Hello everyone,
I just got a Nikon 16mm F3.5 Ai. Everything looks great except that the infinity focus stop seems to have no relation to infinity. That is, objects at infinity (like stars) get in focus way before the focus stop. I'd say they are in focus at about the 5 feet mark (1.8meters). If anyone has one of these please let me know if yours behaves the same way.
dhamments wrote:
Going through my gear last night I opened my MF glass kit bag and recalled that the MF Glass anniversary was in August... Alas, I missed it by six days, but wanted to say hi and congratulations to all still posting on this amazing thread... here's my contribution, a few panoramas captured with one of my favourites... the 55mm f1.2 SC Auto
Local women employed to keep the palace clean and tidy for the tourists. 3 of them were happy to pose for a shot, 1 of them wasn't. I wonder if she got a share of the 100 rupees I had to pay ? (that's like a buck an a half for you 'Mericans)
Tried out my "chipped" 28mm F3.5. Bought it off eBay and its in nice shape The fellow that sold it is from Toronto, shoots MF and I invited him to join the forum.
So these shots are from the Garden Peninsula in the upper Peninsula of Michigan. First two are side of road shots and the third is a PANO of the interior of a building in Fayette.
Oosty wrote:
Rafael, I'm not normally a fan of fish eye images but these are really gorgeous and really well suited to the subject. Love them.
Had not been around. Got the flu. I'm good now.
Thank you Peter as an engineer my mind enjoys the mathematical formula of the fisheye lens projection. The 7.5mm is fun, set it to f16 and it is so small you can stick it anywhere. Not really sharp but sharp enough for the Z6.
Local women employed to keep the palace clean and tidy for the tourists. 3 of them were happy to pose for a shot, 1 of them wasn't. I wonder if she got a share of the 100 rupees I had to pay ? (that's like a buck an a half for you 'Mericans)
pburke wrote:
don't know a poor man who owns a Z7...
For sure the Z7 is not cheap, but I am speaking of the lens combo - in the seventies this 50-300 was a very expensive zoom, but fortunately today we can buy one for reasonable prices
asiostygius wrote:
For sure the Z7 is not cheap, but I am speaking of the lens combo - in the seventies this 50-300 was a very expensive zoom, but fortunately today we can buy one for reasonable prices
oh absolutely. I was drooling over a 50-300mm ED my local photo shop had used in the display window back around 1984, but even then it was far too expensive for my budget. I bought a used Tokina 50-250mm which served me well for many years, although it clearly wasn't anywhere in the same league of this zoom.
I still would really like to use this lens, but cannot justify buying it, even at the current $400 for a mint copy rate. I own a 70-300mm ED VR autofocus lens that covers that zoom range.
Yesterday we ventured south from Marquette to Escanaba for a day trip. There we went to the Steam and tractor show at the Michigan State Fairgrounds. Interesting place and took a few photos.
These are for Leighton, as they were in the fore front of the show … and rightly so !
All taken with the chipped 28mm 3.5. The processing on the small laptop was reduced because the prior set I posted on Miranda seemed a little crisp, so toned it down. I think I like the little lens despite having to use the front wheel for aperture ...
Ken Hill wrote:
Yesterday we ventured south from Marquette to Escanaba for a day trip. There we went to the Steam and tractor show at the Michigan State Fairgrounds. Interesting place and took a few photos.
These are for Leighton, as they were in the fore front of the show … and rightly so !
All taken with the chipped 28mm 3.5. The processing on the small laptop was reduced because the prior set I posted on Miranda seemed a little crisp, so toned it down. I think I like the little lens despite having to use the front wheel for aperture ...
