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John Geerts

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #150 on: October 17, 2015, 18:00:01 »
Love the Df's sensor and low light capacity.

And the older lenses who excel on the Df.

Here with the perfect 85K   wide open  at 32K iso.


'Tilia at night'  -  Part of a series 'Autumn in the City' but the City is hard to discover here  ;)

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #151 on: October 17, 2015, 18:26:54 »
john those autumn colours are truly beautiful!
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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #152 on: October 17, 2015, 18:45:23 »
A very nice picture of "autumn in the night"... :-)
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John Geerts

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #153 on: October 18, 2015, 11:01:12 »
Thanks Elsa and Jacques.

After a foggy and sad morning the sun sneaks suddenly through the clouds covering the landscape with a yellow glow...  The maize is still on the land and needs to be harvested.

Same lens but at F/4

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #154 on: October 18, 2015, 13:06:38 »
John, your images are full of emotion! Fantastic!
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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #155 on: October 18, 2015, 16:02:38 »
Nice! I like the bicycle one... I wish the bike was just a bit further from the edge of the frame....

John Geerts

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #156 on: November 02, 2015, 09:02:30 »
Thanks Rob and Jakov.



This 'autumn' look is with the Nikkor K 28/2

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #157 on: November 02, 2015, 13:25:07 »
Great colors and bokeh of course. Are the 28/2 K and AI(S) similarly designed? I seem to recognize the somewhat nervous bokeh of the latter here.
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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #158 on: November 02, 2015, 14:01:43 »
I believe the design of the 28/2 is similar but "With the AI-S version Nikon optical engineers managed to improved its closest focusing distance down to 0.25m (0.9ft)" which is a change of the lens, somehow.
Source: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/28mmnikkor/28mmf2.htm 

I can't compare with the AI-S  but I like the bokeh of the 28/2  (And different compared to the 28/1.8 G).

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #159 on: November 03, 2015, 09:50:41 »
Oops, the photo of the gate is with the 85K  (Which explains the difference in bokeh then) I made a mistake by switching the two lenses as I used them in one shoot.

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #160 on: November 03, 2015, 10:24:06 »
Another evidence in favour of having all lenses CPU-modified :D No mistakes in identifying what lens was used ....

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #161 on: November 03, 2015, 10:47:47 »
Yes, you are right. The quality of the Df in combination with the older and beautiful Nikkor's makes it essential.

It has been an hectic year with a change of camera-body and purchase/sale of different lenses so I am getting slowly to a list of favorite lenses qualifying for conversion.

CPU-conversion can be easily done in combination with an Ai-conversion?

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #162 on: November 03, 2015, 10:59:50 »
If you attend the NG Scotland gathering next spring, we could set up a CPU modification shop right there.

Nearly all Nikkors can be modified, but the modification of some of them is not for the faint of heart. Which lenses did you have in mind?

I'll put up an announcement on the Classified board later. Meant to do that for a while now, but time has been hectic after the opening of this community.

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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #163 on: November 03, 2015, 16:36:52 »
If you attend the NG Scotland gathering next spring, we could set up a CPU modification shop right there.

I am sure many attendants would be interested, including me ! ;D

I am going to wait the announcement knowing it's too early at the moment.




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Re: The Df Revival
« Reply #164 on: November 03, 2015, 21:47:14 »
I am sure many attendants would be interested, including me ! ;D

I am going to wait the announcement knowing it's too early at the moment.

Count me in.  :)
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