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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 29, 2019 9:08:39 GMT -5
Well...no, not really. I've put it on the D800 and D3 and results are dissapointing. At first things look good, but when pixel peeping the performance falls apart. Cat lenses are not known for their high contrast, but to some extend that can be overcome, sharpness however is really bad, maybe back in the day on film and for smaller prints, this lens could have been a good performer, now on high res digital, results are unacceptable. I've compared it under the same circumstances with the Sigma 50-500 1:4-6.3 APO DG HSM, not the best of the long tele zooms but still significantly better than the tamron on all levels.The tamron maybe could be used as an "art" lens, calling it "soft" and going for the typical out of focus light rings. It's tempting to hand hold it, but i can assure you manual focus with lens is VERY difficult and keep in mind shutter speeds of below 1/500th are likely to give motion blur. Here's the scene: Here a crop of the drapes both lenses at f8 ( even at 6.3 the sigma's better) The Tamron used for "art" This is what the lenses look like on the cameras: For what it's worth, the tamron has a 1:3 macro closest 1.5 meter focussing distance, once again it takes some skills to get "decent" results
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 29, 2019 7:39:40 GMT -5
This is the river "de Schelde"in the picture the bend of the river where on the right bank the city of Antwerp kinda ends. on the left bank is the Yacht marina and what's left of what was the Antwerp version of Coney Island. At the horizon the beginning of the chemical plants wich reach until the Dutch border and are scattered between the container docks of the Antwerp port.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 28, 2019 7:25:26 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 26, 2019 9:02:48 GMT -5
At the recent camera fair i've bought the nikkor*ED300mm 1:4.5 wich i for some time was looking for.I now made a brief comparison between this lens and some other 300mm in my collection. Maybe not fair to compare zooms with primes,but just for the sake of it i wanted to know what i should put in my bag when i'm out and about.The main reason i've bought the 300ED was weight it's "only" 960grams while the other two i've compared it to are the nikkor50-300 4.5 at 2260 grams and the Sigma 120-300 2.8 at 2700 grams I've uploaded the comparison images at full resolution so they can be compared. here's the scene: What immediatly catches the eye, the sigma at the same distance dosn't give trhe same magnification as the nikkors,so their claimed 300mm isn't 300mm at all! Here both nikkors wide open at 4.5, the sigma 2.8 stopped down to 4.5. Nikon 300ED is the sharpest, but has some purple fringing.50-300 Old nikkor zoom not up to todays standards.Sigma 300 less chromatic abberations, more contrast, but a fraction less sharp than the nikkor300ED Do they improve when stopped down to f8? Yes they do, but apparantly all three of them where focussed at a diffrent point, even thoug the point was set at the front of the canon lens,and focus confirmed by the arrows. I would say this is a bit inconclusive... In conclusion to me the Nikkor 300ED is the best of the bunch, it is however not AF and not 2.8. But if i want to travel light and still want the reach of a 300 and good quality as well the 300ED it is. The nikkor 300ED can be found at bargain prices,it's a very well and beautifull constructed lens. Be aware though nikon made many diffrent versions of this lens and the best series(ED glass internal focussing, minimal focussing distance 2.5meter) start from serial 201000 upward, they can be recognised by the green instead of the blue coating and the gold ring on the barrel.. This is what the lenses look like:
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 24, 2019 11:32:41 GMT -5
I went to the november 2019 "collectors fair.The scope of the fair has expanded from cameras to other collectables such as musical instruments, records, model cars, computers, books and cameras.The thing is when visiting the fair, one is inclined to buy more than something for the camera(collection) and that's exactly what happened to me. An overview of the hall. In case you needed parts... RC models at work Some nice guitars Hey, this is Belgium so there's gotto be beer :-) Scale model cars (and trains) And lots of cameras... here's what i brought home: A as new nikkor ED 300mm 4.5 IF A battered canon F1 with a rare canon FD SSC 17mm 1:4 A very pretty grey yashica 44 (the early cranck wind version) A remote controller for my D800 30! flame shaped Led bulbs for my cristal chandelier And i finally found a 1/43 scale model of the jaguar "C" type Yes and i bought some micro sd memory cards. That's all for this fair folks, next one shoul be somewhere beginning 2020.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 23, 2019 7:00:09 GMT -5
