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Re: January 2020
« Reply #120 on: January 10, 2020, 04:28:28 »
Jan. 9.  Shot in Shibuya, Tokyo.
wonderful night scene
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Re: January 2020
« Reply #121 on: January 10, 2020, 06:37:21 »
wonderful night scene

Thank you, Armando!
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Re: January 2020
« Reply #122 on: January 10, 2020, 07:18:39 »
Super shot, Børge.

Test with the Vivitar 200mm  f/3.0 Series one  on the Z6   (Check  Reply #75 on: January 07, 2020, 08:59:15 https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=9124.75)

That lens looks very nice, John

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Re: January 2020
« Reply #123 on: January 10, 2020, 08:01:28 »
That lens looks very nice, John
Thanks Fons.  Yes, nice rendering, sharp wide open, moderate loca, easy to focus, relatively compact for a fast 200mm.

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Re: January 2020
« Reply #124 on: January 10, 2020, 08:12:25 »
Listening to the Tawny owl while the moon cast some light in to my backyard.

I love this!  Fantastic contrast between the shadows vs. the moonlight and the silence vs. the ululation of the owl.


Test with the Vivitar 200mm  f/3.0 Series one  on the Z6

Great shot!  Yet another lens with its price to be skyrocketed.  :D
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Re: January 2020
« Reply #125 on: January 10, 2020, 09:02:39 »
Thanks Akira. 

Hahaha. I think the 200mm f/3.0  Vivitar Series One in the Nikon mouth is pretty rare.  Most people bought the zoom or the f/3.5 in those years. The 200/3  was relatively expensive.

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Re: January 2020
« Reply #126 on: January 10, 2020, 13:38:02 »
Amazing pageant of light and shadow.  Happy New Year, Øivind!
Outstanding shot, Øivind.
Thanks for the kind words on my firework image both of you.

After an unusually warm fall until Christmas, with only one cold period, we have since then entered a more classic temperature for this time of the year in Alaska, with temperatures lingering between -30 and -40°C.

Thus I could not let the opportunity pass to cold test my D500 at -40°C yesterday. It stayed outside for 6 hours, before a warm battery was inserted, and passed the test without problems. In a previous test almost that cold, I also tested the VR of the 300mm f/4 PF, which also passed without problems, although a bit more audible than usual. This time it was finally mounted at the end of the test, as I could not resist a capture of the almost full moon. AF worked exemplary, and after the lens had cooled down a little, I discovered that seeing was not that bad, in spite of inversion layers. This is a 100% crop with TC-14E.


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Re: January 2020
« Reply #127 on: January 10, 2020, 14:31:52 »
Amazing moon shot, Øivind!  I also hope your hand-crafted power source works well in that cold.

Here's my take for today (Jan. 10).  A view from the 6th floor.
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Re: January 2020
« Reply #128 on: January 10, 2020, 15:10:21 »
Amazing moon shot, Øivind!  I also hope your hand-crafted power source works well in that cold.

Thanks Akira,
No need for external power on this occasion, but it has been tested at -40°C before and works well for quite some time, and longer if allowed a pause inside to warm up a little.
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Re: January 2020
« Reply #129 on: January 10, 2020, 16:36:44 »
January 10

Friday



9 shots stitch

Z6, 35mm f/1.8S

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Re: January 2020
« Reply #130 on: January 10, 2020, 19:51:03 »
After a day of rain, the sun came along...

Z 6    Vivi  200/3.0

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Re: January 2020
« Reply #131 on: January 10, 2020, 20:20:25 »
It has some pincushion John...

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Re: January 2020
« Reply #132 on: January 10, 2020, 20:45:29 »
It has some pincushion John...
Yes.  Thanks for the remark.  Strange for a 200mm.  Didn't check for lens-distortions ;)  Made a small adjustment in Camera Raw and uploaded a new version.

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Re: January 2020
« Reply #133 on: January 10, 2020, 21:19:20 »
Yes.  Thanks for the remark.  Strange for a 200mm.  Didn't check for lens-distortions ;)  Made a small adjustment in Camera Raw and uploaded a new version.

Much better so, interesting oldie lens with nice rendering.

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Re: January 2020
« Reply #134 on: January 10, 2020, 21:54:17 »
I guess the pincushion distortion is one of the common problem of a telephoto design.  Perhaps the speed of f3.0 was prioritized when it was designed.
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