huddy wrote:
The Zf looks lovely. Ergonomics of the body itself look great.
I think mounting any of the native Nikon Z lenses is going to be a complete UI/UX mismatch.
I don't want to turn my AI-S lenses into AI-P lenses with chips and lose the ability to use the aperture ring on a Z body.
Nikon will probably NEVER make manual focus Z mount compact primes/zooms with real helicoids and aperture rings that match this body
I already have the 58/1.4G which I dearly enjoy and like several others here, I don't want to acquire another expensive ~50mm lens (would be the Voigtlander 50APO Lanthar for sure) in order to get the UI/UX I want.
Feature wise, this body doesn't really give enough features to move the needle from my Z6.
My Z6 has been an admirable upgrade from my D700 and I enjoy both the Z lenses and Nikon AI-S lenses even with the missing EXIF data. My killer features to move an upgrade already exist in the Z8 and Z9 (shutter to protect sensor from dust during lens changes, blackout free VF, improved AF tracking is nice but not super important to me right now). I won't bother upgrading until a used Z8 is $2000 or less though. I'm very happy with my Z6 for now, even though I have to clean the sensor frequently....Show more →
I share your way of thinking, thoroughly enjoy using the Z6 and Z7 with rangefinder LTM and S lenses, non-ai/ai/ais, using a variety of adapters. Would love to record lens data, but is not a determinant for me. Do not see my need for a Z8 but would buy one for $2K, not care to chip lenses as I always want an aperture I chose. Now that my cataract surgery is healed with outstanding results I will give the DLSRs, SLRs, and Rangefinders a go - I can see those finders nicely.
But to each their own, I could never photograph a football game, a flying bird or a race card with my kit, but it is not something I do.
Has been mentioned on here before, but I will repeat if you don't mind. What I do for images I really want to keep and want as much EXIF info as possible, I use the tool called LensTagger (as a plug in to Lightroom). Allows adding all the lens information you want as well as film information for scanned images.
But of course you have to manually capture that info while shooting. Just like in the film days. Notepad. How retro is that?
There may be other tools but this one works with Lightroom.
George
rafaelcasd wrote:
I share your way of thinking, thoroughly enjoy using the Z6 and Z7 with rangefinder LTM and S lenses, non-ai/ai/ais, using a variety of adapters. Would love to record lens data, but is not a determinant for me. Do not see my need for a Z8 but would buy one for $2K, not care to chip lenses as I always want an aperture I chose. Now that my cataract surgery is healed with outstanding results I will give the DLSRs, SLRs, and Rangefinders a go - I can see those finders nicely.
But to each their own, I could never photograph a football game, a flying bird or a race card with my kit, but it is not something I do....Show more →
GeorgeBo wrote:
Has been mentioned on here before, but I will repeat if you don't mind. What I do for images I really want to keep and want as much EXIF info as possible, I use the tool called LensTagger (as a plug in to Lightroom). Allows adding all the lens information you want as well as film information for scanned images.
But of course you have to manually capture that info while shooting. Just like in the film days. Notepad. How retro is that?
There may be other tools but this one works with Lightroom.
George
Thanks George, that is a helpful post!
BTW I keep my sensors dust free the same way I do lenses, canned air - need to be careful not to blow too strong or good forbid freeze the sensor so it may not be for everyone.
SiMuMe wrote:
For a flower(s) person, I think it's worth telling the world when I'm straying to other genres. Thank you very much, Mary. I had fun. School is off for a bit and people have permission to have some fun. Then I get to sneak up on them with my hobby.
Don't miss a moment to enjoy! They grow up all too fast. Images and memories are just another bonus of the interest we share here in common with our love of Nikon MF glass, photography, friends, and families! Beautiful image and subject!
I have used a little notepad when I take large format photos. Too many variables to track GeorgeBo wrote:
Has been mentioned on here before, but I will repeat if you don't mind. What I do for images I really want to keep and want as much EXIF info as possible, I use the tool called LensTagger (as a plug in to Lightroom). Allows adding all the lens information you want as well as film information for scanned images.
But of course you have to manually capture that info while shooting. Just like in the film days. Notepad. How retro is that?
There may be other tools but this one works with Lightroom.
mjgphotoz wrote:
Don't miss a moment to enjoy! They grow up all too fast. Images and memories are just another bonus of the interest we share here in common with our love of Nikon MF glass, photography, friends, and families! Beautiful image and subject!
GeorgeBo wrote:
I'll break the theme of the great color shots with black and white
Nikkor 2.8cm/3.5 w/R72 IR filter on Leica Monochrom Typ 246
George this is splendid. So many details and the composition has a really nice balance to it. I think the left side vignette also really helps drive attention towards the water/opposite shore treeline.
huddy wrote:
George this is splendid. So many details and the composition has a really nice balance to it. I think the left side vignette also really helps drive attention towards the water/opposite shore treeline.
This site speaks at some length of the history of the R-Nikkor 5cm and the Micro-Nikkor 70mm, both lenses i have, it also mentions that the 63mm 3.5 EL Nikkor was designed to complement the 70m Micro.
