leighton w wrote:
George, I've been wondering what happened to you. Sometimes life gets in the way. I'll be looking forward to seeing your eclipse images. I remember watching an eclipse when I was a kid, my uncle had several layers of 35mm transparency film in which to look through.
Agree with life in the way. Not even time for photography or coffee roasting . It is must do this weekend or I will actually have to go buy some from the store
Enjoy the market tomorrow and hope you get some great shots with the 85mm. Will have to ping you offline about the 90/2 you mentioned. But have to head to the big city of Raleigh in a few minutes.
bruni wrote:
no .....that's one of yours ...took it from the hip and on the fly, LtZ style - it's exactly like your market shots (except the all the dark)
haha sorry for the confusion - it's like for the 18th Century Art : not always easy to distinguish between Régence and Louis XV styles -)
A Hamish report - 105mm f1.8 ais (same lens as the July 26th post - https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/929565/6156#14121784)
Hamish was 13.8 ounces when we rescued him (about 6 weeks ago). Today he weighed in at 2 LBS 10.5 ounces. He eats like every meal is his last, and he sleeps on my pillow wrapped around my head purring most of the night. It actually is quite peaceful to hear his motor running constantly. His play with Oliver has gotten very rough. And the momma cat brought us yet another newborn kitten - but it had died a few hours before she got our attention. She watched me pick it up from a few feet away, and acted like I was going to somehow fix it for her - it was really sad. She still sleeps on a gazebo covered table outside our slider, and interacts with Hamish through the slider. Anyway, here are some updated photos.
the solitaire wrote:
Ok, this 300mm perspective is something different after I got so used to the 55mm. I guess that a 3 lens kit with equal spacing would now be 16mm, 55mm, 300mm. Sounds like fun, so I'll rock with that for a while to see how it works out
Here are my first few snaps with the new-to-me 300mm f2,8 *ED Ai-S
Congratulations Jose! I have one of those too, and recently have been considering converting it to use it on the D3 as well. At first I thought I had more then enough 50's to leave my fingers off this one, but now I'm really tempted to use give it a spin on that old yet reliable 12 Mp sensor.
Oddly enough, the Fuji lure wasn't related to the extra pixels, and I only rarely wish for more then the 12 000 000 I have. (For paid work I interpolate to about 15 Mp anyways, so a D4 would not give me much extra, other then that I could interpolate to 20 Mp)
Buddy, I read somewhere at internet (photo.net perhaps) a guy just removed the "rabbit ear" and the lens was compatible with a D200, no need to any drill work.
I do not know, however, if this is true for D3 or my D610/D7200 bodies
George, I had a 300mm f2,8 on my wishlist for a long time, but initially always hoped to find the newer Ai-S model, which focuses down to 3 meters/10 ft. Then this nice looking specimen showed up for a fair price, and what was even better, the seller agreed on my offer. I snagged it for $650.
Using the lens for these initial test shots, I do believe 4 meters/13 ft is good enough for MFD. The mushroom fills the frame perfectly, and I will hardly ever wish to use this lens for anything smaller, while needing such a narrow DoF. Instead I'd rather take the 105mm f2,8 micro Nikkor for smaller subjects. The 200 f4 with tubes if I need more working distance.
Thank you Ben. I think I can fit this lens in my shooting style. It takes just a little more space then the 80-200 f2,8 AF-D, and even though it weighs a bit more, it's mostly a matter of weight distribution. The more weight I distribute to my girlfriend, the less I notice this lens is heavier then the one I used before
asiostygius wrote:
Buddy, I read somewhere at internet (photo.net perhaps) a guy just removed the "rabbit ear" and the lens was compatible with a D200, no need to any drill work.
I do not know, however, if this is true for D3 or my D610/D7200 bodies
Jose, there is some variation in the aperture rings used for these first F mount Nikkors. Some have narrower aperture rings, and some have wider ones, along with other, mostly cosmetic, changes. Changes like this could happen mid-year and everywhere in the serialnumber range. The moving away from tick-marks, moving from ribbed aperture ring tecture to scallops etc.
