This was on the Skaftafellsjökull glacier in Iceland. A kind of pothole or something like that; about 20 meters deep.
Did not used MF-lenses a lot. Weather was most of the times too bad for changing lenses and the 24-70/4 was doing a good job.
Peter, thanks for the correction, dodgy ID updated here and on Flickr. Tells me I haven't been birding much at all for over a year, need to get more active with the 400 and the 500 F4P this coming summer.
Andy, will definitely have to take some pointers from you on places to visit in India in the future.
Rob, nice capture of the Junco with the 200 f4!
George, lovely Nikon combo of 1950s lens and 2019 camera for astrophotography. The Orion nebula really shines through in that shot!
Mathieu, there's quite a few discussions on the 5.8cm 1.4 on the thread earlier on. Its unique rendering is definitely looked at favorably by several of the thread participants.
Chris looks like the ice in Iceland is turning into water.
Philippe, really enjoying your continued work with the Nikon film camera!
Very fortunate to have tumbled across a very colorful and elegant West Africa (was told) wedding party a while back. These folks were terrific and was allowed to take a few photos of the activities. The small size of the camera and lens probably helped. The location was north Central Park near the Conservatory Garden.
Taken with the D40 and the 50/2 AI @ f/4. The D40's massive viewfinder as always, made manual focusing a breeze.
Thanks, I’ll try and do a search and see what I can dig up. Appreciate it.
saph wrote:
Peter, thanks for the correction, dodgy ID updated here and on Flickr. Tells me I haven't been birding much at all for over a year, need to get more active with the 400 and the 500 F4P this coming summer.
Andy, will definitely have to take some pointers from you on places to visit in India in the future.
Rob, nice capture of the Junco with the 200 f4!
George, lovely Nikon combo of 1950s lens and 2019 camera for astrophotography. The Orion nebula really shines through in that shot!
Mathieu, there's quite a few discussions on the 5.8cm 1.4 on the thread earlier on. Its unique rendering is definitely looked at favorably by several of the thread participants.
Chris looks like the ice in Iceland is turning into water.
Philippe, really enjoying your continued work with the Nikon film camera!...Show more →
Losing my touch a bit lately, with all the trouble my private life throws at me, I am less then focused, and when I hold a camera, only half a mind is in taking photos. Fortunately I only have to look at Kristina and Anouk to know what I'm working for. Soon things will change for the better, and I will again be able to post meaningful photos here
Replacement back is the easier option. Changing the back for a new one can be done completely without tools.
As far as I am aware the film holder is spot welded onto the back. Any measure of force used to remove it will cause the back to warp, which causes issues with your light seals.
Replacement backs can be found for less then $20
EDIT:: Nice looking late FM. You're also missing the ocular protector
the solitaire wrote:
Replacement back is the easier option. Changing the back for a new one can be done completely without tools.
As far as I am aware the film holder is spot welded onto the back. Any measure of force used to remove it will cause the back to warp, which causes issues with your light seals.
Replacement backs can be found for less then $20
EDIT:: Nice looking late FM. You're also missing the ocular protector
thanks would hate to change out the back for that. I think I can get it out if I really try but it will likely leave some scratches.
People doing something like this reminds me of people putting stickers on a macbook. I always shed a tear inside when I see that.
I got the protector just took it off to clean around that area.
I haven't used a manual focus lens in a couple of months, but I still love keeping up with this thread. I love the great photos everyone posts.
My wife and I just returned from a cruise to the Dominican Republic and Grand Turk. I made up my mind a couple of months ago that I would only take manual focus lenses and somehow managed to keep that promise to myself. I really didn't take that many photos, but it felt good to be shooting with manual lenses again.
I only took two lenses with two different adapters, but it was enough for my purposes. I took a Nikkor 24mm AI and a 50mm AI. I used my Fuji X-T2 and adapters for the lenses. Sometimes I used a standard adapter with no optics, and other times I used a Mitakon Zhongyi Lens Turbo II focal reducer. This effectively gave me the option of four focal lengths in a fairly small kit. The photo exif shows full frame equivalent focal length (when I remembered to change it).
Here are only 3 images to start. I'll slowly bombard the thread with more images over the next few days.
Sunrise on Cocoa Beach, FL the morning we left for the cruise. DSCF8164 by Scott Poupard
Mathieu18 wrote:
Having fun with the Df & K3 prism. I was luke warm at first but it's growing on me. Took a trip to the local camera shop, playing around with the 105/1.8 and the Voigtlander 58/1.4.
Incidentally, just bought a Nikkor 5.8cm f/1.4 but can't find much info/thoughts on it, other than there seems to be a preference vs the slightly later 50mm f/1.4 non-ai. Any info in this group?
The 5.8CM was the first 1.4 for the Nikon F. Very different rendition to later 1.4 lenses and cannot be really compared, it is not a lens for regular use, but for special look, as these photos show.
