Ken Hill wrote:
Nothing wrong with that! If you send the tiles and instructions I'll pay the postage
I can suggest you read the book "The Bridge at Dong Ha." It's about two Naval Academy graduates who were classmates. Both graduating as engineers and entering the Navy and the Marine Corps. The former, Navy, served as a a civil engineer built that bridge. The latter a Marine serving as "I think" a Battalion Commander blew it up! A true story!
Sounds like a fine tale of job security!
Wonder if the Zumwalt found a lower priced ammo for the rail gun, last I heard it was $800,000 per round!
rafaelcasd wrote:
So I have a few non-ai and rangefinder Nikkors that the Z is allowed me to use. Among have three 5.8cm, one is in excellent condition, one put together by me from pieces, and one that looks line it was never used, not a scratch or a speck of dust.
This is a test of the like new one, at different apertures, The Z does not record apertures, but they can be guessed comparing the exposure at full aperture with the other shots of the same subject.
Without further explanation.
WARNING: USED AT FULL APERTURE THIS LENS WILL TAKE CONTROL AWAY FROM YOU AND CREATE MAGIC OR EPIC FAILS. ...Show more →
Rafael - you are absolutely right about maximum aperture. Lighting means everything with this lens wide-open. I hadn't shot it since I sold my Df last year, so I took it with me this past weekend for use on the Z6. Posting a couple below.
Wide open and you will get unique rendering and will provide a "glow" that you would normally have to apply in post.
Not saying these are magic, but does have a look that I like. I tried some other shots with full daylight and a lot of sky in the frame. Epic fail on that scenario
I am happy to be able to use it on the Z6 since I have no intentions of modifying this classic for DSLR use. Will give it a go soon on the F2.
A little swirly bokeh starting to show in the first one.
I know the 5.8cm is all about f1.4 but I'm liking what I see at f2.0 :-)
Excellent tulips from Europe and Washington State. I was just looking at some shots from a couple of years ago from Skagit Valley, Washington (non Nikon unfortunately, so no sharing).
Great car shots, nice to have that flow again. Favorite car of the last 3 pages for me is the 1933 Silver Arrow, simply because I don't think I ever even knew about this one.
Lots of likes going around, keep the pictures coming.
My new guitars have been keeping me pretty busy lately, but I've been dropping by here regularly to enjoy the photos and the conversation (on that note: best wishes for a smooth and successful surgery, Laura!), and to make liberal use of the Like button. Here are a couple more trees from Cable Bay on St. Patrick's Day, both courtesy of the 55 f/1.2 SC.
GroWeb wrote:
My new guitars have been keeping me pretty busy lately, but I've been dropping by here regularly to enjoy the photos and the conversation (on that note: best wishes for a smooth and successful surgery, Laura!), and to make liberal use of the Like button. Here are a couple more trees from Cable Bay on St. Patrick's Day, both courtesy of the 55 f/1.2 SC.
I'll join the chorus Laura. I've been out of the loop so I don't know what you're attending to but I definitely wish you the best. Since I'm late to this conversation your surgery may already be over. Please let us know how you're doing when you have the energy.
leighton w wrote:
Will my copy of LR6 continue to work upgrading to Windows 10?
I believe so, not knowing which version of 6 you have, but I think they all work. The incompatibility with any old versions of LR6 seems to be updated lens profiles and camera body profiles, not operating systems. Example, the new Z6/Z7 cameras do not have profiles in the last standalone version of 6, so you won't be able to process raw files shot from those cameras. Many that bought the Zeds have workarounds.
I appreciate the mention of our "micro-biz" dedicated to keeping classic F mount lenses "alive" and in use. Legacy2digital is going into its tenth year, and we're really interested to see what happens with interest in manual focus on the Z bodies. The thinner filter stack of the Z (and lack of anti-aliasing filter on the Z7) may benefit manual focus lens users. I'm just starting to play with this new platform myself.
We also anticipate "smart" F mount adapters for other mirrorless bodies, which would give the classic and vintage Nikkors additional ways to shine. I think the proper place for a manual focus Nikkor is on a Nikon camera. Nevertheless, I only wish the Nikon had implemented picture-in-picture focusing. Can you imagine a shiftable and user adjustable (for size) focusing "spot" that could be set to magnify subject detail or be used for focus peaking—without requiring us to press additional buttons (and lose subject framing) or to have the entire frame affected by shimmering edges (as in landscape work)?
Thoughts on how to make that happen, are welcome! This feature would make the Zs truly the best choice for manual focus (hint: maybe I'm describing the new Df mirrorless!).
Laura, wishing you a super speedy recovery and all the best.
Took a detour to Amsterdam for a conference. It was a working event but was able to sneak out a few times and take a few photos of this beautiful city. It was a great few days to be there as the weather was fantastic. Afterwards, took off to our favorite travel city and will post photos as they are tweaked.
Fuji X-E1 and the 28/2.8 AIs, used the little lens almost exclusively.
Took a couple days to get geek central back up and running at the hospital, but I made it through the surgery ok. The surgery was a sigmoidectomy, removing the sigmoid section of the colon which was the cause of the diverticulitis I had last summer. They got me out of bed twice on Monday, short walk to chair, then longer walk down hall. May be starting a clear liquid diet today, we'll see.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Took a couple days to get geek central back up and running at the hospital, but I made it through the surgery ok. The surgery was a sigmoidectomy, removing the sigmoid section of the colon which was the cause of the diverticulitis I had last summer. They got me out of bed twice on Monday, short walk to chair, then longer walk down hall. May be starting a clear liquid diet today, we'll see.
Thanks for all the well wishes!
Glad it went well.
Now, sorry to have to tell you this, but the "clear liquid diet" is awful! I never got so sick of chicken broth and jello in my life!
Laura glad your on the way to feeling better. I too remember the clear liquid diet and Leighton's description of it is very kind.
Yesterday we went to the Polk Museum to see an exhibit that I think was the foundation for the original Photoshop, or PS1
The small diorama's were perhaps 6" (15cm square and 3 feet (1m) off the deck making it impossible to look at never mind enjoy. Cameras were not allowed but they ignored that rule so I shot away!
All taken with the 135mm QC the cheapest of lenses but brilliant on the DSLR or mirrorless bodies.