Looking at your picture, and looking at my lens, I can tell for certain that it won't be a matter of just removing the rabbit ears. The aperture ring is about 0,5-1mm wider then that of the UD Nikkor and some other lenses that have a guaranteed fit after removing the rabbit ears.
Even ith the 5cm f2 Nikkor-S there seems to be variation. The 9 bladed ones sometimes come with a wider aperture ring, while the 6 bladed ones all seem to come with a real narrow aperture ring that slips under the Ai indexing lever.
Maybe the source on the internet never had a copy of this lens in his hand, but figured that, because the 20mm UD, 28mm f3,5 and some of the 5cm f2 Nikkor-S models fit, this one will most likely too. Not true though, so be careful when test fitting. It's easier to slip the aperture ring under the level tight, then getting it out without damaging anything if the aperture ring was too wide anyways.
Jose - congrats. Rafael forced me to buy mine, don't tell him, but I've never regretted it.
James - nice Hamish report, it was good of him to look into the camera for that second pic, after all, he's got so many other things on his mind, he's got that egg to deal with.
George - It's tough when life gets in the way of photography, it happens, but coffee roasting too? no, no there are no excuses for that. That's barbaric. Get a grip man.
A couple 50/1.2 snaps from a fund-raiser last weekend for the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego.
The guest of honor was 11 time world surfing champion Kelly Slater (in the black baseball cap). Surf photographer, Steve Sherman, was the featured artist at the event. His portrait of Kelly, along with a custom surf board, were the highlights of the live auction.
I think it was Kevin who asked for a few pics from my D7100 IR conversion.
Taken with 50mm f/2 or 55mm micro on D610. Documenting this wasn't high on my agenda.
So here we go with the surgery. This is my third conversion and was the most difficult so far. The D70 and D80, being older tech, did not have as many ribbon cables to contend with.
Here is the camera stripped down and sensor module out. Anti-static mat is a must.
Close up of the back of the camera showing the shutter.
A lot of technology is crammed into the form factor and unlike Apple products no sign of double sided sticky tape holding electronic components together.
The sensor module. Metal clamp already removed. Cleaning element de-soldered. The hot mirror is under the cleaner and is very thin. DSC_3258 by Colin McIntosh, on Flickr
720nm IR filter in-situ and clamped down. The cleaning element is discarded.
I also purchased some shims to use on those 3 screw holes to compensate for the IR focus shift.Basically you are moving the sensor plane away from the lens. DSC_3259 by Colin McIntosh, on Flickr
Dust is your enemy during the filter swap. However an air blower (not compressed air in a can due to propellants also being ejected) and a magnifying glass to inspect the filter surface being presented to the sensor allows for a clean install.
I am extremely pleased with the results. No trapped dust particles and the camera is working perfectly. Focus shift shims seem to get me to the correct ball park which will make using MF lenses much easier using the viewfinder and green dot.
The weather forecast is for fair sunny weather so hopefully I get a few shots and share later.
The ones I have taken so far are boring test shots.
Buddy, great shots. That 300mm seems to be amazing. Did you pick that mushroom? I take them home and fry them with some butter and salt, tastes almost like steak. One of my favourites in the mushroom flora.
Ben, love the one with the girl by the stairs. Nice light/dark
Philippe, excellent market shots, love it!
Jose, I did not even know there was a 28-50mm zoom. Looks really good.
James, nice shots of Hamish!
Rafael, thanks for that 35mm thorium-glow-porn
Jeff, nice b/w´s of Kelly and his photographer. That photographer looks really happy
Colin, it seems to be a serious operation converting to IR. I would be able to disassemble it but I would have huge problems putting the pieces back together again
I'll be looking forward to seeing your eclipse images. I remember watching an eclipse when I was a kid, my uncle had several layers of 35mm transparency film in which to look through.
. It is must do this weekend or I will actually have to go buy some from the store 
