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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #60 on: March 11, 2016, 19:34:38 »


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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #61 on: March 11, 2016, 19:37:37 »

Nikon F4s

I loved her body for many years. What a great camera! Thanks for bringing back memories.
You are out there. You and your camera. You can shoot or not shoot as you please. Discover the world, Your world. Show it to us. Or we might never see it.

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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #62 on: March 11, 2016, 20:41:40 »
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.
I must give Andy the nod in this case. I understood Andy's post in such a what that all lenses presented, including whatever camera the woman is holding, is capable of 1200mm.

Added: My comment was just a silly one, the only clue I have as to how much support is needed, is from what Bjørn and others have written here.
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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #63 on: March 11, 2016, 20:41:50 »
This is a unexpected shot :

This flying creature landed while I was shooting inside home in summer.

Even more unexpected as the closest waters are about a mile away... :)
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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #64 on: March 12, 2016, 11:15:40 »
Is that the 180/2.8 ED Nikkor? Very lucky indeed to have this micro helicopter so precisely positioned on your gear ....

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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #65 on: March 12, 2016, 11:21:04 »
A summing-up image from a recent article I wrote about 24-70 mm f/2.8 lenses for Nikon and Canon. Besides the brand native lenses I included Tamron 24-70/2.8 VC and the Sigma 24-70/2.8. Appointing an overall winner was not easy as each lens had its weak and strong points. However, seen as a whole, the native lenses did ever so slightly perform better than the third-party offerings, albeit margins were narrow. Factor price into the equation and the ranking might be different too.

I might try to do an effort and translate that article written in Norwegian into (pseudo-)English?


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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #66 on: March 12, 2016, 14:17:33 »
Early F2,

F2_early by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

With an equally early 43~86.

nikkor43_86_early by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #67 on: March 12, 2016, 15:40:34 »
Leica IIIf with Elmar and optical viewfinder.

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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #68 on: March 12, 2016, 15:42:10 »
Is that the 180/2.8 ED Nikkor? Very lucky indeed to have this micro helicopter so precisely positioned on your gear ....

It was the 180mm indeed. I sold it since then.

Yes, lucky as this dragonfly landed on the rubber ring . Its wings were trembling. That happened already with butterfly. Perhaps they have this behavior at the end of their life. I got this picture end of august. 

Tried to catch it carefully, but it flew away as it came.
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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #69 on: March 12, 2016, 16:01:58 »
A tree-boring wasp in the proper colour attire for a Nikon ... (the bug just landed and I snapped its picture - then it was gone with the wind. Image used in an advertising campaign by the way)

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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #71 on: March 12, 2016, 17:22:06 »
The "Green Lantern" (F100)

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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #72 on: March 12, 2016, 19:24:53 »
A  Nikon Df with suggestions for a basic lens kit. On the wide side: 24 mm f/2 Nikkor AIS or 28 mm f/2 AI. For the long end: 85 mm f/1.8 Nikkor-H (K, modified to AI)  and the 105 mm f/2.5 Nikkor AI. Mix and match as required.

All of these CPU-modified for maximum compatibility with modern Nikons including the Df.

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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #73 on: March 12, 2016, 20:58:26 »
One more F4 mounted with the meaty nikkor H 85mm f/1.8. I love its shape like pear.

This camera was my first (and only) film Nikon cam.

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Re: Portraits of Camera gear.
« Reply #74 on: March 12, 2016, 21:00:44 »
I don't think i've seen one of a FM3a. Here's mine, naked.
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