gbohannon wrote:
What is your winter project? Or summer project for everyone in the Southern Hemisphere
I finished up my large format clean, lube and adjustments last night. Even though the bellows on my camera seemed to be light tight, they were in rough shape in a few places and were sticky after being collapsed in the storage position. So I decided to go ahead and strip the camera down, give it a good cleaning and replace the bellows.
I went with dark red bellow exterior vs black because, well, I liked the red/black combination better and was able to purchase in the US with quick delivery
The shots below are with the medium format 6x9 sliding back attached. Called a sliding back, because you actually replace the 4x5 back with this one and it has its own 6x9 view screen. So you position the back, compose, focus, etc through the viewfinder, then "slide" the 6x9 120 film holder down into shooting position.
It was a fun January project, now just waiting for good weather to go out and shoot properly. And yes, rain is forecasted again this coming weekend.
It may be summer here but as I live in tropical Far North Queensland it is actually Monsoon season so although it is nice and warm it can be frustrating with white out skies and constant rain.
A place just down the coast had 500mm of rain in 12 hours the other day !!!
Anyway, I wet cleaned the sensors on my D500, D810 and C*non t2i astro modded bodies First time Ive ever done it.
Other than that, painting our canoe, stripping and cleaning my binos, stripping my motorcycle down to swap over the wiring looms to try and fix it.
Basically ANYTHING to stop me going "Troppo" (mad) 😂
And taking pics of birds with 200-500. See the Wldlife board for those.
Trying to get kit ready for when the Rains stop in April - astro rigs both static and mobile, picked up another Star Adventurer for mobile trips to dark sites.
On the subject, a friend is having a fully automated roof top observatory installed that can be controlled remotely so he is giving me the password etc.and i can open the door on the dome and use his telescope and camera.
How cool is that !
Andy, Luka, Laura, Mary, Ani, Rafael, Kristian, Robert and Samy, thank you for the kind welcoming words.
A lot has happened in the past two years. I posted here about a few of these occurences. Apart from a small case of influenza the two most important people in my life are healthy, happy and prospering in the new home I bought.
The home itself isn't too shabby, but the best bit is that we now live next door to a nature reserve and one of the larger forests in this part of Germany. From you who know my photos, that is right where Kristina and I feel ourselves most at home.
The camera has not yet been delivered, but I think the first trip out I am going to bring the 55mm f1,2 and the 80-200 f4. I do hope the performance of these lenses is just as good as on the D3.
cadman342001 wrote:
The red looks really nice George, well done.
It may be summer here but as I live in tropical Far North Queensland it is actually Monsoon season so although it is nice and warm it can be frustrating with white out skies and constant rain.
A place just down the coast had 500mm of rain in 12 hours the other day !!!
Anyway, I wet cleaned the sensors on my D500, D810 and C*non t2i astro modded bodies First time Ive ever done it.
Other than that, painting our canoe, stripping and cleaning my binos, stripping my motorcycle down to swap over the wiring looms to try and fix it.
Basically ANYTHING to stop me going "Troppo" (mad) 😂
And taking pics of birds with 200-500. See the Wldlife board for those.
Trying to get kit ready for when the Rains stop in April - astro rigs both static and mobile, picked up another Star Adventurer for mobile trips to dark sites.
On the subject, a friend is having a fully automated roof top observatory installed that can be controlled remotely so he is giving me the password etc.and i can open the door on the dome and use his telescope and camera.
How cool is that !
Cool stuff Andy. If you share your astro shots anywhere definitely let us know. Hard to find dark sites around here. I will have to go over to the Wildlife board and check out the bird pics. I agree sensor cleaning can be intimidating the first time, but then becomes routine. I started years ago after waiting 4 weeks to get a D200 cleaned at Nikon USA.
Lovely setup George, good to finally see it up and ready to go! That red bellows is making me jealous
gbohannon wrote:
What is your winter project? Or summer project for everyone in the Southern Hemisphere
I finished up my large format clean, lube and adjustments last night. Even though the bellows on my camera seemed to be light tight, they were in rough shape in a few places and were sticky after being collapsed in the storage position. So I decided to go ahead and strip the camera down, give it a good cleaning and replace the bellows.
