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mundy-F2 Loc: Chicago suburban area

Spirit Vision Photography wrote:

Yes. The clip on hoods get knocked off too easily. The rubber ones stay on. That’s the original, first edition of the Nikon 105 f/2.5 glass.

Thanks and I agree with you. Nice image!
Mundy

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

mundy-F2 wrote:

Is that a rubber lens hood? I lost mine years ago and replaced it with a metal one.
Mundy

Yes. The clip-on hoods get knocked off too easily. The rubber one don’t.

Boris77

Spirit Vision Photography wrote:

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Nikon 35mm lens on a Nikon D5500. Fast, easy to hold, and non-threatening. Image quality very good. Used to shoot street scenes and outdoor concerts at night (pre-pandemic). Fits in a large coat pocket!
Boris

mundy-F2 Loc: Chicago suburban area

Boris77 wrote:

Nikon 35mm lens on a Nikon D5500. Fast, easy to hold, and non-threatening. Image quality very good. Used to shoot street scenes and outdoor concerts at night (pre-pandemic). Fits in a large coat pocket!
Boris

Nice camera and lens combo.
Mundy

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mundy-F2 wrote:

Smaller the better for street photography, IMO.
Mundy

Smaller can improve DoF too.
Smaller can improve DoF too....

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mundy-F2 Loc: Chicago suburban area

Very nice, can't get much smaller than your setup.
Thanks for sharing. One of my favorite film cameras is a snall Olympus 35 RC and it can shoot on auto. Great pocket camera. I just loaded it up with Fugi slide film the other day.
Mundy

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mundy-F2 wrote:

Very nice, can't get much smaller than your setup.
Thanks for sharing. One of my favorite film cameras is a snall Olympus 35 RC and it can shoot on auto. Great pocket camera. I just loaded it up with Fugi slide film the other day.
Mundy

Had a pair of RCs. Size allowed easily carrying two different films loaded.

A few cameras were smaller but none of those micro minis combined RF and full manual controls. RCs didn’t even need a battery. It’s toadally mechanical.

mundy-F2 Loc: Chicago suburban area

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Had a pair of RCs. Size allowed easily carrying two different films loaded.

A few cameras were smaller but none of those micro minis combined RF and full manual controls. RCs didn’t even need a battery. It’s toadally mechanical.

I agree, nice camera. I purchased a chip for the battery so I can use new batteries without a loss in voltage. Now the meter is correct without adjustment.
Mundy

Boris77

mundy-F2 wrote:

Very nice, can't get much smaller than your setup.
Thanks for sharing. One of my favorite film cameras is a snall Olympus 35 RC and it can shoot on auto. Great pocket camera. I just loaded it up with Fugi slide film the other day.
Mundy

I ended last century shooting film in Olympus OM cameras, mainly with prime lenses. Still have them, still go click so probably work, still have ALL the backup (accessories, film, chemicals, darkroom, notes, books), but too old to care. Now I live the dream of TV in same room as processor (computer). Sooooo much easier.
Boris

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

mundy-F2 wrote:

I agree. I just upgraded ftom a Nikon F2 to a Z6ii, so I am a person that keeps his gear in working order. My film gear will still get used.
Mundy

I’ll never quit burning film.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Canon has focused, if you will, on making new lenses for their mirrorless lineup of cameras. These lenses are smaller and lighter than the older EF versions, and they have come out with some new prime lenses that are supposedly very good - and they are very small and not very expensive (compared to their telephoto and zoom lenses. So it seems there is still interest and usefulness for those!

magpix Loc: St. Michaels, MD

I love shooting with my very small, lightweight Fuji F/2 primes as well as my slightly larger f/1.2 and 1.4 primes. They fit nicely on my XT-3 and XT-4 bodies and are extremely sharp. I use them mostly when in challenging light conditions (inside without flash) or when shooting street scenes. But when shooting landscape or events, I rely on my Fuji zooms. Moved to Fuji from Nikon to save weight and to have smaller footprint when shooting street. No regrets. Have even printed up to 60” on aluminum for exhibits.

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

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Pic is a pic is a pic. Many different kinds

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

BebuLamar wrote:

To use the old small prime you would also need small body. Most of the bodies made today are too large even the APS-C ones are still large compared to the old 35mm full frame film camera.
I have a number of small lenses and when I put them on my Nikon Df they look awful together as the Nikon Df is too big.

And that is why I left Nikon for Panasonic! Small, lightweight kits with stellar optics...doesn't get any better than my GX-9 and 20mm f1.7 pancake lens. Nikon and Canon don't come close in size or quality of results for such a small package!

DavidThompson Loc: Asheville, NC

My tech you son in law has a Google pixel 6 and I am impressed! He took a challenging evening closeup picture of my dog on the beach with a sunset red sky in the far distance.
My iPhone 11 got the dog with good exposure but the beautiful red sky was just a bright sunset.
His phone was more detailed of the closeup of the dog, lighting great, even capturing the red sunset. Then he showed a person and a tree he didn’t want, clicked edit, touched each object and bang they were gone. Like photoshop in a bottle and the removals were flawless - could not detect where those areas looked manipulated. WOW!