Author Topic: March 2023  (Read 14926 times)

Birna Rørslett

  • Global Moderator
  • **
  • Posts: 5185
  • A lesser fierce bear of the North
Re: March 2023
« Reply #225 on: March 20, 2023, 09:29:12 »
Nice idea - kudos Birna.

Having now seen what is required, it is a shame that the manufacturer did not already have these grooves included in the collar - not a very hard or costly machining operation with todays NC equipment.

Edit:  An even bigger shame that Nikon did not design a mount for the lens in the first place!

Oh well...

My thoughts exactly -- initially. However, they might already have realised that the Z9, not official at that time the 105MC was designed, would conflict due to its shape. As the Z9 is hefty and robust, adding the lightweight 105MC reduces the necessity of a lens tripod collar *for that combination only*. Nikon should instead have delivered something like the iShoot device, but made it rotating in both directions. Due to the protruding camera grip of many modern Nikons only one direction would be feasible for switching from landscape to portrait mode with the 105MC. On the Z fc, either direction is attainable.

Hugh_3170

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 1997
  • Back in Melbourne!
Re: March 2023
« Reply #226 on: March 20, 2023, 10:43:33 »
The other approach could have been along the lines of the changes from the first to the current version of the FTZ adapter, with a lens mount to suit the Z9.
Hugh Gunn

Fons Baerken

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 10579
    • https://www.flickr.com/photos/fonsbaerken/
Re: March 2023
« Reply #227 on: March 20, 2023, 12:41:10 »
Big automobiles

D850  24-70mm f/2.8

Thomas Stellwag

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 1112
Re: March 2023
« Reply #228 on: March 20, 2023, 14:35:05 »
Big automobiles

D850  24-70mm f/2.8

did´t know you have 2 of them  :o
Thomas Stellwag

golunvolo

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 6742
  • You ARE NikonGear
Re: March 2023
« Reply #229 on: March 20, 2023, 14:52:27 »
Protected.

 D850, 28mm 1.4 e

Fons Baerken

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 10579
    • https://www.flickr.com/photos/fonsbaerken/
Re: March 2023
« Reply #230 on: March 20, 2023, 15:30:53 »
did´t know you have 2 of them  :o

 ;D ;D ;D, i didnt know either

Fons Baerken

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 10579
    • https://www.flickr.com/photos/fonsbaerken/
Re: March 2023
« Reply #231 on: March 20, 2023, 15:36:47 »
Protected.

 D850, 28mm 1.4 e

Prickly business, Opuntia ficus-indica!

John Geerts

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 9120
  • Photojournalist in Tilburg, Netherlands
    • Tilburgers
Re: March 2023
« Reply #232 on: March 20, 2023, 21:48:12 »
The new facade garden in development
Z9 600/5.6 AI-S

Ian Watson

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 383
Re: March 2023
« Reply #233 on: March 20, 2023, 22:53:39 »
Nice one.
I wonder if she will become a doctor or surgeon?

Thanks, Hugh. My daughter loves tools. The medical ones were fun but they could not compare to the engineers building race cars.

Nikon Z6, 35mm f/1.8S.

golunvolo

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 6742
  • You ARE NikonGear
Re: March 2023
« Reply #234 on: March 20, 2023, 23:57:56 »
Prickly business, Opuntia ficus-indica!
Sweet edible. Quite popular in the south of Spain. I was easy to find someone selling the fruit ("chumbos" in the local culture) not so much now.

Airy

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 2590
    • My pics repository
Re: March 2023
« Reply #235 on: March 21, 2023, 00:41:19 »
Magnolia stellata (?) in a public garden in Lille. Z6ii, Novoflex adapter, Canon FD macro 100/4 @5.6. No correction in PP, but +2/3 EV.
That second-hand macro lens joined my inventary around 2007. The lens formula is rather simple, inspired from a Cooke triplet (see https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/fdmacro/100macro.htm. It has a good reputation for being a capable allrounder, also suitable for distant shots, and delivering good bokeh (by the way, the background is essentially composed of other flowers from the same tree). I used it a lot, much more than the 85/1.8, and somewhat more than the "specialized" 135/2.
Airy Magnien

Hugh_3170

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 1997
  • Back in Melbourne!
Re: March 2023
« Reply #236 on: March 21, 2023, 01:31:27 »
Lovely image.  Yes I can understand the attractions for her - noise, colour, details etc.  My eldest daughter graduated as a mechanical engineer, but has ended up project managing large civil engineering projects (in roading & now onto rail tunnels), so no reason at all why engineering should not be an option for your daughter.  We need more a lot more engineers here in Australia.  Main thing with kids is to keep all options open for them.

Thanks, Hugh. My daughter loves tools. The medical ones were fun but they could not compare to the engineers building race cars.

Nikon Z6, 35mm f/1.8S.
Hugh Gunn

Akira

  • Homo jezoensis
  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 12468
  • Tokyo, Japan
Re: March 2023
« Reply #237 on: March 21, 2023, 04:11:59 »
Magnolia stellata (?) in a public garden in Lille. Z6ii, Novoflex adapter, Canon FD macro 100/4 @5.6. No correction in PP, but +2/3 EV.
That second-hand macro lens joined my inventary around 2007. The lens formula is rather simple, inspired from a Cooke triplet (see https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/fdmacro/100macro.htm. It has a good reputation for being a capable allrounder, also suitable for distant shots, and delivering good bokeh (by the way, the background is essentially composed of other flowers from the same tree). I used it a lot, much more than the 85/1.8, and somewhat more than the "specialized" 135/2.

The magnolia flowers appear to feel a bit cold in the atmosphere of Lille.

The Canon FD Macro seems to share the same optical formula of a Heliar type.  I realized that it has a unique mechanism to switch the rotation of the focus ring between heavy and light.  It would require more complicated internal mechanism but is smarter than the locking screw of Nikkor siblings.
"The eye is blind if the mind is absent." - Confucius

"Limitation is inspiration." - Akira

Airy

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 2590
    • My pics repository
Re: March 2023
« Reply #238 on: March 21, 2023, 12:15:39 »
Heliar, indeed. Just looked it up. Thanks for the hint.
Airy Magnien

John Geerts

  • NG Supporter
  • **
  • Posts: 9120
  • Photojournalist in Tilburg, Netherlands
    • Tilburgers
Re: March 2023
« Reply #239 on: March 21, 2023, 15:59:05 »
New tool

D850  105/1.4