November 2019

[John Geerts]

November 17

The Mayor welcomes "Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet".

D850, 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6vr

Nice Fons

Purple sky yesterday afternoon

Z6  80-200 AF-S

[Frank Fremerey]

November 17

The Mayor welcomes "Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet".



D850, 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6vr

the zwarte piet looks like a zwarte petra

[Fons Baerken]

Nice Fons

Purple sky yesterday afternoon

Z6  80-200 AF-S

Lovely lens very sharp

[Fons Baerken]

the zwarte piet looks like a zwarte petra

I hadnt noticed

[John Geerts]

Lovely lens very sharp

Thanks.  Yes to my surprise. There are not many good reviews of this particular lens.  Works great on the Z6, fast AF too. In size a bit smaller than the 300 AF-S
Looking on Roland Vink's site, only 61500  copies were made of this lens, which is very low, compared to the other Professional Tele Zooms.

[golunvolo]

I always wanted that lens for shooting shows, have to make do with the 80-200 2.8 ed (double ring) it have served me well and it works in IR too but always considered yours better .

   A street light, a cloud, a tree.

   Z6, 105mm 2.5 ai at f8, still amazed at the easy manual focus with this camera.

[John Geerts]

I always wanted that lens for shooting shows, have to make do with the 80-200 2.8 ed (double ring) it have served me well and it works in IR too but always considered yours better .

   A street light, a cloud, a tree.

   Z6, 105mm 2.5 ai at f8, still amazed at the easy manual focus with this camera.

Lovely colour combination

Yes, the Z6 is a very versatile camera, with many bonus features.  Manual focus with older lenses is just one thing

As for the 80-200 I also have the double ring, as it is pretty compact,  but didn't realize the AF-S is so much better. Main reason was to have  a AF telezoom for the Z.

[Frank Fremerey]

Z6  80-200/2.8  AF-S  (Excellent lens)

excellent lens, two ring ,,, great for sports

[CS]

Thanks.  Yes to my surprise. There are not many good reviews of this particular lens.  Works great on the Z6, fast AF too. In size a bit smaller than the 300 AF-S
Looking on Roland Vink's site, only 61500  copies were made of this lens, which is very low, compared to the other Professional Tele Zooms.

Wasn't that because it was eclipsed by the 70-200 f/2.8 not that long after being introduced?

[Frank Fremerey]

sucker

[John Geerts]

Wasn't that because it was eclipsed by the 70-200 f/2.8 not that long after being introduced?

Yes. Probably because it included the VR. 

Another reason is that the 80-200/2.8 AF-D double ring was still available (and cheaper) at that time.  It is still in production now.

[tommiejeep]

Confused morning visitor
I was at my desk when the cleaner started yelling for me.  I went to find out what the problem was and she was outside pointing at something.  still wearing my reading glasses I could see it was a fair sized snake but not what kind.  So I rushed back in and grabbed the D500, 70-200 f4 vr which was on my desk.    The hole is not an escape hatch but just a 5 metre hole for Earthing the house.   Because of posting rules I posted  B&W of my first view.  Just a quick snap.  The Rat snake was probably very disappointed that it did not find an escape.

[Akira]

Confused morning visitor
I was at my desk when the cleaner started yelling for me.  I went to find out what the problem was and she was outside pointing at something.  still wearing my reading glasses I could see it was a fair sized snake but not what kind.  So I rushed back in and grabbed the D500, 70-200 f4 vr which was on my desk.    The hole is not an escape hatch but just a 5 metre hole for Earthing the house.   Because of posting rules I posted  B&W of my first view.  Just a quick snap.  The Rat snake was probably very disappointed that it did not find an escape.

Tom, I guess D500 and 70-200 was not what she would have expected.    Amazing find nevertheless!

[Akira]

Nov. 18.  What knot.

Testing Ai AF 180/2.8 ED IF (finally discontinued) on Fujifilm X-T3.

[Fons Baerken]

the hub



Df, 17-35mm f/2.8