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Camera Talk / Re: Convert a Nikon D800 to IR?
« Last post by golunvolo on February 26, 2026, 14:50:56 »
Thank you for the offer and the information.

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Your Weekly Blog / Re: February 2026
« Last post by John Geerts on February 26, 2026, 12:07:14 »
Dont forget the afs35mm f/1.4g
Yes, great lens too.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: February 2026
« Last post by John Geerts on February 26, 2026, 11:51:28 »
John, I like the rendering of this classic 24mm f/1.4.
I guess this and the Neo Noct is almost all you need.
Thanks Daniel.  The AFS 24,  35, 85  and 58 f/1.4G are superb lenses, but 105/1.4E and 28/1.4E are not bad too. Personally i find the rendering of the 28/1.4E a bit too clinical...
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For those tightfisted neoluddists among us who do not care about Exif and set the aperture according to the subject, the enlargement focussing method and auto timing of the Z will do, it allows a much cheaper mechanical adapter for lenses including Zeiss, Leitz, Kinoptic,  Angenieux as well as some of the excellent Nikon glass.

p.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: February 2026
« Last post by Fons Baerken on February 26, 2026, 08:57:58 »
Gardenset

Viltrox 16mm f/1.8
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: February 2026
« Last post by Fons Baerken on February 26, 2026, 08:57:06 »
John, I like the rendering of this classic 24mm f/1.4.
I guess this and the Neo Noct is almost all you need.

Dont forget the afs35mm f/1.4g, its the time when Sigma art lenses gained popularity.

https://nikonrumors.com/2026/02/24/coming-soon-voigtlander-nokton-classic-35mm-f-1-4-lens-for-nikon-z-mount.aspx/
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Camera Talk / Re: Convert a Nikon D800 to IR?
« Last post by Macro_Cosmos on February 26, 2026, 07:31:27 »

Will you give it a chance of selling it here?
You can see details here:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/188087796416

This is no ordinary conversion.  The bayer array (rggb) has been removed.
This is probably not what people are looking for. 

Either way, the best camera to convert is an old one you already have that is collecting dust.
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https://nikonrumors.com/2026/02/25/monsteradapter-to-announce-two-new-z-mount-adapters-la-fz11-for-nikon-f-mount-non-cpu-lenses-and-la-nz1-for-contax-n-mount-lenses.aspx/
MonsterAdapter to announce two new Z-mount adapters: LA-FZ11 for Nikon F-mount non-CPU lenses and LA-NZ1 for Contax N-mount lenses

At the 2026 CP+ show, which starts tomorrow, MonsterAdapter will announce two new Z-mount adapters:

MonsterAdapter LA-FZ11 (the previous version was LA-FZ1): manual-focus enhanced adapter for Nikon F-mount non-CPU lenses, designed exclusively for Nikon Z-mount. It features AE control, EXIF recording, and innovative MF assist functions (with automatic aperture control and focus indicator, but no AF).
MonsterAdapter LA-NZ1: enables the use of Contax N-mount Carl Zeiss lenses on Nikon Z-mount cameras with autofocus functionality.


This is a pretty interesting product from MonsterAdapter. 
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Black Flying Fox
« Last post by Les Olson on February 26, 2026, 02:08:51 »
The Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto) is the largest flying fox in Australia, weighing up to 1 kg, and so one of the largest bats in the world.

They eat fruit and blossoms, so this tree attracts numerous flying foxes at night, but it is unusual to see one active in daylight. Although echolocation is thought of as characteristic of bats, flying foxes do not have it and rely on eyesight. They are quite intelligent and, as you can see, quite attractive, but are best left alone because they carry Australian Bat Lyssa Virus, which is related to rabies and can infect humans. Infection is rare, because although sero-prevalence surveys of bats suggest that about 1% are infected only four people have died of Lyssa since the virus was discovered in 1996, all after bites from infected bats.   

Nikon's subject detection AF agrees that they look like dogs - it failed when set to "birds" but managed quite well set to "animals". Z50II + 28-400.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: February 2026
« Last post by aerobat on February 25, 2026, 22:55:42 »
John, I like the rendering of this classic 24mm f/1.4.
I guess this and the Neo Noct is almost all you need.
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