The talk about 50mm lenses reminded me of this photo taken last summer of the 50mm lenses in my kit... and I'm talking about true 50mm lenses, not the lovely 55 or 5.8cm beauties we all know and love. I'm more included to mount the 55 but the fifties are no slouch, as folks are demonstrating on this thread. Thanks for all the great images!
gbohannon wrote:
Well, the card slot on my Df broke tonight. Looks like a couple pins bent and the card will not lock in the slot. So will start calling around on Monday to look for repair options. Not sure if 3rd parties like APS can get parts like this or not or if I am stuck with the extremely slow Nikon Repair in NY.
Posting my last image from the Df. The S mount 12 aperture blade "nifty fifty".
Looks like I will be limited to shooting Nikon glass on adapted bodies for a while.
George
Bummer about your Df George. I've not heard of that problem before. That might be a tricky repair, though I see two tiny screws beneath that small cover and one more at the other end of the camera, so perhaps it is easier than I imagine. I'd be surprised if APS wouldn't be able to handle it. Definitely keep us informed about how this unfolds. Good luck sorting it out.
leighton w wrote:
It's 2 degrees right now and I'm about to go do chores. I go out every hour to check on water for the animals and collect eggs before they freeze. I guess we're a tougher breed than you Florida boys!
That's one of the many details lost to most of us Leighton. We think of eggs as those things found in cartons we pick up at the supermarket, not something found scattered in corners of a barn or field that are susceptible to freezing or a marauding predator. And since this is your livelihood nothing in this life can be treated casually. Us city slickers forget all that. You're the man Leighton... though as you suggest in another post, Barbara definitely has the homesteader's stamina and spirit. You're both inspiring.
CGrindahl wrote:
Bummer about your Df George. I've not heard of that problem before. That might be a tricky repair, though I see two tiny screws beneath that small cover and one more at the other end of the camera, so perhaps it is easier than I imagine. I'd be surprised if APS wouldn't be able to handle it. Definitely keep us informed about how this unfolds. Good luck sorting it out.
Yep, not a DIY by me. In addition to those screws there are 4 more under the rubber cover around the tripod socket. That will get the bottom off, but still nothing close to getting to the insides of the SD slot. (I found a detailed disassembly instruction on the Life Pixel site for installing their IR filters).
After a couple cups of coffee today and fresher eyes, I got my magnifier and lights out to look for the problem. I found the issue. A small piece of the actual SD card broke off the edge. It then lodged in and broke the mechanism that keeps the SD card locked in and subsequent release for removal.
Definitely going to need to be replaced. I remember some resistance inserting it when changing out cards shooting the other day. Guess the cold fingers (was about 15 degrees) got too heavy and I forced it.
Lesson learned. I checked all my other SD cards that I have and found another one that had separated at the same spot. Old cards.
gbohannon wrote:
Yep, not a DIY by me. In addition to those screws there are 4 more under the rubber cover around the tripod socket. That will get the bottom off, but still nothing close to getting to the insides of the SD slot. (I found a detailed disassembly instruction on the Life Pixel site for installing their IR filters).
After a couple cups of coffee today and fresher eyes, I got my magnifier and lights out to look for the problem. I found the issue. A small piece of the actual SD card broke off the edge. It then lodged in and broke the mechanism that keeps the SD card locked in and subsequent release for removal.
Definitely going to need to be replaced. I remember some resistance inserting it when changing out cards shooting the other day. Guess the cold fingers (was about 15 degrees) got too heavy and I forced it.
Lesson learned. I checked all my other SD cards that I have and found another one that had separated at the same spot. Old cards.
Nice to know how it happened and good to be reminded that sometimes cards need to be replaced. I'm still bewildered by the 32 GB Lexar Professional SD card that isn't recognized by the iMac card slot that has no problem with other cards. I'm not certain I'd even used the card before. The Df records to it without difficulty and as I mentioned before, I was able to download images directly from the camera using a USB port... very confusing.
I did a quick search and found this comment about SD slots and broken cards...
Fortunately (for you), SD cards and readers don't have pins. Compact flash cards have pins.
You could try the following: With a flash light, look inside the reader of the camera which by the way is identical to that of a computer SD card reader, internal or external.
Examine the damaged SD card inside the reader, if possible, and keep the camera so the card pieces can/will fall out of the reader, by gravity.
With a long soft tooth pick like "tool", try to free (do not pry) the fragments, without forcing the pieces side to side.
With a lot of patience, the pieces will eventually fall out...
I have actually performed this task twice, on an iMac and on an HP laptop, both still read "new" SD cards today....Show more →
I don't know whether any of that is relevant to your situation. I do know that you're a very handy fellow who can make an assessment of what needs to be done.
"Morning Glory" is definitely the right name for these stunning flowers. We have them climbing telephone poles in the neighborhood though they are long gone by now. Wonderful to see these Peter. Thanks for sharing them.
So I spent about 3 hours at the museum today, brought the 50's with me, as well as the 28 series e, the 28 f/2, the 85 f/1.4, the 16 f/3.5. The 135 f/2 and 180 in my bag didn't see any usage though. Felt good to get out of the house after the cold spell we had. When I left the house, it had made it up to 28
The last time I was here, this plane was closed up. Today there were quite a few people going up and checking out the interior.
More sunny pics on the way to Cape Tribulation. All with 20mm UD
First up near Ellis Beach, 5 mins up the road from home, backpackers make pebble towers here next to the Captain Cook Highway. You can just see Cape Trib on the horizon. Sea was flat as that day.
Thornton Beach. We stopped at the cafe here for lunch. There is a bench outside dedicated to a woman "taken" by a croc in 2016. Went for a swim off the beach with her friend at 10.30 at night.
MontanaKid wrote:
George,
Any chance of a picture of the broken cards that might help we Df users to identify the problem before we suffer the same fate.
Thanks,
Jack
Hi Jack. Sure thing. I will post later today once I get back home.
Reagan wrote:
Andy,
I wish we had a beach like that
No crowds
R
But Reagan, all the "come to Florida" commercials they are showing on TV now look just like that. No crowds, private beaches, people bring you drinks, etc. Are you saying that may not be true?
gbohannon wrote:
But Reagan, all the "come to Florida" commercials they are showing on TV now look just like that. No crowds, private beaches, people bring you drinks, etc. Are you saying that may not be true?
