The Nikkormat EL is a thing of beauty and built like a stone house. The camera and lens look like they left the factory not long ago. I managed to take the 5.8cm for a spin yesterday and will post a few during the weekend.
The Nikkomat EL is a thing of beauty and built like a stone house. The camera and lens look like they left the factory not long ago. I managed to take the 5.8cm for a spin yesterday and will post a few during the weekend.
The arbutus is a tree that grows on Vancouver Island, that I had never seen elsewhere before, though apparently (according to Wikipedia) it "is a genus of 12 accepted species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to warm temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, the Canary Islands and North America known as madrones."
Here are a few photos of arbutus trees, taken last fall in a nearby park with the 105 f/2.5 P (the first three) and the 2.8 f/3.5 H (the fourth).
James, you photograph of the flower is an eye catcher.
Glen, terrific photographs and color of the Arbutus. I had not seen this species of tree before. Which camera did you use?
Ray, nice winter capture Our neck of the woods is getting rain and wet snow today, nasty day.
The 5.8cm f/1.4 s a joy to use. The focus and aperture functions are silky smooth, the former probably compliments of the brass helicoid. Focusing the lens is easy as the focus peaking pops big time.
First photo I snapped @ f/2/8:
No problems in the sharpness department, The main water jet is clearly visible in the full resolution file. Center left is the spire of the Empire State Building. It was a very windy afternoon. f/5.6
The El Dorado, ca 1931 former residences of Marilyn Monroe and Groucho Marx. This is very early for cherry blossoms but not surprising given the very warm winter. f/5.6
Hope all is good on the thread, will need to time to catch up on the previous pages, didn't get a chance the last couple weeks to look through. Got back yesterday from a whirlwind trip of France and England. Just started looking at photos taken during the trip, have to also send off some film rolls (not taking a chance on developing them myself ).
saph wrote:
Hope all is good on the thread, will need to time to catch up on the previous pages, didn't get a chance the last couple weeks to look through. Got back yesterday from a whirlwind trip of France and England. Just started looking at photos taken during the trip, have to also send off some film rolls (not taking a chance on developing them myself ).
saph wrote:
Hope all is good on the thread, will need to time to catch up on the previous pages, didn't get a chance the last couple weeks to look through. Got back yesterday from a whirlwind trip of France and England. Just started looking at photos taken during the trip, have to also send off some film rolls (not taking a chance on developing them myself ).
