The definition of a Scottish gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes - and doesn't. I used to work in Edinburgh and had to pass the pipe buskers daily.LOL! Well, I love the bagpipes so maybe it would sound just fine to me.
Just a simple shot of some "Bleeding Heart" flowers from the garden.
X-T1, 105mm Micro Nikkor Lens, 1/125th @ F16, 200-ISO, Multi Diffused Flash.
Bleeding Heart (2)-02900 by G.K.Jnr., on Flickr
for looking and any comments welcome.,
George.
Just a simple shot of some "Bleeding Heart" flowers from the garden.
X-T1, 105mm Micro Nikkor Lens, 1/125th @ F16, 200-ISO, Multi Diffused Flash.
George.
Thank you Andrew, much appreciate you stoppin' by to comment.
"The lens is 105mm Micro Nikkor D Lens. All the Nikon D lenses have aperture rings so they can be stopped down manually and they are designed for Full Frame. This one is mounted on my X-T1 using a cheepo Fuji to Nikon Ai adapter from fleabay".
George.
Just a simple shot of some "Bleeding Heart" flowers from the garden.
X-T1, 105mm Micro Nikkor Lens, 1/125th @ F16, 200-ISO, Multi Diffused Flash.
George.
Surely the mount moves the lens further forward, so it would have the effect of a short lens tube and allow slightly closer focusing ?
Very well done George. We have these in our garden too
Tell me more about these mount converters. I assume that it's all manual and ideally the lens should have an aperture ring. There's some reasonably good cheap manual lenses out there - just seen a Canon 100mm f2.8 in FD fitting
Do you use the cheap converters found on Ebay for around £10-£20 ?
I've got the 200mm F4 D Micro Nikkor, which is very nice on Full Frame and optically superb, but I find it a bit too long when used on my X-T1.
George.
The mount does indeed move the lens away from the body, but by the appropriate distance to suit a mirrorless camera, so the focussing range stays the same. I generally use the cheap Ebay converters; it can be a bit hit and miss regarding accuracy, but generally they're fine. Yes, you want a lens with its own aperture ring which basically means a lens from a film camera.Tell me more about these mount converters. I assume that it's all manual and ideally the lens should have an aperture ring. There's some reasonably good cheap manual lenses out there - just seen a Canon 100mm f2.8 in FD fitting
Do you use the cheap converters found on Ebay for around £10-£20 ?
Tell me more about these mount converters. I assume that it's all manual and ideally the lens should have an aperture ring. There's some reasonably good cheap manual lenses out there - just seen a Canon 100mm f2.8 in FD fitting
Do you use the cheap converters found on Ebay for around £10-£20 ?
Couple taken the other day with the 35mm F2.0 - really liking this little lens and enjoying the (relatively) fast aperture
but seriously have you dropped out of the Nikon fold now?
Thank you Andrew, much appreciate you stoppin' by to comment.
"The lens is 105mm Micro Nikkor D Lens. All the Nikon D lenses have aperture rings so they can be stopped down manually and they are designed for Full Frame. This one is mounted on my X-T1 using a cheepo Nikon Ai to Fuji-X adapter from fleabay".
George.
Actually you can get adapters for G lenses (but I haven't tried them as I don't have any). Unlike Canon, the aperture can still be closed down mechanically. The only problem is that you won't know exactly what aperture you're using, although you should be able to deduce it approximately by the change in exposure values.
. Got my first chance to try out my new Samyang 12mm. It takes a bit of getting used to, and keeping your shadow out of shot on sunny afternoons can be a challenge, but once I got the hang of focusing it, I was pretty impressed with the image quality. Here's an early effort from the rather fabulous Barnoon Cemetery.
Barnoon Cemetery 1 by David Hallett, on Flickr
I've been worrying about you m8,
George.
That's a well-composed and exposed shot. Bet it looks moody in mono.I've been away for a while, including a week in Cornwall where I did almost nothing other than take rather too many pictures
Thanks Stephen! And yes, it does. It seems a natural candidate for mono, but in the end I decided the colour version had the edge. It's definitely horses for courses, however. And if you have a suggestion on how to improve the mono version...
. I find focusing it accurately at those wide apertures a bit tricky, but my experience with MF and moving subjects is limited and others would doubtless do better.
Yeah, now that I look at it, the church doorway and that tree behind it are both probably a bit too black. That's not going to make much difference to the overall effect, but I would fix before printing. Ta!
I have one of those; it focuses superbly on the X-Pro2.Looks very nice! I thought about acquiring one, but I found a 57mm Hexanon 1.4 to adapt instead. I haven't used it much yet, but it seems pretty useful for portraits. Soft and glowy but potentially useful wide open, immediately sharper at f/2 and 2.8, by f/4 probably picking up more skin texture than most female subjects would prefer
Looks very nice! I thought about acquiring one, but I found a 57mm Hexanon 1.4 to adapt instead. I haven't used it much yet, but it seems pretty useful for portraits. Soft and glowy but potentially useful wide open, immediately sharper at f/2 and 2.8, by f/4 probably picking up more skin texture than most female subjects would prefer
