leighton w wrote:
I know I'm way late to the eclipse party, but I'm just starting to get my energy back from last weeks procedure. Hopefully, I'll feel well enough to participate more.
I shot this handheld with my 50-135mm through my welders helmet. It wasn't at its peak yet, but I was lucky to get this one as the sun disappeared behind the clouds for the rest of the afternoon.
James Markus wrote:
A little over three weeks ago I started to prepare to digitize thousands of slides. I built four period computers from scratch to run three vintage (circa 1996-2000) Nikon film scanners - primarily to use the Nikon SF-200 auto slide feeder. I just don't have the time to manually digitize so many slides, and this allows batches of 50 at a time. I got thrown back in the Windows 95, 98se, 2K, XP, era plus Win 10. Usually dual booting into linux for safe online retrieval of needed files. I found out what interface (SCSI or Firewire), operating system, hardware, plus which software combinations worked best. It won't surprise anyone here that Nikon makes great film scanners. So, here are a couple setups I shoe-horned into my less cluttered darkroom.
shot with the IR converted 5DmkII and the Nikkor 24mm f2.8 ais at iso 2500
leighton w wrote:
I know I'm way late to the eclipse party, but I'm just starting to get my energy back from last weeks procedure. Hopefully, I'll feel well enough to participate more.
I shot this handheld with my 50-135mm through my welders helmet. It wasn't at its peak yet, but I was lucky to get this one as the sun disappeared behind the clouds for the rest of the afternoon.
Halt and Catch Fire is excellent! If you’re interested in cyber security that showcase what real hacking looks like, The Undeclared War is highly recommended. In the US it’s on Peacock.
cadman342001 wrote:
Great work and those pics could have been taken back in the day !
My late father travelled the world as a fitter in the Merchant Navy in the early 60's (Engine Room for The Blue Funnel Line out of Liverpool) and took many slides that my mum now has somewhere. Would be great to get them scanned. What are you rates ? ;D
I was watching a youtube last week of an American travelling to the UK to visit vintage computer museums
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Also, has anyone watched the show "Halt and Catch Fire" ? It's a drama about the birth of the PC era. I loved it.
I think it is now available on netflix.
leighton w wrote:
I know I'm way late to the eclipse party, but I'm just starting to get my energy back from last weeks procedure. Hopefully, I'll feel well enough to participate more.
I shot this handheld with my 50-135mm through my welders helmet. It wasn't at its peak yet, but I was lucky to get this one as the sun disappeared behind the clouds for the rest of the afternoon.
That looks cosmic enough to be a monochrome Hubble photo of deep space, Leighton. It's much more interesting than many images that one sees of the totality in a clear sky!
Here are a few more photos from the Drumheller dinosaur museum in 2007, again courtesy of the Fuji X-E2 and miscellaneous MFNG.
Several images today with the TC-16A converter used on the 200 F4 AIS micro and the 105 F4 bellows lens on the PB5 bellows. Auto focusing t he bellows is a unique new journey,
Harry Palmer
Employed the 63mm f2.8 EL_Nikkor last night - reversed. Here are the setup photos shot with the D800 and the 50mm f1.2 ais. All the dress clothes haven't showed up in the mail. (hoods for both ends, adapter rings etc) Which should improve contrast a bit.
James Markus wrote:
Employed the 63mm f2.8 EL_Nikkor last night. Here are the setup photos shot with the D800 and the 50mm f1.2 ais. All the dress clothes haven't showed up in the mail. (hoods for both ends, adapter rings etc) Which should improve contrast a bit.
Here are the results of shooting the D7200 with the reversed EL_Nikkor 63mm f2.8 (N) and the TC-16A (couldn't find focus possibly due to low light), plus the PB4. Revisiting the penny and a new discovery.
The new discovery (for me) was the design of the Lincoln memorial engraving on the back of the penny was done by Frank Gasparro, and he signed it.
Lastly, Match heads over fill the frame with this set up. So I focused on the spot where the head meets the match stick.
I don’t know if you or anyone here knows that my favorite form of photography is micro/macro photography. 1:1 or bigger magnification. The most magnification I’ve ever done was 18:1. I took a picture of the Eye on top of the pyramid on the back of a $1 bill. It took up exactly 18mm of the sensor. I used a reversed 18mm lens in front of my 80-200/4.5. I didn’t prepare the shot well, so it didn’t come out as good as I wanted, but it was amazing to see all the details you can’t really see with the naked eye (like Lincoln in his chair on the Penny).
