Manual Focus Nikon Glass
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atnpro wrote:
Just got an AI-S 28/3.5 from the B&S board here and went out last night to test it.
https://i.imgur.com/nVJyxRs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gOl2Xvn.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Ivs4HYY.jpg
All shot between f/5.6 and f/8 with ISO 25600 to 51200 on my Z6II + the 28/3.5 AI-S with all the in-camera corrections off and NR/VR off. It beats the Z 28/2.8 in every way.
I like the "grittiness" of these. And welcome to the thread.
Just got an AI-S 28/3.5 from the B&S board here and went out last night to test it.
https://i.imgur.com/nVJyxRs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gOl2Xvn.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Ivs4HYY.jpg
All shot between f/5.6 and f/8 with ISO 25600 to 51200 on my Z6II + the 28/3.5 AI-S with all the in-camera corrections off and NR/VR off. It beats the Z 28/2.8 in every way.
I like the "grittiness" of these. And welcome to the thread.
Jul 11, 2026 at 03:40 AM
p.2662 #2Manual Focus Nikon Glass
Last set from that roll of film. Film pics just look different. But then, you knew that.
Rhodadendron
by James Muller, on Flickr
EveningPrimrose
by James Muller, on Flickr
OrangePurple
by James Muller, on Flickr
PortiaThePorsche
by James Muller, on Flickr
Rhodadendronby James Muller, on Flickr
EveningPrimroseby James Muller, on Flickr
OrangePurpleby James Muller, on Flickr
PortiaThePorscheby James Muller, on Flickr
Jul 11, 2026 at 03:48 AM
p.2662 #3Manual Focus Nikon Glass
leighton w wrote:
Dib, welcome to the forum and keep them coming.
Great choice with the 55/1.2, you have a sharp copy.
Morten, excellent sunset series, the last with the 24/2 is the bomb.
Andy, awesome landscape scenery and captures.
It was a super hot day and the haze was terrible. Silver Efex did a good job of.clearing the mess.
Hudson River view:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55385366375_60ad39aeeb_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
SergeNice. I love how captured the sailboat and how it balances out the frame with the high-rises on the righthand side. Well done.
Thanks, Leighton.
I also think the sailboat made the photograph. It was a nice setup.
Serge
serge07 wrote
Hi, everyone:Dib, welcome to the forum and keep them coming.
Great choice with the 55/1.2, you have a sharp copy.Morten, excellent sunset series, the last with the 24/2 is the bomb.
Andy, awesome landscape scenery and captures.
It was a super hot day and the haze was terrible. Silver Efex did a good job of.clearing the mess.
Hudson River view:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55385366375_60ad39aeeb_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Thanks, Leighton.
I also think the sailboat made the photograph. It was a nice setup.
Serge
Jul 11, 2026 at 07:35 AM
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Jim, that is a good looking car.
I had only seen the Tower from the airport before this visit. It was much darker then covered with centuries of patina. It surprised me how brilliant it is today. The first has quite a bit of haze/smoke from the nearby fire.
Between 1589-1592 Galileo conducted his famous gravity experiment dropping two spheres of different weights from the Tower.
The last photo taken, it was time to begin the trek to the train station.
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
I had only seen the Tower from the airport before this visit. It was much darker then covered with centuries of patina. It surprised me how brilliant it is today. The first has quite a bit of haze/smoke from the nearby fire.
Between 1589-1592 Galileo conducted his famous gravity experiment dropping two spheres of different weights from the Tower.
The last photo taken, it was time to begin the trek to the train station.
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Jul 11, 2026 at 07:49 AM
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serge07 wrote:
Jim, that is a good looking car.
I had only seen the Tower from the airport before this visit. It was much darker then covered with centuries of patina. It surprised me how brilliant it is today.
Between 1589-1592 Galileo conducted his famous gravity experiment dropping two spheres of different weights from the Tower.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55386944498_290a23f817_h.jpg
The last photo taken, it was time to begin the trek to the train station.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55386998719_2a26ca4fb4_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Both of those are beautiful. Barbara
has been there and says the stairs were all dished out from so much foot traffic. Do they still let people in the tower?
Jul 11, 2026 at 07:59 AM
p.2662 #6Manual Focus Nikon Glass
James Markus wrote:
I had only seen the Tower from the airport before this visit. It was much darker then covered with centuries of patina. It surprised me how brilliant it is today.
