March 2023 Part 1 — This Month Through Your Adapted Lens

jiberlin · Mar 18, 2023

Alan WF said:
Alan WF said:

Very nice extrem macro

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This one jumps out at me. It has a sense of tranquility. It says to me, slow down, look around you, there’s beauty here if only you take a moment to look for it. Thanks.

Regards,

Alan

Thank you for your positive comment. I discovered the value of this picture not until i have seen at on the full computer screen. On the tiny on-camera screen, even with magnification, it looked 'so-so', but on a bigger screen it looked 'wow'. For me another example not to rate a picture before i have seen it in full size.

GCL · Mar 18, 2023

Nikon Z7 with Contax 35-70mm f/3.4 Vario Sonnar

Hosta leaves with oak catkins that have fallen from an oak tree overhead.

simple-joy · Mar 18, 2023

GCL said:
Nikon Z7 with Contax 35-70mm f/3.4 Vario Sonnar

Hosta leaves with oak catkins that have fallen from an oak tree overhead.

Wonderful capture and processing!

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GCL · Mar 18, 2023

simple-joy said:
GCL said:

Nikon Z7 with Contax 35-70mm f/3.4 Vario Sonnar

Hosta leaves with oak catkins that have fallen from an oak tree overhead.

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Wonderful capture and processing!

Thanks very much. That means a lot coming from a person whose work I admire every time you post!

blåland · Mar 18, 2023

GCL said:
Nikon Z7 with Contax 35-70mm f/3.4 Vario Sonnar

Hosta leaves with oak catkins that have fallen from an oak tree overhead.

Fine crispy details when looking close. Nice shot!

Alan WF · Mar 18, 2023

Beautiful composition and tones.

Regards,

Alan

guitarjeff · Mar 18, 2023

fferreres · Mar 18, 2023

It’s a very nice lens. I should use mine more.

Alan WF · Mar 18, 2023

guitarjeff said:

This one really works for me. I love the lines, and the twist of having the darker tones in the foreground.

Regards,

Alan

Sjak · Mar 19, 2023

Yesterday I went for a walk with just this 180mm lens with me. I made a variety of images, some animals, some artwork, and some city-details.

This is the series with the city-details. All shots at f/11.

Lumens77 · Mar 19, 2023

Versailles, Minolta MD 45mm f2,0

Versailles Castle | Colonnade grove | Minolta MD 45mm f2,0

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fferreres · Mar 19, 2023

Sjak said:
Yesterday I went for a walk with just this 180mm lens with me. I made a variety of images, some animals, some artwork, and some city-details.

This is the series with the city-details. All shots at f/11.

Woe, this is really good. f11 more often

Alan WF · Mar 19, 2023

Some friends had a rough week, so we helped them recover with salt, limes, ice, and maybe a couple of other ingredients.

Regards,

Alan

Canon M50 Mark II with Olympus OM 50 mm f/1.8 at f/2.8, 1/80, and ISO 1250.

vivaldibow · Mar 19, 2023

On A7iii. I've read on the internet quite a number of times that people say this lens is hard to use and to get a good photo. I would say, it IS, to some extent, as the aperture ring is a little confusing and the focus ring is so thin to be mistakenly used as the aperture ring. But as a character lens, I like it quite a bit. Wide open, not so sharp and lack of contrast, but at certain situations, the photos taken from it are quite nice.

fferreres · Mar 19, 2023

I really like the rendering of this lens, even when wide and with veiling, as well as the like in the last with very nice contrast. It's the kind of lens I like using most, not sure I'd say vintage...rather, pretty.

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simple-joy · Mar 20, 2023

GCL said:
GCL said:

Wonderful capture and processing!

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Thanks very much. That means a lot coming from a person whose work I admire every time you post!

Thank you very much for your kind words - I'm glad you think so!

Sjak · Mar 20, 2023

fferreres said:
Woe, this is really good. f11 more often

Thanks! These shots would not benefit from wider aperture anyway.

But to be honest, the main reason I shot mostly at f/11 is because I wasn't fully confident yet about my focusing, nor about the specific properties of the lens. This was my 1st outing with it. For now, my method is to focus wide open, stop down, shoot; I can check the stopping down with my left eye without taking the other eye from the viewfinder, and f/11 is the easiest to set like this (pre-WW2-lens so clickless aperture)

As I'm still getting used to the haptics and balance with the lens/camera-combo, I also need to learn to control motion blur. I rarely shoot over 50mm, and there's no image stabilization. So therefore I set the ss to 1/1000th. At slower speeds, I get less consistent results at 180mm, although improving.

Poldersnapper · Mar 20, 2023

With the very well made Kipon NIK-N/Z adapter.
Quite happy with the results, all three photos at f8.
Funny, the lens plus adapter still weigh 82 grams less than the Nikon Z 1.8 50mm

For use at longer distances it is at least as sharp as my 1.8 50mm AI.

André

vivaldibow · Mar 20, 2023

fferreres said:
I really like the rendering of this lens, even when wide and with veiling, as well as the like in the last with very nice contrast. It's the kind of lens I like using most, not sure I'd say vintage...rather, pretty.

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On top of the wide open rendering, closing down to f5.6, the lens is a different one: sharp and contrasty.

fferreres · Mar 20, 2023

vivaldibow said:
fferreres said:

I really like the rendering of this lens, even when wide and with veiling, as well as the like in the last with very nice contrast. It's the kind of lens I like using most, not sure I'd say vintage...rather, pretty.

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On top of the wide open rendering, closing down to f5.6, the lens is a different one: sharp and contrasty.

Yeah, I got a hint of that in the last picture. Do you recall which aperture you used? I was that wide open?

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