...and it became??

Yep The Kiron.

Happy me! At a great price point...gonna have a lot of fun in springtime with the flowers and the bees. But seems to be an allrounder also.

 

Grts, Peter

Choice has been made.

My macro search has ended, just home after buying.

I will update asap with a picture and than you can see what it has become.

Fact= me happy!

Grts 

Macro thoughts...

I still very in love with the Kiron 105mm 1:2.8 macro.

Or am i in love with macro and is the Kiron a very good instrument?

Almost got a good Kiron 105, but seller had a small accident with it the day i was gonna visit him, he dropped it.....so sad....

So i am thinking, what to do and have been reading lots, again.

If i cannot get a good Kiron i will go for the Tokina 100mm. Why?

Well the Nikon 105 vr, well it's very expensive atm.

I have a Tokina 11-16 and really love the build quality and image quality, so Tokina can replace Nikkor/Nikon for me. 

So.....i have the time, hopefully one of the 2 will be available, second hand no problem for me.

About the above photo's.

Number 1: Little work on the levels, but very little.

Number 2: No post processing, SOOC.

Grts, Peter

Selling and buying some....

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

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

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

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

Finally pictures.

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

Praktica 321a flash unit.

Grts, Peter 

Praktica

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.....

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

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

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

Lightened up!

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

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....

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....

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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....

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