April 2025

[Hugh_3170]

Love those Eucalypts.

I also loved my D700 camera.

Morning ride last weekend. Cool and foggy 

D700 + Nikkor 28mm ais

[Birna Rørslett]

Some messages are hard to disagree with.

[Akira]

I think I have lenses, that could make it straight

That should be truly rare items!   

[aerobat]

Tourist in action - Zf & Neo Noct

[Bent Hjarbo]

Hot air balloon show at the town hall square.
Z8 z24-70 f4 @30mm 1/20 sec ISO 500

[John Geerts]

Love the bokeh droplets John!

Thanks Daniel

[John Geerts]

Birdwatch fully staffed

D800E AFD 50/1.4

[John Geerts]

Morning ride last weekend. Cool and foggy 

D700 + Nikkor 28mm ais

Lovely shot, Adli.

[Airy]

Lille, today.
Zf, Canon 85/1.8 FD wide open. That lens is very homogeneously sharp but, at full aperture, sports some pink fringing and a (sometimes) endearing "glow". Of course that's an old lens, bought 2nd hand about 40 years ago, so the coatings etc. can't compete with those of recent lenses. In particular, mounted on m43, the Olympus 75/1.8 is clearly superior in all respects. Still, that old-timer is usable on full frame, and probably at least as good as its Nikon sibling that did not satisfy at full aperture (unfortunately, I cannot make any direct comparison, having sold it).

[golunvolo]

Hot air balloon show at the town hall square.
Z8 z24-70 f4 @30mm 1/20 sec ISO 500

  Ben, what really caught my eye is the quantity of  cell phones and how many people is living the event through the screen. Impressive shot either way

[golunvolo]

Birdwatch fully staffed

D800E AFD 50/1.4

  Intense 

[Øivind Tøien]

  Ben, what really caught my eye is the quantity of  cell phones and how many people is living the event through the screen. Impressive shot either way

+1, and particularly efficient in the dark, sort of a shape echo.

[Øivind Tøien]

Spring has arrived at Creamers Field, with lots of species already arrived. They plough the snow away from the fields every spring and spread grains to help our migratory friends, a good opportunity to test my new tripod legs. Z8 500PF, posted for yesterday.

[Øivind Tøien]

And here it is. After using my little modified Gitzo 120 Reporter legs for 26 years as my only tripod, I thought I deserved this new one while everything on the site was on NAB sale. The solution I ended up with is about the same weight and folded length as the Gitzo with separately added leveling platform, but now I have a tripod that can almost reach eye level with its integrated leveling platform and is quite a bit sturdier, instead of always being down with pads on my knees - a completely different experience for me.

[christeo]

First edits of one of the Surf-Pictures I took in Galicia. Love the control-points in high-contrast situations ...
1) crop 100%
2) my edit & choice for printing

Technical D500 & 4/300PF with -F-T-Z- & TC14v3 ... I am positive that it would look nicer with the FL 4/600mm on a Z9 ... I have to make some more money to buy these ...

Nice! I actually prefer the uncropped view,as it shows more environment and color variation. So less need of state of the art equipment in this case, at least..