-My Steps Into The World Of Photography-

Selling and buying some....

2012-01-21T00:35:00.000+01:00

I have been selling stuff, and buying one some.

Sold:

Soligor 300mm 1:5.5 m42
Cosina 19-35 1:3.5-4.5

I bought a Carl Zeis lens cleaning set ;)

and a

Sigma 15-30 1:3.5-4.5 EX DG ASP

and some
fuji 35mm negative and positive film, expired.

I an happy with that Sigma so far, need to take it outside soon!

Will be usefull as a street/candid in the city and possibly nature for my D90. But also on my F100 i will use this a lot i guess(when a testroll is ok).

So far for today!

grts, Peter

Kiron 105mm 1:2.8 F-Mount

2012-01-14T20:43:00.003+01:00

Bought a small box with Nikon slr camera's and 2 lenses.

The camera's(Nikon f401, f601 and f801s) are for sale again with one lens. I bought this box for one reason. The box included a Kiron 105mm 1:2.8, wich was, according the seller, in good condition...

Well it makes photo's....but...

The focusring is not in good shape feels like i'm only moving air most of the time, but it goes eventually. It doesn't seem to move completely tot 1:1 and infinity is totally lost... Sometimes the diapraghm hangs, but a small but gentle slap with a finger makes it go in the right postion...

But.......... i LOVE it....

Why?

See Below:

Taken with the Kiron 105mm 1:2.8 F-Mount.

Iso 400 - f4 - handheld @ 1/320 and 1/250

I knew the rep of this lens and despite it's flaws, the images it produces are perfect for what i want.

Shall i get it repaired, it will set me back 150 to 200 euro's, or shall i just go and save money for the Nikon 105 1:2.8 micro VR?

cheers, Peter.

Abstract realisations

2012-01-10T20:13:00.002+01:00

With the gray weather i started experimenting inside the house.

I used the E-P1 mostly for this.

The 2 above pictures are with the E-P1.

The first is a out of focus with a dim lighted object in the house.

The second is light painting with slow shutterspeeds towards a light source, in this case the television.

Fun to do, hope the results are nice for others to.

Exif and more can be fount on my flickr in the Abstract set.

Grts, Peter

Citytrip Rome 2011

2011-12-25T00:01:00.003+01:00

Rome.

It took me some while to search through and edit my photo's taken in Rome. Finally finished the first time through all.

I am satisfied with my photography and learned alot, also see how to better my self more wich is obviously still needed.

I made a lot of black and whites during my stay of mostly street photogragphy.

Below 2 of the best(in my opinion).

Also i learned a deal more about postprocessing in Photoshop using Nik Filters. But also just used CaptureNX only for minor tweaks.

Grts, Peter

The Praktica

2011-12-24T23:54:00.001+01:00

Finally pictures.

Praktica LTL 3 + Pentacon 50mm 1:1.8 multi coated

Praktica 321a flash unit.

Grts, Peter

Praktica

2011-12-15T19:34:00.001+01:00

At the local recycle store i got a Praktica LTL 3 with Pentacon 50mm 1.8 multicoated and a Praktica 321a flash unit.

The flash worked, but couldn't test the camera yet because the 1.35 volt px625 battery was dead.

So started to read that replacements are 1.5 volt and make the metering go beserk.

So some google brought me to this link:

1.35volt battery

So ordered one.

When it arrived i was excited to try it out and yes, The LTL 3 is fully functional.

So gonna try a roll of film soon!!

A picture of this gear will follow soon.

grts, Peter

Rome, wow.....

2011-12-07T02:16:00.001+01:00

28th november till 3th december we went to Rome.

What did i do?? Well In love with Rome and 1012 photos richer.

Obviously the question is what did i use??

Well The 35mm 1.8 dx was fav. Close is the 11-16 Tokina an a few shots taken with the 70-210.

Rome is a definate shoud be on your list of cities to visit!!

grts, Peter

m42 mount aquisitions

2011-11-08T00:59:00.002+01:00

Bought myself 2 additions to the m42 lenses.

A Helios-44-2 2/58 and a Pentacon 50mm 1.8.

The above shot is with the Penatacon on the D90 @ f2.8.

The E-P1 turns out to be a very nice camera! will add some soon.

grts, Peter

Selfshot

2011-10-08T19:36:00.001+02:00

New in the family:
Olympus Pen E-P1 _ 14-42 M.Zuiko Digital 1:3.5-5.6

Lightened up!

2011-09-19T17:11:00.002+02:00

Taken at one of my favourite places.

