Yeah. It's warm and humid here today. Took the new camera out for a spin. Loving the Sigma 45mm. Such a nice lens. B&W Jpegs from a walk down S. Congress Ave. Packed with tourists and locals alike...
Fascinating. You could have boots or you could buy a used SL2 for the same price...
Cappuccino break at Hotel San José. Poolside.
A dog at a restaurant. How French...
Jo's Coffee.
It's hat science...with ready students....
Stetson Open Road Summer hats. None for me by mandate of a commenter. And I grudgingly agree...
Some of the best photographs I've seen in quite some time. Striking.
ReplyDeleteIn general, the females of the species dress better than the males.
ReplyDeleteI have had the occasional cappuccino in a take-out cup, but I'm not proud of it.
ReplyDeleteAh, the lofty lifestyles of the elite....
DeleteI recently bought a used Nikon Z6II, which I really really like. I bought a compact Nikon 28mm lens to go with it. I’m thinking of adding a compact Nikon 40mm lens to accompany it. I have been using an adapted F-mount 50mm f1.8 lens that I have enjoyed getting reacquainted with. Would a 40mm lens be redundant? The Sigma 45mm lens is not available in the Nikon Z-mount, although Sony-mount lenses can be successfully adapted to Nikon Z-mount cameras. Do you like it more for its imaging characteristics or focal length? James Popsys seems to think it is the “ideal” focal length.
ReplyDeleteHi Craig, I'm a big fan of the 40mm and the 45mm. I have a 40mm Voigtlander lens for the rangefinder cameras and a 45 Sigma for the SLs. The focal length is comfortable. I'm often perplexed by having too much in the frame when shooting with 28 and 35mm lenses and sometimes the 50mm focal length seems just a bit too tight. I keep eyeing the Voigtlander 40mm version with the 1.2 aperture and I don't think you can have too many lens choices. Each one of them has a much different character. I've heard great things about the Nikon 40mm. It's supposed to be a great lens. And I tend to agree with that video that James Popsys put up about 40s. I noticed he did buy the Leica Q3-43 with its 43mm lens and seems to like it a lot. The difference between 45 and 40 isn't so big and if I could only have one I think I would go with the 40 because it's so easy to crop a little bit with today's great, full frame camera sensors. The Sigma has an interesting look as it's not super contrasty at close distances with wide open apertures. But, like everything else, it's an acquired taste. Love the older F lenses adapted to just about any modern camera. They were mostly very, very good. Especially the 50s. I also like the Canon FD 50mm f1.4. but it has really really busy background "bokeh". Hope this is helpful. KT
ReplyDeleteI always appreciate your thoughts on lenses, and photography in general. Your comments ARE very helpful. Thank you.
DeleteEveryone craps on the Nikkor 43-86 F mount lens. Ya it has distortion and maybe not the sharpest lens in the bag, but it sure has the most useful range imho. I took thousands of photos with mine and never had issues with the results. Maybe I have very low standards ..... Getting back on track now, I have been toying with the idea of purchasing one of the old Leica/Minolta 40mm Summicrons. Most users seem to like them. A maximum aperture of F2 is just fine with me. I'm not keen about the near zero DOF some like. Each to their own.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of the "fashion model" giving you the eye and the two guys sitting at the table. Lots of great shots.
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Hi Eric, I had one of the 43-86mm Nikkor zoom lenses. Couldn't get rid of it quick enough. Okay for black and white film work where you could jack up the contrast but a miserable excuse to use for shooting slide film. Less sharp than butter....
DeleteI mainly used it for newspaper work. The 2nd version was better than the first. I'm going to find it and take some shots with the Pannie FF. I expect very little from it but who knows it might have a cool look.
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