These are all exciting to me.
James Markus wrote:
Here are the results of shooting the D7200 with the reversed EL_Nikkor 63mm f2.8 (N) and the TC-16A (couldn't find focus possibly due to low light), plus the PB4. Revisiting the penny and a new discovery.
The new discovery (for me) was the design of the Lincoln memorial engraving on the back of the penny was done by Frank Gasparro, and he signed it. http://www.photomatter.com/2024/D7200_w-EL-Nikkor_63mm-f2.8-(N)-PB4-&-tc16a_Penny_7201909.jpg
Kevin, I just bought a PS-5 to use as a stage with the PB-4 (may have to remove the slide bits). Why on earth didn't Nikon make stages for their bellows, yet did make just slide copy stages? It just seems a no-brainer. I waste most of my time trying to get the subject perfectly parallel to the film plane.
kwoodard wrote:
I don’t know if you or anyone here knows that my favorite form of photography is micro/macro photography. 1:1 or bigger magnification. The most magnification I’ve ever done was 18:1. I took a picture of the Eye on top of the pyramid on the back of a $1 bill. It took up exactly 18mm of the sensor. I used a reversed 18mm lens in front of my 80-200/4.5. I didn’t prepare the shot well, so it didn’t come out as good as I wanted, but it was amazing to see all the details you can’t really see with the naked eye (like Lincoln in his chair on the Penny).
Yeah, for coins, I would always lay them flat on a table and on the rear lcd of the camera, I would use the bubble level app on my phone to flatten it out. Remote shutter release and bobs your uncle.
James Markus wrote:
Kevin, I just bought a PS-5 to use as a stage with the PB-4 (may have to remove the slide bits). Why on earth didn't Nikon make stages for their bellows, yet did make just slide copy stages? It just seems a no-brainer. I waste most of my time trying to get the subject perfectly parallel to the film plane.
leighton w wrote:
I know I'm way late to the eclipse party, but I'm just starting to get my energy back from last weeks procedure. Hopefully, I'll feel well enough to participate more.
I shot this handheld with my 50-135mm through my welders helmet. It wasn't at its peak yet, but I was lucky to get this one as the sun disappeared behind the clouds for the rest of the afternoon.
I came across this thread and wanted to ask a question. I have just bought a new Nikon Zf (I get it on Tuesday in Malaysia). Yesterday I saw on eBay a Nikon 105mm f1.8 AIS for around $350 to 400 bucks so I asked my mate in KL if he could get me one in Malaysia..... He came back with Ive got one of these the Nikon 105mm f2.0 DC AF-D, so we got chatting and another mate of mine in KL said he has a Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF...............I cant afford all 3 but out of this bunch what would you recommend for portraiture
I currently have a 1970s Nikkor 55:1.2 pre AI a new Voitlander 50:1.0 so want something longer (I also have the Nikon Z85:1.2 but just plan to shoot that on the Z9
It hurts my back even thinking about doing it that way again. To hover over the camera was torture (i had a coin dealer client), but his main complaint was the photos were too sharp and showed defects he didn't want to show so obviously. Tethering is an option, but having a hard connection to the camera means it doesn't matter in what position the subject or camera are placed - they would always be perfectly parallel to each other.
kwoodard wrote:
Yeah, for coins, I would always lay them flat on a table and on the rear lcd of the camera, I would use the bubble level app on my phone to flatten it out. Remote shutter release and bobs your uncle.
Neil,
Welcome to the manual focus Nikkor thread. I only have the f1.8 ais, but I would guess any of those three would make great portrait lenses.
Jim
ndwgolf1 wrote:
I came across this thread and wanted to ask a question. I have just bought a new Nikon Zf (I get it on Tuesday in Malaysia). Yesterday I saw on eBay a Nikon 105mm f1.8 AIS for around $350 to 400 bucks so I asked my mate in KL if he could get me one in Malaysia..... He came back with Ive got one of these the Nikon 105mm f2.0 DC AF-D, so we got chatting and another mate of mine in KL said he has a Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF...............I cant afford all 3 but out of this bunch what would you recommend for portraiture
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A couple of my GF shot with the Nikon Z9 and my 1970's Nikkor 55mm f1.2...........these were both shot at f2 to f 2.8
I love the skin tones in the second one especially the the way this lens renders silky smooth images
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