Cindy Flood
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Hi Terry,
Yes, Wisconsin. Everything is finally starting to bloom!
Yes, Wisconsin. Everything is finally starting to bloom!
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Fun Pictures with Nikon
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ddk
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What a beautiful park, like some of the ones you see in Japan, they're very fond of rivers and bridges, not something that's common in here in NY.
Which adaptor do you use to mount a Mamiya lens on the Nikon?
Cindy Flood
Super Moderator
Thank you David and Lloyd.
We have a wonderful park in our town, Lakeside park. It has a Yacht club, marina, 1930's lighthouse, turn of the century gazebo, children's rides and petting zoo. It is filled with flowers, birds and butterflies in the summer.
RobMac is the expert on adapting lenses, so maybe he will chime in. He is the one that put me onto the Mamiya lenses.
Here is a picture of my adapter.
"expert" yeah, right - know enough to be dangerous ;>
The best adapter I've used so far is the Fotodiox Pro version (the non-pro sucks). The Cirrius adapters (see EBay) are reputed to be very nice as well.
I use and love my Mamiya's on a 1Ds2 but use a Mamiya-Nikon adapter + a chipped Nikon-EoS adapter to enable focus confirmation (not an issue with a Nikon body).
The best adapter I've used so far is the Fotodiox Pro version (the non-pro sucks). The Cirrius adapters (see EBay) are reputed to be very nice as well.
I use and love my Mamiya's on a 1Ds2 but use a Mamiya-Nikon adapter + a chipped Nikon-EoS adapter to enable focus confirmation (not an issue with a Nikon body).
Stuart Richardson
Active member
Nice Lars.
Well, while we are on the car theme, I found a excellent used one that will allow me to get out into the countryside! It is a Land Rover Freelander 2, and I am quite amused that while being fantastic off road, since it is a diesel it gets about 15mpg MORE than my old Volkswagen. It is a truly amazing car. It only had 5000 miles (8000km) and because of the crisis here I got it for more than 40% cheaper than the new price. Here it is from the first chance I got to take it off road (well, on a dirt road anyway). These places are just half an hour or so outside Reykjavik.
I look forward to getting off the tarmac and really out into the country.
Well, while we are on the car theme, I found a excellent used one that will allow me to get out into the countryside! It is a Land Rover Freelander 2, and I am quite amused that while being fantastic off road, since it is a diesel it gets about 15mpg MORE than my old Volkswagen. It is a truly amazing car. It only had 5000 miles (8000km) and because of the crisis here I got it for more than 40% cheaper than the new price. Here it is from the first chance I got to take it off road (well, on a dirt road anyway). These places are just half an hour or so outside Reykjavik.
I look forward to getting off the tarmac and really out into the country.
Lars
Active member
It looks "right".
viablex1
Active member
Really a classic!!For a young, novice monk, getting the robe straight can be a big challenge. It's a big piece of cloth, and there's only one correct way to wear it.
S5 with 80-200 AF-S @ 130mm and f/3.2
woodyspedden
New member
I don't own Mamiya lenses but I do have a gajillion Hassy V's. I have two adapters to use it on the Nikon...........one from Fotodiox and one from Novoflex. The Fotodiox works fine except wide open you can see color fringing (the purple kind). The Novoflex does not exhibit the same fringing. I talked with Pham Minh Son about it and he says that adapter thickness is critical to performance at infinity and for reducing color fringing. I know little about adapters but he seems to be the resident expert about such matters. You may recall that he built the best adapters ever for adapting Contax lenses to Canon digital bodies.
My advice is to experiment and use the one which gives you the best wide open performance, especially at infinity.
Woody
Son is w/o THE adapter guru. Have no issues with the Fotodiox units re: fringing on my M645 glass (at least as yet), but that might change with the next lens. That said, Woody's advice is bang-on. Start with the least costly, see if it works for your lens combo and if not, move upstream as it were.
The only issue with the Novoflex, which have a rep for being very well built, is their cost.
The only issue with the Novoflex, which have a rep for being very well built, is their cost.
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Unfortunately, I have no car to show off, so here's a girl instead, a weather girl, snapped off the street in Hanoi today
D80 with 85mm f/1.8 @ f/2.2
D80 with 85mm f/1.8 @ f/2.2
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ddk
Guest
I have a Hassy to Nikon adaptor that I bought from Popflash, don't know the brand but is very well built and works great. There are some Mamiya lenses that I'm interested in trying out too.
What's crazy is buying a modern dslr system with all its bells & whistles, then messing around with old tech. In the past 2 years I've either sold or stopped using most of my modern, AF Nikkors in favor of Zeiss ZF lenses, older AIS Zeiss Jenna and one AIS Nikkor, or Hassy glass with adaptor. I even replaced my Nikon zoom lenses with older Angenieuxs and Tamrons for the rare occasions that I use a zoom. Now I'm looking a Mamiya Leica R adaptors, what's wrong with this picture?
What's crazy is buying a modern dslr system with all its bells & whistles, then messing around with old tech. In the past 2 years I've either sold or stopped using most of my modern, AF Nikkors in favor of Zeiss ZF lenses, older AIS Zeiss Jenna and one AIS Nikkor, or Hassy glass with adaptor. I even replaced my Nikon zoom lenses with older Angenieuxs and Tamrons for the rare occasions that I use a zoom. Now I'm looking a Mamiya Leica R adaptors, what's wrong with this picture?
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ddk
Guest
Nice fender, very aerodynamic!Unfortunately, I have no car to show off, so here's a girl instead, a weather girl, snapped off the street in Hanoi today
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Again, I have problems deciding between colour and black & white. I like the b&w better, but miss the powerful greens from the colour version.
D80 with 85mm f/1.8 @ f/2.5
D80 with 85mm f/1.8 @ f/2.5
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
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ddk
Guest
Tough one here, I like the aesthetics of the BW better but the color one tells me why they're huddled under the arch I'd clone out the bike on the left, its annoying both in color and BW!Again, I have problems deciding between colour and black & white. I like the b&w better, but miss the powerful greens from the colour version.
D80 with 85mm f/1.8 @ f/2.5
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ddk
Guest
Lots of different dance pictures Carlos, is that a specialty of the school or just what you liked?
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Ah the bike... I knew I should have removed it, but I'm lazy, and it's the middle of the night here :lecture:
Another day.... maybe
Here's some culture. The Temple of Literature:
D80 with Tamron 17-50mm @ 50mm and f/4.0
Another day.... maybe
Here's some culture. The Temple of Literature:
D80 with Tamron 17-50mm @ 50mm and f/4.0
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
Thanks, Viablex