leighton w wrote:
One other thing I thought I would mention that I DON'T like about using Nikkors on the Fuji.
It doesn't have a non-cpu register like the Nikons. Which means it won't show what aperture you used at the time you took the image. Not a deal breaker, just a bummer.
Neither do my Nikon F through to F3, so if I would care, I could take a small notebook with me to note down the file names and corresponding settings. It would go very well with the retro theme
George might be able to chime in, or you might be able to answer, but does the X-Pro2 offer any advantages over the X-T2 that I have not noticed yet?
the solitaire wrote:
Neither do my Nikon F through to F3, so if I would care, I could take a small notebook with me to note down the file names and corresponding settings. It would go very well with the retro theme
George might be able to chime in, or you might be able to answer, but does the X-Pro2 offer any advantages over the X-T2 that I have not noticed yet?
Some folks like the XP2 over the XT2 for the hybrid viewfinder and the camera being a rangefinder style. If you were just shooting street or using small primes, then the XP2 would be something to consider. I don't think it would be as nice as the XT2 for larger lenses due to handling. The XT2 is more of a jack-of-all-trades. Plus, I love the tiltable LCD screen of the XT2, which the XP2 does not have.
Chin a delicious looking array ... what a meal!
Leighton terrific Rose capture!
Don thanks for the comment ... todays offering should reinforce what you said.
Scotsdale Arizona has an eatery called "Organ Pizza" where the pizza and the drinks cost 20% more than normal bu there is entertainment. The place was packed with birthday party goers, graduations, promotions and anniversaries. Loud and colorful!
Some of you may remember the tired mechanic in the Ford Thunderbird from last year's vintage fall event. He brought his old flathead roadster to the race this weekend. Caught him involved in some car talk banter on Friday
I really love the 180mm f/2.8 ED - it is so darn good, it rivals modern high cost glass. I can usually tell in post processing how good the glass is - with this lens, there is almost nothing I need to do to get it to look right, just like my 400/2.8 which cost me 20 times as much...
Nice to hear your report Peter. The 180 f/2.8 AI-s is truly an amazing value for money. My second copy is a pristine lens that came with the original box, for which I paid $300. It was part of this package I bought from a professional photographer who offered his kit of mint condition Nikkor lenses on craigslist.
I was happy to pick up the 28 f/2 AI-s and the 35 f/1.4 AI-s, but it was really the 180 I treasured, then and now. Thanks go to you and others who have recently been posting shots taken with the 180 for it to return to my attention.
Er, with all of the comments on the Nikon F3, I just listed a pristine, as new F3T (Titanium). Check it out.
Also, re comments on Fuji and other cameras that do not offer non-CPU registration (all Nikon film cameras before the F5) one of the advantages of this feature is being able to sort by lens, focal length, or aperture in Lightroom or Bridge. No big deal, but useful sometimes to look at a year's catalog and get an understanding of your preferences and trends: wow - did I only use that lens 6 times the whole year? Or wow, do I not shoot anything wider than 35mm?
Another advantage is to use downloadable lens profiles, or make your own. Even the iPhone 7 has a lens profile with Adobe...
I was curious what settings you use to knock down the 300mm's CA in PP? I love my copy of 300/4.5 ED AIS, but do have to go to around 4 on the LR CA correction. Otherwise, it's a great lens and a real bargain.
jhinkey wrote:
Had a rare combination tonight of:
(1) Fantastic post-dinner weather
(2) Just one girl that had nothing to do after dinner
(3) Wife taking the other girl to her gymnastics gig
(4) Not too much work to do myself
(5) And more importantly, a willing daughter who wanted to take the Kodak Retina IIa out to finish up a roll of T-Max that's in it.
Ended up with an hour walk around Alki point. Had a bag full of lenses, but kept the 300/4.5 ED-AI on the whole time. Sometimes you just don't want to change lenses.
G'day all! I haven't been posting much for the past few months but have kept up with the banter and the work of the many fine contributors to my favourite thread. I returned to Canada a few weeks ago with very limited photo gear due to the restrictions on electronics on Emirate flights arriving into the US. Unfortunately that meant only two bodies and three lenses and my MF gear stayed in Australia. I'll have to pick up a few MF lenses while I'm home as I feel my "photo mojo" returning lol.... I was posting my daily shot to Flickr this morning when I realized this one was taken with my 50mm f1.4 ai-s, a two shot, hand held panorama of the superpit gold mine in Kalgoorlie, Northern Territory. As it was shot in the blue hour, the colours are quite dramatic, so I thought I'd share it with you.