Shot info:
Nikon D90
Tokina 11-16 1:2.8
iso 200 f8 11mm 1/200
Processing Photoshop CS5.1

Grts, Peter

2011-09-07T17:01:00.002+02:00

Hi there.

Found a great link through the Kiron Club.

It is about old lenses and bokeh, loads of examples with loads of lenses and exif's included.
You can find it here,

Enjoy the feast of great pictures.

grts, Peter

Moods....

2011-09-06T12:54:00.005+02:00

Visited 'Bussloo' near Apeldoorn after dawn. Sun was just down and dark clouds bringing thunder and rain were approaching. Tried to process this shot to show the dark mood that was among us.
Taken with my UWA, really have a love/hate relationship with it still, but love is winning ;-)

Shot info:
Nikon D90
Tokina 11-16 1:2.8
11mm - f5.6 - 1/8 - iso 400 - minus 2/3e EV
PP in PS CS5.1

Grts Peter

New....

2011-08-03T11:04:00.004+02:00

New in the collection.
'Soligor Pre Set 300mm 1:5.5 m42'

Got it a a bargain price of marktplaats.
The roof is a test shot, here are the settings:
Taken @ iso 400 1/800th f5.5(wide open).
-CaptureNX --> set blackpoint, convert to nikon sRGB for jpeg.

Well it is a fun lens to have on the D90, it's kinda big wich makes it a bit shakey and needs fast shutterspeeds. But i think the wide open results shows a good sharpness. The bokeh is friendly too. The diaphragm is rounded.

Let's find out the usefullness of this lens in the future.

Grts, Peter

It fits!

2011-08-03T10:58:00.003+02:00

The above picture is taken with a lens i had in my collection for a long time but never used it. It has an F-mount for Nikon with closed ears, so the internet tells me it will not fit on my D90 nor my F100.
Surprised to find on Gathering of Tweakers shots taken with the same lens on a D90.....
So i looked carefull and yes it fits....And thats a reason to be happy.
Why?
Well it is sharp at F2.8 and gives a great bokeh and is very easy to focus with.
The above picture shows the color rendition and sharpness and bokeh of this lens @ f4.

Grts, Peter

New Gear

2011-07-02T11:16:00.002+02:00

New Gear.
Got myself some new stuff, left to right:
-Nikon F301-
-Nikon Speedlight SB-23-
-Nikon 35-70 1:3.3-4.5 AF-
-Nikon 70-210 1:4-5.7 AF-
-UV filters to match the lenses-
-In the back u see a case to carry the lot-
I think i really got a good deal, all works fine. Glass is ok!

Grts Peter

2011-06-19T00:39:00.003+02:00

I sold something from old hobby. Gave me enough euros to go out and look for a UWA.
Turned out to become a 'Tokina AT-X Pro 11-16 f2.8'
Needs some getting used to, but omg what an angle....
Above i shot after sunset at 't Leesten near my hometown.

Looing forward to go out on a walk and really get to learn UWA as a tool!

Grts, Peter

Canon EOS 300+28-90mm on Fuji Superia xtra 400 asa

2011-06-13T11:50:00.003+02:00

Last summer i got a gift from a collegue, a Canon EOS 300 + 28-90 AF lens.
Filled it with Fuji Superia Xtra 400 asa and it was till last week i had it developed.
Seems i pushed the camera to much in low light wide open, much noise on some pictures.
Though some came out perfectly. Above are 2 wich are processed with Photoshop CS5 and nik filters used.

Grts Peter

2011-05-30T14:15:00.003+02:00

Nice edit from Radio Kootwijk Zendgebouw A, also know as ''The Cathedral''
Shot with my Nikon F100 using a Vivitar 28mm 1:2.5 on Fuji Superia 200 wich was 6 years over date. Scanned with the Coolscan ls-40.
Did processing using PS5, Silver efex 2 and Dfine to get this result.
I am happy with the atmosphere i intended worked out like this.

Grts, Peter.

Istanbul

2011-05-20T23:05:00.004+02:00

We have been in Istanbul first week of may. Made 877 pictures(ahum...).
This one i edited using Photoshop and Silver efe2 pro.
On Flickr it became my first explore...#287...

Taken with:
Nikon D90
Nikon 35mm 1:1.8 DX AF-s
Edited in PS CS5/Silver efex

Grts....

a set is on my flickr;
Istanbul Set.

Violin

2011-04-30T15:50:00.002+02:00

After using 50mm lenses on the Vivitar teleconverter i wanted to see what the 100mm would do.
Well can't go bigger/closer because of working distance but the fine quality stayed. Above an example.

