GeorgeBo wrote:
Wow, that lens shines! Photographer is not too shabby either
G
rafaelcasd wrote:
I had not been to Cruising Grand in a couple of weeks, sick first, then in Mexico, the Cruising Grand meets will end with summer. Will miss one more due to Mississippi travel. Must not miss any others.
Took the perfect 70mm 1:5 Micro-Nikkor to cruising grand, have not photographed the lens yet, here is the ebay photo:
Lens was used on a Lei-Nik novoflex and a kipon F to Z manual focus adapter/helicoid which I find of good quality. The 55mm 1.2 CRT can be mounted this way but is good for macro only.
Sorry for the long post, want to share the cars, the lens rendering is impressive, sharp with beautiful OOF transition, smooth out of focus rendition. Lens is optimized for macro range but does well to infinity.
Thanks George! I tend to take larger aperture lenses to Cruising Grand and use them wide open, I do like the mix of sharp and soft areas in the image and the idea of the car more than a super detailed photo, I thought. Taking the 70mm f/5 forced me to use smaller apertures, and much to my surprise the feeling of the images did not change dramatically. If anything the images became more enjoyable with the added detail while retaining excellent OOF backgrounds. The signature of these images has not been so much the large apertures, it is the magic hour light and whichever composition and processing I add.
The rendering of the 70mm 1:5 exceeded all my expectations, the Z6 is not enough camera for it. Super sharp and also very pleasing focus transition and OOF rendition, nice contrast and color too. Very happy with it.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Wow, that lens shines! Photographer is not too shabby either
G
rafaelcasd wrote:
I had not been to Cruising Grand in a couple of weeks, sick first, then in Mexico, the Cruising Grand meets will end with summer. Will miss one more due to Mississippi travel. Must not miss any others.
Took the perfect 70mm 1:5 Micro-Nikkor to cruising grand, have not photographed the lens yet, here is the ebay photo:
Lens was used on a Lei-Nik novoflex and a kipon F to Z manual focus adapter/helicoid which I find of good quality. The 55mm 1.2 CRT can be mounted this way but is good for macro only.
Sorry for the long post, want to share the cars, the lens rendering is impressive, sharp with beautiful OOF transition, smooth out of focus rendition. Lens is optimized for macro range but does well to infinity.
Thanks George! I tend to take larger aperture lenses to Cruising Grand and use them wide open, I do like the mix of sharp and soft areas in the image and the idea of the car more than a super detailed photo, I thought. Taking the 70mm f/5 forced me to use smaller apertures, and much to my surprise the feeling of the images did not change dramatically. If anything the images became more enjoyable with the added detail while retaining excellent OOF backgrounds. The signature of these images has not been large apertures as much as the magic hour light and whichever composition and processing I add.
The rendering of the 70mm 1:5 exceeded all my expectations, the Z6 is not enough camera for it. Super sharp and also very pleasing focus transition and OOF rendition, nice contrast and color too. Very happy with it.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Wow, that lens shines! Photographer is not too shabby either
G
rafaelcasd wrote:
I had not been to Cruising Grand in a couple of weeks, sick first, then in Mexico, the Cruising Grand meets will end with summer. Will miss one more due to Mississippi travel. Must not miss any others.
Took the perfect 70mm 1:5 Micro-Nikkor to cruising grand, have not photographed the lens yet, here is the ebay photo:
Lens was used on a Lei-Nik novoflex and a kipon F to Z manual focus adapter/helicoid which I find of good quality. The 55mm 1.2 CRT can be mounted this way but is good for macro only.
Sorry for the long post, want to share the cars, the lens rendering is impressive, sharp with beautiful OOF transition, smooth out of focus rendition. Lens is optimized for macro range but does well to infinity.
Thanks George! I tend to take larger aperture lenses to Cruising Grand and use them wide open, I do like the mix of sharp and soft areas in the image and the idea of the car more than a super detailed photo, I thought. Taking the 70mm f/5 forced me to use smaller apertures, and much to my surprise the feeling of the images did not change dramatically. The signature of these images has not been large apertures as much as the magic hour light and whichever composition and processing I add.
The rendering of the 70mm 1:5 exceeded all my expectations, the Z6 is not enough camera for it. Super sharp and also very pleasing focus transition and OOF rendition, nice contrast and color too. Very happy with it.