Between 1589-1592 Galileo conducted his famous gravity experiment dropping two spheres of different weights from the Tower.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55386944498_290a23f817_h.jpg
The last photo taken, it was time to begin the trek to the train station.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55386998719_2a26ca4fb4_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
SergeBoth of those are beautiful. Barbara
has been there and says the stairs were all dished out from so much foot traffic. Do they still let people in the tower?
Thanks, James.
They sure do and there was quite a line at the entrance
The Tower is totally safe today, great ingenuity and work by the engineers.
Serge
serge07 wrote
Jim, that is a good looking car.I had only seen the Tower from the airport before this visit. It was much darker then covered with centuries of patina. It surprised me how brilliant it is today.
Between 1589-1592 Galileo conducted his famous gravity experiment dropping two spheres of different weights from the Tower.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55386944498_290a23f817_h.jpg
The last photo taken, it was time to begin the trek to the train station.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55386998719_2a26ca4fb4_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
has been there and says the stairs were all dished out from so much foot traffic. Do they still let people in the tower?
Thanks, James.
They sure do and there was quite a line at the entrance
The Tower is totally safe today, great ingenuity and work by the engineers.
Serge
Jul 11, 2026 at 08:06 AM
p.2662 #7Manual Focus Nikon Glass
This lily has some color as opposed to the whole white one I shared the other day. 50-135mm f3.5 ais.
And for a reference shot below, this is all that's left of the plant which is around 5 to 6 feet tall after the deer have had a snack.
And for a reference shot below, this is all that's left of the plant which is around 5 to 6 feet tall after the deer have had a snack.
Jul 11, 2026 at 09:53 AM
p.2662 #8Manual Focus Nikon Glass
Bought an AIS 20/3.5 from the B&S board the other day and tested it on my Z6II last night for the first time. ISO 25600 to 51200, Fstop from f/3.5 to f/8, NR/VR plus all in-camera corrections completely off. Love the flaws/defects. Photography is prohibited in this place. So had to shoot from the hip.
plus a heavily cropped one below:
plus a heavily cropped one below:
Jul 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
p.2662 #9Manual Focus Nikon Glass
Hello all. I've been away from here for a few months (9 since my last post, but fewer since my last click on the Like button), playing my guitars and ignoring my cameras. But now that the summer is here, I've started to get out for the occasional bit of shooting and even a wee bit of processing. While the shooting is fresh, the processing has been a matter of catching up. So I have a few photos from last year yet to post, including the ones below. The first is one I shot with George's 85mm rangefinder lens when it was doing the rounds, and the second and third were taken with the 24 f/2.8 NC. All involved the use of my IR converted Fuji X-T2.
Jul 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
p.2662 #10Manual Focus Nikon Glass
GroWeb wrote:
Hello all. I've been away from here for a few months (9 since my last post, but fewer since my last click on the Like button), playing my guitars and ignoring my cameras. But now that the summer is here, I've started to get out for the occasional bit of shooting and even a wee bit of processing. While the shooting is fresh, the processing has been a matter of catching up. So I have a few photos from last year yet to post, including the ones below. The first is one I shot with George's 85mm rangefinder lens when...Show more →
Wonderful to see you again, Glen. I missed the cars. Hopefully we are going to see some soon. Speaking of George ... mmmmm.
Hello all. I've been away from here for a few months (9 since my last post, but fewer since my last click on the Like button), playing my guitars and ignoring my cameras. But now that the summer is here, I've started to get out for the occasional bit of shooting and even a wee bit of processing. While the shooting is fresh, the processing has been a matter of catching up. So I have a few photos from last year yet to post, including the ones below. The first is one I shot with George's 85mm rangefinder lens when...Show more →
Wonderful to see you again, Glen. I missed the cars. Hopefully we are going to see some soon. Speaking of George ... mmmmm.
Jul 11, 2026 at 03:34 PM
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p.2662 #11Manual Focus Nikon Glass
This set was inspired by Jim. I haven't been taking pictures recently, but thought I'd take a walk this afternoon. It didn't happen. When I was finally done, the sun had already set. I mounted the Nikkor-H for its speed hoping I will find something worthy in the garden at least. This was the first thing I saw. As I framed the first shot wide open, I recalled Jim's purple Petunias. I find this lens very hard to focus wide open. I thought I got the wide open shot but clearly focus is a bit front of where I intended. I present all three. I typically shoot this lens at F/2.8, just crisp enough. However, if I were to choose one, the F5.6 version appeals the most for its greater depth of field.
