How kind of you, Ray! Having my business acronym carved into ice. The studio was JMP, and my name is JPM. Two different orders of letters, and two different "P"s.
For our usual neighborhood walk I optimistically put the 200 on the Z5-II. Didn't see much for an hour and then a hawk flew overhead. I managed to get one good shot (and a bunch of bad ones)
Actually two Red-Tailed Hawks, probably the same two that perched in our tree a few days ago. In flight lower left and significant-other, presumably the male because it seems smaller, watching from the upper right.
A tight cropping of the one in flight shows that they must be building a nest. She (or he?) is carrying building material. The local mouse population will likely be reduced this year.
200mm f/4 Q Auto 1971-1973, Thousand and One Nights entry #48
The magic of the Nikkor-S 5.8cm f1.4 Nippon Kogaku – (non-AI). Apparently they thought it was perfect, because Nikon never made an ai conversion kit for it. All with the Canon 5DS-R using a 6th generation dandelion ai-eos focus confirmation adapter.
I really really like this lens.
jimmuller wrote:
One of the better uses of ice, along with keeping drinks cold.
And speed skating once every four years!
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James Markus wrote:
How kind of you, Ray! Having my business acronym carved into ice. The studio was JMP, and my name is JPM. Two different orders of letters, and two different "P"s.
I'm sure they are available to do one for you. Who knows, with the winter we had this year it may have lasted outside for a solid 3 weeks!
James Markus wrote:
GORGEOUS. Where is the "bomb, cyclone, nuclear blast, howling moon" snow?
We missed this past couple of rounds, which is nice, I'm just about done with winter. The last two rounds were light enough and the days warm enough that we just let it melt off the drive and sidewalk as opposed to shoveling.
jimmuller wrote:
This shot is a real stunner. Also typical of the subtlety of shading your other pictures always show.
Thanks Jim. I have a feeling that at least one of your viewing screens are a close match to my primary editing screen. It was somewhat dark when I took this shot, but I continue to be really happy with how the current Nikons manage the color fidelity even in such low lighting.
I'm wondering how you managed to find streets "downtown", presumably in Toledo, which have no one walking? Or were those pics taken at 7AM on Sunday? Or no one in Toledo every contests parking tickets?
Meanwhile, down on the mean streets of our suburban neighborhood, actually in the mean trees, the bird life is starting to wake up. Of course all these birds are year-round residents so they've been here all winter.
I just got rid of a bunch of gear and it is happening again. Multiple copies at the same focal length - ugh. Time for a useless comparison. All near MFD - about 10 inches away wide open
The line up L>R Canon 5DS-R Nikkor-S-auto_5.8cm-f1.4-Non-ai
Nikkor-O-C 35mm F2.0 auto-at-f2-Non-ai
Nikkor AI-S 35mm f1.4-at-f1.4
Nikkor AF-D 35mm f2.0-at-f2 (manually focused on the Canon 5DS-R)
Flashlights were gifts from Harbor Freight many years ago, and the ornament escaped the storage box somehow
James Markus wrote:
I just got rid of a bunch of gear and it is happening again. Multiple copies at the same focal length - ugh. Time for a useless comparison. All near MFD - about 10 inches away wide open
The line up L>R Canon 5DS-R Nikkor-S-auto_5.8cm-f1.4-Non-ai
Nikkor-O-C 35mm F2.0 auto-at-f2-Non-ai
Nikkor AI-S 35mm f1.4-at-f1.4
Nikkor AF-D 35mm f2.0-at-f2 (manually focused on the Canon 5DS-R)
Flashlights were gifts from Harbor Freight many years ago, and the ornament escaped the storage box somehow
I'm impressed how well the two MF lenses hold up wide open up close.
mivadep wrote:
I'm impressed how well the two MF lenses hold up wide open up close.
It was the oof area of the Nikkor-O-C 35mm F2.0 auto-at-f2-Non-ai that I was looking to get back after I foolishly sold an ai version of the 35mm f2. All the manual focus f2's and the f1.4 are 8 elements in six groups, but I find the f2's consistently have the smoothest oof area. The f1.4 sometimes gets clumpy, and it does have even better background separation.
James Markus wrote:
It was the oof area of the Nikkor-O-C 35mm F2.0 auto-at-f2-Non-ai that I was looking to get back after I foolishly sold an ai version of the 35mm f2. All the manual focus f2's and the f1.4 are 8 elements in six groups, but I find the f2's consistently have the smoothest oof area. The f1.4 sometimes gets clumpy, and it does have even better background separation.
James Markus wrote:
I just got rid of a bunch of gear and it is happening again. Multiple copies at the same focal length - ugh. Time for a useless comparison. All near MFD - about 10 inches away wide open
The line up L>R Canon 5DS-R Nikkor-S-auto_5.8cm-f1.4-Non-ai
Nikkor-O-C 35mm F2.0 auto-at-f2-Non-ai
Nikkor AI-S 35mm f1.4-at-f1.4
Nikkor AF-D 35mm f2.0-at-f2 (manually focused on the Canon 5DS-R)
Flashlights were gifts from Harbor Freight many years ago, and the ornament escaped the storage box somehow
What would the comparison look like if you shot the f/1.4 at f/2.0? With different apertures I'm not totally sure what what to make of it. Which is to say, just because the f/1.4 can go to f/1.4, you aren't required to use f/1.4, at least not by any Photography Rules And Regulations Handbook that the regulating bodies ever sent me when I applied for my camera license.
I intend one day (today perhaps) to do a similar useless comparison and at different distances between my original 50mm f/1.4 SC Auto and the 55mm f/3.5 AI Micro you folks talked me into getting (which I like, BTW). Roughly 5 years apart in development I think, very different design targets, the 50mm being a bit heavier too. With such fast ISO's in the Z compared to film, the larger aperture isn't as useful as it once was. So the question is how would they render when used in identical situations?
James Markus wrote:
I just got rid of a bunch of gear and it is happening again. Multiple copies at the same focal length - ugh. Time for a useless comparison. All near MFD - about 10 inches away wide open
The line up L>R Canon 5DS-R Nikkor-S-auto_5.8cm-f1.4-Non-ai
Nikkor-O-C 35mm F2.0 auto-at-f2-Non-ai
Nikkor AI-S 35mm f1.4-at-f1.4
Nikkor AF-D 35mm f2.0-at-f2 (manually focused on the Canon 5DS-R)
Flashlights were gifts from Harbor Freight many years ago, and the ornament escaped the storage box somehow
James, nice comparison.
My eyeballs prefer the rendering of the O.C 35/2.
I have the "O" variant and it is a terrific piece of glass. I use it for portraits with the Fuji S5 and the soft skin tones it produces are super.
There is a review by Pindelski that mentions it is an equal to the Leica 35mm Summicron, not a bad compliment.