I was curious what settings you use to knock down the 300mm's CA in PP? I love my copy of 300/4.5 ED AIS, but do have to go to around 4 on the LR CA correction. Otherwise, it's a great lens and a real bargain.
I don't recall the exact settings, but yes, I needed to do some fairly heavy CA removal for the way overblown highlights (lots of red/magenta). This is typical for many of my Nikkor telephotos, but that's OK with me since these shots are a real torture test for any lens. Even some of my supposed APO lenses need some CA removal in this situation.
What I really like about this lens is how it maintains pretty darned good contrast with all this over exposure/back-lighting. It does quite well.
The only issue I really have with this lens is the shape of the aperture blades that makes for not that great looking sun-stars - not sure why Nikon would ever have such an aperture blade design in ANY lens.
the solitaire wrote:
Neither do my Nikon F through to F3, so if I would care, I could take a small notebook with me to note down the file names and corresponding settings. It would go very well with the retro theme
George might be able to chime in, or you might be able to answer, but does the X-Pro2 offer any advantages over the X-T2 that I have not noticed yet?
I echo everything Leighton said. For me personally the X-Pro2 is for when I want to slow down, use my old rangefinder glass or wide angle Fuji. Travel, street, backpack, discreet event photography I got it for the optical hybrid finder. I use it along with the Df and fast prime lenses (especially since I added the Type K3 focusing screen). I am using the X-T2 primarily for video and wildlife photography. The larger body with grip handles the large primes well. The focus peaking and 11fps makes it great with my long fast telephoto lenses e.g. 400/2.8. With focus peaking, you can literally see the focal plane "sweep" across the field as you focus. I am looking forward to a trip next month to the Outer Banks for some bird photography. With the flip of the switch I can go from shooting stills to outstanding 4K video that uses the full area of the sensor.
I did run into one "bump" with the X-T2 and probably with any EVF camera. I recently got new prescription polarized sunglasses. Guess what... Black viewfinder unless turned 90 degrees
Nothing I can't work with but it never entered my mind that it would be an issue.
Wow David. I zoomed in and noticed the excavators looking like ants in the middle. Must be some pit...
dhamments wrote:
G'day all! I haven't been posting much for the past few months but have kept up with the banter and the work of the many fine contributors to my favourite thread. I returned to Canada a few weeks ago with very limited photo gear due to the restrictions on electronics on Emirate flights arriving into the US. Unfortunately that meant only two bodies and three lenses and my MF gear stayed in Australia. I'll have to pick up a few MF lenses while I'm home as I feel my "photo mojo" returning lol.... I was posting my daily shot to Flickr this morning when I realized this one was taken with my 50mm f1.4 ai-s, a two shot, hand held panorama of the superpit gold mine in Kalgoorlie, Northern Territory. As it was shot in the blue hour, the colours are quite dramatic, so I thought I'd share it with you.
gbohannon wrote:
I echo everything Leighton said. For me personally the X-Pro2 is for when I want to slow down, use my old rangefinder glass or wide angle Fuji. Travel, street, backpack, discreet event photography I got it for the optical hybrid finder. I use it along with the Df and fast prime lenses (especially since I added the Type K3 focusing screen). I am using the X-T2 primarily for video and wildlife photography. The larger body with grip handles the large primes well. The focus peaking and 11fps makes it great with my long fast telephoto lenses e.g. 400/2.8. With focus peaking, you can literally see the focal plane "sweep" across the field as you focus. I am looking forward to a trip next month to the Outer Banks for some bird photography. With the flip of the switch I can go from shooting stills to outstanding 4K video that uses the full area of the sensor.
I did run into one "bump" with the X-T2 and probably with any EVF camera. I recently got new prescription polarized sunglasses. Guess what... Black viewfinder unless turned 90 degrees
Nothing I can't work with but it never entered my mind that it would be an issue.
dhamments wrote:
G'day all! I haven't been posting much for the past few months but have kept up with the banter and the work of the many fine contributors to my favourite thread. I returned to Canada a few weeks ago with very limited photo gear due to the restrictions on electronics on Emirate flights arriving into the US. Unfortunately that meant only two bodies and three lenses and my MF gear stayed in Australia. I'll have to pick up a few MF lenses while I'm home as I feel my "photo mojo" returning lol.... I was posting my daily shot to Flickr this morning when I realized this one was taken with my 50mm f1.4 ai-s, a two shot, hand held panorama of the superpit gold mine in Kalgoorlie, Northern Territory. As it was shot in the blue hour, the colours are quite dramatic, so I thought I'd share it with you.
jhinkey wrote:
I don't recall the exact settings, but yes, I needed to do some fairly heavy CA removal for the way overblown highlights (lots of red/magenta). This is typical for many of my Nikkor telephotos, but that's OK with me since these shots are a real torture test for any lens. Even some of my supposed APO lenses need some CA removal in this situation.
