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tnf
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Post by tnf »

I'm saving all these pics you people take and putting them into my 'pics I've taken on my world travels' folder to show to people. Thanks for the contributions. I may need to be PS'd into a couple of them to make it more believable.
saturn
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Post by saturn »

I'm kinda fond of this one. The moon was reflecting on a small spot in the river. Small aperture f/16 and 170 secs exposure at 300mm.

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Post by Dave »

eeeeeeenteresting.

Does your battery die quickly with long exposure saturn? old nikons (like really old) used to use a lot of power keeping the shutter open, but I don't know if the newer ones do. My xpan drains in a hurry on a long exposure, which is why I've never tried it.
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Post by saturn »

I was shooting for 2 hours during the night....many very long exposures (>2 minutes).....I think the battery was half-empty, not really sure. It got colder and that might have influenced the charge.

My D50 is quite economically with the Li-Ion battery. I can do 1000-2000 shots without using flash. Less of course if flash is used.
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Post by Dave »

It's not a battery thing.. I know my Canon's use a magnet to keep the shutter open, but some cams use electricity. I wasn't sure if Nikon changed their shutter mechanism. I think an article I read was talking about old film units.
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Post by saturn »

I'm not sure either about the mirror lock-up technology. Only that I don't have true MLU prior to shooting :)
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Post by Dave »

You Nikon queers (fx, sat, dmmh) need to get one of these so you can make pics like these without photoshopping them with the lens blur.

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Ken will tell you to use a 4x5, but then you have to start shooting film and buy a whole bunch of shit that weighs a ton.
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Post by saturn »

ooh....tilt-shift lenses......funky photos :D
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Post by dmmh »

Dave wrote:You Nikon queers (fx, sat, dmmh) need to get one of these so you can make pics like these without photoshopping them with the lens blur.

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Ken will tell you to use a 4x5, but then you have to start shooting film and buy a whole bunch of shit that weighs a ton.
ive been looking into one of the PC lenses. You can get older ones for about $200 on ebay. Cool for architecture photography and stuff.

One major plus of the D40 over all other Nikon DSLR's is it will fit any F mount lenses, where the rest needs AI lenses. Fun shopping for second hand lenses :D

Took this one with a non-AI 50mm f/1.4 Nikkon-S Auto @ 1.4 couple of days ago...nothing special, like it though

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Post by dmmh »

so dave...are those Hasselblad to Nikon F mount adapters any good? :)

http://cgi.ebay.nl/Adapter-HASSELBLAD-a ... dZViewItem

any special, not insanely expensive lenses you can recommend? :)
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Post by Doombrain »

oh god, don't do it
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Post by dmmh »

wont do much good I think though, using medium format lenses on 35mm aight? ;)
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Post by dmmh »

Doombrain wrote:oh god, don't do it
lol, that's what I reckoned ;)
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Post by Tsakali_ »

that peripheral blur effect is poor quality, nothing you could,'t duplicate with photoshop, I am starting to appreciate the quality of lens related effects, because they seem to come off as very natural, but this one is an exception :icon13:
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Post by Dave »

You can't duplicate real tilt blur with photoshop... I did those above in PS and they look like shit. You also get the added (or main) benefit of being able to correct converging lines.
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Post by Dave »

dmmh wrote:wont do much good I think though, using medium format lenses on 35mm aight? ;)
If I recall, MF lenses aren't designed as sharp as your average 35mm because the sheer size of the MF negative negates the need for an ultra sharp lens, so putting one on a 35 might not give you what you expect. That might all be bullshit, though
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Post by Doombrain »

dmmh, you're probably better off looking for a cheap rangefinder if it's that kind of lens you're looking for.
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Post by Dave »

Or an actual medium format cam with a 50 or 80mm lens
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Post by dmmh »

Doombrain wrote:dmmh, you're probably better off looking for a cheap rangefinder if it's that kind of lens you're looking for.
nah, I'm just struck by lens fever and looking into what will fit and what not :)
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Post by Doombrain »

you need to be careful with that, it can fuck your camera up.
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Post by l0g1c »

Dave wrote:You Nikon queers (fx, sat, dmmh) need to get one of these so you can make pics like these without photoshopping them with the lens blur.
Or you could get a lensbaby.

http://lensbabies.com/

Dave, you should check out the miniature fake tilt-shifts group in flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/tilt-shift-fakes/
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Post by dmmh »

Doombrain wrote:you need to be careful with that, it can fuck your camera up.
I know :)
all F mount Nikon fit mine though, so it's ok.
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Post by l0g1c »

Scanned one on my way out today.

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Post by MaCaBr3 »

Posting this from Sweden - Stockholm, staying at a mate's place for a couple of days:

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Doombrain
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Post by Doombrain »

i like that, i'd just play with the tonal range a bit if it was me.
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