Photography thread

[Dragonsdad]

Piezoelectric unit. My 40 year old son isn't as old as this is.
Works great. Used it last to un-stick an enclosed plastic meter needle a neighbor was complaining about.

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totally unrelated... a photograph
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[5thDragoons]

I like the pic! At first I thought the gat was a Cetme. SW

[Dragonsdad]

I like the pic! At first I thought the gat was a Cetme. SW

Took that one at American Flats, an old Virginia City mill site that had a reputation as a place to party and run amok.
Government desk dwellers decided to level and fill in that particular piece of history some years ago.

Girl pictured was partial to that HK91.
Honestly, partial to the point of my having some doubts as to my getting it back.

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[Doc Sharptail]

Photo kit. SW

This guy needs help designing a cart to wheel his kit around.

Over-kill in the most extreme way. The dented lens barrels and shades as evidenced in the photo are testament to these ill thought out transport and handling methods.
Then again, some people *may* have money to burn :P

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

F2 on the P/B-2A bellows unit. The mount on the bellows rotates to accommodate vertical imagery. Nikkor Q 135mm f3.5 aboard.



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It makes images like this. Note shallow depth of field here, even at f8. I focused on the aperture blades on this work horse 50mm f2. Illuminated with a cheep little l.e.d. flashlight. 16 seconds at ISO 64.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

I hope you're stocked up on these, Doc - I believe prices are about take a big jump! SW

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/australian-distributor-confirms-that-zeiss-is-exiting-the-photo-business-no-more-batis-loxia-milvus-or-otus-lenses/?fbclid=IwAR1EvPhfj7LPdCUJQYIXJN88lBl-NvKr7NVOLGhAU4HL-svyIAAbX1SuWAs

[Doc Sharptail]

At that price point, I'll be out of the Zeiss game without ever getting into it.

My preferences are still for the older film era manual focus lenses and the "character" images they provide, not to mention the low to reasonable prices I'm still finding.
That 36 m/p sensor is revealing a lot of old timer gems.

Hoping for a bit of a break in this heat. Most of the city flower box planting is done now, so I may have some good images in a while.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

Just a few additional thoughts after doing a bit of looking around.

It appears they've literally, and figuratively, priced themselves right out of the market.
The current Cosina/Voightlander m/f series is the I/Q equivalent or better, for a fraction of the price.
Then there's the chinese stuff like TT/7 Artisans, which is cheap by comparison, and taking a fairly large bite out of the m/f lens market.

Perhaps their rifle scope line is next under the axe~ there's even more very serious competition there...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

It wouldn't surprise me to see them exit the scope market. To remain competitive price-wise, quality would have to suffer. And that by itself would kill them off. SW

[lyman]

Ziess is a small player in the US Scope world,

would not surprise me if they did pull out,
after all Nikon did,

Swarvwoski makes a fine spotting scope, but it is severly over priced,

[Doc Sharptail]

https://www.videomaker.com/news/zeiss-has-stopped-making-photography-lenses-or-has-it/

No confirmation or denial here, with some somewhat negative commentary coming from company insiders.
We shall see.

It's news to me that Nikon has left the rifle scope business...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Phloating Phlasher]

They left a while back.
From Jan of 2020:

https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/gear/nikon-will-no-longer-make-riflescopes/

[Doc Sharptail]

They left a while back.
From Jan of 2020:
https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/ge...e-riflescopes/

Thanks for the link.
They have also exited the DSLR market at roughly the same time, with the D6 being the last.
Efforts have been concentrated on the Z mirror-less line, for the time being.

I had just recently seen an ad somewhere for the nikon 2-7 x 32 rimfire~ likely on amazon, or similar.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

That old twin ring Tamron zoom is capable of a bit of the artsy-wartsy stuff too. Mix a bit of wind, some dandelion seeds, and wide apertures for painterly like effects.
Purple Martin house in the little play-ground/park across the street.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Phloating Phlasher]

Back in the day I won a pair of Tamron Adaptall (adaptamatic?), directly from Tamron.
IIRC an 70~210 & a 37~80?
Both very nice lenses.