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Taken with Nikon D80 and Porst 135mm f/2.8 M42 lens and macro bellows
This is very unusual for me, a pastel colored flower photo. I don’t really like this type of photos nor understand how to take and make them but still I ended up with this on day 64 of my project 365.
On Friday I tested my M42 mount macro bellows with M42 mount Porst 135mm f/2.8 lens (@ f/8) and Nikon D80 digital SLR camera. The colors turned out so bright that I had to tweak them in Photoshop.
My Project 365 (also in Flickr) has not gone as I planned. I haven’t had the time to plan my daily photos nor the time or energy to go out to look for photo opportunities. So far I’ve missed only 4 days (out of 59) until yesterday but most of my (recent) photos have been snap shots at home. I’m so glad that spring is nearly here. The day is getting longer and soon there will be lots of colors and photo ops outdoors.
Here are two most recent Project 365 photos (Saturday and Sunday). Photo enhancement was not on my…
Last weekend I also tested the 0.4m extension tube I got with Kiev 60. I attached the extension tube between the Kiev body and 50mm f/4 Flektogon and shot a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400 around the house. It was kinda like a test round and I was lacking ideas. Last summer I took quite a lot macro and close-up shots of flowers and plants and this summer I intend to do the same, except now I’ll shoot also on film.
An extension tube shortens the minimum focusing distance of the lens, allowing a larger magnification. With 0.4m extension tube I…
On Friday (19th of Feb) afternoon I placed a film order at Fujilab.co.uk. They are official/semi-official Fuji people and have lower prices for Fuji films than other resellers. My order was processed quickly and on Saturday I got an email saying my order had been dispatched via Royal Mail. Yeah, films were sent from the UK. Today I was really surprised to find the films in the mailbox. It took them 1,5 business days to arrive to Finland!
Here are my new Fuji films in a family portrait with Nikon EM. I’ve previously tested medium format Neopan 400 and I liked…
Sigma has released new lenses for DX cameras (with an APS-C size image sensor). All of the new products are something I would gladly take.
First one on the left (in the photo above) is Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM, fast replacement for standard 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. It has a larger aperture, built-in focusing motor (HSM) and optical stabilizer (OS). Lens diameter is 77mm.
The one in the middle is Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM, really wide angle lens with built-in focusing motor (HSM). It’s quite slow but wide angle is something you usually use outdoors for landscapes (lots…
