Testing has progressed, the lens has no real defects, it is like new in every way. I cannot recommend this lens enough, very even illumination, very flat field, very sharp fully open, balances fantastic on the gimbal tripod head, smooth focusing, the real question is can you use one?
Here are some tests with TELEConverters. I do not have a TC20EIII like Jose, just lowly TC14b, TC16a and TC301. It works great with the TC14B and the TC301, it autofocuses with the TC16a with a sharp image in the center that quickly deteriorates. The TC14b and TC301 need a little axial aberration correction. Jose's TC20EIII must be better but these are 'eminently usable'.I was using higher ISOs, thereby a little grain.
Here is the evidence, if you are curious about the lens look at the 100% size in flickr.
The sky was hazy due to the fires. Processing of the two moons is copy paste, therefore the color and contrast difference is the converter's. I can get similar pics of the moon with other lenses, but getting them with the 800mm and on TC-301 was easy, instead of 1 in 20 being sharp, 80% were.
CGrindahl wrote:
Eventually Kevin, you'll want to digitize old photos. This might be a good time to do so. 25 years ago would have been around the time you graduated from high school. How about a high school portrait? Inquiring minds want to know what a teenage version of Kevin looked like...
I was a giant nerd 25 years ago. No really... 6’5” and 190 lbs. big glasses and braces on my teeth. There is a video on YouTube that has me in it from that time. Subject is pretty scary and sad (day I nearly died, many others did, thousands mentally traumatized), but you get to see me in my nerd glory! Once I am on my computer, I will drop the link in. After you watch it, if you do, you will know why you don’t see me online around August 28th every year.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I am enjoying seeing the old photos of what we all used to look like. After looking at mine again, I have set a new exercise routine
Snowy day here in central North Carolina. Spent some of the day cleaning up some of my old lenses. Got the dust out from inside my Nippon Kogaku Tokyo S Mount 8.5cm f/2. This lens is as close to mint condition as something that old can be. The one thing that you have to watch out for is the aperture ring is right against and in front of the focus ring. Since it is de-clicked by design, it is very easy to accidentally change the aperture while focusing. Just adds character to the lens feel
I went out this afternoon while the snow was still falling to make sure I put the old lens back together correctly and that it was performing without error.
Chin, congrats to your 24/2 Ai. Are you still shooting with a FX-sensor-camera from time to time? Vegas should make a nice test-location for a lens like the old fast 24. On the other side - Singapore probably could shine a light as "bokeh-town" too ;-)
Jeff, I like your way to go beyond or at least next to the common photgraphie-paths. Had planned a series about my hometown with a 50mm lens set at 5m focus, but never realized this idea.
gbohannon wrote:
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I am enjoying seeing the old photos of what we all used to look like. After looking at mine again, I have set a new exercise routine
Snowy day here in central North Carolina. Spent some of the day cleaning up some of my old lenses. Got the dust out from inside my Nippon Kogaku Tokyo S Mount 8.5cm f/2. This lens is as close to mint condition as something that old can be. The one thing that you have to watch out for is the aperture ring is right against and in front of the focus ring. Since it is de-clicked by design, it is very easy to accidentally change the aperture while focusing. Just adds character to the lens feel
I went out this afternoon while the snow was still falling to make sure I put the old lens back together correctly and that it was performing without error.
Love the shots of ya all from early '90s. I' ve been digging for shots taken then, but cant find a good one enough. I was born 1980 and I guess my parents have a few from this era.
I'll be back on that.
gbohannon wrote:
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I am enjoying seeing the old photos of what we all used to look like. After looking at mine again, I have set a new exercise routine
Snowy day here in central North Carolina. Spent some of the day cleaning up some of my old lenses. Got the dust out from inside my Nippon Kogaku Tokyo S Mount 8.5cm f/2. This lens is as close to mint condition as something that old can be. The one thing that you have to watch out for is the aperture ring is right against and in front of the focus ring. Since it is de-clicked by design, it is very easy to accidentally change the aperture while focusing. Just adds character to the lens feel
I went out this afternoon while the snow was still falling to make sure I put the old lens back together correctly and that it was performing without error.
Just like George, it snowed here all day but we only ended up with around 3 inches.
The bad part about it was that it was our first food delivery to our customers. We had 20 orders so we had to get to town. The lane leading down to the road from our house is REALLY steep and with a trailer loaded with food, heading down on a snow covered road is a little nerving. But we made it to town as well as all our customers and all was good! Actually getting back up the lane was harder than coming down.
I went out at chore time just to keep the camera working and took a few.
Even though it was snowing and cold outside as evidence of this tired looking tomato, the next image shows fresh green garlic growing in one of our h-houses!
bobbelbob wrote:
Love everything about those shots, the bokeh, the colours...
Did you do a lot of pp?
//Kristian
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leighton w wrote:
George, looks like you had about the same amount of snow as us, around 3 inches.
I like the color and contrast of that lens. Was it mounted on the X-P2?
Thanks guys. Kristian - pp was in Lightroom. Not a heavy hand, but some curves and saturation adjustments on the individual color sliders, highlight and clarity.
Leighton - we had about as much sleet as snow, so it did not have the depth. Was still great to see this time of year. Re: camera, I could not overcome the siren song of shooting these old rangefinder lenses in the format they were designed for. So I sold some of my long prime glass and got a great deal on a Leica M (262). Was a store display model with full warranty. Heck it even still had the protective film on the LCD and bottom plate. So sad to say, the Fuji gear will be going up on the buy sell board in the coming weeks. Going full manual rangefinder definitely satisfied my itch
Thanks guys. Kristian - pp was in Lightroom. Not a heavy hand, but some curves and saturation adjustments on the individual color sliders, highlight and clarity.
Leighton - we had about as much sleet as snow, so it did not have the depth. Was still great to see this time of year. Re: camera, I could not overcome the siren song of shooting these old rangefinder lenses in the format they were designed for. So I sold some of my long prime glass and got a great deal on a Leica M (262). Was a store display model with full warranty. Heck it even still had the protective film on the LCD and bottom plate. So sad to say, the Fuji gear will be going up on the buy sell board in the coming weeks. Going full manual rangefinder definitely satisfied my itch
Sorry to see you get rid of your Fuji kit, but I'm glad you found something to keep your interest in photography afloat. And with the added bonus of being able to use old Nikkors with it.
Hope you have some leica glass you can use as well.
