Tai Shimizu

iOS & Mac Developer

Creator of the iOS photography apps Gridditor & Filterstorm, the Mac drawing app Inkist, the Mac HDR app Light Compressor, and the experimental web browser Torii.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Today is Thanksgiving day here in the states, and this morning I went out for a walk in the fog with my Nikon 35mm f/2 AI mounted on my D700 for some photos of fog and came up with something random and minor to be thankful for. This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for lenses with aperture rings. As I came across this spiderweb and reversed the 35mm, the fact that it had an aperture ring meant that I could control aperture easily while reversed. Something I would have missed on a newer Nikon G lens, E lens, or Canon lens. A 35mm lens, by the way, gives 1.4x magnification when reversed.

Spiderweb â€” D700, Nikon 35mm f/2 AI, 1/200s ISO400

I had some success with the lens mounted normally, too. Fog makes for some wonderful atmosphere.

D700, Nikon 35mm f/2 AI, 1/500s ISO200 @f/8

D700, Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/4, PN-11, 1/250s ISO1250 @f/4

This last one was taken of my parents’ garden using the Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/4.

Posted by tai on 2009-11-26 13:41:26. Comments (2) | Tiny link

Comments

Your photos look beautiful

Hi,

I stumbled upon your blog on the search for some photos taken with 85mm 1/1.4 AIs and I found wonderful pictures.

Great work,

keep on,

Stephan

Posted by Stephan (anon) on 2009-12-06 07:09:00.

Thanks!

If you’re thinking about buying that 85mm, it’s a wonderful lens. Not quite as good as the AF version at f/1.4, but better once stopped down. As long as you’re comfortable with manual focus, you won’t be disappointed.