NIKKOR-H 85mm f/1.8 + Df | F1.8 ISO 1600
NIKKOR-H 85mm f/1.8 + Df | F2.8 ISO 1600
NIKKOR-H 85mm f/1.8 + Df | F5.6 ISO 6400
Jul 11, 2026 at 03:45 PM
p.2662 #12Manual Focus Nikon Glass
SiMuMe wrote:
This set was inspired by Jim....
I am honored. Thank you. I like your f/5.6 too. They all look nice but the first makes my eyes move around before settling on the focused flowers. When there is more than one in focus and they are widely separated my eyes bounce between them. Even so, nice purple!
My sweetie and I hadn't been out to the Assabet River Natl Wildlife Refuge for several months so we went out today. I started with the 300mm x 1.4 combination but saw nothing interesting. You can't get bird pics if the fish ain't bitin'. So I switched to the old faithful 200mm f/4 Q. Then things got interesting.
A Common Whitetail dragonfly, male. Distinctive wing stigma.
CommonWhitetailMale
by James Muller, on Flickr
Spangled Skimmer dragonfly. The black and white stigma on the wingtips are unambiguous.
SpangledSkimmer
by James Muller, on Flickr
Hopping along and trying to be inconspicuous, an American Toad. This one was only about 1 inch long.
AmericanToad
by James Muller, on Flickr
Now for the real treat, a pair of Great Spangled Fritillaries. The smaller, lighter one is male, the larger, darker one female. I never expected to get a picture of a Fritillary, let alone two of them. Their wings had apparently taken a beating at some point but they seemed to be flying just fine when they were eating or paying attention to each other.
TwoGreatSpangledFritillaries
by James Muller, on Flickr
TwoGreatSpangledFritillaries2
by James Muller, on Flickr
This set was inspired by Jim....
I am honored. Thank you. I like your f/5.6 too. They all look nice but the first makes my eyes move around before settling on the focused flowers. When there is more than one in focus and they are widely separated my eyes bounce between them. Even so, nice purple!
My sweetie and I hadn't been out to the Assabet River Natl Wildlife Refuge for several months so we went out today. I started with the 300mm x 1.4 combination but saw nothing interesting. You can't get bird pics if the fish ain't bitin'. So I switched to the old faithful 200mm f/4 Q. Then things got interesting.
A Common Whitetail dragonfly, male. Distinctive wing stigma.
CommonWhitetailMaleby James Muller, on Flickr
Spangled Skimmer dragonfly. The black and white stigma on the wingtips are unambiguous.
SpangledSkimmerby James Muller, on Flickr
Hopping along and trying to be inconspicuous, an American Toad. This one was only about 1 inch long.
AmericanToadby James Muller, on Flickr
Now for the real treat, a pair of Great Spangled Fritillaries. The smaller, lighter one is male, the larger, darker one female. I never expected to get a picture of a Fritillary, let alone two of them. Their wings had apparently taken a beating at some point but they seemed to be flying just fine when they were eating or paying attention to each other.
TwoGreatSpangledFritillariesby James Muller, on Flickr
TwoGreatSpangledFritillaries2by James Muller, on Flickr
Jul 11, 2026 at 05:25 PM
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GroWeb wrote:
Hello all. I've been away from here for a few months (9 since my last post, but fewer since my last click on the Like button), playing my guitars and ignoring my cameras. But now that the summer is here, I've started to get out for the occasional bit of shooting and even a wee bit of processing. While the shooting is fresh, the processing has been a matter of catching up. So I have a few photos from last year yet to post, including the ones below. The first is one I shot with George's 85mm rangefinder lens when...Show more →
Welcome back Glen. That cobalt blue water is amazing/.
Hello all. I've been away from here for a few months (9 since my last post, but fewer since my last click on the Like button), playing my guitars and ignoring my cameras. But now that the summer is here, I've started to get out for the occasional bit of shooting and even a wee bit of processing. While the shooting is fresh, the processing has been a matter of catching up. So I have a few photos from last year yet to post, including the ones below. The first is one I shot with George's 85mm rangefinder lens when...Show more →
Welcome back Glen. That cobalt blue water is amazing/.
Jul 11, 2026 at 06:09 PM
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AI-S 20/3.5
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Jul 11, 2026 at 09:59 PM
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atnpro wrote:
AI-S 20/3.5
https://i.imgur.com/JmBoWV3.jpg
I would love to see your images but they are being replaced by a big blue box saying "content not viewable in your region".
