Oh my goodness, Ken. Best wishes for a quick recovery, I guess at least it's good news that you have a good surgeon that you trust and have experience with.
Ken, sorry for your troubles and hope for a quick recovery! I hear you about the quiet southern community growing up…
A busy week of work travel and a visit from an old friend, so minimal shooting. But one subject was interesting, though not as pretty as Rafael’s cars, this is the actual wagon from National Lampoons Vacation. The hubcaps were even in the trunk. Wouldn’t have minded a bit more time with it. Nikon S 35mm f/2.5.
Quasi related, I frequently have enough stuff in my bag it gets pulled for screening. Chatting with the TSA agent I asked if it was the computer equipment. No she said, something that kinda looked like a camera… I guess the scanners didn’t love the metallic density of an old rangefinder lens. You could see on the scan it was struggling with it.
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Ken, sorry for your troubles and hope for a quick recovery! I hear you about the quiet southern community growing up…
A busy week of work travel and a visit from an old friend, so minimal shooting. But one subject was interesting, though not as pretty as Rafael’s cars, this is the actual wagon from National Lampoons Vacation. The hubcaps were even in the trunk. Wouldn’t have minded a bit more time with it. Nikon S 35mm f/2.5.
Quasi related, I frequently have enough stuff in my bag it gets pulled for screening. Chatting with the TSA agent I asked if it was the computer equipment. No she said, something that kinda looked like a camera… I guess the scanners didn’t love the metallic density of an old rangefinder lens. You could see on the scan it was struggling with it. ...Show more →
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Ken, sorry for your troubles and hope for a quick recovery! I hear you about the quiet southern community growing up…
A busy week of work travel and a visit from an old friend, so minimal shooting. But one subject was interesting, though not as pretty as Rafael’s cars, this is the actual wagon from National Lampoons Vacation. The hubcaps were even in the trunk. Wouldn’t have minded a bit more time with it. Nikon S 35mm f/2.5.
Quasi related, I frequently have enough stuff in my bag it gets pulled for screening. Chatting with the TSA agent I asked if it was the computer equipment. No she said, something that kinda looked like a camera… I guess the scanners didn’t love the metallic density of an old rangefinder lens. You could see on the scan it was struggling with it. ...Show more →
Looks like a vehicle you'd see in battle.
Ha ha, I bet you're right about the ols Nikkor. They probably thought it was a bomb.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Picking on German car drivers Ken?
I thought we were friends - but I am not a soccer Mom so I will let you off.
Nevertheless, you have still got to watch out for those BMW drivers........
I see what you did there with that reg, Colin. Such a beatiful car. I'm trying very hard to tolerate the design language of the EV sedans but it's a struggle.
grantgoodes wrote:
Richard Haw is a true Patron Saint of Nikon restoration/repair. I would assume the 100/2.8E has relatively simple construction, but anything involving the aperture mechanism is not for the faint of heart.
I know the 100/2.8E has a couple of outstanding qualities, of which small size and good performance for a 4-element design are paramount. I already have too many 105mm Nikkors, so the 100/2.8E never crossed my mind, but for a lens barely bigger than a 50/1.8, it's pretty tempting. Alas, prices seem to have crept up from where it was a few years ago (when you could get one for a little more than the price of a 52mm UV filter), and currently you can easily buy a 105/2.5 for about the same money. Trying to resist more NGAS, and I barely use my 75~150/3.5E anymore so clearly I really don't "need" a 100/2.8E.....Show more →
The 105/2.5 is definitely the better lens, but, like you said, the size of the 100/2.8E can't be beat. If you ever come across one for a good price, I wouldn't pass it up.
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Ken, sorry for your troubles and hope for a quick recovery! I hear you about the quiet southern community growing up…
A busy week of work travel and a visit from an old friend, so minimal shooting. But one subject was interesting, though not as pretty as Rafael’s cars, this is the actual wagon from National Lampoons Vacation. The hubcaps were even in the trunk. Wouldn’t have minded a bit more time with it. Nikon S 35mm f/2.5.
Quasi related, I frequently have enough stuff in my bag it gets pulled for screening. Chatting with the TSA agent I asked if it was the computer equipment. No she said, something that kinda looked like a camera… I guess the scanners didn’t love the metallic density of an old rangefinder lens. You could see on the scan it was struggling with it. ...Show more →
I would love to have a Wagon Queen Family Truckster! Great car from one of my all-time favorite movies.
In rural Georgia, you can find chimneys like this all over the place. I assume it's the same pretty much everywhere. My wife and I joke that if they just made the entire house out of chimneys, it would still be standing. It's not uncommon to see where property owners have created a seating area around these old chimneys and use them in the colder months.
spoupard wrote:
In rural Georgia, you can find chimneys like this all over the place. I assume it's the same pretty much everywhere. My wife and I joke that if they just made the entire house out of chimneys, it would still be standing. It's not uncommon to see where property owners have created a seating area around these old chimneys and use them in the colder months.
spoupard wrote:
In rural Georgia, you can find chimneys like this all over the place. I assume it's the same pretty much everywhere. My wife and I joke that if they just made the entire house out of chimneys, it would still be standing. It's not uncommon to see where property owners have created a seating area around these old chimneys and use them in the colder months.
@Leighton that Karma shot is outstanding. I would have had trouble working that morning based on the atmosphere I see in the background. And I wish I’d asked if I could take a shot of the scan image. The lens was just a dense blob of yellow while everything else was neatly outlined (including what you could see of the Z6 it was mounted too). Don’t make them like they used too for sure!
It's not uncommon to see where property owners have created a seating area around these old chimneys and use them in the colder months.