Scott, loved the steam rally! And the colourful boat!
James the horse buggy shot is fantastic. Great processing. And Hamish's growing up into a very cute kitten!
Willy the trees at dawn (or dusk?) are wonderful, great scene with the 20 3.5.
Lestor very nice blue hour shots, including the yellow/red can in the blue hour!
Jose, lovely acquisition and hope it doesn't quite as long for the 5.8cm to cross the ocean.
Ram, fantastic coastal scene at the Arabian Sea!
Ben what a nice gesture!!! Leighton, fun shots with Nikki!
Yeah should be interesting to compare Reagan, Ben and Philippe's pics from Provence. All wildly different perspectives I just don't see Reagan going for beer bellied gentlemen with walking sticks.
Ken, love your continued posts with Upper Michigan scenes.
Peter, enjoying the panning race pics.
Kristian, fun scenes at the musical event in Malmo.
Chris too bad the 25-50 doesnt have good results. Very pleasant scenes and structures though.
Buddy congrats on the 300 tele!!! And your daughter's taking an early liking to Nikon I see. And congrats on the new job as well!
Philippe, wonderful tribute at the farmers market.
Laura, checked out the art site, does it seem like you came out 3rd?
George, its ~85% coverage for the eclipse here, and I am ready with (not necessarily certified) 72mm filter and glasses. Now lets see if the weather cooperates.
John, cool sunstars with the 16 fisheye.
Benz, love the steps and the darkness, and the 5.8cm 1.4 on the M10
Jose, that flower closeup with the 28-50 is fantastic.
OMG, haven't had Rafael's gleaming gear pics show up recently. Those make my heart skip a beat. can't take too many of those shots Rafael
Thank you Kristian and Jose. The 300mm is indeed amazing. Just before it arrived here, I read a review that described the lens as slightly soft wide open, due to veiling flare. After playing around with the lens for less then 3 hours, I can only say th ereviewer had gotten himself a lemon. The copy I have here, even with some dust inside, is pin sharp, contrasty and well defined even at f2,8. No need whatsoever to stop down when taking pictures.
And the OoF rendering is just in a different league alltogether! Even if it is a slightly heavier lens then the ones I used before, I really keep wondering now, why I did not spend the money sooner.
I wonder how it behaves with TC's, but for now, I first need to adjust to going beyond 200mm, as that was the longest t.... wait. Not true. I did own a 200-600mm f9,5 zoom before. What a difference this 300mm f2,8 is to that!
Anyways, Kristian, I enjoy your photos from the pit. Even though it's been 10 years since I experienced music up that close, it still looks like home
No idea yet, Samy ,I thought the same thing though. No email from them saying what's what.
saph wrote:
Scott, loved the steam rally! And the colourful boat!
James the horse buggy shot is fantastic. Great processing. And Hamish's growing up into a very cute kitten!
Willy the trees at dawn (or dusk?) are wonderful, great scene with the 20 3.5.
Lestor very nice blue hour shots, including the yellow/red can in the blue hour!
Jose, lovely acquisition and hope it doesn't quite as long for the 5.8cm to cross the ocean.
Ram, fantastic coastal scene at the Arabian Sea!
Ben what a nice gesture!!! Leighton, fun shots with Nikki!
Yeah should be interesting to compare Reagan, Ben and Philippe's pics from Provence. All wildly different perspectives I just don't see Reagan going for beer bellied gentlemen with walking sticks.
Ken, love your continued posts with Upper Michigan scenes.
Peter, enjoying the panning race pics.
Kristian, fun scenes at the musical event in Malmo.
Chris too bad the 25-50 doesnt have good results. Very pleasant scenes and structures though.
Buddy congrats on the 300 tele!!! And your daughter's taking an early liking to Nikon I see. And congrats on the new job as well!
Philippe, wonderful tribute at the farmers market.
Laura, checked out the art site, does it seem like you came out 3rd?
George, its ~85% coverage for the eclipse here, and I am ready with (not necessarily certified) 72mm filter and glasses. Now lets see if the weather cooperates.
John, cool sunstars with the 16 fisheye.
Benz, love the steps and the darkness, and the 5.8cm 1.4 on the M10
Jose, that flower closeup with the 28-50 is fantastic.
OMG, haven't had Rafael's gleaming gear pics show up recently. Those make my heart skip a beat. can't take too many of those shots Rafael
Jeff, worthy cause!
Colin, very cool IR DIY post!
Philippe, magnificent portraits of your daughter. ...Show more →
saph wrote:
Yeah should be interesting to compare Reagan, Ben and Philippe's pics from Provence. All wildly different perspectives I just don't see Reagan going for beer bellied gentlemen with walking sticks.
