Thanks to you guys, I am now the proud owner of a 25-50mm f4 zoom. I must say, I like it very much.
First one wide open at F4, the others at F8 with some fill provided by the D750's on-board flash.
Max Power wrote:
That one went just south of us, which is good because we have our first outdoor fairgrounds show in a little over two weeks. We still have a foot to melt off.
My kids are in college at Winona, just south of you... Keep texting me the snow amounts they've been receiving. Compared to them, we are quite lucky here. Only 4 aches 2 days ago and today seems to be around 6" but super wet and heavy. My fat bike barely got me home, 14 miles in 2 hours, still faster than walking I guess. Low gear and tires aired down in floatation mode. They don't plow bike paths in April apparently.
pburke wrote:
My kids are in college at Winona, just south of you... Keep texting me the snow amounts they've been receiving. Compared to them, we are quite lucky here. Only 4 aches 2 days ago and today seems to be around 6" but super wet and heavy. My fat bike barely got me home, 14 miles in 2 hours, still faster than walking I guess. Low gear and tires aired down in floatation mode. They don't plow bike paths in April apparently.
Peter, you were a partial instigator of my latest project. You posted pictures of your fat bike earlier this year. I had been looking at getting one a couple years now. Those shots put me over the edge. Since none of the bike shops down here stock fat bikes or parts (those are for those folks up north and out west ) I actually ordered one from your neck of the woods. Configured the way I wanted it, etc. Well, it showed up via UPS but did not have the components that I paid for. Long story short after some return issues and challenges, I ended up canceling the whole order and returned it.
Turned out to be the best thing that happened. Ended up buying a Ritchey steel frame and am building it from the frame up the exact way I want it. Just waiting for a few more parts and I hope to have it finished this weekend. Has been a really enjoyable project.
While I won't be riding in a lot of snow around here, I do have miles and miles of trails and fire/logging roads to work. Going to put on a good rack system and have room to carry a tripod, camera bag and overnight camping gear.
Some people go for convertibles and motorcycles, I go for a fat bike. My wife just shakes her head and keeps going
Anyway, thanks for that little push with those posts in February.
4mpx wrote:
A question for those who own the mighty Nikkor SC 55mm f/1.2: is it possible to mount it on the D850?
Thanks.
As long as it either has the factory AI aperture ring or has been AI’ed, will work just fine. I have the later AI version of the lens and use it more than any other in the bag.
gbohannon wrote:
Peter, you were a partial instigator of my latest project. You posted pictures of your fat bike earlier this year. I had been looking at getting one a couple years now. Those shots put me over the edge. Since none of the bike shops down here stock fat bikes or parts (those are for those folks up north and out west ) I actually ordered one from your neck of the woods. Configured the way I wanted it, etc. Well, it showed up via UPS but did not have the components that I paid for. Long story short after some return issues and challenges, I ended up canceling the whole order and returned it.
Turned out to be the best thing that happened. Ended up buying a Ritchey steel frame and am building it from the frame up the exact way I want it. Just waiting for a few more parts and I hope to have it finished this weekend. Has been a really enjoyable project.
While I won't be riding in a lot of snow around here, I do have miles and miles of trails and fire/logging roads to work. Going to put on a good rack system and have room to carry a tripod, camera bag and overnight camping gear.
Some people go for convertibles and motorcycles, I go for a fat bike. My wife just shakes her head and keeps going
Anyway, thanks for that little push with those posts in February.
My first mountain bike was a Ritchey, I would like to say 1987? My favorite bike ever, fit me like a glove. Got a phone call one day, went in to answer it, came back out and the bike had been stolen out of my garage. I would trade every bike since combined to have that one back. Sadly, never took a posture of it, and Ritcheys foray into complete bikes was a short one. I suppose I could build one, but I am lazy that way.
gbohannon wrote:
Peter, you were a partial instigator of my latest project. You posted pictures of your fat bike earlier this year. I had been looking at getting one a couple years now. Those shots put me over the edge. Since none of the bike shops down here stock fat bikes or parts (those are for those folks up north and out west ) I actually ordered one from your neck of the woods. Configured the way I wanted it, etc. Well, it showed up via UPS but did not have the components that I paid for. Long story short after some return issues and challenges, I ended up canceling the whole order and returned it.
Turned out to be the best thing that happened. Ended up buying a Ritchey steel frame and am building it from the frame up the exact way I want it. Just waiting for a few more parts and I hope to have it finished this weekend. Has been a really enjoyable project.
While I won't be riding in a lot of snow around here, I do have miles and miles of trails and fire/logging roads to work. Going to put on a good rack system and have room to carry a tripod, camera bag and overnight camping gear.
Some people go for convertibles and motorcycles, I go for a fat bike. My wife just shakes her head and keeps going
Anyway, thanks for that little push with those posts in February.
George
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Bummer that they sent the wrong bike components. How can that happen? But building is much more fun, and if you have some knowledge and tools also far more rewarding. I love to wrench on my bikes.
And fat bikes just because they look so unusual can be addictive I can't count how many people have rolled down their car windows to ask me "does that have a motor?" or just to give me a thumbs up. The best part is that these bikes are not just odd looking but also a ton of fun to ride, more than I expected. I've chosen it over my regular commuter most days, even though I am a bit slower on it. It's not about speed for sure
I was thinking about building the bike from scratch as well, but could not put together a set of components cheaper than what I was able to get as a complete bike online from bikesdirect.com. I have several local shops here (and the Trek home office 25 miles to the east), but simply could not see spending $4k on a bike.
It took some research before buying to order a bike with most of the components I wanted, then just final assembly for an hour straight from the shipping box. I still need to swap a few parts (heavy seat and seat post, handlebars are already Chinese carbon), plus buy a second wheelset. My studded winter tires will get the current wheels, while for summer I will need something more robust, since I plan to use the bike on rough trails out west for some proper adventures. I may build the wheels from scratch, because there's a serious markup when you want something nice.
I should have taken a photo of me and the bike last night when I got home from work, but I was too cold to think of that. I had a 2 inch snow hood on my helmet and my clothes were soaked from wet and heavy snow. We got 6 inches in 6 hours. The bike was caked in the white stuff. It took me 2 hours to get home through the deep snow which piled on top of what was left of the 5 inches we got 2 days earlier! Last year I was riding in shorts at this time of year.
My fancy studded winter tires came off a month ago, which was a mistake. I hope this was the final dump of the season. For a while it felt like the fat bike was a mistake purchase as far as snow commuting was concerned. We barely had any snow until spring, but last night the bike delivered. I would have had to push my other bike, but with the fat bike I simply aired down the tires for flotation and rode on top of the snow instead. Slow and steady, just fast enough to stay upright, but faster than walking.
One of the few frames I shot with the 28mm f/2.0 . I had the lens for a few days before returning it to the seller. It had a loose element that rattled around inside and every other frame was out of focus. Likely damaged during shipping. This frame is in focus, though
) I actually ordered one from your neck of the woods. Configured the way I wanted it, etc. Well, it showed up via UPS but did not have the components that I paid for. Long story short after some return issues and challenges, I ended up canceling the whole order and returned it.
