Getting there, slowly but surely. Was advanced to clear liquid diet yesterday, real food at lunch today, and finally last night I produced what the doctors wanted. WBC count dropped from 16,000 yesterday to a more respectable 11,000 today, and if all goes well, I may be heading home tomorrow. I have had quite the gamut of drugs this week though, including:
Fentanyl
Colace
Tylenol IV
Oxycodone
Invanz
Piperacillin
Heparin
Insuling (while I was NPO)
And I see that Curtis, Leighton, and Reagan are chatting up a storm! 4 pages in a day!
saph wrote:
Hope Laura's getting better. I feel like she's taken over the role on the thread that Curtis and Leighton have abandoned
Mishu01 wrote:
Good talk and great pictures lately!
Great images but the first is really special, Philippe. For quite a long time I observed you (ab)use of 20/2.8. Is the glass you like most or the FOV works best for you? I never went wider than 24mm on street but I'm eager to learn new things
Way long ago was a very nice guy (I have a lapsus with his name...) from Austria. He owned probably everything Nikon ever produced... Curtis must remember him for sure.
Mihai, the 20/2.8 ais is actually the only one Nikon lens I currently use, that's why you see as (too) much pics taken with that glass in that thread... In fact I mainly shoot with the excellent Sony Zeiss 55/1.8 but obviously I can't post those images here. Truth be told, the 20/2.8 ais is quite a mediocre lens and I keep using it solely to be able to post on this thread. I feel rather tempted to get the future 21mm Voigtlander Skopar FE (or the Zony 16-35) : we'll see what happens. But yes, I love shooting street with UWA : that's demanding but also rewarding when things work well.
Mihai would remember Rolf because he shipped Nikki to Rolf after his time with the lens... at least that is how I remember it happening. The last person in Europe to use the lens was Donald Jean. Because he is retired military he was able to use the military's postal service to Toronto. I remember wondering when putting that itinerary together whether to include Rolf since he would come and go on the thread. He definitely had a long history with Nikon and had quite a few well-used lenses in his kit.
The Great Lens Adventure really put this thread into hyperdrive. Now it feels more like a leisurely stroll through a quiet meadow. Nothing wrong with that, of course. A great deal can happen to people's lives in eight years, as we well know. Babies have been born, family members have died, we've had a few health crises and along the way the monopoly SLR cameras once maintained has been shattered. We eventually gave in to that reality by accepting photos taken with cameras not carrying the Nikon badge.
I definitely miss the excitement of bygone days and would love to hear from our long lost compatriots. But nothing diminishes my appreciation for these finely crafted lenses. I continue to appreciate what they produce.
Now I'm heading out in a lovely warm afternoon for a six mile hike up and down the hills of the watershed. I'm grateful my body still lets me do such things as I near my 77th birthday. I'll check back later.
Mishu01 wrote:
Good talk and great pictures lately!
Great images but the first is really special, Philippe. For quite a long time I observed you (ab)use of 20/2.8. Is the glass you like most or the FOV works best for you? I never went wider than 24mm on street but I'm eager to learn new things
Way long ago was a very nice guy (I have a lapsus with his name...) from Austria. He owned probably everything Nikon ever produced... Curtis must remember him for sure.
There was a Agent Bird but I believe he was from Norway
He would shoot with the PC-E and make things look miniature
MontanaKid wrote:
Don (Donald G. Jean) still posts on Flicker. I never tire of his unique black and white night silhouette shots from the back streets of Italy!
(Sorry Curtis, posted this before my first cup of coffee and reading on further in the thread!)
Jack
You should know by now Jack that you should NEVER do anything before that first cup of coffee...
Mishu01 wrote:
Good talk and great pictures lately!
Great images but the first is really special, Philippe. For quite a long time I observed you (ab)use of 20/2.8. Is the glass you like most or the FOV works best for you? I never went wider than 24mm on street but I'm eager to learn new things
Way long ago was a very nice guy (I have a lapsus with his name...) from Austria. He owned probably everything Nikon ever produced... Curtis must remember him for sure.
I think his name was Andy, but don't quote me on that.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Getting there, slowly but surely. Was advanced to clear liquid diet yesterday, real food at lunch today, and finally last night I produced what the doctors wanted. WBC count dropped from 16,000 yesterday to a more respectable 11,000 today, and if all goes well, I may be heading home tomorrow. I have had quite the gamut of drugs this week though, including:
Fentanyl
Colace
Tylenol IV
Oxycodone
Invanz
Piperacillin
Heparin
Insuling (while I was NPO)
And I see that Curtis, Leighton, and Reagan are chatting up a storm! 4 pages in a day!
Good to see you come back to the land of the living. What was wrong?
saph wrote:
I believe I asked Don one time if he wasn't worried about leaving his camera on remote and walking away from it on those dark streets to get those eerie self portraits. I suppose he knew the streets and knew what he was doing. I used to think his photos were perfect for mystery novel front covers.
Good reminder about Dean, he had a lot of great photos from there! I go check upon Georg's flickr off and on and he posts occasionally with some really out there film gear. He did make a flying visit here a few weeks ago, if my fading memory is correct.
