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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: Common Loon Yodel
« Last post by Bruno Schroder on September 18, 2025, 21:05:56 »Wow indeed.
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: Pure colors
« Last post by KarlMera on September 18, 2025, 20:40:50 »Vivid
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Lens Talk / Re: The 55mm Micro-Nikkor family
« Last post by triglav on September 18, 2025, 20:07:38 »Oeivind,
pardon me, which exactly version of the af 60mm micro nikkor are you talking about, there some of them out there?
pardon me, which exactly version of the af 60mm micro nikkor are you talking about, there some of them out there?
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Lens Talk / Re: The 55mm Micro-Nikkor family
« Last post by Øivind Tøien on September 18, 2025, 19:29:38 »I recently had to decide between using my 55mm f/3.5 AI and the AF 60mm f/2.8 micro-Nikkors for film/slide scanning. It is worth noting that to compare, one need to consider that the body will display effective aperture for the 60mm, but not the 55mm. I found that at the same effective apertures the 60mm had better definition of the film grains in the far corners, which is not surprising considering that it is corrected to 1:1 without use of extension tubes. Using my Z8 I found an effective aperture of f/13 to be a good compromise between compensating for non-flat film and diffraction when scanning at near 1:1 and placing focus point between center and the corner. There are room for errors in this test with respect to accuracy of the aperture settings, so I would recommend testing the available lenses for one self.
The 60mm is a bit hard to manually focus, but has the advantage that once set it stays in position without need for taping down the focus ring. Typically focus remained the same though multiple film strips or equally mounted slides.
The 60mm is a bit hard to manually focus, but has the advantage that once set it stays in position without need for taping down the focus ring. Typically focus remained the same though multiple film strips or equally mounted slides.
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Lens Talk / Re: The 55mm Micro-Nikkor family
« Last post by Jürgen Pfeiffer on September 18, 2025, 19:10:59 »Good to know, Jurgen. Which version was it: the old or the newer one?
It's the newer version Bruno.
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: Common Loon Yodel
« Last post by Øivind Tøien on September 18, 2025, 19:10:46 »Wow, quite a view, one can almost see what he had for breakfast!! Well done and thanks for posting!
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [Theme] minimalist images
« Last post by KarlMera on September 18, 2025, 19:04:45 »Watercolors
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Common Loon Yodel
« Last post by Randy Stout on September 18, 2025, 18:26:30 »This male common loon was giving their alert call ( called a yodel) because another loon was circling the lake and considering landing. The males are very protective of their territory and try to reduce visitors, especially early in the breeding season. They often spin around in a circle as the intruder circles the lake, and I happened to be in a good spot to capture him.
D850. 600mm f/4 at f/5, 1/640 sec, ISO 1600. The loons back is out of focus but also covered by water as he spins, causing the distortion.
A significant crop because of the distance away, but the D850 file held up rather nicely I think.
D850. 600mm f/4 at f/5, 1/640 sec, ISO 1600. The loons back is out of focus but also covered by water as he spins, causing the distortion.
A significant crop because of the distance away, but the D850 file held up rather nicely I think.
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Camera Talk / Hasselblad X2D2 and Older XCD Lenses
« Last post by Michael Erlewine on September 18, 2025, 17:43:37 »Hasselblad X2D2 and Older XCD Lenses
The only serious complaint about the new Hasselblad X2D2 camera is not Hasselblad’s fault. It’s that all of my hard-won, BUT OLDER, (expensive) XCD lenses have motors that are NOT powerful or flexible enough to enjoy tracking eye focus with AF-C (continual focus) mode.
Only the recent XCD ‘V’ series and a few others have the ability to do that, and unlucky me didn’t care for them that much. I bought one “V” series after another and sent it back, the 55 “V”, the 25mm ‘V’, for example. I just did not find them, for my work, that useful.
So, I do have the 28mm and the 75mm which work with AF-C, the 75mm because the MTF graphs were that good, and the 28mm because I must have a walk-around lens with tracking ability, and it works well enough.
With all the money I had to scrape together for all my older XCD lenses, it has taken some extra work for me to pick up a used Hasselblad XCD 90 ‘V’, which arrived today. With those three modern lenses I will do OK, because otherwise I can’t track anything -- humans, dogs, or vehicles.
First photo taken with the XCD 90mm f/2.5.
The only serious complaint about the new Hasselblad X2D2 camera is not Hasselblad’s fault. It’s that all of my hard-won, BUT OLDER, (expensive) XCD lenses have motors that are NOT powerful or flexible enough to enjoy tracking eye focus with AF-C (continual focus) mode.
Only the recent XCD ‘V’ series and a few others have the ability to do that, and unlucky me didn’t care for them that much. I bought one “V” series after another and sent it back, the 55 “V”, the 25mm ‘V’, for example. I just did not find them, for my work, that useful.
So, I do have the 28mm and the 75mm which work with AF-C, the 75mm because the MTF graphs were that good, and the 28mm because I must have a walk-around lens with tracking ability, and it works well enough.
With all the money I had to scrape together for all my older XCD lenses, it has taken some extra work for me to pick up a used Hasselblad XCD 90 ‘V’, which arrived today. With those three modern lenses I will do OK, because otherwise I can’t track anything -- humans, dogs, or vehicles.
First photo taken with the XCD 90mm f/2.5.
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Lens Talk / Re: The 55mm Micro-Nikkor family
« Last post by Bruno Schroder on September 18, 2025, 17:39:54 »Good to know, Jurgen. Which version was it: the old or the newer one?