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France is farther down my bucket list right now unless my wife changes my mind
When I was in Kaiserslautern, Germany I tried taking some photos on a street called
"40 Mark Strasse" it was in the "Red Light District"
I was politely told to put my camera away
I was just being a tourist not there for entertainment
saph wrote:
John, cool sunstars with the 16 fisheye.
Thanks Samy!
I don't get a chance to get out much and I mostly shoot candids with my A7RII + other glass these days. The D800 has become my tripod camera, which I've not had much time to do this summer.
Looking seriously at the D810 or D850 . . .
Reagan, that reminds me, I was asked to put away the camera at a gun show a few years ago, also politely but with a lot of urgency in the lady's voice. I complied, since I didn't fancy being led to the entrance. Can not for the life of me find the pics, there was one of a very interesting vendor who happily posed for me.
Yeah, Steve Sherman is the real deal in the surf community. He seemed to enjoy it when the MC at the event remarked that he was the "Annie Leibovitz of surf photography."
Samy, very nice succulent.
Lestor, terrific images from Brussels. I like the color versions, but am really drawn to the black and whites.
Philippe, beautiful environmental portraits of Mathilde. After getting our daughter off to college this week, I had to wonder how these kids grew up to be such confident and mature people when we haven't aged at all.
Kristian, great set from the Bronx concert.
James, love the Hamish set.
Jose, congrats on the 5.8/1.4.
Rafael, terrific cruising set. The last shot of the Chevy and Ford living in peace and harmony sends a good message.
I think my 50mm f/2 H is going to give the 85mm f/1.8 H a run for its money in IR sharpness.
I bought a nice 50mm for about $30 a while back and cut the aperture ring to allow mounting on my D610. It worked fine for the D610 but it needed a little bit more metal removal in order to mount the D80. I never got round to doing the mod. My newly converted D7100 doesn't have that issue so I tried out the 50mm H and WOW - sharp as a tack.
I am not one for false colour IR but was playing around with this image I took at 7 o'clock this morning. The leaf definition is wonderful.
The image fooled the Flickr auto bots. It has tagged my image with snow...
Great sets in the past couple of pages and thanks for the likes.
Colin what an undertaking and thanks for the shots you have taken.
Ben good stuff! My monitor does do a lot for me but fails to see a blue fringe. Not saying its not there, I just don't see it.
Raphael its good to have you back. There is a White T-Bird similar to the one you shot for sale here in Lakeland. Asking WAAAY TOOOO much money but its decent vehicle. So I'll live vicariously thru your shots.
Lester terrific shots.
Leighton I see the mornings are filled with working the farm and you did a fine job in capturing it.
Philippe I had a friends who lived in Nyon who have now passed but they loved that little town. Nice to know there is a namesake in Provence.
Samy, here are the last shots from the UP. They are from "Black Rock's" where some who have the urge jump into the 51F /10C degree water. Oddly the girls outnumbered the boys by a big margin.
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.
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.
Amazing patience for this surgery. I couldn't do it. I'm fascinated with the process though. Seems like so much to do and remember. Do you have a service manual that you follow or do you just go for it? Can't wait to see the results of the conversion.
DeltaSigma wrote:
I think my 50mm f/2 H is going to give the 85mm f/1.8 H a run for its money in IR sharpness.
I bought a nice 50mm for about $30 a while back and cut the aperture ring to allow mounting on my D610. It worked fine for the D610 but it needed a little bit more metal removal in order to mount the D80. I never got round to doing the mod. My newly converted D7100 doesn't have that issue so I tried out the 50mm H and WOW - sharp as a tack.
I am not one for false colour IR but was playing around with this image I took at 7 o'clock this morning. The leaf definition is wonderful.
The image fooled the Flickr auto bots. It has tagged my image with snow...
Reagan wrote:
France is farther down my bucket list right now unless my wife changes my mind
When I was in Kaiserslautern, Germany I tried taking some photos on a street called
"40 Mark Strasse" it was in the "Red Light District"
I was politely told to put my camera away
I was just being a tourist not there for entertainment
Reagan
Man, blast from the past for me. My dad was military and I lived right where you were visiting. Whenever we went shopping "on the economy" we had to drive down 40 Mark Strasse... My dad would tell me stories of having to go rescue an airman who thought he found love on that road. Did you ever hear stories of Mortuary Mary when you were there? When were you there?
I just don't see Reagan going for beer bellied gentlemen with walking sticks. 
