I received some really good news from my surgeon a little while ago. After his team and the MRI team at UVA reviewed my scan, they do not believe that the lesions are malignant. They are fairly sure it has to do with arterial blood flow following the surgery. I have to go back in three months for another scan. If the spots have not grown, then their diagnosis was right.
Thank you all for your concern and kind words. I’ve said it before, this is a special place in cyber-space.
yes, very nice Glen. I'm curious as to how that adapter works. It has a an element that reduces the FF lens to a crop lens and it gives you some added light advantages doesn't it - it's not just a bare ring to increase the flange distance?
ben
(nikon 5.8cm f1.4/sony A7RII
You got it right, Ben. I also have a Fotodiox adapter that's just a bare ring to increase the flange distance. But the focal reducer works a bit like a magnifying glass that can be used to concentrate the light of the sun into a small, hot circle on a piece of paper. Like the heat from the sun's concentrated light that can ignite the paper, the much less, but still somewhat concentrated light from the focal reducer provides an added advantage, making, for example, an f/1.4 lens equivalent in light transmission to something like an f/1.1 lens. Mind you, this is all according to what I can glean from reading about focal reducers on the internet, so all should be taken with a grain of salt. The LensTurbo II doesn't reduce the field of view enough to make it quite equivalent to full frame; its multiplier is 0.726.
Picking up from my second-to-last image post, here are some more photos to show that not only does water dance and laugh, it also flies in the air to share its wealth. The first two shots show that water's dancing skills include elaborate set dances and line dances, while the second two show it flying freely in the air, without even having to evaporate first.
yes, very nice Glen. I'm curious as to how that adapter works. It has a an element that reduces the FF lens to a crop lens and it gives you some added light advantages doesn't it - it's not just a bare ring to increase the flange distance?
ben
(nikon 5.8cm f1.4/sony A7RII
Ben,
What adapter do you use to mount the Nikon 5.8cm 1.4 on the Sony A7 RII, because I have the same lens and I use the K1 ring to mount it on Nikon D810 and all I can get is very close up shots. So wondering how you manage to get long range shots like the one you have posted. Thanks very much. BTW I also have the Nikon M2 ring.
Fantastic news Leighton! Prayers that you continue to have good results in 3 months!
leighton w wrote:
Thanks Alan. Good to hear from you. Hope you and your lovely family are doing fine.
Very well, the children are just growing like weeds and Nikki is doing well. I need to develop some film so I can share a few MFNG pictures from more recent months.
What adapter do you use to mount the Nikon 5.8cm 1.4 on the Sony A7 RII, because I have the same lens and I use the K1 ring to mount it on Nikon D810 and all I can get is very close up shots. So wondering how you manage to get long range shots like the one you have posted. Thanks very much. BTW I also have the Nikon M2 ring.
Venkat - it's a novoflex adapter, it's a standard adapter for nikon to Sony E-mount.
You shouldn't need an adapter to use it on the D810. I don't know what a K1 is - is that an extension tube? - if it's an extension tube then that's why you can only get close ups. The 5.8cm is a non-AI lens so it may not attach to the D810 (I'm not sure, I don't have the D810, I have the D800e). You need to have it ai converted. There are a few ways to do that. There are purists on here who would insist you use a nikon approved conversion kit, and yes, that is optimal if you can get that, but if not, there are other methods (most good camera stores should be able to help you). Once converted it should work like any other lens on the D810 at any distance. It won't need an adapter, it's a native f mount lens. I'm only using an adapter because I'm using it on a Sony camera which has a different mount, the e mount. I also use it on the Fuji XT -2 and it works normally at all distances.
Reagan wrote:
My 2 min attempt at being Benz
I just had to show myself what a poor job of copying someone
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I love it Reagan. I'm guessing it's a fishing shot, or something, but it looks like he's diving into the abyss.
btw that's a 'ben' shot, 'benz' is when I'm copying Philippe - they're street candids shot from the hip. This is great: you copying me copying Philippe. Who shall we copy next.
ben
Still with the Df, 20cm f4 NKJ. The 1961 4-element lens won't be giving chubby a run for its money any day soon, but its not exactly a slouch for a very inexpensive tele.