Shot taken with:
Nikon D90
Nikon Series E 100mm 1:2.8
Vivitar macro focussing teleconverter for 50mm n/ai

Grts, Peter

Old leaf with Old camera...

2011-04-16T09:57:00.003+02:00

Finally had film from the Ricoh XR-6 developed.
Above is one of the results. I like the camera it's small and easy to focus with and the 50mm Rikenon XR 50mm L 1:2 lens is nice and sharp.
Rewinding the film didn't went as smooth as i had wished for, maybe user mistake?

Grts, Peter.

Light....

2011-04-03T10:59:00.002+02:00

Walking around with the 70-210 shooting wide open to check optical performance if found the above. I am happy enough with wide open performance, though one stop down and performance gets better.

Shot taken with:
Nikon D90
Nikon Series E 70-210 f4
Edited PS CS5

Grts, Peter

2011-03-23T21:06:00.002+01:00

Macro is fun. Because i don't have a single macro lens available i use a teleconverter for 50mm for my macro needs.
The above is from a small macro serie of 'rust'.

Shot taken with:
Nikon D90
Mamiya Sekor 50mm 1:2 SX m42
Vivitar Macro Focussing Teleconverter 2x (for 50mm) n/ai mf
Editing in PS CS5

The above combination gives great results in my opinion. I love it. Check my Flickr for more macro results with this combination.

Grts Peter

2011-03-16T12:29:00.002+01:00

I really like this shot a lot, never had so much reactions on flickr before on a picture so proud of this shot.
Taken With:
Nikon D90
aus Jena DDR T 50mm 1:2.8 m42
PS CS5

Grts, Peter

Just a Picture

2011-03-07T18:53:00.003+01:00

Playing with m42 mount.

Taken With:
Nikon D90
aus Jena DDR T 50mm 1:2.8 m42
Edit PS CS5+ Silver Efex Pro.

Greets, Peter

Bommel

2011-03-03T21:24:00.003+01:00

My Loves Cat:

'Bommel'

Shot taken with:
Nikon D90
Nikon Series E 70-210 f4 @ f8
Edited in PS CS5

grts Peter

70-210...me versus fungus.

2011-02-20T23:22:00.004+01:00

Today i succesfully opened a Nikon Series E 70-210 f4 ai-s lens.
It had fungus on the second lens element from the front, 1 screw only wich deceased during the operation. Unscrewed full front element and there is was, the fungus.
Lens came out 99% of 100% i guess.
Gonna have fun with this one on both de D90 but also the F100.
The ai(s) lenses i have make me wonder should'nt i be getting a d300s of d7000 (or d700).
No metering on the D90 works off course, but sometimes......

Grts Peter.

Anouk Gaia

2011-02-20T10:52:00.004+01:00

Anouk Gaia
Decided to upload some pictures from my daughter to flickr, the above is one of them. She was 3 months before her fifth birthday on this picture.
Shot taken with:
Nikon D90
Nikon 50mm 1.8d
Edited in CaptureNX

Grts.

Another Gift...!

2011-02-13T00:20:00.002+01:00

The same colleague that gave me the agfa last week came with a new surprise last thursday.
She gave me a LowePro Nova Mini camera bag and said look inside.
I found this:

''Canos EOS 500n + BP8 and 28-80 4-5.6 + 80-200 4-5.6''

Complete with the manual and 2 old films. One 2002 and one 2003 as end time. Both 100asa.
The BP-8 still was filled with penlites wich were leaking. So i cleaned out the grip and fitted it with 4 fresh penlites and turned the camera on and it responded as it should.
Filled it with one of the 2 rolls of film en will fill this and get it developed.
A picture of the camera will follow soon.

Well THANX again!!

grts Peter.

Results Minolta Dynax 3xi

2011-02-05T10:10:00.004+01:00

Filled the Minolta Dynax 3xi with Power Zoom 35-80 1:4-5.6. with a roll of Fuji Superia 400asa.
The Hema devoloped the film and i scanned the negatives with my Nikon Coolscan LS-40.
Edited the scans with Photoshop CS5.
It is a strange camera, works diferrent compared to my Nikon's, though i like the ''bokeh'' it creates. Guess i won't be using it on a daily basis but it was a fun camera to fool around with!

Grts.

2011-02-03T19:49:00.003+01:00

'Agfa Billy Record'

Got this classic camera from a colleague at work today, seems to be in working condition!

Thanks!

