Photography thread

[Doc Sharptail]

It seems to work...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

This site auto-sizes. Later on this morning, I'll start a dedicated photography thread. SW

[5thDragoons]

Photography thread

The place for your pics, and discussion of photo kit.

I'll start off with a goose nest. There's a narrow ledge on one side of a local fishing pond protected by a chain link fence - mostly to keep kids from diving in. The same pair of geese have been nesting here for a few years and away they go again. The fence will help keep kids away but it does exactly no good against coons. I didn't have a camera along yesterday and am frankly amazed the eggs are still intact. SW

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[Allen]

A goose and a rooster could make a gooster if they didn't chicken out.

[Doc Sharptail]

The place for your pics, and discussion of photo kit.

I'm trying to avoid linking to my computer- which is why still no avatar.
Let me know if image height of 530 is too tall.
It seems to be about the standard for B/B type boards.

I've been with the full-frame sensor long enough to develop personal favorites for glass, and was about to compile for the old board.

A bit of explanation for those who haven't followed previously:

I'm using a Nikon D-810 digital camera.
I am not using autofocus lenses with it because those systems have a tendency to shut down around 32F/0C.
I have been through a LOT of glass over the last 3 years or so, and am getting a very good idea of what works for me with the old film era manual focus lenses.
More to follow on this later...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

So far, I don't think image size matters too much - site software seems to resize. SW

[Phloating Phlasher]

I tried uploading an image from my online storage on "Imgur" & got a "error: Remote file is too large" error, so there is some upper limit, for hosted images at least!
Now the same image uploaded from my HDD came through with no problems @ 2.10Mb!
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[Doc Sharptail]

So far, I don't think image size matters too much - site software seems to resize. SW

I'm getting the full 530 X 680 image here without having to click on it

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Phloating Phlasher]

A bit more artsy than my usual stuff.
"Spring"
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[Doc Sharptail]

Nikon series "E" 100mm f2.8 at f8 and low ISO.
It's wearing a Nikon L-37-C coated filter here.

Optically this out-performs the 105mm nikkor by quite a bit.
The series "E" line was just what the E designates- an economy line of lenses that didn't last very long.

The build quality and materials used were definitely inferior to the nikkor line- the plastic focusing tube and nylon bearings in the helicoids can get a bit noisy at the right temperatures.
I'll let the imagery speak for it's self.

I like this lens for it's small size, and ease of focus.

More to follow later...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

Nikkor 35-105mm f3.5-4.5 here.
Crop from about 50mm and the macro lug engaged. Wide open.
The zone of focus when being used in this mode is incredibly shallow. A tripod and focusing rail would make images like this much better and easier to take. Still, given enough light, I try.



Same lens at 105mm and f5.6. ISO 64.

More to follow...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

Extremely good detail on the sparrow!! SW

[Allen]

Great. Still have my old Pentax 35mm. Hung it up like most others when the digitals came about.

[Dragonsdad]

Great. Still have my old Pentax 35mm. Hung it up like most others when the digitals came about.

K1000?
I went with a *ist D once I found out the lenses would interchange. I still have it even though my point & shoot is usually more 'at hand'. My son is one of the phone cam crowd but still does pretty nice when he takes the time to compose and crop.

[Doc Sharptail]

Great. Still have my old Pentax 35mm. Hung it up like most others when the digitals came about.

The K-mount lenses are still popular.
There's quite a few on mflenses that use them on various Sony and Fuji digital cameras by using a mount adapter.
For me , the Nikon F mount is still king, and the nikon f mount lenses work extremely well on the Nikon D-810.
Apparently, the last (?) Nikon DSLR is the D-6. All the new ones to follow will be mirrorless...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail