Since the thread has slowed down a bit I thought I would add this to the daily chatter. Please bear with my boredom
The rain has set in today and with the total so far we have set an annual record for rainfall for the year.
Thinking about the recent conversation based on Kevin's question and time for post processing, I decided to spend some time this rainy afternoon working on a Picture Control monochrome profile for the Z6 so I could get keeper black and white JPG files without having to do any post processing. My candidate lens for this was the Leica Thread Mount Nikkor 5cm f/1.4. Since I like shooting black and white and the old LTM lenses seem to do well with black and white, it seems like a good choice.
As you see in the first picture below (shot with Micro-Nikkor 55mm/3.5) the LTM 5cm makes for a good compact package adapted to the Z6 with the bonus of being able to use the close focus ability of that lens that you cannot do on a Leica because the rangefinder coupling disengaging as you focus close.
The following two shots are with the LTM 5cm and Z6. These are JPG files with the modified Picture Control Monochrome profile I did in camera. Only resized in macOS Preview for posting.
Nothing special, just some pine cone decoration on the front porch. But I do like the results.
First one shot at f/1.4 and you can see the veiling flare character of the lens wide open.
Second one stopped down to f/2 and is much cleaner from flare.
I think this lens/profile combo will perform well on the Z6. Now hopefully clear skies will be coming back so I can get out of the house and give this a good test
Since the thread has slowed down a bit I thought I would add this to the daily chatter. Please bear with my boredom
The rain has set in today and with the total so far we have set an annual record for rainfall for the year.
Thinking about the recent conversation based on Kevin's question and time for post processing, I decided to spend some time this rainy afternoon working on a Picture Control monochrome profile for the Z6 so I could get keeper black and white JPG files without having to do any post processing. My candidate lens for this was the Leica Thread Mount Nikkor 5cm f/1.4. Since I like shooting black and white and the old LTM lenses seem to do well with black and white, it seems like a good choice.
As you see in the first picture below (shot with Micro-Nikkor 55mm/3.5). The LTM 5cm makes for a good compact package adapted to the Z6 with the bonus of being able to use the close focus ability of that lens that you cannot do on a Leica because the rangefinder coupling disengaging as you focus close.
The following two shots are with the LTM 5cm and Z6. These are JPG files with the modified Picture Control Monochrome profile I did in camera. Only resized in macOS Preview for posting.
Nothing special, just some pine cone decoration on the front porch. But I do like the results.
First one shot at f/1.4 and you can see the veiling flare character of the lens wide open.
Second one stopped down to f/2 and is much cleaner from flare.
I think this lens/profile combo will perform well on the Z6. Now hopefully clear skies will be coming back so I can get out of the house and give this a good test
