the solitaire wrote:
Ken, it's pretty much the same for me. I do recognise some by subject matter, others by either their lens choice or post processing.
For the following people, I never need to look up who posted the photo(s)
Ken Hill. Both subject matter and post processing really identify your photos for me. When it comes to lens choice, not many here own the Noct, or the 35-200 for that matter, but in your photo's it's not the lens choice that makes me recognise them.
Luka. A gifted observer with a way to pick strong pictures from an area as crowded as New York. The 55mm f1,2 and 105mm f2,5 images really stand out for me, because I like both lenses and use them a lot myself
Peter Burke. Subject matter and post processing more then lens choice
Peter O. When he still used the D200 it made things even easier, but his choice of aperture mostly give it away for me
Ronny. Well, 16mm and near perfect PP
Raphael. A lot of lens porn there, but the classic cars, garden views, the Navy ships. Still though, the light seems to tell me when an image was photographed by Raphael or by someone else.
Kristian. That's not too hard. The European continent somehow does look different from the American
Jose. Subject matter, but also the lens choice most of the time identifies Jose's images for me
Jay. In Jay's images it is the light and colors that make me recognise photos as his. Possibly this is influenced by PP a bit as well
Andy. Framing is the give away here for me. Most of the time anyways
Curtis, Leighton. I guess I do take in a lot of information when looking at the images here. I wish I had more time to participate. At the time, I'm trying to split up my time off from work between doing nice things with Anouk and Kristina, and getting projects in and around the house finished. I had a few occasions to try out the D800, but I am nowhere near as familiar with it, as I was with my D3.
Playing around a bit with the D800, the 80-200 f4 Ai-S and some strobes
C64. I have a few friends with collections of old computers. Soon I have a C64 for myself again. One of those was my very first computer, back in the 80's
the solitaire wrote:
C64. I have a few friends with collections of old computers. Soon I have a C64 for myself again. One of those was my very first computer, back in the 80's
Mine too. My dad heard that I was doing Computer Studies at school so bought me one. Of course not realising that we used different computers at school (BBC Model B)
All we did was play games on it and smoke weed ! Thanks Dad !
The only cartridge I remember owning was International Soccer.
You can buy full size new C64s now apparently. No shitty tape deck though thank god
georgms wrote:
After a long pause I've tried the Ai 55/1.2 again.
Got a decent D700 a short while ago and absolutely love the „feel” and heft of this camera.
After a long time without growing my MF kit, I bought another old lens: the 55mm f/2.8 AIS. I also got a mint PK-13 tube for it to get to 1:1 macro level. The main purpose is slide and negative digitization. I'm still waiting for the ES-1 slide duplicator adapter to use with a strobe, although I have seen people set up simple light tables with a copy stand and work the duplicating that way.
Has anyone here done anything like that with the 55mm macro?
Yes. When processing the NEF files with Lightroom you need to invert some settings to get a positive to work with, and your sliders work backward, but it's still better then working with TIFF files.
I made a PDF file on how to do that a few years ago
I use the 55 f3,5 with PK13 and ES1
pburke wrote:
After a long time without growing my MF kit, I bought another old lens: the 55mm f/2.8 AIS. I also got a mint PK-13 tube for it to get to 1:1 macro level. The main purpose is slide and negative digitization. I'm still waiting for the ES-1 slide duplicator adapter to use with a strobe, although I have seen people set up simple light tables with a copy stand and work the duplicating that way.
Has anyone here done anything like that with the 55mm macro?
the solitaire wrote:
Yes. When processing the NEF files with Lightroom you need to invert some settings to get a positive to work with, and your sliders work backward, but it's still better then working with TIFF files.
I made a PDF file on how to do that a few years ago
I use the 55 f3,5 with PK13 and ES1
Processing will be NEFs in Photoshop/CameraRaw. Just what I am most familiar with. Scanner TFFs, even at 48 bit just don't have the
And what about the lighting setup you used ti illuminate the ES1? Depth of field is minimal with that setup, so f/8 or f/11 is where I want to be to have warped old slides in focus. I want to use a strobe, but for focusing, I think I'll need something like a small LED video light. Maybe those are bright enough to get to the depth of field at 1/200s or even faster, using electronic first curtain shutter and a very solid tripod mount of the assembly.
pburke wrote:
Processing will be NEFs in Photoshop/CameraRaw. Just what I am most familiar with. Scanner TFFs, even at 48 bit just don't have the
And what about the lighting setup you used ti illuminate the ES1? Depth of field is minimal with that setup, so f/8 or f/11 is where I want to be to have warped old slides in focus. I want to use a strobe, but for focusing, I think I'll need something like a small LED video light. Maybe those are bright enough to get to the depth of field at 1/200s or even faster, using electronic first curtain shutter and a very solid tripod mount of the assembly. ...Show more →
I use the ES-2 and 60 f/2.8D with a speedlight facing the film, and I trigger it using the D600's flash. For focusing, I just use a flashlight pointed at the film and let the D600 focus in live view. Manual works just fine this way as well, especially if you're not working with the D600's awful LCD. It's not elegant, but it has been reliable.
And for what it's worth, I have not found the need for EFCS, MUP, or an exposure delay/remote release. I've done some comparisons between the D600 just clicking through and the D500 with all the steadiness tricks applied, and I don't see any meaningful difference. Definitely post up some results, I'm interested in seeing how the 55 does!
Taken with a D800 I believe, with the 55mm f3,5, the PK-13, the ES-1 from a negative taken with the Nikon F3 on Ilford HP5 using the 55mm f1,2 Nikkor-S.C
Even though a PC Nikkor is still on my wishlist, I just bought a lens yesterday. Still has to be delivered, and I am yet to figure out how to use it, but I bought the lens for close up photos.
The lens is a Nikkor, vintage between 1958 and 1976.
Taken with a D800 I believe, with the 55mm f3,5, the PK-13, the ES-1 from a negative taken with the Nikon F3 on Ilford HP5 using the 55mm f1,2 Nikkor-S.C
