It is a very small and lightweight package. Moderate vignette at f/3.5 (characteristic of the lens in both Nikon S and LTM mounts). But at f/8 - f/11 and set the focus to about 10 or 11 feet and it turns it into a perfect walk around point and shoot tourist camera Set to Aperture Priority, Auto ISO, no focus required.
One thing I noticed is that the color shift on the edges of the images are not there like they are when the LTM version is mounted on the Leica. That was a pleasant surprise.
It's been a long time since my last post; sorry but private matters have limiting my photographic work lately.
Anyway I still eventually came to this thread just to relax and see the great shots and read the interesting conversation on photography.
My humble contribution for today is a focus stack experiment, hand held, with the outdated and tiny mirrorless (in times of th new Z6 & Z7 - if I had just known Nikon would launch these I had never bought the Sony A7RII ).
V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 ai-s CPU´d, ISO 100, f/5.6 at 1/640s; 36% cropped (3.6/10MP); 5-shots focus stacked. Yes these fruits are vivid green when ripe and birds here at the Brazilian savannah love to eat them.
asiostygius wrote:
It's been a long time since my last post; sorry but private matters have limiting my photographic work lately.
Anyway I still eventually came to this thread just to relax and see the great shots and read the interesting conversation on photography.
My humble contribution for today is a focus stack experiment, hand held, with the outdated and tiny mirrorless (in times of th new Z6 & Z7 - if I had just known Nikon would launch these I had never bought the Sony A7RII ).
V1 + FT1 + Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 ai-s CPU´d, ISO 100, f/5.6 at 1/640s; 36% cropped (3.6/10MP); 5-shots focus stacked. Yes these fruits are vivid green when ripe and birds here at the Brazilian savannah love to eat them. ...Show more →
Good to see you are out there Jose! are you AFing now?
rafaelcasd wrote:
Good to see you are out there Jose! are you AFing now?
Thanks Rafael and George. In fact my photography in general diminished a lot since my mother suffered 2 surgeries in sequence. Now fortunately she is recovering slowly, but a new -and supposedly more simple surgery - will take place next January or February.
asiostygius wrote:
Thanks Rafael and George. In fact my photography in general diminished a lot since my mother suffered 2 surgeries in sequence. Now fortunately she is recovering slowly, but a new -and supposedly more simple surgery - will take place next January or February.
Glad to see you posting again... Have been a little worried about you.
I received an email from Laura a couple of weeks ago inquiring about my health, or was it my state of mind? Has senility set in or have my fingers become so arthritic I can no longer press keys on my computer keyboard? Actually, apart from a rash that doesn't seem responsive and a toe that doesn't seem too happy when I take long hikes, I'm doing well for a septuagenarian. But my camera seldom leaves its bag and even when I do take photos they either languish in an SD card or sit unprocessed on my computer. But I definitely have been taken by my curiosity regarding Nikon's recently released mirrorless cameras and how folks on this thread are using them with our favorite lenses. And guess what? I open the thread and there is a sweet photo of George's new Z 6 with one lovely MF lens attached.
I guess it is time to do a bit of browsing. Of course, another reason for this visit is the fact when I glanced out the window while lying in bed I saw a colored autumn leaf nestled in an tree owned by a neighbor. The day is overcast, even a bit misty, but the scene called for a photo... I was even motivated to pull out from a very dusty bag a 400 f/5.6 ED-IF Ai-s to mount on the Df. Since the monopod is in the trunk of my car and I'm basically too lazy to fetch it, I simply stepped out of the front of my cottage, leaned against the wall and took a few photos... so I will make a minimal contribution to the thread as I say hello. Amazing that my visit would coincide with one by our friend from Brazil... greetings Jose.
And a colorful shot taken of my neighbor's backyard bench... I guess they decided to leave that throw in place this winter. We've already had 10 inches of rain.
cadman342001 wrote:
Love Venice and welcome back Roberto !
(We visited in February, crisp blue sky days, fewer tourists.)
This thread is forgetting it's manners in Curtis's absence.
Andy
I resemble that remark...
Venice is certainly a unique and wonderful place to visit... also a very vulnerable place if/when climate change raises sea level. We were given a preview of what might happen when flooding occurred a month and a half ago. Venice may not be the most vulnerable place on earth, but it surely has some of the most spectacular art treasures that will be exposed to damage.
Good to see you on the thread again Curtis! I am on vacation the rest of the year so if the weather cooperates I will be doing a lot of shooting and testing with the Z6. Coincidence you posted with your 400mm/5.6. That is one of two lenses I took with me on a shoot around a mill pond in Raleigh today. Took the Nikon Rangefinder S mount 3.5cm/2.5 and the 400mm/5.6 (mine is the non-IF) and even that is a lightweight on the Z. Easy to carry around and handhold. The 3.5cm is so small with the adapters it is not too much larger than the FTZ Fmount adapter by itself.
I am going to process some shots and post later tonight.
Set to Aperture Priority, Auto ISO, no focus required.
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