2011-02-01T11:50:00.003+01:00

Been playing with the Vivitar 2x Teleconverter for 50mm lenses. Above shot was taken with my Mamiya Sekor 50mm 1:2 SX m42 mounted on the teleconverter. Using minimal lightning from a halogen lamp wich resides on my desk for light during the nighthours.
Editing is done using cameraraw 6.3 ps cs5 and silver efex.

Grts, Peter.

New Analogue Camera...

2011-01-25T09:52:00.003+01:00

....well new. Second hand a a great bargain price.
Ricoh XR 6 + XR Rikenon 1:2 50mm L

Seems to be in working condition, film is being filled so curious about the results.

Grts Peter

Sold stuff..

2011-01-20T22:16:00.001+01:00

Since i never used the f90x any longer i decided to sell it.
So bye bye .........!
I am gonna try and save money for some stuff i really think is usefull for my style.

Peter

'Station Beekbergen'

2011-01-13T19:44:00.003+01:00

Been a while again. Last sunday the weather was good. So me my dad and daughter decided to go to 'Station Beekbergen'
It's an old railway station wich houses some nice old steamtrains and diesel loc's.
It's far from a museum, it's a bit messy almost urban at places.
Above 2 from the series i shot there.
Rest is here.
Was the first time i really used the 28mm 1:28 AF with a purpose on the D90 and it worked out just ok, lens is sharp @ higher apertures, even at 2.8 in center. Gonna be using this one more now.
To be honest, the use of the F100 makes me use more and more just primes.

Grts Peter

F100.......

2010-12-02T20:28:00.004+01:00

The first F100 i got didn't work well,the MP seller gave me part of my money back, very unique and gave me the option to find a new one.
Through LC forum i finally got my self a mint one!
The two above pictures are shot with it.

Taken using:
Nikon F100
Vivitar 28mm 1:2.5 MF
Kodak Portra 160nc
Nikon Coolscan LS-40
edit in PS CS5

Grts Peter

MF 50mm on D90

2010-12-02T20:22:00.004+01:00

MF Manual Focus lensen on the D90, two oldies but nice ones!
The above is with:
aus Jena DDR T 50mm 1:2.8 trough m42 adapter
Beneath is the:
Mamiya Sekor SX 50mm 1:2 through m42 adapter

Keep on loving the olde MF lenses, use of a m42 adapter with glass works fine.

Grts Peter

Looking through archive.....

2010-10-08T11:21:00.001+02:00

And found this shot.
Really liked it.
Taken with the D90 with 50mm 1.8d. Edited in CaptureNX.

Last gear......

2010-09-27T20:29:00.005+02:00

Top to bottom:
Kiron 28-210 1:3.8-5.6 Nikon AI MF
Nikon Coolscan LS-40 ED
Nikon F100 + MB-15(fitted with Nikon E Series 100mm 1:2.8)

Grts

Cleaned my Nikon Coolscan LS-40 ED

2010-09-25T14:26:00.003+02:00

Though scanning results improved i still din't get the sharpness i should and still negatives with results to cry about.
So after being hinted by a Lightcatch forum member i looked into cleaning my LS-40.
Today i did following the tutorial found here:
Cleaning Nikon Coolscan LS-40

It wasn't that difficult and really imroved the quality of the scan!
Though be cautious with the mirror...

Above 1 result, in an older post you can see the first try at that negative.

Grts Peter.

Steep learning Curves

2010-09-12T10:53:00.002+02:00

Negative scanning, i think i am getting results i want and understand how that is possible ;)
Complemented analogue photography with a Nikon F100.
So gonna be a mix of dslr and slr from now on.

Grts.

Scan results......

2010-09-05T11:16:00.004+02:00

Above a negative scan from my visit to Middelburg where i bought my scanner.
This is on of the best scan results so far.
I am having problems with some negatives wich just don't give good scans.
Testing, trying and failing is the word.

Above is F90x + 50mm 1.8d on Kodak Color Gold 200.
Grts.

Cool......a scanner ;)

2010-09-01T20:04:00.001+02:00

Bought myself a nice piece of equipment for my analogue photography.
http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/technology/archives/scanner/coolscan_4/index.htm

Very good price and runs on Windows7 64bit using Nikon Scan 4.03

Grts

2010-08-18T12:21:00.002+02:00

Vacation 2010, picture taken in a valley behind Grimaud. River ''La Garde''.
It was a great place to strawl around, though the descent to the valley and the following ascent with 34 degrees was a bit of a killer.
Grimaud is a great place with history, check out this url:
http://www.grimaud-provence.com/grimaud/en/history-grimaud.php

Grts.