Oosty wrote:
Scott, Re the 25-50 zoom - what's it like on a DX body? I have the predecessor 28-45 which can vary a lot depending on aperture. I haven't found the sweet spot .........yet!
I found it has to be stopped down to f8-f11 to get the best from it. Here are a few taken on a DX body. The last was shot at f22.
bruni wrote:
Venkat - it's a novoflex adapter, it's a standard adapter for nikon to Sony E-mount.
You shouldn't need an adapter to use it on the D810. I don't know what a K1 is - is that an extension tube? - if it's an extension tube then that's why you can only get close ups. The 5.8cm is a non-AI lens so it may not attach to the D810 (I'm not sure, I don't have the D810, I have the D800e). You need to have it ai converted. There are a few ways to do that. There are purists on here who would insist you use a nikon approved conversion kit, and yes, that is optimal if you can get that, but if not, there are other methods (most good camera stores should be able to help you). Once converted it should work like any other lens on the D810 at any distance. It won't need an adapter, it's a native f mount lens. I'm only using an adapter because I'm using it on a Sony camera which has a different mount, the e mount. I also use it on the Fuji XT -2 and it works normally at all distances.
Hope I didn't confuse you with all that.
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I don't own a 5.8 f/1.4 (yet), because when I looked into it for use on my D800E I discovered, a) that no Ai conversion kit was ever made for it, and b) that it is extremely finicky to convert with a file due to something about the mechanics and/or dimensions of the area around the lens mount. Thus, unless somebody with a skill set like John White's would be willing and able to do the conversion, I suspect this lens may not be convertible for mounting on a D810.
Here are a few previously unposted photos from mountainous Alberta in May, taken with various anonymous MFNG on the Fuji X-E2.
Nice images Scott - i followed the advice from the net and shot a year planner using a using a tripod at various apertures. At 28mm the results were pretty good from f4.5 thru f16 and the edges were all OK. At 45mm the sharpest by far were at f16 and f22.
What was obvious from this experiment is that focus is not that easy - probably due to the wider angle than I'm used to and that I need to shoot at a higher shutter speed.
I went out for a walk late pm and took a couple of shots handheld to see what the results were like - both of these at f5.6 and at about 35mm f/l.
I looked up Bjorn Roslett and he had this to say about the lens:
"Image sharpness is excellent at all focal settings and colour fringing is quite well controlled, so it gives a nicely defined DOF. From f/5.6 to f/16 quality images are obtained. ........Images acquired with this lens mounted on a D2X have a very pleasant, "rounded" feeling to them, and are tack sharp even with the lens set wide open."
Overall, I'm convinced that the problem lies with me.
I've also noticed that the lens needs a good clean!!
House number and "heron"
Aloe flower - fire survivor. Late winter is best for these.
D200 + 28-45 4.5 taken with venerable D70 +28mm K lens
Went on a little roadtrip today just me and myself and some snacks As promised, I brought the 25-50mm f/4.0 ais. It has really been a forgotten gem.
First shot at 50mm f/8.0, as close as the lens would go (I am relly thinking that perhaps this lens could work quite well with extension rings- next time maybe). Wheat by Kristian Hagelin, on Flickr
The air above and around Nanaimo (and elsewhere) is full of smoke from the wildfires in the BC Interior, which makes for unattractive light and very humid conditions, so I have not been getting out with my camera in recent days. As a result, I've found time to sift through my images from my cross-Canada trip to find photos I had not previously posted. The set below is from the mountains in the area where Alberta meets BC, and processed through LRCC and either Color Efex Pro 4 or Silver Efex Pro 2. Of course, all were shot with manual focus Nikkors, but it is now a mystery which ones, due to my unwillingness to make the menu dive required on the Fuji X-E2 (but thankfully not on the X-T2) to specify focal lengths for these lenses.
Amazing orange!
