My Canon FD 35-105mm f/3.5 and 70-210mm f/4 both had macro functions. The DX 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 does not seem to have this function, and the manual makes no mention of it.
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Pancakes, Anyone?
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| Nikon NIKKOR 45mm f/2.8P “Pancake” lens |
During a search for all things pinhole, I came across a pinhole “pancake” lens, and this. Hmmm. I’m in the market for a “normal” lens. Wait, this costs more than my Nikkor 16-85mm zoom, and is really difficult to find! Pass. Cute though, and this gets me thinking.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
My Second Lens
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| Lensbaby Composer System; Pinhole/Zone Plate, Plastic Lens, Single-Glass Lens, Double-Glass Lens optics. |
Technically, I bought my Lensbaby Composer at the same time as my first Nikon lens. I was drawn to it for the qualities of the images it could produce. They were much like some of the images I conceived during the ’70s and late ’80s, which at that time I could only accomplish with filters. Cokin filters to be exact. God bless them, they’re still in business after all these years. It was almost my first choice as a lens, but that would just have been too weird, even for me.
Monday, February 8, 2010
How is a Digital Image Like a Scupture?
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| South Orange Station; Color enhanced through post-processing. |
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Slowly Rebuilding my Empire: The First Lens
The compact “standard” zoom is like the holy grail of lenses to me. Back in the day, your first lens was a 50mm prime. If you could get a really fast one, all the better. Today, you can pack a wide angle, normal and short tele into a single, compact lens.
Nikon P5100 as Digital Holga
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| Nikon Coolpix P5100, Opteka 3.3x Tele Converter |
I received this as a gift, having placed it on my wish list. I was curious how it stacked up to the enormous and expensive Nikon equivalent, the TC-E3ED 3x Tele Converter.