M42 adapter & 3 lenses

2010-08-11T10:28:00.004+02:00

Got my hands on a m42 adapter for Nikon.
Already had 3 m42 lenses in my collection, came with the Mamiya msx 500.

Works like a charm. The above is shot with a Mamiya /Sekor SX 200mm 1:3.5.
I think it's sharp enough(not visable in this picture) and i love the Bokeh wich you can see clearly in this picture.
Also a 35mm and a 50mm m42 mount lens came in the 3 pack, so will test them to soon.
Shot info: iso 400 - f3.5 - 1/800 - 200mm.

Editing is good.....

2010-08-01T19:26:00.003+02:00

After installing and configuring my laptop i got to edit the above picture.
It's edited in PS5 with Silver efex plug-in.
I like the result!

Its taken with de D90, 50mm 1.8d in a place called 'Elburg'

Besides i have been busy with scans again from Hema.
On the next link you will go staight to my flickr page with the set op f90x negative scans.
LINK

For now, grts!

New Stuff.

2010-08-01T19:20:00.002+02:00

Recently i aquiered myself some stuf 2 are pure photography, 1 is part photography and part nice to have.
I got 2 new lenses:
Nikon AF 28mm 1:2.8
Vivitar 28mm 1:2.8
(see picture mounted on my F90x)
and
Acer Aspire 7551 Notebook.

Grts.

Sunset from my holidays.

2010-07-23T23:21:00.002+02:00

First one from holidays in south France.
Taken @ Cap du Sardineaux near a village calles St Maxime.
Very nice sunset there!
Will post more in the future.
Grts.

Mystical Rose

2010-06-29T11:48:00.002+02:00

Taken with the Vivitar 70-150.
This rose was hanging down, the light fell in perfecty for a nice mystical dramatic shot.
Finishing touch with Capture NX 2
Shot info: iso200 - f8 - 1/640 - 150mm

Nikon F90x + MB-10 Grip.

2010-06-26T23:13:00.003+02:00

Well, finally made time to take a picture of th F90x.
Excellent camera and it is in good shape!
Makes me wish for a Nikkor 20 or 24mm ai-s or af prime.
The lens mounted on it is a one with a great angle but not the sharpest.

Cheers!

Analogue results....

2010-06-25T22:05:00.004+02:00

I borrowed my dad's Nikon F55, 2 rolls of film later i noticed i really enjoyed taking photo's the ''old'' way.
After seeing the first results(shop instead of usb connection) i decided i liked it so much i wanted an ''old'' camera wich could work together with my old ai and ai-s lenses(metering).
Nikon's F100 and F5 were easily found as great camera's but a bit to pricy. So looking further i noticed the ''Nikon F90x'' And so i was done, marktplaats helped my find a seller that gave me a price i could live with.
So first roll of film in the f90x, some old and one newer lens mounted i went out.
Above you can see 2 results.
I had the film developed at the 'Hema' a warehouse store. Also choose digitized on cd.
A bit disapointed with the quality of the scans i started editing them in Capture NX.
Shot Info:
1: Fuji Susperia x-tra 400, Vivitar 75-205 1:3.8
2: Fuji Susperia x-tra 400, Vivitar 24mm 1:2.8

It is wonderfull shooting like this, i will continue using the F90x besides my Digital D90.
For now the end, i'll take a shot at showing you my F90x.

Cheers.

Natures beautiful colors.....

2010-06-14T22:25:00.005+02:00

Still having great fun with my MF AI lenses.
Above shots are edited with capture nx.
The first:
iso 400 - f8 - 1/320 - 150mm
@ my Dad's garden
Vivitar 70-150 1:3.8

The second:
iso 400 - f8 - 1/500 - 205mm
@ My Love's Garden
Vivitar 75-205 1:3.8

Bee!

2010-05-29T23:11:00.001+02:00

One more with the Vivitar 70-150 1:3.8.
Nice and warm and that bee was hungry!
Shot info: iso 200 - f8 - 1/200 - 150mm

Inspiration......Result!

