Portraits of Camera gear.

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Nikkor105_Monochrom by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

The stuff that i buy for my Nikkors.

[Jan Anne]

Brian, this one is for you as you seem to like Leica M lenses a lot

[Erik Lund]

But JA, it's a Leica C

[Fons Baerken]

Clack is gathering dust

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But JA, it's a Leica C

It's a Great lens!

leica_cl2 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

For any Leica CL owners, the Canon 50/1.5 fits on the camera in the original pouch case made for the body+40/2. Many of the "portraits" being put up are from an old Backup I found, taken with a Nikon E3 DSLR. Maybe 100 made? It still works.

[Jan Anne]

But JA, it's a Leica C

Thanks mate for rubbing in the fact I have the poor mans version of the Summicron  2/35

It's a nice lens but with too much coma for nighttime work, lights look very weird in the corners and I think its due to the coma.

Any advise for a tiny Leica lens, around 35mm, f/2 or faster that does have ultra smooth boke, classic character but performs well for low light night shots?

[Erik Lund]

He he Sorry! you know the answer JA 35mm Asph 1.4 FLE

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Any advise for a tiny Leica lens, around 35mm, f/2 or faster that does have ultra smooth boke, classic character but performs well for low light night shots?

A shot OF the 35/1.7 Ultron Asph to keep this on-topic...with the 50/1.5 LTM Nokton and their Namesake camera.

Voigtlanders by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

The 50/1.5 Asph Nokton and 35/1.7 Asph Ultron are both very good, I prefer the Black version over chrome.

Wide-Open on the M9,

Pilot's Day 2013 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

This lens was $350 with the Voigtlander M-Mount adapter, used. This is the Black Paint version.

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This was Handy...

nikkor_35_f25 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

Wide-Open on the M9,

Udvar Hazy Air and Space by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

[Fons Baerken]

Nikon F4s

[Andy]

3x 1200mm (2x fixed, 1x zoom)

The shorter lens in the background is the AiS 1200mm/11 ED

In the foreground the older K 1200mm/11 lens head with a focussing unit. As I later realized through Roland's list, happens to be the first produced (80 in total). Is part of the flexible set of 4 lens heads (400mm, 600mm, 800mm, 1200mm) with the extra focus unit Nikon offered in 1975. It is still a very good optical performer these days. The MFD of 45 meter limits indoor use a bit and the size and shape triggers fun conversations with airport security people at the security gate If used with the 2x TC, a pentapod is recommended though (i.e. for a moonshot. Combined with a DX camera, the moon is way too large to fit on the sensor )



AiS 360-1200mm/11


The zoom is the better choice for candid shots of other photogs (candid by possible distance that is). Haven't tried dynamic street photography with it



Andy

[Jørgen Ramskov]

I'm not sure the support is good enough for that last 1200mm lens

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I'm not sure the support is good enough for that last 1200mm lens

It is not, by far. The 360-1200, or for that matter, the 800 or 1200 mm lens heads with the AU-1 focusing adapter, really needs dedicated support. Pentapods or a massive fluid head on an equally robust (not necessarily heavy) tripod.  I routinely use the Sachtler ENG 2 CF HD and the Video 20 Fluid head for these lenses.

[Andy]

It is not, by far. The 360-1200, or for that matter, the 800 or 1200 mm lens heads with the AU-1 focusing adapter, really needs dedicated uspport. Pentapods or a massive fluid head on an equally robust (not necessarily heavy) tripod.

Bjorn, Jorgen was referring to the "tripod" of the female photog

wrt to the lenses and support of the lenses:
I know that perfect support needs better support, but sufficient support is sometimes sufficient as well. As always, it depends on the requirements. (sufficient = sufficient for me)

D3s, K 1200mm/11, 50 meter distance, the piece of wood is 25cm long


100% crop (of this 40 year old lens)


rgds,
Andy

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Obvious he wasn't. But I let the matter rest there.

I have shoot enough with these ultra long lenses to know what they require in terms of support.