saph wrote:
Only a small rear lens in the back of the board Siphiwe. Its equivalent to somewhere around a normal focal length (50mm in our full format terms). This is the Nikkor-W lens. There's also a Nikkor-SW 150 f8, about 10+ times more expensive, and really meant for larger formats like 8X10.
Nikon stopped making large format lenses probably sometime in the 1990s. Very hard to find literature on them.
Interestingly the back of the Linhof board is marked "West Germany".
DeltaSigma wrote:
Let's hope the food hoarding mentality in the UK sorts itself out otherwise we might end up with ration books again.
This example, for petrol, from 1947 for vehicles between 1-9 horse power. 6 units a month.
I assume a unit would be 1 gallon. How things have changed. 9HP - what would you do with that Ken?
Boy, take a breath and the thread runs away from me... Wonderful to see photos of gear... thanks Chuong, Rafael, Samy. I even had the thought it might be good to do a new family portrait since the last one I did no longer depicts my Nikon family. I still have the problem of finding a single surface large enough to hold 47 manual focus lenses.
So with time on our hands it makes sense we'd return to this thread to renew acquaintances and share a few photos. For anyone feeling uninspired I'd suggest mounting an extension tube and taking a closer look at your world. They definitely give you a new perspective and shooting with tubes is in itself an adventure if you're adventurous enough to shoot handheld... the old rocking back and forth technique as you gaze through the viewfinder. Sometimes you get lucky... this with the 105 f/2.5 P AI with a PK-13 extension tube mounted... manual mode, f/8, 1/250th of a second.
We have another gorgeous day and I definitely need a walk. I think I'll mount the 135 f/3.5 Q AI with the PK-13 to see what I can find on another street not too far from where I live. Hope to see all of you later today. Stay safe everyone!
I have a feeling I will be doing a lot more macros, still life's and gear photos.
Curtis it will be great to see your neighbourhood flower photos flowing through here again. And good to see a thriving bee! The little close up No. 12 Nippon Kogaku that sits attaches to the front thread of my 5cm f2 LTM doesn't count as a tube, does it?
Speaking of gear. I received a Fotodiox Nikon F to Leica M adapter today. Going to see what the Noct will do on the Monochrom. Loving the results of some quick indoors test shots. Now hopefully the rain will stay away tomorrow.
CGrindahl wrote:
Boy, take a breath and the thread runs away from me... Wonderful to see photos of gear... thanks Chuong, Rafael, Samy. I even had the thought it might be good to do a new family portrait since the last one I did no longer depicts my Nikon family. I still have the problem of finding a single surface large enough to hold 47 manual focus lenses.
So with time on our hands it makes sense we'd return to this thread to renew acquaintances and share a few photos. For anyone feeling uninspired I'd suggest mounting an extension tube and taking a closer look at your world. They definitely give you a new perspective and shooting with tubes is in itself an adventure if you're adventurous enough to shoot handheld... the old rocking back and forth technique as you gaze through the viewfinder. Sometimes you get lucky... this with the 105 f/2.5 P AI with a PK-13 extension tube mounted... manual mode, f/8, 1/250th of a second.
We have another gorgeous day and I definitely need a walk. I think I'll mount the 135 f/3.5 Q AI with the PK-13 to see what I can find on another street not too far from where I live. Hope to see all of you later today. Stay safe everyone! ...Show more →
Beautiful macro Curtis! What is it the bee is holding?
bobbelbob wrote:
Beautiful macro Curtis! What is it the bee is holding?
/Kristian
This is an uncropped image so what I was able to enlarge the image and look more closely. I did a quick search and it may be what you see are "pollen sacs" like this...
Learn something new every day...
In my walk today I encountered bees that completely submerged themselves in the center of a flower to the point I could see them any longer. Yes, we need healthy bees.
So here is the bee I mention above who was soon so deep in the center of this flower that he became invisible... a deep dive in his search for pollen. Shot with the 135 f/3.5 Q AI manual mode at f/4, 1/250th of a second with the PK-13 extension tube mounted. I'd been shooting at f/8 but was unaware the presence of the tube left my fingers resting on the aperture ring and I gradually opened the aperture. It all worked so I have no complaints.
And FREE Meyer lemons that were tempting... but then this is coronavirus time and I prefer not to touch anything when I'm rambling about the neighborhood. I had to take the photo though.
Actually went out to take picture today, once to the yard, once to the city for the new sign, and once to the car. The yard was done with the 16mm 3.5, best lens ever in performance.
Love that it is so green, we are still getting rain in March!!
rafaelcasd wrote:
Actually went out to take picture today, once to the yard, once to the city for the new sign, and once to the car. The yard was done with the 16mm 3.5, best lens ever in performance.
Love that it is so green, we are still getting rain in March!!
Lovely picture of Mandarins, Rafael. You must have been right under the tree at 16mm. Gem of a lens.