On the deserted beaches of the Greek Chalkidiki region peninsulas. Not all hope was lost when i was able to find a local photoshop where they helped me out with a usb cable wich was needed to fix my broken down GPS system. Still not the place to be should you want the new D6. upload pictures
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 21, 2019 8:09:55 GMT -5
A few years ago i bought a chrome canon pellix QL for wich i paid far to much,mainly because the mirror was damaged wich left the camera useless for shooting. But you know i had to have one and this was the only one available at that time. Some time later the Nikon F4 with fixed mirror came my way, as far as i know it's a one off,as nothing can be found about it in documentation and the body has no special markings wich could suggest it's a fixed mirror version.( the trouble with the fixed mirror in the F4 is you lose the AF capability). Then came the black canon pellix (non QL)this one is in great shape and the price i paid made up for what i've "lost" on the chrome pellix. Still interested in fixed mirror slr's i recently found the canon EOS RT, here canon seemed have to have solved the AF issue so the camera works like any "normal" EOS. There's some other fixed mirror cameras about but they are rather rare and expensive, like the nikon F2 high speed and the canon F1 high speed. Never say never but i guess i will never own one of those... To make a long story short, here's the link to the wikipedia pages on these cameras, saves me a lot of typing and translating. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_Pellixen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_RTHere's what i've got: Inside the pellix the sway away metering cell (as photographed straight through the pellicule mirror. inside the RT Inside the F4 (note the mirror dampening rubber wich now serves no purpouse)
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 20, 2019 6:07:09 GMT -5
Another "small" photoshop, this time in Funchal on the Isle of Madeira. it used to be the studio of Vicente Gomes da Silva (1827-1906),but is since 2001 transformed into the national photomuseum of Madeira. On display are photos depicting the history of the island and a series of cameras, mainly Zeiss and Kodak wich were used by the Vicentes family.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 18, 2019 5:13:07 GMT -5
I agree with your evaluation, these are great shooters. I have used the original 1.9, with selenium cell around the lens, and the more modern QL17 (which I like best). I did not find any difference in sharpness, but handling of the newer models is far better. Will be interested in your comparison with the much more expensive Hexar. I found my Canonets in the same class as the Minolta Himatic equivalents, for instance the Himatic-9, which is larger and heavier. Here's two Minolta's wich could have been Canonet challengers, the main problem with the Hi-Matic E is it's fully automatic, s battery dependable with no manual override. The 7s is a lot bigger and heavy and though the body feels solid, the lens is fiddly to use and has a "tin can" feel to it.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 18, 2019 5:04:56 GMT -5
While the 4000€ price tag of the 19mm TS nikkor just isn't justifieable for an everyday shooter, at a tenth of that price i've settled for the PC-Nikkor 28mm 1:3.5 .Though both lenses aren't really comparable, the 28 can still be fun to use. Here i've made a simple panorama using the shift function, this resulted in a nice distortion free 55,5 megapixel image (made with the D800) The panorama, made from three images left and right the lens was shifted to its outer limit.To get good corner to corner sharpness f16 was used at a 2 meter hyperfocal distance seting. Here's what the single central image looks like. luggage weight issues prevent me from using this lens on trips outside of Europe, so next month when i'll be travvelling from the Brasil border to the outer extreme of Argentina (Uchaïa) i will have to settle for some lighter gear
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 14, 2019 2:24:24 GMT -5
Have you ever used the early model canonets? No, i've got them, never used them, so many camera's so little time
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 13, 2019 10:17:49 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 11, 2019 15:40:01 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 10, 2019 8:08:05 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 8, 2019 7:22:38 GMT -5
Thanks raybar, it is indeed a solenoid shutter actuator. Some images are to be found on the net, but so far i only found the ones from the "luftwaffe eigentum" cameras, equipped with such an actuator. The one i've got here looks like it's is a post war item, no info to be found for wich model it was intended.
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