pbraymond wrote:
Interesting murals! Are they for long term or to celebrate some event?
Thank you for commenting.
Well, according to this website, they are "semi-permanent", but I do not understand what does it mean
Probably they're for relatively long term.
CGrindahl wrote:
I'm going to slip in quietly and post a couple of photos... small photos judging by what I'm seeing posted now. A friend suggested I adjust the diopter on my Df and suddenly taking photos became enjoyable again. Who knows... I might take a few more. (Lovely to see everyone having so much fun using these venerable lenses.)
Welcome back Curtis! Glad to hear you are enjoying photography again. Hope you are well!
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cadman342001 wrote:
Good to see you Curtis, I hope you are well.
(I post everything 1600 px wide these days as I presume everyone has 4k monitors etc.)
While I'm here, here's a shot from Mount Cook NP, this time of Tasman Lake in the moonlight ! Pretty chilly I have to say. Same night as the aurora shot I posted previously.
That tones on that black middle hill sandwiched by the ice and the background peak (right side of the image) just jumps out Andy.
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Ripolini wrote:
Thank you for commenting.
Well, according to this website, they are "semi-permanent", but I do not understand what does it mean
Probably they're for relatively long term.
Thanks for the link, Riccardo, I enjoyed that quick article about the art and festival. Picked up a new word from a "translate to English" of the page, "onomatopoeic".
SiMuMe wrote:
You're quite the early riser, Raymond. Nice unusual kind of shot in this board.
I do experiment and take shots outside my norm, if nothing else being geographically challenged subject wise (at least in terms of things that excite me) I need to do what I can to keep things fresh. Thus a lot of dependence on good lighting and atmospherics. Works out good that I'm a morning person.
50/2 HC
View of the Marina Grande and Capri town on the the way to Villa Jovis which rises about 1000 feet above sea level. The lump of rock in the background rises to about 2000 feet.
DeltaSigma wrote:
50/2 HC
View of the Marina Grande and Capri town on the the way to Villa Jovis which rises about 1000 feet above sea level. The lump of rock in the background rises to about 2000 feet.
Thanks to all the travelers sharing their photos. Been hitting "like" a lot.
I use to own many, many film cameras and even more lenses. I sold it all between 2003-2005, and the recent revisit to 35mm film makes me miss medium format. I am not interested in the large Bronica, Speed Graphic 4x5 etc, but in yesteryear's 4.5x6, 6x6, and 6x9cm folding marvels. Enter a new project - the 87 year old Agfa Isolette. Spelled Jsolette that very first year (1937) with a couple unique features. 1-The top plate is made of one of the first plastics called 'Trolitan'. 2-It can shoot two different size formats (4.5x6 or 6x6cm) using 120 film. All in a package smaller than a good 35mm film camera. There are more "rough shape" folding cameras winding their way through the USPS that I look forward to fixing & using. D850 with the 85mm f1.4 ais
The original pre-war first model Jsolette after a initial cleaning
The magic format changing flaps
Size compared to the 35mm Kodak Retina Reflex IV
I looked at the old school addon rangefinders, but you still have to look through a tiny peep hole. However, I think I have found a perfect solution - accurate to 2mm on distance measurements with a push of a button'
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Amazing what a turn of a little knob like the diopter can do for vision..
I know if I'd been wise enough to pose the question to this illustrious group that you would have been here to give me sage advice... as you did 14 years ago when I was so confused about extension tubes...
Glad your still here Laura and helping keep this crew afloat.
This morning I got a call from Ken in Portland telling me the lens I sent him had arrived. The long story is that many years ago during a pleasant evening of browsing lenses on E-Bay while sipping a lovely single malt Scotch whisky I "inadvertently" bought TWO pristine 135 f/3.5 Q lenses, both with the Nikon AI conversion kit and both with hoods. What to do? I always thought the lens the most beautiful companions on my silver Df. Here is one of the two, sitting next to another beauty, the 105 f/2.5 P, also with the Nikon AI conversion kit.
Before I sent the lens along to Ken I mounted it to take a few photos at the Marin Art and Garden Center... the same place I shot the lotus flowers and rose posted above. I thought I'd share those photos as well. I haven't made a contribution to keeping this thread moving for quite some time... so this is the least I can do...
With the fine collection of 135mm Nikon lenses in my kit I didn't really think I needed another 135mm lens. That changed for me when I began buying pre-AI lenses. That was after Ben arrived and began dazzling us with his extensive collection of pre-AI lenses. Needless to say it became a passion for me. I found generally that the older lenses are very pleasing to my eye, even with older designs and without modern coatings. Yes, I loved the scalloped focusing rings and the metal bodies but it really was the performance of the lenses. I was surprised at what a fine performer the 135 f/3.5 Q lens is. I appreciate how small it is in comparison with the other lenses. I doubt I'll do anything like this again, but I do wonder how that venerable old lens would hold up with lenses in this comparison many of you have seen before... mmm.
