Happy and prosperous 2025! may you and your loved ones enjoy a great year.
Peter, great stacks!
Samy, as you may remember, after years of looking for a 300mm 4.5 ED K I found one in pretty decent condition but the size and slower focusing make me take the EDIF instead. I thngk my next lens will be a 400mm 5.6 EDIF - Maybe
Matt you have been showing a mastery of twilight recently.
Serge, that is one beautiful Creche!
George, very painting like image and colors on the 28mm forest.
Ross, that is one obedient Lion, to place herself so well in your composition!
Hang in there Laura.
Beautiful view of THE tree Serge.
Love your tree too fjablo.
High speed onto 2025 on that trolley, Regina!
Hope indeed James, it is the only life outcome we control.
Went to Balboa Park to see the rebuilt botanical building, a favorite of my circular fisheyes. Took the 7.5mm, the plan exhibits are not yet up to par, but the building is beautiful $26M of high grade woods.
I just love that first image! Really speaks to me.
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First image post of 2025, wow how did we get here already?!
For me personally this photo is meaningful, I just uncovered it a few days ago as I have been going back and processing overlooked images from a 2012 Utah trip. Shot with the 135mm f/2.8 AI-S. This is the type of fall composition I still love to make today with my modern Sony system, but that old glass has come through beautifully. I’m looking forward to printing this one on my favorite Canson etching rag.
Laura hope your son's recovering well. Sorry to hear about your cat not doing so well, and all the best for the procedure next month.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Hmmm.. younger son had to have gallbladder removed on NYE, and I have my spinal fusion coming up in Feb, with an 8 pound lifting restriction afterwards... and I have a feeling that I'm losing a cat, Moggi, who Peter gave her name. She's the one that I went to pick up my pizza one night, and she was throwing herself against the window at a table of people. I gave her some pettings, went inside and picked up my order, came back out, few more pets, went to car and put my pizza in. Looked over at her, did the tsk tsk tsk and she came running over to me. So.. home with a pizza and a cat that night...
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Hmmm.. younger son had to have gallbladder removed on NYE, and I have my spinal fusion coming up in Feb, with an 8 pound lifting restriction afterwards... and I have a feeling that I'm losing a cat, Moggi, who Peter gave her name. She's the one that I went to pick up my pizza one night, and she was throwing herself against the window at a table of people. I gave her some pettings, went inside and picked up my order, came back out, few more pets, went to car and put my pizza in. Looked over at her, did the tsk tsk tsk and she came running over to me. So.. home with a pizza and a cat that night...
Hopefully you and your son have a "pizza" to remember in this new year. Moggi knew a good servant - ahem owner at first sight. Cats are like that - they let you think it was your idea.
That one definitely has to be printed Ross! I love it!
Ross Martin wrote:
I just love that first image! Really speaks to me.
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First image post of 2025, wow how did we get here already?!
For me personally this photo is meaningful, I just uncovered it a few days ago as I have been going back and processing overlooked images from a 2012 Utah trip. Shot with the 135mm f/2.8 AI-S. This is the type of fall composition I still love to make today with my modern Sony system, but that old glass has come through beautifully. I’m looking forward to printing this one on my favorite Canson etching rag.
James Markus wrote:
Hopefully you and your son have a "pizza" to remember in this new year. Moggi knew a good servant - ahem owner at first sight. Cats are like that - they let you think it was your idea.
Cats do not have owners, it has been said, they have STAFF!
thanks Grant. I pretty much will take the hood if they include it and yes, avoiding anything like "moisture" like the plague even if they offer a six month warranty... the 24-70 and 70-200 I have the hoods came off too easy so I gaffer taped them in place.
grantgoodes wrote:
Yeah, lots of sellers (even the somewhat picky Japanese ones) offering up lenses in "Excellent" or "Near Mint" condition with fungus or scratches on the glass, and honestly Just Say No! With the 28/1.4D, the thing to look out for is the A/M selector ring: Must be crack-free in the location of the cross-head mounting screw! I got a late-edition (SIC coating) copy but it had the cracked A/M ring, and it cost me a pretty penny to purchase the replacement part and get it installed. Also, skip the recommended HK-7 hood as it is pretty much useless (falls off very easily and provides minimal shading). ...Show more →
Thanks for the memories of the high pitched squeals of the wheels as they rounded curves. I was such a trolley geek when I was in high school. That's the only line I never rode.
milt wrote:
Happy New Year to all!!!
