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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by timh on March 28, 2024, 19:42:19 »
Another attempt with the D800E + EL-Nikkor 63mm f/2.8N, reversed on PB-4 bellows.
This time part of the circuit board on the back of a HC-SR04 - Ultrasonic Distance Sensor.
I am quite pleased with the results that I am getting with this setup, although so far I have nothing to compare it to.
I think I might try reversing the AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D on the bellows, to see how that compares.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by aerobat on March 28, 2024, 18:20:53 »
windy... D850 & AF-S 300mm PF & TC-14E
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by Fons Baerken on March 28, 2024, 16:18:47 »
March 28

Zf _ Z 50mm f/1.8S

countrylane

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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by Frank Fremerey on March 28, 2024, 11:08:44 »
Wow, that is quite some light and stormy weather!


Thank you Øivind
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by Øivind Tøien on March 28, 2024, 08:50:49 »

Wow, that is quite some light and stormy weather!
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by Frank Fremerey on March 28, 2024, 08:19:04 »
the light change
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In somewhat well behaved AI lenses where one can adjust the aperture lever, it may be possible to optimize performance within a limited range of apertures controlled from the camera body. For instance my chipped 55mm f/3.5 Ai provides a pretty linear aperture response in the f/3.5 to f/11 range after adjustment, whereas at the f/16 setting which I do not care much about, it is pretty abruptly stopped down to f/22.
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Can’t seem to get a shutter count for this camera, but it is outwardly in very nice condition. Now I  need to study how to use this freakin’ thing!
The Shuttercount in the EXIF was introduced with the Nikon D2h, so the earlier camera's won't have the option to read this information.
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Camera Talk / Re: How to see the Aperture of MF-Lenses through the FTZ-Adapter
« Last post by Snoogly on March 28, 2024, 04:53:13 »
Nice set of lenses to be chipped? Are they all AIS lenses? If they’re not the exposure readings will not be accurate because AI lenses are not linear, but AIS lenses are. If you haven’t done them before, I just took the metal shroud off the back of the lens after I scribed The location of the chips and use the hacksaw to cut into that area and made it look like teeth after which I broke off each little tooth and then I filed it flat so I could glue the chip on and have it supported by both shoulders of the shroud on the back of the lens . They communicate well with the FTZ adapter. Regards, Gerry.

You speak the truth!

I chipped a mixture of ai-s and ai and pre-ai. A few pre-ai lenses seem to ignore the exposure reading rule, and perform as well as ai-s lenses. But as you say, most result in unpredictable and often wrong exposure using the FTZ. I only use those on my D4s.

So far I have only relied on glue for the chips, and am waiting to have enough courage to attack my 180mm ai-s with a hacksaw and files.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2024
« Last post by timh on March 28, 2024, 04:19:43 »
River scene D200 IR

Nice photo. The tree branches and green colour give a calm feeling.
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