the solitaire wrote:
Nice F2AS George. Yours has a lightmeter at least
Thanks. Running a roll of T-Max 400 through it this weekend to make sure everything working properly before I break out any of the Fuji Acros film out of the refrigerator. The light meter matches my other camera so pretty confident that is ok.
rafaelcasd wrote:
There is these two ducks that have made a home of my pool. I know little of birds, hopefully Jose is around and can tell me if these are two males or a pair, they look identical. They were here on their way south last year, now they are back, they used to sleep here and leave, now they hang around much longer and do not mind much when we are out and about in the yard. There is this peregrine falcon/buzzard (Jose?) that mock attacks them every so often, but it seems to small to eat them.
800mm 5.6, Nikon only on Nikon. Even on the Z6 is hard for my old eyes to nail the focus with this lens, on the DSLRs is neigh impossible.
I´ve mostly been lurking in the shadows, havent really had time to participate much, I´havent taken a lot of photos either...Even though I´ve been following and hiting the like button a lot. Always a pleasure!!
And guess what?? I found my 50-135mm f/3.5 ais. Yes!! I thought it was gone forever but my o.h. found it in a backpack we havent used since christmas.....
Perhaps this little find will take me back to some more photography. I´ve got a few old shots to share though!
gbohannon wrote:
This one followed me home and I think I have to keep it.
Only issues are:
No focus peaking
No green dot focus confirmation
No in body stabilization
Auto Focus is horrendous
Does not have redundancy for capturing the image (i.e. no second card slot)
Can't comment on battery life since you don't need one to shoot.
How will I ever be able to get a proper shot
Shot with Z6 and Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3/5 with PK-13 extension tube
Another issue, you got to plan what ISO film to load Although your TMax 400 will have plenty of latitude.
gbohannon wrote:
This one followed me home and I think I have to keep it.
Only issues are:
No focus peaking
No green dot focus confirmation
No in body stabilization
Auto Focus is horrendous
Does not have redundancy for capturing the image (i.e. no second card slot)
Can't comment on battery life since you don't need one to shoot.
How will I ever be able to get a proper shot
Shot with Z6 and Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3/5 with PK-13 extension tube
Engraving of Carle Vernet from Museum of the Risorgimento at Milan: Napoleon leading his troops over the bridge of Arcole, Italy.
Z7 + FTZ + Nikkor-NC 35mm f/1.4F ai'd; ISO 1250, f/5.6 at 1/60s; 3-vertical shots pano.
saph wrote:
Reagan, now that you are back all relaxed from the fun cruise, are you selling your Z?
It has crossed my mind
I haven't used it since I got back and I can see and here my XT2 pouting
Bought my wife a Fuji XF10 for her trip and have been trying to teach her to use it
(not an easy task)
rafaelcasd wrote:
There is these two ducks that have made a home of my pool. I know little of birds, hopefully Jose is around and can tell me if these are two males or a pair, they look identical. They were here on their way south last year, now they are back, they used to sleep here and leave, now they hang around much longer and do not mind much when we are out and about in the yard. There is this peregrine falcon/buzzard (Jose?) that mock attacks them every so often, but it seems to small to eat them.
800mm 5.6, Nikon only on Nikon. Even on the Z6 is hard for my old eyes to nail the focus with this lens, on the DSLRs is neigh impossible.
Like Leighton I suppose it is a male Mallard and the hawk I am not sure, my Audubon guide for North America is lost and I suppose this species do not occur here in South America, sorry.
About focusing with the 800, have you tried the minimum amount of peaking? My experiments revealed the medium or high level of peaking in the EVF can be very misleading to judge the right focus, since they deliver a more wide depth of focus. Of course the low level of peaking only is visible with a minimum amount of contrast in the scene, on the contrary, as for example cloudy days, we need to activate medium level of peaking to get any peaking visible.
saph wrote:
Another issue, you got to plan what ISO film to load Although your TMax 400 will have plenty of latitude.
Clouds, overcast or storms all weekend here, so went with the 400. I just got back from shooting downtown to finish up the roll and there were a couple of times I wish I would have had ISO 100 to be able to shoot with a larger aperture. Will drop it off for development at lunch tomorrow and hope all is good.
