April 2025

[John Geerts]

Lots of faded colours there!! is this before or after restoration?

During. This is one of the initial scans. Problem is also that the original slides were under-exposed

[Frank Fremerey]

I add some lichen from Galicia to the nature theme today and 300PF versus Pixel 9 Pro to the ongoing phone vs camera topic ... I guess both are real good but the 2000€ glass has more "something" than the 1350$ phone or not???


NOW it is YOU who finds the phone without EXIF peeking

[Lars Hansen]

Restoring old slides for the Tilburg City Archive.

Here a slide from the Johannes van Oisterwijkstraat on 2 September 1962

That must be a fascinating and interesting task. I've been scanning family paper pictures for the next generations in the family, but also for the local archives where my parents lived / worked. I enjoy watching old pictures in the archives from the city where I grew up, so it's only fair to contribute.     

[Ian Watson]

Spring might finally be here. My children reinvented the exercise bike with the aid of broken training wheels. To think that the bike was a bit big for my daughter not long ago....

Nikon Zf, 50mm f/1.4 AI.

[Airy]

Crazy chess. Lille, vieille bourse.
Zf, Canon FD 135/2 @ f/4. Contemporary artwork provided the imperfect convex mirror.

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Holy Thursday procession in a town in Murcia.

[Hans_S]

My recall was already telling me that the next few lines of this sketch quickly become un printable
(Poor old Jayne Mansfield)

As a teenager, hearing the vinyl version of this performance was a snigger-inducing experience
But I don't think the humour has lasted as well as some of their other material

Agreed...I do like Moore's work as a composer and pianist.

Melbourne 1978, pushed FP-4. My first attempts at capturing an indoor performance.

[Birna Rørslett]

You made it work well

[Birna Rørslett]

More b/w follows ... IR view of "my" river. Viltrox 20mm f/2.8, modified Z5, Kolari 720nm clip-in filter.

Just a tiny detail mars the tranquil scene. Oh well. Man's impact is ubiquitous.

[Birna Rørslett]

I add some lichen from Galicia to the nature theme today and 300PF versus Pixel 9 Pro to the ongoing phone vs camera topic ... I guess both are real good but the 2000€ glass has more "something" than the 1350$ phone or not???


NOW it is YOU who finds the phone without EXIF peeking

Second image is by 300PF. No peeking -- I promise.

[Hans_S]

You made it work well

Thank you Birna 

[Frank Fremerey]

Second image is by 300PF. No peeking -- I promise.

you are right. The 300PF has a creamy bokeh

[Frank Fremerey]

In Galicia some corners feature trafic signs in black and white ...

[ColinM]

Agreed...I do like Moore's work as a composer and pianist.

Melbourne 1978, pushed FP-4. My first attempts at capturing an indoor performance.

Great Hans

[Øivind Tøien]

More b/w follows ... IR view of "my" river. Viltrox 20mm f/2.8, modified Z5, Kolari 720nm clip-in filter.

Just a tiny detail mars the tranquil scene. Oh well. Man's impact is ubiquitous.

Very nice use of tranquil IR cloud reflections contrasting the grim tube feeding who knows what...

The clip-in filter caught my attention: Do you see any more problems with flares or wide angle corners performance (due to the steep angle caused by the close proximity of the clip-in filter to the lens rear element) than with an on-sensor of front mounted filter? I am thinking if a full-spectrum body can be combined as an extra visible light body with clip-in UV-IR cut (perhaps with Kolari's Nikon OEM filter offering), clip-in IR pass, and clip-in quartz protective window as base for UV (no UV-pass clip-in offered for that as I can see).  Also is register distance adjusted to avoid problems with infinity focus due to different combined filter thicknesses behind the lens? Apparently what you have seems to work very well, but asking anyway. Ideally the IR-cut on the sensor would be removed and not replace with on-sensor quartz filter glass, but always be used with one type of clip-in or the other to replace it.