I am in the UK. Does anybody else, outside of the USA, see this message?
Colin
AI-S 20/3.5
https://i.imgur.com/JmBoWV3.jpg
I would love to see your images but they are being replaced by a big blue box saying "content not viewable in your region".
I am in the UK. Does anybody else, outside of the USA, see this message?
Colin
Jul 12, 2026 at 02:14 AM
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GroWeb wrote:
Hello all. I've been away from here for a few months (9 since my last post, but fewer since my last click on the Like button), playing my guitars and ignoring my cameras. But now that the summer is here, I've started to get out for the occasional bit of shooting and even a wee bit of processing. While the shooting is fresh, the processing has been a matter of catching up. So I have a few photos from last year yet to post, including the ones below. The first is one I shot with George's 85mm rangefinder lens when...Show more →
Good to see you again Glen. Hope all is well.
Hello all. I've been away from here for a few months (9 since my last post, but fewer since my last click on the Like button), playing my guitars and ignoring my cameras. But now that the summer is here, I've started to get out for the occasional bit of shooting and even a wee bit of processing. While the shooting is fresh, the processing has been a matter of catching up. So I have a few photos from last year yet to post, including the ones below. The first is one I shot with George's 85mm rangefinder lens when...Show more →
Good to see you again Glen. Hope all is well.
Jul 12, 2026 at 04:04 AM
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DeltaSigma wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/JmBoWV3.jpgI would love to see your images but they are being replaced by a big blue box saying "content not viewable in your region".
I am in the UK. Does anybody else, outside of the USA, see this message?
Colin
Just updated with another URL. Please let me know whether it's visible now.
atnpro wrote
AI-S 20/3.5https://i.imgur.com/JmBoWV3.jpg
I am in the UK. Does anybody else, outside of the USA, see this message?
Colin
Just updated with another URL. Please let me know whether it's visible now.
Jul 12, 2026 at 06:13 AM
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Glen, great to see you and hope you stay for a while. Nice photos and processing as usual.
atnpro, excellent series and processing. Congrats on the Z6II, looks like a fantastic camera.
Florence, talented chap:
Santa Maria Del Fiore in the background.
X-E1 + 5.8cm f/1.4
Serge
atnpro, excellent series and processing. Congrats on the Z6II, looks like a fantastic camera.
Florence, talented chap:
Santa Maria Del Fiore in the background.
X-E1 + 5.8cm f/1.4
Serge
Jul 12, 2026 at 09:35 AM
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atnpro wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/JmBoWV3.jpgI would love to see your images but they are being replaced by a big blue box saying "content not viewable in your region".
I am in the UK. Does anybody else, outside of the USA, see this message?
ColinJust updated with another URL. Please let me know whether it's visible now.
Alas, no.
Seems like it is linked to data protection. Accessing imgur.com gives me following.
Imgur access in the United Kingdom-
From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party sites will not display for UK users.
DeltaSigma wrote
atnpro wrote
AI-S 20/3.5https://i.imgur.com/JmBoWV3.jpg
I am in the UK. Does anybody else, outside of the USA, see this message?
Colin
Alas, no.
Seems like it is linked to data protection. Accessing imgur.com gives me following.
Imgur access in the United Kingdom-
From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party sites will not display for UK users.
Jul 12, 2026 at 10:58 AM
p.2662 #20Manual Focus Nikon Glass
DeltaSigma wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/JmBoWV3.jpgI would love to see your images but they are being replaced by a big blue box saying "content not viewable in your region".
I am in the UK. Does anybody else, outside of the USA, see this message?
ColinJust updated with another URL. Please let me know whether it's visible now.Alas, no.
Seems like it is linked to data protection. Accessing imgur.com gives me following.
Imgur access in the United Kingdom-
From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party sites will not display for UK users.
Try to use a free VPN, such as Proton VPN, or the one that comes with Opera browser to get around. Let me upload to a different place as well.
atnpro wrote
DeltaSigma wrote
atnpro wrote
AI-S 20/3.5https://i.imgur.com/JmBoWV3.jpg
I am in the UK. Does anybody else, outside of the USA, see this message?
Colin
Seems like it is linked to data protection. Accessing imgur.com gives me following.
Imgur access in the United Kingdom-
From September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available. UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party sites will not display for UK users.
Try to use a free VPN, such as Proton VPN, or the one that comes with Opera browser to get around. Let me upload to a different place as well.
Jul 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM