not upmanship - it is truly sharing.
Who knows? may a local thrift store will have one sometime!
Here is a 960mm EFL combo (D7200 + 400mm f5.6 ais + tc-16a) I can now use for the birds I lure to the yard. Next I added a carbon fiber monopod that has a nifty foot with a lockable ball socket.