I went with dark red bellow exterior vs black because, well, I liked the red/black combination better and was able to purchase in the US with quick delivery
The shots below are with the medium format 6x9 sliding back attached. Called a sliding back, because you actually replace the 4x5 back with this one and it has its own 6x9 view screen. So you position the back, compose, focus, etc through the viewfinder, then "slide" the 6x9 120 film holder down into shooting position.
It was a fun January project, now just waiting for good weather to go out and shoot properly. And yes, rain is forecasted again this coming weekend.
gbohannon wrote:
What is your winter project? Or summer project for everyone in the Southern Hemisphere
I finished up my large format clean, lube and adjustments last night. Even though the bellows on my camera seemed to be light tight, they were in rough shape in a few places and were sticky after being collapsed in the storage position. So I decided to go ahead and strip the camera down, give it a good cleaning and replace the bellows.
I went with dark red bellow exterior vs black because, well, I liked the red/black combination better and was able to purchase in the US with quick delivery
The shots below are with the medium format 6x9 sliding back attached. Called a sliding back, because you actually replace the 4x5 back with this one and it has its own 6x9 view screen. So you position the back, compose, focus, etc through the viewfinder, then "slide" the 6x9 120 film holder down into shooting position.
It was a fun January project, now just waiting for good weather to go out and shoot properly. And yes, rain is forecasted again this coming weekend.
gbohannon wrote:
Cool stuff Andy. If you share your astro shots anywhere definitely let us know. Hard to find dark sites around here. I will have to go over to the Wildlife board and check out the bird pics. I agree sensor cleaning can be intimidating the first time, but then becomes routine. I started years ago after waiting 4 weeks to get a D200 cleaned at Nikon USA.
G
Here's a couple, not enough data as the skies aren't clear and humidity doesn't help
Incredible shots Andy. Thanks for sharing the DarkSiteFinder. As you can see from my location (black arrow below) on the east coast of the US, it is pretty sad for finding a dark location. My best odds are the Outer Banks on the coast or West Virginia.
gbohannon wrote:
What is your winter project? Or summer project for everyone in the Southern Hemisphere
I finished up my large format clean, lube and adjustments last night. Even though the bellows on my camera seemed to be light tight, they were in rough shape in a few places and were sticky after being collapsed in the storage position. So I decided to go ahead and strip the camera down, give it a good cleaning and replace the bellows.
I went with dark red bellow exterior vs black because, well, I liked the red/black combination better and was able to purchase in the US with quick delivery
The shots below are with the medium format 6x9 sliding back attached. Called a sliding back, because you actually replace the 4x5 back with this one and it has its own 6x9 view screen. So you position the back, compose, focus, etc through the viewfinder, then "slide" the 6x9 120 film holder down into shooting position.
It was a fun January project, now just waiting for good weather to go out and shoot properly. And yes, rain is forecasted again this coming weekend.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Cool looking camera George. Looks immaculate.
Thanks Colin. It cleaned up pretty well
I have already had an offer to buy it. But this will be yet another item that will be in the don't sell list. But THIS is the year to scale down the collection. One of my new year resolutions
Andy still amazed at the shots from India. Truly Amazing!
Raphael that sky! Brought "Dia del Muerto" to mind with all its redness and magnificence!
Luka am I picking up om a new style for you. Interesting and keep em coming!
George the red bellows yo are great and the set up is rally great.
Well here are some from the smallest town in Florida. Actually if you saw a Sean Connery movie "Just Cause" where he played a defense attorney in the city of Ochopee you would think it was a thriving city. The law library in the movie was not Harvard's and was filmed at the Smathers Library at UF in Gainesville. Got to love Hollywood!
But the post office is all there is and lies just east of Everglade City
First picture taken with the new-to-me D800, and the 55mm f1,2 Nikkor-S.C serviced by Richard Haw
Nothing noteworthy. This is the parking lot next to the store that sells SD cards
Then the first picture of the new-to-me D800, taken with the 55mm f3,5 Ai. Notably missing from this lineup is the 105mm f2,5 Nikkor-P Sonnar lens I got from Eike. It is around here somewhere. I just have not found it yet.
And a first attempt to show I still now how to take a picture
