Buddy, I like the 105mm series, really showcases the lens' rendering. The knife is a special story too.
Noah, nice cars! I'm not sure how I feel about the OOF rendering of the red car though. Is that considered unique or smooth or uniquely smooth?
Jose, first thought was "that looks familiar". Then I saw the Campo de' Fiori caption. Good memories, thanks for sharing.
The focus peaking is nice on mirrorless (now that I've figured out how to get my m43 setup to show it). The larger Nikkors on the m43 is an even more unbalanced look, but I agree, I just treat it like an smart rear lens cap.
gbohannon wrote:
Nice shot Ken. I agree. I almost put a 24-70 f/4 S lens in the shopping cart the other week, but after using the Z6 with the 25-50 f/4 Ai a lot last week I changed my mind. The only time I really "need" AF is when shooting wildlife/birds.
The only thing I really miss using the manual focus glass is recording the aperture settings of lenses that are not feasible to chip, like the 58/1.2. It would have been nice if the FTZ had an aperture coupler. But it is no different than using those lenses with any other mirrorless body.
I am an ex sailor so I have to complain about something
gbohannon wrote:
Nice shot Ken. I agree. I almost put a 24-70 f/4 S lens in the shopping cart the other week, but after using the Z6 with the 25-50 f/4 Ai a lot last week I changed my mind. The only time I really "need" AF is when shooting wildlife/birds.
The only thing I really miss using the manual focus glass is recording the aperture settings of lenses that are not feasible to chip, like the 58/1.2. It would have been nice if the FTZ had an aperture coupler. But it is no different than using those lenses with any other mirrorless body.
I am an ex sailor so I have to complain about something
Well your vocabulary dosen’t have the $ng d%^* flavor of a ¥€<%^ squid!! Could have fooled this jarhead! The NOCT is easy since It’s always at F1.2 as duly pointed out by our friend Reagan. But, you’re right the stop down metering is something I can do without but it really dosen’t bother me. Waiting for the better FTZ adaptor. I also have a $12.95 adaptor by Fotasy which works very well with MF Glass.
Ken Hill wrote:
Well your vocabulary dosen’t have the $ng d%^* flavor of a ¥€<%^ squid!! Could have fooled this jarhead! The NOCT is easy since It’s always at F1.2 as duly pointed out by our friend Reagan. But, you’re right the stop down metering is something I can do without but it really dosen’t bother me. Waiting for the better FTZ adaptor. I also have a $12.95 adaptor by Fotasy which works very well with MF Glass.
I'll take the squid label but technically I was a $#%& bubblehead sailor (Submarines)
One day we have to have that 2nd Staunton reunion that I unfortunately miss the first one and will tell you my jarhead story over a beer.
Wild flowers in the desert. I would love to see that one day.These are all great but the 3rd one in this series is my favourite.
Resting the Z6 for a while?
Another flower growing in my garden.
This is a wild flower too. Classified as Vulnerable on the Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain.
Snake's head Fritillary.
55/2.8 micro DSC_3623: Snake's Head Fritillary by Colin McIntosh, on Flickr
I was waiting on getting my car serviced this morning and the waiting area had the morning news on. They were showing (I think) Walker Canyon and the place was overwhelmed with traffic to see the flowers. They described it as "Disney like traffic".
Nice shots Deepak. I really like that lens. Actually mine is sitting on my desk right now as a candidate to get a dandelion chip put on tonight for use on the Z6
Slightly off topic from great images being submitted.
Anyone here using vintage on D7500? For reasons unknown, Nikon thought it was wise to remove support for vintage lenses from D7500. You can still take pictures but no metering and EXIF. Do you guys use external light meter or just go with the instinct and a little trial and error?
The reason I am looking at D7500 is because it's been almost 1 month since I sold my chunky D7200 and have started missing it. To fill that void D7500 seemed like a logical replacement and don't want to get D7200 again. My other body is Z 6 and extra reach of D7500 with telephoto lenses is very enticing.
I am still shuddering at the thought after reading Bjorn's blog on getting his chipped.