What I really like about this lens is how it maintains pretty darned good contrast with all this over exposure/back-lighting. It does quite well.
The only issue I really have with this lens is the shape of the aperture blades that makes for not that great looking sun-stars - not sure why Nikon would ever have such an aperture blade design in ANY lens. ...Show more →
John,
That's the non-IF right? As far as I know, it should be much better CA control than the ED-IF.
See if you can find a 1/4 wave plate filter and install it over the viewfinder!
-Jay-
I did run into one "bump" with the X-T2 and probably with any EVF camera. I recently got new prescription polarized sunglasses. Guess what... Black viewfinder unless turned 90 degrees
Nothing I can't work with but it never entered my mind that it would be an issue.
CGrindahl wrote:
Nice to hear your report Peter. The 180 f/2.8 AI-s is truly an amazing value for money. My second copy is a pristine lens that came with the original box, for which I paid $300.
Curtis, the lens had been on my wish list for years, but street prices for nice copies like yours are getting close to used VR AF zooms.. The only reason I bought this 180mm f/2.8 ED was that it was rated UGLY by KEH, a rating that generally is much more critical than other ebay sellers would award. And it was $159 shipped, so given they said the glass was fine no fungus no scratches and no coating problems, I figured it was time to give it a try.
The lens they sent only has some paint issues around the distance scale on the barrel and a pretty ugly hood. Takes filters fine, glass is perfect, so for my use where output is all that matters it was the perfect fit.
Also - the green dot on the D810 gives me perfect focus, something I cannot say of any of my wide angles or the 55mm f/1.2
It is so incredibly sharp wide open, I have to give a quick sample here - overall shot
That's the non-IF right? As far as I know, it should be much better CA control than the ED-IF.
Yes, the non IF versions are much better for CA.
My 400/5.6 ED AI is much better than the 400/5.6 ED-IF AIS that I had for a few years and the 300/4.5 ED AI is much better than the ED-IF version (which I also owned for a time) as well.
pburke wrote:
Curtis, the lens had been on my wish list for years, but street prices for nice copies like yours are getting close to used VR AF zooms.. The only reason I bought this 180mm f/2.8 ED was that it was rated UGLY by KEH, a rating that generally is much more critical than other ebay sellers would award. And it was $159 shipped, so given they said the glass was fine no fungus no scratches and no coating problems, I figured it was time to give it a try.
The lens they sent only has some paint issues around the distance scale on the barrel and a pretty ugly hood. Takes filters fine, glass is perfect, so for my use where output is all that matters it was the perfect fit.
Also - the green dot on the D810 gives me perfect focus, something I cannot say of any of my wide angles or the 55mm f/1.2
It is so incredibly sharp wide open, I have to give a quick sample here - overall shot
If subjects in front of you knew what your camera can record, they may not be as oblivious to your presence as they appear to be
The 180 has such great resolution at f/2.8, I would bet you could not tell it apart from recent 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses shot wide open. ...Show more →
I think the give-away aspect of the manual lens is that it is much closer to being an T3,0 lens whereas the zooms are slower and resemble f3,5 lenses in their rendering
gbohannon wrote:
I echo everything Leighton said. For me personally the X-Pro2 is for when I want to slow down, use my old rangefinder glass or wide angle Fuji. Travel, street, backpack, discreet event photography I got it for the optical hybrid finder. I use it along with the Df and fast prime lenses (especially since I added the Type K3 focusing screen). I am using the X-T2 primarily for video and wildlife photography. The larger body with grip handles the large primes well. The focus peaking and 11fps makes it great with my long fast telephoto lenses e.g. 400/2.8. With focus peaking, you can literally see the focal plane "sweep" across the field as you focus. I am looking forward to a trip next month to the Outer Banks for some bird photography. With the flip of the switch I can go from shooting stills to outstanding 4K video that uses the full area of the sensor.
I did run into one "bump" with the X-T2 and probably with any EVF camera. I recently got new prescription polarized sunglasses. Guess what... Black viewfinder unless turned 90 degrees
Nothing I can't work with but it never entered my mind that it would be an issue.
Thank you for elaborating. I think you and Leighton have me convinced. When the hands-on gives me the same feeling about the Fuji I'm going to sell the D3 and spend the money on an X-T2. Would love a silver one, but the black one is offered for as much as $700 less here.
And now back to manual focus Nikkor glass
I took the 55mm f1,2 Nikkor-S.C out for a spin yesterday