2010-05-23T22:35:00.003+02:00

Today i went to the forest with the 50mm 1.8D mounted.
I saw a picture of a forummember @ NCN wich gave me inspiration. I wanted Bokeh and a B&W maybe a bit tinted.
Above one of the results. More on Flickr.
Shot info: iso 200 - f1.8 - 1/400 - 50mm

Testing the Vivitar 70-150 1:3.8 part 2

2010-05-16T10:04:00.002+02:00

Another one from the wide open test, only this day the sun was doing a better job.
Nice and red!
Shot info: iso 200 - f3.8 - 1/400 - 150mm

Testing the Vivitar 70-150 1:3.8

2010-05-15T00:11:00.006+02:00

On the NCN forum we became curious about the wide open performance of the Vivitar 70-150 1:3.8 wich at least 2 of us use. Both a Kiron made version. After he went out and shot wide open he was a bit disappointed, but seems to be turning a bit after more testing. So i tried again today and was surprised.
Sure @ f8 it is way sharper but images are good after a bit of extra sharpening, but not that much after all.
Above is one of today! Judge for yourself.
Shot Info: iso 400 - f3.8 - 1/320 - 150mm

2010-05-01T17:25:00.004+02:00

At the moment the Vivitar 75-205 1:3.8 is my favourite lens. At 205mm @ f8 it is sharp and gives a good soft bokeh and almost macro. I love it!!
Enjoy these 2 pictures! Both were taken in my loves garden at 5 'o' clock midday with a bit of sun on 29th of april.
Shot info: Both iso 200 - f8 - 205mm - above 1/250 beneath 1/320.

New toy.....

2010-05-01T17:20:00.001+02:00

Bought myself this Coolpix s3000. Why?
Well its handy smalland usefull.
Off course you can't compare it to a dslr, but for snapshots it's good enough.

Testing the new Vivitar.

2010-04-18T11:04:00.004+02:00

New gear, new picture.
Got an optically not so good Vivitar Series 1 35-85mm 1:2.8. Should be a very decent lens back in the days. Well i am not disapointed. Due to visual scratches and coating not that good anymore i didnt expect much. But its turns out fairly good i guess. Maybe get a optically condition 'mint' in the future.
Shot info: Iso 200 - f8 - 1/200 - 85mm

Dustcloud

2010-04-17T10:06:00.004+02:00

On 14th of April a Volcano erupted in Iceland. Thursday the 15th the dustcloud passed north western europe. Due to this phenomenom the sunset could be much more spectacular than normally.
I went to one of my favourite places, Radio Kootwijk and shot some nice views. The above shows the colors.
Shot info: iso 200 - f8 - 1/160 - 105mm

Gerbera.

2010-04-17T10:01:00.003+02:00

In my opinion a nice shot, not completely sharp due to a bit of motion. Well @ 205mm and 1/100 shutter speed what can i expect?!
I really love the Vivitar zooms. Off course CaptureNX has seen this one but not as much as you would think.
The 24mm Vivitar Prime is not that sharp, hard to get good focus at infinity setting.
Well for now bye.
Shot Info: iso 200 - f5.6 - 1/100 - 205mm.

The 70-150 Vivitar is so warm in colors...love it

2010-04-08T22:30:00.003+02:00

Nice and warm colors in this picture.
The Vivitar 70-150 turns out to be a really warm lens, editing did not involve any color editing just levels contrast en brightness.
Shot info:
iso 200 - f4 - 1/160 - 150mm

Adding a picture...

2010-04-05T23:09:00.001+02:00

Vivitar 75-205mm 1:3.8 macro focussing zoom.

2010-04-02T17:00:00.003+02:00

iso 200 - f8 - 1/125 - 24mm Vivitar f2.8

iso 200 - f8 - 1/500 - 150mm --> Vivitar 70-150mm

Two 'new' Manual Focus Lenses.

2010-04-02T16:53:00.002+02:00

Been a while since i was here.
Have been a busy boy, work, life etc.
As title says i aquired 2 new lenses.
Vivitar 24mm 1:2.8
Vivitar 75-205mm 1:3.8 macro focussing zoom

Both came in at a very decent pricetag. I like the angle the 24mm gives me. Makes me think about getting a 20/24/28mm AF prime Nikon lens in the future or a 12-24mm zoom(tokina perhaps).

The 75-205mm i just got. It's a big mofo. Looks as if it's new. Will test it soon.
In the next post i will show 2 pictures, one is with 24mm and one is with 70-150. Both i think are good shots.

Well for now...Hapy easter people.

2010-03-10T20:55:00.003+01:00

Well first try with the 100mm. Not much light as you can see, was a bit dark outside and just one light on my desk, turned out to be a nice shot anyhow!
Off course CaptureNX has seen this one, levels needed a bit of straightening and B&W conversion.
Shot info: iso 200 - f2.8 - 1/100 - 100mm.

Manual Focus again: Nikon E Series 100mm f2.8.

