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Your Weekly Blog / Re: April 2026
« Last post by ARTUROARTISTA on April 06, 2026, 18:50:11 »from flower to flower
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [THEME] Green --- color of life
« Last post by ARTUROARTISTA on April 06, 2026, 18:44:53 »Over February & March, it's been wonderful to see little colonies of moss flourishingHow handsome! greetings Colim
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: April 2026
« Last post by John Geerts on April 06, 2026, 18:07:55 »Blossom
Pentax K200D With M42 lens 55mm/1.8 Asahi Super Takumar
Pentax K200D With M42 lens 55mm/1.8 Asahi Super Takumar
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Camera Talk / Re: Nikon gear - once again, out of this world!
« Last post by ColinM on April 06, 2026, 17:03:10 »Thanks Lars
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Lens Talk / Re: New Nikon 17-28mm f/2.8 Lens
« Last post by MEPER on April 06, 2026, 10:39:19 »Yes, it should be weakest at the 28mm end but even at 28mm I have no complaints.
Very low CA overall and for such a lens nice that it is optimized at the wide angle end. I have the 24-70/4 S which I could switch to if I need to take a lot of 28mm pictures.
I think many discard this lens because it is a Tamron design?
The lens handling is very good. I like that it has internal zoom. The 24-70/4 has not
but the new 24-70/2.8 II has 
Very low CA overall and for such a lens nice that it is optimized at the wide angle end. I have the 24-70/4 S which I could switch to if I need to take a lot of 28mm pictures.
I think many discard this lens because it is a Tamron design?
The lens handling is very good. I like that it has internal zoom. The 24-70/4 has not
but the new 24-70/2.8 II has 26
Lens Talk / Re: New Nikon 17-28mm f/2.8 Lens
« Last post by Erik Lund on April 06, 2026, 10:16:23 »Seems like the lens performs very nicely though out the focal length range;)
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Camera Talk / Re: Nikon gear - once again, out of this world!
« Last post by Lars Hansen on April 06, 2026, 09:20:00 »I've been tickled to hear some news reports saying this will be the first time humans have seen the dark side of the moon.
Luckily, a few of us here at NG remember the first time Apollo expeditions actually did this
And some classic images from the past, inc this one from 1968
Thanks for sharing this, Colin!
As for the classic images from the past - quote Wikipedia:
The photograph was taken from lunar orbit on December 24, 1968, 16:39:39.3 UTC, with a highly modified Hasselblad 500 EL with an electric drive. The camera had a simple sighting ring, rather than the standard reflex viewfinder, and was loaded with a 70 mm film magazine containing custom Ektachrome film developed by Kodak. Anders had been photographing the lunar surface with a 250 mm lens, which he then used for the Earthrise images.
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Camera Talk / Re: Nikon gear - once again, out of this world!
« Last post by ColinM on April 06, 2026, 08:37:37 »I've been tickled to hear some news reports saying this will be the first time humans have seen the dark side of the moon.
Luckily, a few of us here at NG remember the first time Apollo expeditions actually did this
And some classic images from the past, inc this one from 1968
Luckily, a few of us here at NG remember the first time Apollo expeditions actually did this
And some classic images from the past, inc this one from 1968
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Camera Talk / Nikon gear - once again, out of this world!
« Last post by ColinM on April 06, 2026, 08:33:08 »Here's the Flickr stream to see some of the images from the Artemis expedition
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/
Interesting to see the range of photo gear they've taken with them.
According to Nasa, the astronauts are using standard 10-year-old cameras, including the Nikon D5, as well as GoPros and smartphones.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/
Interesting to see the range of photo gear they've taken with them.
According to Nasa, the astronauts are using standard 10-year-old cameras, including the Nikon D5, as well as GoPros and smartphones.
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Lens Talk / Re: Nikon E 75-150 f/3,5
« Last post by Matthew Currie on April 06, 2026, 07:58:53 »The FA was the first AiS-standard supporting body, and then the FG as you say, followed by the F301 and F501 for consumer bodies (I think that's the complete list: The FG-20 for example dropped support). The F4 was the first pro body supporting AiS, then the F5 still had it, but the F6 dropped it I believe.The speed indexing post is on all true AI as well as AIS lenses, and the F4 will not matrix meter without it. Converted lenses revert to center weighting. The FG-20 dropped AIS support, but for some reason kept the feeler for the speed indexing post, though I could never figure out what, if anything, it did with it. There's no mention in its instructions. Supposedly that post had some function for dedicated flashes, but the FG-20 did not do TTL flash or matrix metering, so I have wondered if it's connected to anything at all.