April 2025

[Fons Baerken]

Fresh leafs
D850  AF-D 70-180

Trompe-l'oeil

[Birna Rørslett]

School outing.

Vintage EL-Nikkor 50mm f/2.8 on GF1.

[Fons Baerken]

School outing.

Vintage EL-Nikkor 50mm f/2.8 on GF1.

Quite sharp.

[Birna Rørslett]

No doubt the lens is more than sharp enough -- the main issue is focusing via a slow-rotating focusing helicoid

I do like the pleasing 'roundness' of the rendition of this vintage lens. Although it never was intended for outside work and daylight/sun, the colour rendition is consistently neutral, spherical aberrations well controlled, and I hardly see any CA.

[KarlMera]

I do like the pleasing 'roundness' of the rendition of this vintage lens.

sorry, but its difficult for me to see the deatils of this picture where the redition is visible, or do we need a scene with "bokeh"?

[KarlMera]

White butterflies

[Birna Rørslett]

sorry, but its difficult for me to see the deatils of this picture where the redition is visible, or do we need a scene with "bokeh"?

No 'bokeh' image is required. The rendition is pretty obvious to my eyes as it never tends to be too contrasty like many modern optical designs, despite the rather harsh daylight prevailing in the childreen scene. I did absolutely nothing in regard to adjusting image contrast or "snappiness" in post processing.

[Bruno Schroder]

Lunch time.

D500 105/2.8 AFS

[Birna Rørslett]

Sure looks like a tasty morsel Window scene, Bruno?

[Fons Baerken]

April 4,

Elderly playing ball (jeu de boules).

Zf   Voigtländer 35mm f/2

[KarlMera]

The rendition is pretty obvious to my eyes

Sorry, its my personal inability that it is impossible for me to see that without you explanation, but I try to learn.

[Birna Rørslett]

We all learn.

I had an epiphany way back when I first used Nikkor-ED lenses on my view camera. Their rendition was unlike everything I'd used before.

[ARTUROARTISTA]

poppy from my garden

[Bruno Schroder]

Sure looks like a tasty morsel Window scene, Bruno?

Yes. Marpissa muscosa likes to stand on wood. We have a few permanent residents on our window frames who pay their rent by catching flies and mosquitoes.

[Frank Fremerey]

the past brings inspiration