2010-03-10T20:48:00.004+01:00

Addicted as i have become to Manual Focus lenses this week the third arrived.
The Panagor was nice, The Vivitar a surprise. This one, a Nikon E series 100mm f2.8 is a winner.
Got it on a nice deal, tested a bit and so far i am very happy with it.
Doing my homework i will add 2 links to information about this lens.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/100f28E.htm
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/emfgfg20/eserieslenses/htmls/100135mm.htm

Well, sems this is a nice lens indeed.
Will post a first edited photo in next blog message.

For now, Bye Bye/

Orchid 2

2010-03-05T21:42:00.003+01:00

Following the other blog from today a black and white form the orchid series.
Shot info: iso 200 - f8 - 1/125 - 150mm

The manual focus lenses really are a learnig curve, but i like working with them. It gives full control at what i want to do. Still i think metering is a plus, maybe one day a d300 or d700 or......
Besides hunting @ marktplaats is fun also.

For now till next entry!
Cheers Peter.

Orchid

2010-03-05T21:31:00.003+01:00

I really love the Vivitar. I made a serie at my love's house. There is a growing orchid in the window where it catches it's sunlight. Above you can see an edit in color.
Shot info: iso 200 - f8 - 1/100- 150mm

Manual focussing

2010-02-23T08:54:00.003+01:00

The Vivitar 70-150mm f3.8 manual focussing zoom turns out to be a very sharp lens, espacially when stopped down to f5.6 and above.
This object sits in my kitchen, in the window. I like the colors, the DOF and the sharpness.
What more can i wish for, the lens changed owners for 25 euro's.
Ok one wish, A D300 or above because my D90 doesn't meter the light and makes me do testshots, but in time my guess for shuttertimes will improve(i hope).
Shot Info: iso 200 - f8 - 1/100 - between 70-150mm (really can't remember).

Next to this i started using border for my shots, at first i didn't like a border much, but after some experimenting, it's nice!
i use Bordermaker 4.1, free and handy.

News about a favourite phothography place

2010-02-19T23:24:00.002+01:00

This is a news article about one of my favorite hangouts for pictures. Dutch Only.

http://nos.nl/artikel/138077-radio-kootwijk-voortaan-beschermd.html

Grts.

Manual Focus again.

2010-02-10T20:29:00.003+01:00

Today i received my second Manual Focus lens.
It is a Vivitar 70-150mm 1:3.8 macro focussing zoom.
Well macro, focus minimal distance is 90 cm, so not real macro.
Got this through marktplaats, just like the Panagor.
Looks good, didnt test it yet.
Results will follow.

Reflections

2010-02-08T23:32:00.002+01:00

Reflections. An experimental shot.
Not to unhappy with the result myself.
I like the colors inside compared to the white outside seen in the reflection.
Shot Info: iso 200 - f8 - 1/50 - 38mm

2010-02-06T22:01:00.002+01:00

Shot this picture at my love's house at night.
I like the straight lines and the bend reflections of the hall in the vase.
Shot info: iso 200 - f8 - 6sec - 92mm

2010-02-01T19:16:00.005+01:00

Yesterday i went to ''Radio Kootwijk''.
It was a sunny day and i took the D90 with me to work. After work i drove to Kootwijk on a icy road.
The picture above is the last one i shot before i went back home, stone cold....
Edited a bit in Capture NX2, only contrast and brightness and i cropped it a bit.
Shot info: iso 200 - f22 - 1/100 - 50mm

2010-01-24T21:24:00.002+01:00

Another contest @ Tweakers.net.
This 2 week assignment was ''art''.
So i went out and shot the above photo. Edited in Capture NX2.
This is the result.
Shot info: iso 400 - 1/160 - f4 - 50mm

2010-01-22T23:14:00.002+01:00

Usually i don't use flash. I did in this photo.
Result is quite nice in my opinion, detailed.
Also the DOF is ok.
So i am happy with the result.
The grip is being a great add on, also on this picture it was
on the camera and it won't be coming off soon i guess.
Shot info: iso 200 - f5.6 - 1/60 -105mm

2010-01-13T11:52:00.005+01:00

After my purchase of the grip i went to a place near my home to take some pictures of the deserted hospital. The sun was just starting to find it's way through the clouds.
So i aimed and shot the above picture.
I came home stone cold freezing fingers of, but this result made me smile!
Shot Info: iso 200 - 1/640 - f14 - 105mm

2010-01-13T11:48:00.002+01:00

Went to one of the local photography stores today. One i never visit for buying because its the most expensive in my city. But this MB-D80 grip was on sale i guess, cheapest i could find in, well the whole country ;)
Fitted the grip on the D90, damn its big, but what a good hold i have now on the D90.
In the near future aquire a second battery for more juice and it's complete.

