The main street of the Ferrymead Historic Village. Pity about the piece of 2 by 4 holding up the catenary system instead of the nice original wrought iron work on the first post !
They have a working tram (and a steam train) but they only run on weekends
Lovely weather for the time of year Samy ? Lovely colour. Another Zf on the thread (congrats) AND more shots with the 28 3.5 PC ! Handheld presumably? I was going to say I've never used mine on a tripod ever but that's not true as I used it for some waterfalls last year in NZ.
Great shot Jim. I rarely get to use mine as it doesn't go well on the GFX (vignetting) and I only use the D850 for fast AF wildlife action with the 200-500 VR.
James Markus wrote:
I am more than pleased with the performance of my copy of the 28mm f3.5 Nikkor PC. Even with a UV filter, and the modified TC-16a it has an impressive sharpness, and 3D look. At an EFL of 45mm the only softness was mild in the corners.
Thank you for these Jim, restoring my faith in the 28 3.5 PC ! Will have to order another now that I'm in Queenstown and can use my work address for delivery.
James, excellent photograph with the 16/3.5. That lens is an absolute winner and never boring.
Jay, most excellent foggy capture.
Sintra, Portugal:
Sintra is a historic hilltop town a short train ride from Lisbon. It is an extremely popular destination thanks to its picturesque setting and elaborate gardens castles and palaces. I cannot see visiting unless it is the off tourist season and even then, there will be no shortage of visitors.
Andy, I think the ebay seller claimed it was "mint", and that the UV filter had been on it since day one - except for his listing photo. This was almost 10 years ago, and in January of this year, I took a photo of it mounted to my D800 to show how crystal clear the glass appears. Whenever I use it, I removed the UV with the 72mm metal lens cap, then put it all back on for storage to preserve that condition. This time, being out in the field, I left the UV filter on to protect it from dust. I had set the f-stop lock to f8, but set it to f5.6. I must have bumped it, because all the photos were shot at f4. (which probably explains the 3D look. Here is that Jan 2023 shot - every time I see that front element it is a bit of a rush. (shot with the 55mm f3.5 ai'd micro)
And a single frame from the IR 5DmkII with the 16mm f3.5 ai
cadman342001 wrote:
Thank you for these Jim, restoring my faith in the 28 3.5 PC ! Will have to order another now that I'm in Queenstown and can use my work address for delivery.
There have some interesting developments lately in my little world of IR processing software. Because of some limitations of white balance adjustability in Lightroom, I have been using the free Capture NX Studio to convert my D7200 IR raw files, and the free Capture One Express-Fujifilm for my X-T2 files. The latter was also vital for avoiding Lightroom's infamous "wormy" rendition of foliage in some Fuji files. Early this week, I received an e-mail from Capture One, saying that they will be discontinuing Capture One Express on January 30, and it will no longer be possible to activate it for a new installation. Foreseeing trouble if my laptop craps out sometime down the road, I searched for an alternative to Capture One --- because I did not want to reward them for their rather unfriendly behaviour by paying the exorbitant price of Capture One Pro just to convert my X-T2 files. So I now own DXO PhotoLab 7, on which I can convert raw files from both of my IR-converted cameras, along with quite a range of other interesting things. There is even a possibility that the DXO software might render my Adobe subscription redundant. So I think I may have found the silver lining to the cloud Capture One delivered, without expensively tipping them for the delivery.
Here are a few more photos from Big Qualicum River in the early autumn (technically, it is still autumn now), courtesy of the Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II, and 35 f/2 OC.
GroWeb wrote:
There have some interesting developments lately in my little world of IR processing software. Because of some limitations of white balance adjustability in Lightroom, I have been using the free Capture NX Studio to convert my D7200 IR raw files, and the free Capture One Express-Fujifilm for my X-T2 files. The latter was also vital for avoiding Lightroom's infamous "wormy" rendition of foliage in some Fuji files. Early this week, I received an e-mail from Capture One, saying that they will be discontinuing Capture One Express on January 30, and it will no longer be possible to activate it for a new installation. Foreseeing trouble if my laptop craps out sometime down the road, I searched for an alternative to Capture One --- because I did not want to reward them for their rather unfriendly behaviour by paying the exorbitant price of Capture One Pro just to convert my X-T2 files. So I now own DXO PhotoLab 7, on which I can convert raw files from both of my IR-converted cameras, along with quite a range of other interesting things. There is even a possibility that the DXO software might render my Adobe subscription redundant. So I think I may have found the silver lining to the cloud Capture One delivered, without expensively tipping them for the delivery.
Here are a few more photos from Big Qualicum River in the early autumn (technically, it is still autumn now), courtesy of the Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II, and 35 f/2 OC....Show more →
Interesting that DxO handles XTrans better than Adobe. Two of my labs has it installed so I will have to give it a shot.
GroWeb wrote:
There have some interesting developments lately in my little world of IR processing software. Because of some limitations of white balance adjustability in Lightroom, I have been using the free Capture NX Studio to convert my D7200 IR raw files, and the free Capture One Express-Fujifilm for my X-T2 files. The latter was also vital for avoiding Lightroom's infamous "wormy" rendition of foliage in some Fuji files. Early this week, I received an e-mail from Capture One, saying that they will be discontinuing Capture One Express on January 30, and it will no longer be possible to activate it for a new installation. Foreseeing trouble if my laptop craps out sometime down the road, I searched for an alternative to Capture One --- because I did not want to reward them for their rather unfriendly behaviour by paying the exorbitant price of Capture One Pro just to convert my X-T2 files. So I now own DXO PhotoLab 7, on which I can convert raw files from both of my IR-converted cameras, along with quite a range of other interesting things. There is even a possibility that the DXO software might render my Adobe subscription redundant. So I think I may have found the silver lining to the cloud Capture One delivered, without expensively tipping them for the delivery.
Here are a few more photos from Big Qualicum River in the early autumn (technically, it is still autumn now), courtesy of the Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II, and 35 f/2 OC....Show more →
I started using C1 when I got my first Fuji. I bought it on a special for less than $100. I loved it at the time, but it was a learning curve to use it. There were a couple of guys on YouTube that made it easy. But when I bought my new Fuji (X-S10), My version of C1 would no longer work with the new camera and the price of upgrading was too expensive for my taste.
Several images from Scottsdale Arizona, 12/16/2023. Lenses used were 55 F3.5 AID, 135 F2.8 Q, and 400 F3.5 with modified TC-16A converter. It took two visits to get several burrowing owl shots.
Harry Palmer
Santa.
NIKON Z 7_255mm f/3.5 lens55mmf/3.51/500s64 ISO-0.3 EV
Hear-Yea .
NIKON Z 7_2135mm f/2.8 lens135mmf/2.81/100s64 ISO0.0 EV
