Glen I agree with Jim and others, you are absolutely fine. I myself don't get into some of the topics the folks here start up.
Now one topic I understand is not enough toys. My latest has been a Leotax Elite TL. Just love the mechanism, so very smooth. It is a perfect match for the "black belt" Nikkor 5cm f2 RF lens. But I struggled with film loading and advance until I realized some of its internals are really a close copy of the Barnack Leicas and one needs to trim the film leader. Anyway, there's almost fully exposed b&w roll inside it that needs the recently much mentioned Df96 monobath.
75-150 f3.5 Series E, stitched pano. Realized it takes some effort to do a pano with a single ring focus/zoom mechanism to hold focus. I recall the discussions back in high school photography years surrounding the superiority of single ring vs double ring zooms. I guess the age of AF cured all that!
pbraymond wrote:
75-150 f3.5 Series E, stitched pano. Realized it takes some focus to do a pano with a single ring focus/zoom mechanism to hold focus. I recall the discussions back in high school photography years surrounding the superiority of single ring vs double ring zooms. I guess the age of AF cured all that!
Talking about off topics, is anyone planning for the solar eclipse that will cut through a good slice of the US in April? I was just checking and in Maryland it will be 87%, that's good enough for me, as long as clouds don't throw water on the plans.
The recommendation is to use the LCD monitor, even after attaching a solar filter. And I think the digital viewfinders are better than optical. I am sure 7 or so years back I looked through the D800's optical viewfinder to take this one:
First an apology, I realized the 105 I was thinking was the 2.5 was taken with the 2.8 Micro… downside to taking images early is that memory gets hazy. This was 100% actually taken with the 180 ED.
Found this art deco-ish double walled, stainless steel coffee press on the counter a couple days ago.
Barb enters the room while I am admiring the metal work, and design - "That's not for us - it's a gift". "Aisle of shame find?" I ask - "Yes" she exclaims. I looked disappointed. Yesterday Barb got another one for us. Boy that was good coffee, and it stayed warm for 45 minutes.
GroWeb wrote:
Here is a bit more fast water from Northern Ontario in 2017 courtesy of the Fuji X-E2 with anonymous MFNG, all previously unposted of course.
James Markus wrote:
Found this art deco-ish double walled, stainless steel coffee press on the counter a couple days ago.
Barb enters the room while I am admiring the metal work, and design - "That's not for us - it's a gift". "Aisle of shame find?" I ask - "Yes" she exclaims. I looked disappointed. Yesterday Barb got another one for us. Boy that was good coffee, and it stayed warm for 45 minutes.
35mm f1.4 ais + tc16a
I like that, too. Aisle of shame seems a misnomer. Aisle of great finds.
Walking home after tapas, we decided to go through the Plaza de Espana one last time. During the day this place is loved to death, and rightly so, it is one of a kind. However, in the evening we had it almost to ourselves. Taken with a 28mm f2 lens balanced on the railing.
Patrick Kolb wrote:
Walking home after tapas, we decided to go through the Plaza de Espana one last time. During the day this place is loved to death, and rightly so, it is one of a kind. However, in the evening we had it almost to ourselves. Taken with a 28mm f2 lens balanced on the railing.
I'm either up early, or up at normal time, depending on what time zone I think I'm in, ha ha.
I'm currently in Socorro, NM, about to go see if I can shoot the flyout at Bosque del Apache. Getting here was quite the adventure, with airport sprinting involved after a four hour delay in Dayton. Fittingly, I'm driving a Ford Bronco if that gives you an idea of the logistics...
The Nikkor 55 f/1.2 SC Auto is the manual focus lens that fit in the bag. The other two lenses I brought were the Sigma 60*600 and Nikon 500 FP.
Yesterday I drove around Bosque to get a feel for the territory. Saw wild pigs, turkey vultures, roadrunners, sandhill cranes, some kind of hawk having lunch on either a snow goose or a crane, and some mule deer.
No card reader, so photos will have to wait till I get home.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
I'm either up early, or up at normal time, depending on what time zone I think I'm in, ha ha.
I'm currently in Socorro, NM, about to go see if I can shoot the flyout at Bosque del Apache. Getting here was quite the adventure, with airport sprinting involved after a four hour delay in Dayton. Fittingly, I'm driving a Ford Bronco if that gives you an idea of the logistics...
The Nikkor 55 f/1.2 SC Auto is the manual focus lens that fit in the bag. The other two lenses I brought were the Sigma 60*600 and Nikon 500 FP.
Yesterday I drove around Bosque to get a feel for the territory. Saw wild pigs, turkey vultures, roadrunners, sandhill cranes, some kind of hawk having lunch on either a snow goose or a crane, and some mule deer.
No card reader, so photos will have to wait till I get home....Show more →
NightOwl Cat wrote:
I'm either up early, or up at normal time, depending on what time zone I think I'm in, ha ha.
I'm currently in Socorro, NM, about to go see if I can shoot the flyout at Bosque del Apache. Getting here was quite the adventure, with airport sprinting involved after a four hour delay in Dayton. Fittingly, I'm driving a Ford Bronco if that gives you an idea of the logistics...
The Nikkor 55 f/1.2 SC Auto is the manual focus lens that fit in the bag. The other two lenses I brought were the Sigma 60*600 and Nikon 500 FP.
Yesterday I drove around Bosque to get a feel for the territory. Saw wild pigs, turkey vultures, roadrunners, sandhill cranes, some kind of hawk having lunch on either a snow goose or a crane, and some mule deer.
No card reader, so photos will have to wait till I get home....Show more →