Hope Laura's getting better. I feel like she's taken over the role on the thread that Curtis and Leighton have abandoned ...Show more →
Laura and I have been texting back and forth the past few minutes. She is feeling better and hoping the Docs will let her go home tomorrow!!
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Getting there, slowly but surely. Was advanced to clear liquid diet yesterday, real food at lunch today, and finally last night I produced what the doctors wanted. WBC count dropped from 16,000 yesterday to a more respectable 11,000 today, and if all goes well, I may be heading home tomorrow. I have had quite the gamut of drugs this week though, including:
Fentanyl
Colace
Tylenol IV
Oxycodone
Invanz
Piperacillin
Heparin
Insuling (while I was NPO)
And I see that Curtis, Leighton, and Reagan are chatting up a storm! 4 pages in a day!
OK Laura! Guess I should have read on! Ya beat me to it!
Leighton, you have a bright memory! Andy (Andreas) was the gentlemen from Austria. Curtis, I have fond memories about Rolf and Don Jean with Nikki. They were so kind to accept a little change in order to receive Nikki right in my vacation time. Also, after I flooded the thread with pictures every day, Don sent only a few - and those kicked me off from the photographer's list Laura I hope you'll be better ASAP.
Lieutenant Z wrote:
Mihai, the 20/2.8 ais is actually the only one Nikon lens I currently use, that's why you see as (too) much pics taken with that glass in that thread... In fact I mainly shoot with the excellent Sony Zeiss 55/1.8 but obviously I can't post those images here. Truth be told, the 20/2.8 ais is quite a mediocre lens and I keep using it solely to be able to post on this thread. I feel rather tempted to get the future 21mm Voigtlander Skopar FE (or the Zony 16-35) : we'll see what happens. But yes, I love shooting street with UWA : that's demanding but also rewarding when things work well....Show more →
Thanks for your input. I understand you perfectly. I still hope you'll keep at least a Nikon lens. Have you ever tried 85/2? I love it's quite small size and IMHO is not bad at all.
Borrowed Kristinas D800 again, and slowly I get a feeling for the camera. Since it would be cheaper then buying a low shutter count D3x, I might actually just pick up a D800. Rather be taking pictures then contemplating what I could have shot with a camera I do not have the money for.
And, all in all, the D800 is not a bad camera
These are taken with the 35mm f2 Nikkor-O (nowhere near the ambience Rafael shows in hs photos, but with the afternoon sun burning, this was the best I could do)
the solitaire wrote:
Borrowed Kristinas D800 again, and slowly I get a feeling for the camera. Since it would be cheaper then buying a low shutter count D3x, I might actually just pick up a D800. Rather be taking pictures then contemplating what I could have shot with a camera I do not have the money for.
And, all in all, the D800 is not a bad camera
These are taken with the 35mm f2 Nikkor-O (nowhere near the ambience Rafael shows in hs photos, but with the afternoon sun burning, this was the best I could do)
Buddy, great job! I only take the photos right before sunset so that is cheating a bit.
Allow me to bore you, I am so far behind the house work given the busy prior job, the summer heat keeping me indoors.....that all I am doing is catching up one chore at the time. The old cars, the pool, the cleaning and organizing, need to replace rotten wood on the deck. Did replace the rotten tires on the burb. I an no gardener but do a decent job of grounds keeping.
So in the backyard i stay and photos I still take. Having the 15mms helps.
Making ambiance for my junker. I now has good tires and I blew away the rat's nest from the engine bay. (country rat). Wires appear intact, tomorrow I charge the battery, start with starter fluid and go to work on the fuel pump.
Here is a broader view, this is why I did not want to live in true suburbia. You can see the suburban bottom right, with 10 years less decay. This is likely the 105mm 2.5 ais,
Buddy, great job! I only take the photos right before sunset so that is cheating a bit.
Allow me to bore you, I am so far behind the house work given the busy prior job, the summer heat keeping me indoors.....that all I am doing is catching up one chore at the time. The old cars, the pool, the cleaning and organizing, need to replace rotten wood on the deck. Did replace the rotten tires on the burb. I an no gardener but do a decent job of grounds keeping.
So in the backyard i stay and photos I still take. Having the 15mms helps.
Making ambiance for my junker. I now has good tires and I blew away the rat's nest from the engine bay. (country rat). Wires appear intact, tomorrow I charge the battery, start with starter fluid and go to work on the fuel pump.
Funny that white pickup can be seen in the 10 year old shots of your place Rafael, likely parked in the same place!
I can't imagine there is heavy rainfall in your neighborhood given the type of foliage. I did a quick search and Lindbergh Field gets average rainfall of 10.34 inches. That compares with Marin's water district that reports we get over 52 inches. Last fiscal year you got over 12 inches at Lindbergh.
August is a pretty hot month in your neck of the woods, while we get warmest weather in September and October when weather patterns change so we don't get fog and offshore breezes. I always look forward to the arrival of rain in late October and November. I imagine folks in southern California feel the same. Let's hope we get some real rain this year.
