January 2018

[Fons Baerken]

Mikes, thank you, John nice camera the A, whats that dish Frank, sharp lens on the d500 Bjørn.

[Frank Fremerey]

"I love you all" is a good summary.

1) I prepared much more food than I thought would be required. In fact it was all eaten, before everybody was satisfied. Unbelievable. I feel they ate even though they were not hungry anymore.

2) Bjørn's shot shows how great the D500 is. It is on eye level to the D850 and I use both in parallel every day, so I feel I can say that.

3) The dish is halal lamb chops (1.6 Kilo) plus potatoes soaked in seasoning of fresh herbs and garlic (2.5 kilo) and green beans (1 Kilo). These six klios of food were not enough to feed 6 adults and two kids.

4) We compensated for the shortcoming with several bottles of really good wine.

[John Geerts]

Thanks Mike, Frank and Fons. 

Yes, That Nikon A is outstanding, great 14 bits RAWs  from the DX sensor, very good 28mm lens, very small size with   11  x  6  x   4 cm, so smaller than the 1 series and a well known  menu like a Nikon DSRL.

Food looks delicious Frank.

Great details on the leafs and snow, Bjørn. The lens does me remind a bit of the first Micro 55/3.5

[Fons Baerken]

January 19



Martinus Nijhoffbrug with the railwaybridge in front photographed northeast of the river Waal.

D800, 300mm f/2.8

[John Geerts]

Hyacints.

Testing the Micro 200/4  Ai  -  a great lens to use.

[John Geerts]

January 19

Beautiful lines and colour.

[Bill Mellen]

January 19



Martinus Nijhoffbrug with the railwaybridge in front photographed northeast of the river Waal.

D800, 300mm f/2.8

Really nice sky Fons, beautiful!

[Frank Fremerey]

Multi Layer Fashion Shop (Fuji X100T)

[Frank Fremerey]

January 19



Martinus Nijhoffbrug with the railwaybridge in front photographed northeast of the river Waal.

D800, 300mm f/2.8

WoW. This is some bridge. some light some moment. Great you captured it so well!

[Akira]

Fons, great capture of the majestic feelings of the bridge!

I realize that the Netherlands is attacked by the horrendously strong storm.  I hope the folks living in the area to stay safe...

[Jack Dahlgren]

Fons,

Great shot of the bridge and all the colors of the sky.

[Hugh_3170]

+1 Fons.  A great outcome.

Fons,

Great shot of the bridge and all the colors of the sky.

[Fons Baerken]

Thank you Hugh, Jack, Akira the storm was for one day we actually stayed in for the most part of the day the damage was considerable across the country, Frank nice window catch, Bill, John never tried that 200mm macro.

[John Geerts]

John never tried that 200mm macro.

Great lenses, give some distance.      Have now the MF and the AF    Light (740gram)  vs Heavy (1190gram),  18cm  vs 20cm,      a bit of (easy correctable) coma vs perfection,   1:2   vs 1:1,  (but with 4T no problem)  Better with Distance  vs limited in Distance shots.

The MF is pretty rare in Europe, was lucky to find one.   The lens is only 2 cm taller than the 200mm QC. and with that size it fits easier in the camera bag and thus more flexible.

[John Geerts]

Multi Layer Fashion Shop (Fuji X100T)

Nice layers, Frank.