IMHO
The computer has played a very important part with the lenses design these days.
Some of the range offered nowadays have been just a dream in the film days.
during the good old film days, yes, we can distinguish the difference in quality thru the prints, but in this digital days, one can hardly notice the difference in quality from the cheap monitor which the general public is using, let alone the tiny monitor woth the cell phone.
Therefore, why spend that extra money?
IMHO
The computer has played a very important part with the lenses design these days.
Some of the range offered nowadays have been just a dream in the film days.
during the good old film days, yes, we can distinguish the difference in quality thru the prints, but in this digital days, one can hardly notice the difference in quality from the cheap monitor which the general public is using, let alone the tiny monitor woth the cell phone.
Therefore, why spend that extra money?
Thanks for showing me the images.
Sorry, Still couldn't help much
The top one and a repeated one:
小鷹狩 means "Falconry , hunting with the aid of a falcon!? or could be a name of a politician
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/小鷹狩元凱
重陽 is a Festival in both China and Japan, in the 9th month in the Lunar calendar, to worship the ancestor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ninth_Festival
Kemari (Japanese: 蹴鞠) is a ball game that was popular in Japan during the Heian Period. Kemari has been revived in modern times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemari
It's a tough one, from ancient to modern, Japanese/ Chinese to modern English.
e.g. the period of the last one: 江户期 is The Edo Period.
The title of the last one is: 居待月 a straight translation will be "Waiting for moon"
The chop is even more difficult, just like the doctor's prescription in an art form. Not even legible
Sorry, it will take a very long time which I don't have, otherwise, it will be a fun research/study project!
The 2nd last one: 平安期 is the "Safe Period" which might not mean a lot to you, wish I am more knowledgeable in Japanese history, its a dynasty.
蹴鞠 the title is Kemari, translate to "King ball", which might make sense if we can see the image.
So, sorry, can't help much
They read from top to bottom, right to left
These are all in Chinese characters, aka Han, widely used in Japanese and Korean because they don't have enough characters of their own, especially some serious terms.
In this series, the right column indicated the era or dynasty.
The middle column is the title of that photo or painting.
The red chop is either the authors or the collectors or both, sometimes if the collector is a celebrity, it might increase the value .
Is anyone have the experience to use non-Nikon 1 lens on Nikon 1 camera?
There are many many good quality and cheap adaptor mount available for "other" lenses, I have brought one for older Nikon Ai, Leica R, and Canon FD lenses.
They all fit well and focus well, by hand obviously, but the camera can't handshake with the lens, thus can't click, I tried that with Model 1 and Model 2, same problem, any suggestion?