mp356 wrote:
The snow has returned this week. This image taken awhile back with the 35-105 Ais, but is what it looks like outside today. Thanks for looking.
Scott
I took this one in Dec 2022 while on a morning dash to get my passport renewed. The descending fog was interesting but I was in a rush to get to work and couldn't wait longer. Also discovered the Df's sensor had dust bunnies. One of two reasons for the crop. The other one was it just felt like too much sky.
Df + AI Zoom NIKKOR 35-70mm f/3.5-4.8S | F8 ISO 400
I am at work at home, so I took a break and the 13.5cm 3.5 out, this is a MIOJ S mount. I do have a couple of F 13.5cm that I never use, they were essentially free. heck, the S 13.5cm was only $120 for a MIOJ lens!
I have to resist the temptation to buy different versions of it.
Here is the lens, photographed with the 55mm 1.2 CRT closed down.
The 13.5cm is sharp but also brings a vintage look to the photo. Today I just went out looking for weed and groundcover flowers.
If you look at 100% these are very sharp photos, but somehow manage to look vintage, the lens had only three groups so colors are strong. Vignetting added to enhance the look.
Looks like a neat park to explore. Especially like the goats, a great lead off to the seires.
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fjablo wrote:
Also posted most of these in the Z images thread, but thought that some might only be reading here. So here's a selection of images from my Rome trip, all taken with the Nikon Zf and either the Ai-S 28mm f2.8 or the Ai-S 50mm f1.4
Just excellent work fjablo. Enjoyed them all, proving again I really need to learn how effectively carry only a couple of lenses.
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mp356 wrote:
The snow has returned this week. This image taken awhile back with the 35-105 Ais, but is what it looks like outside today. Thanks for looking.
Scott
Brrr, felt the temps here without the white stuff.
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rafaelcasd wrote:
I am at work at home, so I took a break and the 13.5cm 3.5 out, this is a MIOJ S mount. I do have a couple of F 13.5cm that I never use, they were essentially free. heck, the S 13.5cm was only $120 for a MIOJ lens!
I have to resist the temptation to buy different versions of it.
Here is the lens, photographed with the 55mm 1.2 CRT closed down.
The 13.5cm is sharp but also brings a vintage look to the photo. Today I just went out looking for weed and groundcover flowers.
If you look at 100% these are very sharp photos, but somehow manage to look vintage, the lens had only three groups so colors are strong. Vignetting added to enhance the look.
Another great lens in your hands. this 13.5cm MIOJ lens. You can keep testing these old beauties out on your "weeds" anytime and share them here. I looked on Flickr, that first weed shot is incredible.
Thank you fjablo. Really good set, and atmosphere you captured in Rome.
fjablo wrote:
Also posted most of these in the Z images thread, but thought that some might only be reading here. So here's a selection of images from my Rome trip, all taken with the Nikon Zf and either the Ai-S 28mm f2.8 or the Ai-S 50mm f1.4
Ray, thanks for your nice comments on the tea cups.
I have been digging out my darkroom, and finding many long forgotten items. One of the items was a three ring binder of my early medium format photography beginning. Circa 1973. Bronica S with a Nikkor-P 75mm f2.8 using "Kodak Safety Film". I couldn't remember the trade name, but that is all it had printed on the edge? I remember the drug store where I use to purchase the film - they were in foil packs, no box, and the best price I could find. A little searching online claims an ASA/ISO of 125-160. Online claims it was the first new film base that Kodak had developed since their previous film base was being found to spontaneously combust.
It's evergreens time. I have shot this view a number of times. Morning is the best time for eastern light. In the afternoon it's just long shadows from the neighbour's trees. Ever since I discovered it, I cannot unsee the mushy bottom left corner from this zoom. It is really an F8 lens as far as corner performance is concerned but there's also a chance that it's just faulty.
D700 + AI Zoom Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.5-4.8S | F5.6 ISO 200 -0.33EV
Siphiwe, Beautiful. Possibly the rear element has a smudge on it?
SiMuMe wrote:
It's evergreens time. I have shot this view a number of times. Morning is the best time for eastern light. In the afternoon it's just long shadows from the neighbour's trees. Ever since I discovered it, I cannot unsee the mushy bottom left corner from this zoom. It is really an F8 lens as far as corner performance is concerned but there's also a chance that it's just faulty.
pbraymond wrote:
Just excellent work fjablo. Enjoyed them all, proving again I really need to learn how effectively carry only a couple of lenses.
Thank you!
To be fair I also brought along the AF-D 20mm and the Z 24-200mm (fomo is real ). But I usually only carried two of them. The 50mm and 20mm got the most use. I've put together an album with my keepers here, in case you're interested in the images taken with the other lenses: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBifAe
Next time I go to Rome I want to bring a more minimal kit - maybe just a 50mm and maybe a point and shoot for film. It will be a couple of years so I will definitely change my mind a thousand times until then
On this trip, I also shot two rolls of Rollei Retro 80S with my Nikon FM. Spent a day leaving the digital kit in the hotel and just taking pictures with the FM - this was the most fun I've had with photography in quite some time. Really curious how those shots will turn out.
James Markus wrote:
Siphiwe, Beautiful. Possibly the rear element has a smudge on it?
I will be so embarassed if that turns out to be the case, but at the same time I'll be evry relieved because I love this lens. The rear element is quite recessed but I will check it out in the morning. Thank you very much for the suggestion, James.
SiMuMe wrote:
I will be so embarassed if that turns out to be the case, but at the same time I'll be evry relieved because I love this lens. The rear element is quite recessed but I will check it out in the morning. Thank you very much for the suggestion, James.
Happening to a lesser extent bottom right too and possibly top right. I’d call it lens performance and probably a bit of decentering unfortunately. Happy to be wrong though.
Couple from the new to me S 3.5cm f/2.5. All its corners are significantly worse if it helps. And these are on a DX camera!
SiMuMe wrote:
It's evergreens time. I have shot this view a number of times. Morning is the best time for eastern light. In the afternoon it's just long shadows from the neighbour's trees. Ever since I discovered it, I cannot unsee the mushy bottom left corner from this zoom. It is really an F8 lens as far as corner performance is concerned but there's also a chance that it's just faulty.
I haven’t shot with my manual glass in a long time. I start pulling lenses out for my trip and I can’t find either my 35/2 or my 24/2.8. I don’t use the 35 often, but my 24 is my go to wide angle. I have no idea where either of them are!! So 55/1.2, 80-200/4.5, 300/2.8 and my Exacta mount Zeiss 58/2 (my second favorite vintage lens) are it. I’m hopeful for enough room in the car for my tripod so I can use the 300 more effectively.
I’m very surprised on the size of the Z5. Body to body, it’s nearly the same size as my Fuji XT2 with grip.
James Markus wrote:
Ray, thanks for your nice comments on the tea cups.
I have been digging out my darkroom, and finding many long forgotten items. One of the items was a three ring binder of my early medium format photography beginning. Circa 1973. Bronica S with a Nikkor-P 75mm f2.8 using "Kodak Safety Film". I couldn't remember the trade name, but that is all it had printed on the edge? I remember the drug store where I use to purchase the film - they were in foil packs, no box, and the best price I could find. A little searching online claims an ASA/ISO of 125-160. Online claims it was the first new film base that Kodak had developed since their previous film base was being found to spontaneously combust.
Good memories James - the earlier films had a celluloid base which was the cause of quite a few fires in cinemas before the base was changed to an acetate "safety" base in the early 1950's.
). But I usually only carried two of them. The 50mm and 20mm got the most use. I've put together an album with my keepers here, in case you're interested in the images taken with the other lenses: 
