George quite nice spinning rod and reel. Do you cook what you catch?
Serge good tweaking!
Here is the test of the $30 Non Ai 200mm F4 "Q" lens purchased last Sunday at the Kiwi Swap Meet.
Florida Jets 20/20 all RC planes and flyers The throw on the lens is a long one but at infinity its pretty forgiving Still shots produce nice Bokeh at F8 and F11. Took a lot of shots then a huge RV pulled up next to my perch, parked and let the damn thing IDLE. Enjoy.
Hi Ken, how big are those RC-planes? They look fairly large.
And thanks - no, I usually release the fish (kind of british-style fishing for different kinds of non-predatory fish with sweetcorn, bread and so on as hookbait).
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Doing my best. Neither job offers me the luxury of working from home... neither job has sick leave, either, so if I get sick it won't be pretty.
Hope everyone else has someone they can rely on to help them out with supplies if needed.
I consider myself Blessed, old fashioned work place for benefits.
Linhof Master Technika 2000, Nikkor-AM ED 120 5.6 and Velvia 100. First try with the camera, as well as with the lens. The Technika bellows really stretch far, will have to try doing some macro work with the combo.
Was going to ask what an AM Nikkor 120 ED 5.6 is, but I see - large format!
Had a great day with the family at the North Carolina Zoo. I feel lucky to live so close to such a facility. It is the worlds largest natural habitat zoo with 2600 acres (500 acres developed and expanding this year). Nat Geo Wild is actually filming there for an upcoming television show.
Was nice to get away from the craziness for a while.
I went with a one lens kit today using the Zoom-Nikkor 35-200mm f/3.5-f/4.5. This lens also has a macro focus feature that allows focus down to 1ft. This allows for a wide range of shooting opportunities, although I do have a difficult time nailing focus with the lens on a DSLR. It was easier on the Z6, but still challenging for me especially at longer distances focus and wider angles. The focus throw is so small from 30' to infinity a little movement mades a big change..
Nikon Imaging has a write up of this lens in their One Thousand and One Nights series.
Scales vary from plane to plane. Most wing spans are from 9’ (3m) to 12’ (4m) with true scale fuselage. There are some larger and I’m guessing the scale is 1:4 being the largest down to 1:8. They are fun to watch and I imagine difficult to fly. I heard the owners of some saying there is a computer simulation that they use to learn to fly and perform maneuvers. Price tags on the larger ones start at $5,000 and go up!
gbohannon wrote:
Had a great day with the family at the North Carolina Zoo. I feel lucky to live so close to such a facility. It is the worlds largest natural habitat zoo with 2600 acres (500 acres developed and expanding this year). Nat Geo Wild is actually filming there for an upcoming television show.
Was nice to get away from the craziness for a while.
I went with a one lens kit today using the Zoom-Nikkor 35-200mm f/3.5-f/4.5. This lens also has a macro focus feature that allows focus down to 1ft. This allows for a wide range of shooting opportunities, although I do have a difficult time nailing focus with the lens on a DSLR. It was easier on the Z6, but still challenging for me especially at longer distances focus and wider angles. The focus throw is so small from 30' to infinity a little movement mades a big change..
Nikon Imaging has a write up of this lens in their One Thousand and One Nights series.
Excellent photos! Between these and the ones I could find on Flickr, this looks like a such a good lens for spending the day outside. I've been kicking around something in the 35-xx range for a bit, and this actually seems to tick all the boxes.
Scales vary from plane to plane. Most wing spans are from 9’ (3m) to 12’ (4m) with true scale fuselage. There are some larger and I’m guessing the scale is 1:4 being the largest down to 1:8. They are fun to watch and I imagine difficult to fly. I heard the owners of some saying there is a computer simulation that they use to learn to fly and perform maneuvers. Price tags on the larger ones start at $5,000 and go up!
This was my main hobby when I stepped away from photography for a while. The planes aren’t very hard to fly. As the cost goes up, there is a little bit of anxiety. My largest plane was a 1/4 scale J3 Cub. Had a 4-stroke motor and carried my Canonette in the cockpit. My favorite was a 1/8 scale DC3. I did get to fly a turbine powered plane once, but at a cost of over $35000 for the plane, I didn’t fly it long. I’ve flown pretty much every type of aircraft out there. Helicopters are the most difficult. Drones are the easiest.
Nice to see the Baha'i Lotus Temple here! I have read it receives more visitors than the Taj now
I have some nice night time images, but not with manual lenses.
OffTrail wrote:
Excellent photos! Between these and the ones I could find on Flickr, this looks like a such a good lens for spending the day outside. I've been kicking around something in the 35-xx range for a bit, and this actually seems to tick all the boxes.
George the 35-200 is one of those sleeper I prefer to take on road trips. Never lets me down!
More from the 2020 Florida Jets. The "4" Jet or slot pilot is always a Marine Corps Aviator. Nice rendition of an A4 which was a generation ago. Well made and well piloted r/c model, Seen on take-off roll and in flight.
Z6 was set to "A" and this is about the last of the pics before setting to "M" using 1/4000 - 1/8000 shutter speeds and depending on the endless ISO the camera provide from,, F8 to F22.
gbohannon wrote:
Had a great day with the family at the North Carolina Zoo. I feel lucky to live so close to such a facility. It is the worlds largest natural habitat zoo with 2600 acres (500 acres developed and expanding this year). Nat Geo Wild is actually filming there for an upcoming television show.
Was nice to get away from the craziness for a while.
I went with a one lens kit today using the Zoom-Nikkor 35-200mm f/3.5-f/4.5. This lens also has a macro focus feature that allows focus down to 1ft. This allows for a wide range of shooting opportunities, although I do have a difficult time nailing focus with the lens on a DSLR. It was easier on the Z6, but still challenging for me especially at longer distances focus and wider angles. The focus throw is so small from 30' to infinity a little movement mades a big change..
Nikon Imaging has a write up of this lens in their One Thousand and One Nights series.
Ken Hill wrote:
George the 35-200 is one of those sleeper I prefer to take on road trips. Never lets me down!
More from the 2020 Florida Jets. The "4" Jet or slot pilot is always a Marine Corps Aviator. Nice rendition of an A4 which was a generation ago. Well made and well piloted r/c model, Seen on take-off roll and in flight.
Z6 was set to "A" and this is about the last of the pics before setting to "M" using 1/4000 - 1/8000 shutter speeds and depending on the endless ISO the camera provide from,, F8 to F22.
Love those Jets Ken, how do the engines work, are they real jet engines or rockets?
