Dutch Workshop - Long Lens Edition and Some Classics

[golunvolo]

Those extensions... wow

[Jakov Minić]

Having fun this morning with the TV Heligon

[Erik Lund]

Ghost rider appearing through the mist

_EGL9288 by Erik Gunst Lund, on Flickr

The Nikkor-P 600mm f/5.6 courtesy of Bjørn

[Akira]

Jakov, Jakov, Jakov!

Erik, Erik, Erik!

[Jacques]

I probably missed a thread somewhere announcing this workshop or was it a 'family and friends' arrangement ?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Winter meet-up / workshop for the NG Team. Planning, fun, and vacation.

The next official NG Event is scheduled for Crete in beginning of April, 2017.

[Jakov Minić]

Thank you, Akira

Here is Erik with his new toy (Chris closely monitoring the developments).

[Jakov Minić]

Catching the remaining snow in Jan Anne's back yard.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Jakovljevic is not intimated by a Dutch "winter" ...

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The 400 mm f/4.5 Nikkor Q isn't intimated either by Dutch winter or fog.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Later today, the fog cleared and we could see more of the ambient landscape. Here, a raft of colourful floating villas on a Dutch river. (400 mm f/4.5 Nikkor-Q, D500).

[Bjørn Rørslett]

One of the real backgrounds for the Team meeting was to solve the issue of having 4 lens heads for focusing adapter and only three adapters ... All of which should work with modern cameras and hence had to provide CPU support.

We decided on combining the adapter for my 400/4.5 and 600/5.6 lens heads into a single unit with an external CPU selector switch. Thus, Erik would retain a 600/5.6 lens head with the second CU unit, and I would keep the more sturdy AU-1 adapter for my 800/8 ED lens head.

Basically the solution involved the drilling of a hole into the CU casing for the switch, soldering separate CPUs onto a  2-way switch, and putting the entire contraption into the CU unit itself.

Here are illustrations to show Erik's progress with said project. Seems so easy when Erik is at work on these matters.

[Bent Hjarbo]

I must admire the entrepreneurship show, and the pictures follow suit.

[Erik Lund]

Test shot with the 600mm Nikkor-P  - Colour refections from the house-boats and Jakov scouting for images
Stitch of two images.

_EGL9296_2 by Erik Gunst Lund, on Flickr

The lens is a beast, very long and heavy,,, needs a lot of support! Sharpness is there to be obtained but requires immaculate technique.

CA is manageable in most images, here it's also clear that the depth of focus is very narrow indeed

_EGL9282 by Erik Gunst Lund, on Flickr

[Erik Lund]

JA at the front door greeting us welcome back to the estate after a short midday ride in El-Presidente

_EGL9308 by Erik Gunst Lund, on Flickr

19mm