When I got home from work today my sweetie and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. On a whim I grabbed the camera which has the 105mm f/2.5 mounted. One of you had said point it at everything, so I did.
Stark trees, blue sky, low sun, a common sight this time of year.
Not going anywhere for a while.
Too far away for a great shot. I needed the 300mm. Immature Coopers Hawk, to judge by the coloring and the rounded tail. It's been around the neighborhood for quite a while now.
jimmuller wrote: mjgphotoz wroteRockets ?!!? WOW! I thought "Don't Mess with Texas" was scary!
MaryIf you blow the picture up to pixel level you can see the label. Those rockets were made by Acme Rocket Company. (beep beep...)
"Blow the picture up" sounds like your metaphors got a little mixed!!!
I'm outta here before this digresses any further! I'm just jealous I didn't get to take pictures!
Two of the non-ai lenses showed up today, and since I can only use them on the FM film body - I cobbled together a safe way to mount them to my D850 using a Nikon K1 extension ring. It only adds a couple mm of distance to the focal plane at a cost of giving up infinity focus. I intend to use the 135mm Nikkor-Q.C auto f2.8 as a portrait lens so that doesn't matter, and on the FM I have full range. The lens was immaculate.. First the lens, and then some results. All shot with the Nikkor-P.C_55mm-f3.5-factory ai'd lens.
The lens performed as I hoped. It is 250 grams lighter than my 135mm f2.0 ai, smaller, and has wonderful bokeh. All of these are wide open except the bird was at f5.6 from about 10 feet (a distance test for the K1 ring). Sharpness wide open is excellent, and a frogs hair better than the f2.0 at f2.0 - at f2.8 I would guess they are the same.
jimmuller wrote: rafaelcasd wroteThe things you see at car shows.I have to wonder about those missile launchers protruding from the side. They look like a serious safety hazard to other vehicles. The car has a state license plate but I can't imagine it passing any state safety inspection.
As you say, "The things you see at car shows." OTOH, it is California.
George, what total did you get? Luckily we were in that wedge that stayed dry till late Saturday and still got ~6”. My kids might have wanted more but I’ll be glad when it’s gone.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Has been quite a few years since we have had a snow this heavy. 16°F with a feel like 1°F
Fade to whiteout with the Nikkor 2.5cm f/4 LTM on the Leica Monochrom
James Markus wrote:
Two of the non-ai lenses showed up today, and since I can only use them on the FM film body - I cobbled together a safe way to mount them to my D850 using a Nikon K1 extension ring. It only adds a couple mm of distance to the focal plane at a cost of giving up infinity focus. I intend to use the 135mm Nikkor-Q.C auto f2.8 as a portrait lens so that doesn't matter, and on the FM I have full range. The lens was immaculate.. First the lens, and then some results. All shot with the Nikkor-P.C_55mm-f3.5-factory ai'd lens....Show more →
Yes, Nikon's K-ring set while generally not as good as the dedicated AI extension rings (PK-11/12/13 & PN-11) have two very useful sub-rings. As James mentioned, the K1 is the smallest extension possible (good for closer focus on super-wides) and can allow mounting of a non-AI on a modern body. The K2 is also really great, converting the F-mount to a 52mm female thread, and I use this to mount some of my thread-mount enlarging lenses via a step-up ring.
Hey Matt, I measured 8 on top of the solid ice we still had from the weekend before. The front of my house is north facing and we have a driveway hill. So it was always the longest lasting sledding spot for the neighbor kids when our son was little. Always fun. Not so much now trying to get all that frozen stuff off
AdaptedLenses wrote:
George, what total did you get? Luckily we were in that wedge that stayed dry till late Saturday and still got ~6”. My kids might have wanted more but I’ll be glad when it’s gone.
GeorgeBo wroteHas been quite a few years since we have had a snow this heavy. 16°F with a feel like 1°F
Fade to whiteout with the Nikkor 2.5cm f/4 LTM on the Leica Monochrom
VERY thankful we avoided that ice from a week ago. We’re north facing and flat, so the snowman will last but there isn’t much to do there! Best of luck with travel, hope this warmth and rain gives some relief to the whole state.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Hey Matt, I measured 8 on top of the solid ice we still had from the weekend before. The front of my house is north facing and we have a driveway hill. So it was always the longest lasting sledding spot for the neighbor kids when our son was little. Always fun. Not so much now trying to get all that frozen stuff off
AdaptedLenses wroteGeorge, what total did you get? Luckily we were in that wedge that stayed dry till late Saturday and still got ~6”. My kids might have wanted more but I’ll be glad when it’s gone.
GeorgeBo wroteHas been quite a few years since we have had a snow this heavy. 16°F with a feel like 1°F
Fade to whiteout with the Nikkor 2.5cm f/4 LTM on the Leica Monochrom
James Markus wrote:
The lens performed as I hoped. It is 250 grams lighter than my 135mm f2.0 ai, smaller, and has wonderful bokeh. All of these are wide open except the bird was at f5.6 from about 10 feet (a distance test for the K1 ring). Sharpness wide open is excellent, and a frogs hair better than the f2.0 at f2.0 - at f2.8 I would guess they are the same.
rafaelcasd wrote: James Markus wroteThe lens performed as I hoped. It is 250 grams lighter than my 135mm f2.0 ai, smaller, and has wonderful bokeh. All of these are wide open except the bird was at f5.6 from about 10 feet (a distance test for the K1 ring). Sharpness wide open is excellent, and a frogs hair better than the f2.0 at f2.0 - at f2.8 I would guess they are the same.
D850_w-Nikkor-Q.C_135mm-f2.8_Non-AII do really like this lens