Winter in Holland

2010-01-12T22:49:00.006+01:00

Snow, Snow and even More Snow.
Seems Nature can't get enough this winter.
But for us photographers....
Nice shots to be taken, but beware snow and dslr's don't mix that good.
Snow gives a new way of taking pictures, metering is more difficult.
Shot info: iso 200 - 1/60 - f8 - 38mm

2010-01-05T19:47:00.004+01:00

Panagor 135mm f2.8 MF / Nikon f-mount
Bought this Manual Focus trough Marktplaats for the small amount of 20 euro.
On the D90 i have to adjust everything, metering, diafragma is not a big problem. Manual focussing is the hard part.
The bokeh seems sweet, the CA is visable when @ 100% crop(only tested f2.8).
When i have something wich i think is a good picture from this lens i'll show it here.

2009-12-27T11:02:00.005+01:00

Winter was upon us. I didn't have the oppertunity to visit the forest with sunshine. The day i grabbed my camera it was grey and sad(and cold).
With the above picture i try to show that feeling.
I called it '' Path to......''
You fill in the blanks.
Edited this using brightness and contrast sliders in Capture NX2
Shot info: iso 400 - f4 - 1/50 - 50mm

Sunset, a bit to late....

2009-12-19T20:42:00.006+01:00

And there was the snow. Unfortunately i didnt have much time to grab the D90 and go into nature.
Today my workday ended at 15.45, so in the dark morning around 6.30 i grabbed my gear and left for work. The idea was to go to ''Hoog Buurlo'' after work.
First i went to my love first to talk for 10 minutes and than i left for nature.
As the above picture illustrates i was in time, but to late. On my trip to Hoog Buurlo i could see a great sky. The sky was 3 times more colorful than as you can see in the photo above, ah well.
I will try again in the near future. Also no snow in this picture. I shot photos for like 10 minutes of the sunset and my hands were freezing by than. It was -10 degrees in an open place in the wind, so not that nice for my fingers, i couldnt control the shutter after 10 minutes out there.
Shot Info: iso 200 - 1/200 - f8 - 50mm

Week contest GOT forums

2009-12-15T22:02:00.005+01:00

A contest @ Gathering of Tweakers forum made me think over what i would compose for a good picture. In the end a visit to my mothers appartment gave me the picture i was looking for. The subject was ''light''. U are allowed to interpretate this subject wich i did.
2 candles is light, an Angel is enlightment, isnt it?
So there was the idea. Myself, i am kinda happy with the result.
Shot Info: iso 200 - f13 - 0.77sec - 50mm.

Working with the 50mm

2009-12-13T10:36:00.005+01:00

I shot this picture @ Alba. Wich is a place near my town were there used to be a factory. They gave it back to nature. I was trying to isolate the grass from the rest creating a small dof. I am not disappointed with this result, though it would have been nice if the grass was more sharp. It was a very windy day so even at this high shutterspeed i can see movement.
Shot info: iso 200/f4/1:1250/50mm, cropped and added a bit of contrast in Capture NX2.

50mm Prime

2009-12-13T09:53:00.014+01:00

About 3 weeks ago i bought myself a second hand Nikor AF 50mm f1.8 D.
It came with a HS-9 Metal Lenshood and a Hoya Super Pro1 52mm UV[0]filter.
I was walking around with a moderate zoom lens since i bought the D90. So it was at first difficult getting used to using the zoom in my feet or backing up because i was to close. But i wanted to learn the use of a prime. The DOF/Bokeh it promised me was a real surprise. Getting a nice bokeh with the 18-105 was possible but with this prime it is amazing. Besides, it is way sharper from roughly f2.8 and up. So i am still in a steep learning curve but i think i am getting the first results i am looking for.
(lens picture is taken from the web)

First Blog Entry

2009-12-12T23:15:00.009+01:00

Today i decided to start a blog. Since September 2009 i decided to give myself a cam upgrade to a DSLR. After using a Panasonic FZ28 since february 2009 i really ran into it's limitations.

So i read and even read more about DSLR and after weeks of Canon vs Nikon, i decided on a Nikon D90. Of course no regrets there.
It came with the 18-105mm VR kitlens.

In following blog entries i will post pictures of the gear and pictures i have been taking since i have this beauty of a camera. For now included picture are my daughters hands. Needless to say that i love editing on the computer much to.