The PCC streetcars were built in the 1940s on the Mattapan-Ashmont "high-speed Trolley line" (that is the line's name). D850, 50mm f1.2.
thanks Samy, son is home recuperating, some pain, but nothing medication can't handle. I'm nervous about mine. Moggi did drink some water a little bit ago, and hopefully for now, is stabilizing, maybe just tummy upset. Cautiously ok for the night.
saph wrote:
Laura hope your son's recovering well. Sorry to hear about your cat not doing so well, and all the best for the procedure next month.
For Christmas, he offered me tickets to a couple shows in town, before my surgery, one a Tony Bennett tribute, and the other a Beethoven. I hadn't made a decision, then he offered Book of Mormon, which is after my surgery, so that's where we're going.
James Markus wrote:
Hopefully you and your son have a "pizza" to remember in this new year. Moggi knew a good servant - ahem owner at first sight. Cats are like that - they let you think it was your idea.
Mounted the 28 3.5 PC on the Z5 and tried a couple of long exposures at the Knysna Heads this morning
using a combination of Lee and Benro filters . 10 stop + soft grad ND9 + polariser. I got a couple of reflections of the aperture in the sky which is disconcerting. I don't know but assume they're reflecting off the filter or maybe because I didn't block the eyepiece. Next time I'll try using screen only mode.
Oosty wrote:
Following on to Matt's post re long exposures
Mounted the 28 3.5 PC on the Z5 and tried a couple of long exposures at the Knysna Heads this morning
using a combination of Lee and Benro filters . 10 stop + soft grad ND9 + polariser. I got a couple of reflections of the aperture in the sky which is disconcerting. I don't know but assume they're reflecting off the filter or maybe because I didn't block the eyepiece. Next time I'll try using screen only mode.
I'm happy to find this thread and most of its "historical" members still very active.
No Manual Focus Nikon Glass pictures on 2025 yet, but these are the last of 2024: 28mm f/2 AIS and 55mm f/3.5 K.
I have used a little longer wide angle and normal focal lengths and skipped the medium tele one this time in order to stay lighter, and I realized how nice is the 28mm focal length and how good is the Nikon 28mm f/2.
Peter, lovely shot! Don’t worry about the eyepiece with the Z mirrorless, just a tiny computer screen.
Assuming you used slide in filter stack with light gaps between the filters and gap between the filter and front of the lens? If so, it was probably light bounce between them if the sun was hitting from the side/rear. Maybe try a dark cloth to cover the gaps between the filters and the lens? I keep a small black microfiber hand towel in my bag.
George
Oosty wrote:
Following on to Matt's post re long exposures
Mounted the 28 3.5 PC on the Z5 and tried a couple of long exposures at the Knysna Heads this morning
using a combination of Lee and Benro filters . 10 stop + soft grad ND9 + polariser. I got a couple of reflections of the aperture in the sky which is disconcerting. I don't know but assume they're reflecting off the filter or maybe because I didn't block the eyepiece. Next time I'll try using screen only mode.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Peter, lovely shot! Don’t worry about the eyepiece with the Z mirrorless, just a tiny computer screen.
Assuming you used slide in filter stack with light gaps between the filters and gap between the filter and front of the lens? If so, it was probably light bounce between them if the sun was hitting from the side/rear. Maybe try a dark cloth to cover the gaps between the filters and the lens? I keep a small black microfiber hand towel in my bag.
George
Thanks George - I'm sure that's the reason. I'll make sure to use a cloth next time.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Happy and prosperous 2025! may you and your loved ones enjoy a great year.
Peter, great stacks!
Samy, as you may remember, after years of looking for a 300mm 4.5 ED K I found one in pretty decent condition but the size and slower focusing make me take the EDIF instead. I thngk my next lens will be a 400mm 5.6 EDIF - Maybe
Matt you have been showing a mastery of twilight recently.
Serge, that is one beautiful Creche!
George, very painting like image and colors on the 28mm forest.
Ross, that is one obedient Lion, to place herself so well in your composition!
Hang in there Laura.
Beautiful view of THE tree Serge.
Love your tree too fjablo.
High speed onto 2025 on that trolley, Regina!
Hope indeed James, it is the only life outcome we control.
Went to Balboa Park to see the rebuilt botanical building, a favorite of my circular fisheyes. Took the 7.5mm, the plan exhibits are not yet up to par, but the building is beautiful $26M of high grade woods.
