Finally a likeness of the 300mm 4.5 photos so you can compare the quality, all my photos are at 100% on,Flickr as this is a Hobby and happy to share. I dare say the 180mm on extensions would match the quality of the 55mm 1.2 CRT. (don't shoot me!)
coralnut wrote:
Love those car pics. According to Jay Leno the Citroen is the most comfortable car ever built.
Whenever I know I'll be taking car pics I throw a polarizing filter into the bag to lessen the window reflections.
Thanks. The Citroens of the era all had air suspension, I recall seeing them in the UK, the rear raising up when the driver turned the key.
I did use a polariser but still couldn't remove all the reflections for the steering wheel shot but kinda liked the reflections of the old pumps.
Here's another Citroen, not as good looking but it did have a Maserati engine !
I've been out of town and out of touch for a few days, but enjoyed catching up. I've especially enjoyed all of the flower photos everyone has been posting.
It's kind of hard to see, but this is a Civil War cannon at Rocky Face Ridge Park in Dalton, GA.
First test shot
Sony A7r III + Nikon Nikkor 300mm 4.5 ED IF AI-s 36mm tube
somewhat mixed feelings about the lens performance
Most test more but plenty CA wide open..but it's probably quite ok, sometimes maybe not everything older gets so well from 42MP all the time
Ronny
Sony A7r III + Nikon Nikkor 300mm 4.5 ED IF AI-s by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
Sony A7r III + Nikon Nikkor 300mm 4.5 ED IF AI-s by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr
The 63mm f2.8 (N) EL-Nikkor showed up today. It really is a gorgeous lens. Will try and capture that beauty in the next few days. Meanwhile here are more Daffodils with the Nikkor-P ai'd 180mm f2.8 and 20mm extension.
the solitaire wrote:
I really enjoy your museum fossile shots Glen.
My dealings with fossile material have been of a more practical nature lately. I had some more requests to manufacture mammoth ivory dice, and such I did. Have another shipment of mammoth ivory coming to me. There is a small business in Germany who have been dealing in fossiles for 20 years, and I can get the smaller pieces I need for my craft projects there.
Taken with my trustworthy D800 and the 35-70 f3,5 Ai-S Zoom Nikkor at f11
Thanks, Buddy. Those look like some finely crafted dice, indeed! I'm guessing mammoth ivory is quite pricey, considering that it must have extremely limited availability.
Here are some photos of the badlands in the area where the fossils at the museum were found, brought you by the Fuji X-E2 and unspecified MFNG.
Glen, indeed mammoth ivory sells at around $1/gram of ivory at the moment. In Europe the only source for usable mammoth ivory is Syberia, and since the Russian/Ukraine conflict, almost none of that is getting out of Russia. Even without the conflict, the arwea in Syeria where mammoth ivory can be excavated from the permafrost is so remote that the workers travel there at the end of Autumn, when the swamps surrounding the area are frozen up and can be crossed by trucks. They then stay there during winter, spring and summer until the swamps and rivers freeze up again. Any excavated mammoth ivory is transported from the site by the transports bringing new work crew and picking up the tired and ill.
Ronny Olsson wrote:
First test shot
Sony A7r III + Nikon Nikkor 300mm 4.5 ED IF AI-s 36mm tube
somewhat mixed feelings about the lens performance
Most test more but plenty CA wide open..but it's probably quite ok, sometimes maybe not everything older gets so well from 42MP all the time
These are beautiful Ronny, the IF lenses are sharp but have this quirky aberration, the ED non IF are better - 400mm 5.6 ED non IF, 300mm 4.5 ED non IF, the original 600mm, 800mm, 1200mm ED lens heads are supposedly great but I have never seen one.
James Markus wrote:
The 63mm f2.8 (N) EL-Nikkor showed up today. It really is a gorgeous lens. Will try and capture that beauty in the next few days. Meanwhile here are more Daffodils with the Nikkor-P ai'd 180mm f2.8 and 20mm extension.
