You guys are on a roll!

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pj, those are cool!

Thx. I won't tell you how many shots I took to get a half a dozen worth sharing.

For the love of Eastman, I don't know how anyone did this with film.

Nice shots.
Is that the fully-manual 105mm f2.8 with an aperture ring?
How do you find the lens?

BTW, a few months I bought a new Nikkor-micro 105mm f2.8 with VR and the fancy silent motor and it broke after a couple weeks.
Regular price is almost a grand but was on sale for $700 so I thought I'd give it a go.
Returned it for a refund.
Made in China.

I love my 30-year old one, which is think is the same design as yours.
I don't mind having to focus.
You pretty much always focus manually for macro work anyway.

Yeah, developing film was crazy-expensive, and unless you had a polaroid back you never got instant feedback for optimizing the focus/light/aperture/SS.

Neither. It's the AF ... D. Yes autofocus, no silent-wave or VR. Not sure where I got it, maybe it was part of the markj package. It sez Made in Japan.

How do I find it? I look in the camera bag.

Srsly, I like it a lot. I haven't looked myself, but Ken Rockwell notes that the rearmost element doesn't move when it focuses. Makes me wonder if it will be all wonky with tubes. I'll try it later this week.

My Nikonian cellmate was grousing about how much he spent on his VR version... and that he is thinking about getting the 200 micro. I'm sure it's a couple grand. He apparently has more money than he knows what to do with.

My point wasn't that developing is expensive, it's that without the sooper high zoot bulk back, you could shoot 20 or 36 frames, rewind, reload, and shoot some more. I just set the D70 on continuous and rattle off a couple dozen frames, wait for the next bee to arrive and rattle off a dozen more. Then leaf through them on the computer to find a handful worth showing. It's very Darwinian.

I MUST get a kayak! Just down the road from me. Decided to stop by today... it's just off the main road, Spectacle Pond. So heavenly peaceful there.

Bernard, that looks so peaceful. Perfect place to kayak. (I like flatwater kayaking...)

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Originally posted by AdagioM:
Bernard, that looks so peaceful. Perfect place to kayak. (I like flatwater kayaking...)

AdagioM, I'm thinking I can kayak out a bit then pull out my knitting. Heaven on earth!

Wonder why there are 5 power boats after reading that sign. Very peaceful looking pond.

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Originally posted by LL:
Wonder why there are 5 power boats after reading that sign. Very peaceful looking pond.

I grew up on a lake where gas motors were prohibited.

LL, given how small those motors are, I would guess they are electric (battery) operated (or they have a permit )

And Bernard, when you get a kayak, let me know! I can throw mine on the roof and join you.

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Originally posted by Bernard:

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Originally posted by AdagioM:
Bernard, that looks so peaceful. Perfect place to kayak. (I like flatwater kayaking...)

AdagioM, I'm thinking I can kayak out a bit then pull out my knitting. Heaven on earth!

Yes, or a spindle. But don't drop the drop spindle!

Looks like the ocean, but it isn't...

choochiefingers took some nice photos during our visit to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with a famous visiting writer.










Strangely, we didn't take any pictures of quilts, which is why we went, or people.

Another two for beelady.

I was playing around with the 300mm lens and extension tubes. On its own, the closest this lens will focus is 9 feet. With 68mm of extension tubes, it gets down to about two feet. I think the Micro Nikkor 105mm is a much better setup. With the 300mm, any vibration is magnified, so even on the tripod with the self-timer, half of the pictures had a bit of horizontal shake. Mind you, the lens is on the tripod and the camera is hanging off the back of the lens.

Oh, and the D600 won't shoot with this combination. It keeps telling me the aperture is not set correctly. So, these were taken with the D70.

Out of a couple dozen shots, I only got a few that were worth sharing...

Small town, Pacific Northwet.

I didn't know they could read!

The nicest RV park we have ever stayed in - at an Indian Casino of all places:

And a winery where they do weddings. Very pretty: