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| 14:55, 19 July 2021 | Nikon105 butterfly.jpg (file) |  |
211 KB | Beautiful colored butterfly captured by a Nikon 105 on an APS-C camera (Nikon D500) which effectively makes this a lens with <kbd>150mm</kbd> focal length. Still I am too far away from the subject to actually make use of the macro capability. This is one of the reasons why you sometimes want a longer macro lens like the Nikon 200, when you can not approach your subjects so easily. | 1 |
| 14:39, 19 July 2021 | Nikon18 200 flower.jpg (file) |  |
210 KB | This is using the very light Nikon 18-200. Older zooms like the Nikon 70-210 usually had a macro mode at the lower end of their range allowing you to come close. Newer universal zooms like the Nikon 18-200 have quite short minimum focus distance allowing you quite high reproduction ratios. A true macro would allow you to fill the entire screen with this flower, but in most cases, this is a framing you want to be going for. | 1 |
| 14:32, 19 July 2021 | Nikon28 300 flower.jpg (file) |  |
315 KB | Ok I admit, this is a strange combination to use the Nikon 28-300 on an APS-C camera (here the Nikon D500. But it works. Here it even gives a bit of automatic cropping to make this picture look like it was taken with a macro lens. | 1 |
| 14:12, 19 July 2021 | Nikon85 poppy crop.jpg (file) |  |
344 KB | A crop from a Nikon 85 shot using an APS-C camera. Normally this lens is not known for coming close to subjects, but with a bit of help from a crop, it even looks like a macro shot. The original can be seen under File:File:nikon85_poppy.jpg. | 1 |
| 13:46, 19 July 2021 | Nikon200 rose.jpg (file) |  |
227 KB | This is a handheld shot using the Nikon 200 on a Nikon D850. While the lens is a macro lens, this shot is actually using it as a regular long lens. The result looks OK, but this is a tricky shot, since you are (relatively) close to the flower, you need a smaller aperture so that you have enough depth of field . This in turn requires a longer exposure which is partially compensated with a higher ISO of <kbd>1250</kbd>. | 1 |
| 13:38, 19 July 2021 | Sigma150 berry.jpg (file) |  |
276 KB | A very delicious looking shot of a wild berry using a Sigma 150 on a Nikon D500 making the focal length effectively <kbd>225mm</kbd>. Although this is a macro lens, this shot does not really use its macro capability, this was shot more like a long lens. | 1 |
| 13:16, 19 July 2021 | Nikon105 flower.jpg (file) |  |
337 KB | A close up flower using a Nikon 105 on an APS-C camera the Nikon D500. | 1 |
| 21:41, 13 July 2021 | Nikon70 300 flower.jpg (file) |  |
261 KB | It looks like a macro shot, but things can be deceiving. This is actually the Nikon 70-300 at its longest on an APS-C camera. | 1 |
| 21:27, 13 July 2021 | Nikon70 300 poppy far.jpg (file) |  |
318 KB | I love this one taken by Nikon 70-300 on a Nikon D500. There is no post-processing or any other trick to it. A bit darker, a bit more vivid in color tone, but just a max zoom (at <kbd>300</kbd>), hand held and probably what is more important, one of just two shots of this scene. | 1 |
| 13:55, 12 July 2021 | Tamron60-300 barrel.jpg (file) |  |
620 KB | At the wide end the Tamron 60-300 (here on a fullframe Nikon D850) still allows you a bit flexibility. (The focal length on the EXIF is not accurate, this is at <kbd>60mm</kbd>). Combined with the ridiculous macro mode gives this lens a very unusual range for using. It would have been nicer if it was a bit wider than it was long. Still this very cheap lens allow you to take quite good pictures. Do not blame your lenses for poor shots. | 1 |
| 13:51, 12 July 2021 | Tamron60-300 scene.jpg (file) |  |
549 KB | Unfortunately, the Tamron 60-300 does not have a hard stop at infinity, this is slightly annoying for landscape shots like this, because you have to dial back the focus a bit. It works of course, but it is one more thing to keep in mind while using this lens. | 1 |
| 13:48, 12 July 2021 | Tamron60-300 raspberry crop.jpg (file) |  |
336 KB | Shot using Tamron 60-300 and a Nikon D850. The focal length on the EXIF is not accurate. This is a 2:1 crop from the center File:Tamron60-300_raspberry.jpg. Shot in macro mode, if you are patient and have a calm hand it will allow you to make shots like these. Using a 45 Megapixel camera is probably not helping for this. | 1 |
| 13:46, 12 July 2021 | Tamron60-300 raspberry.jpg (file) |  |
251 KB | Shot using Tamron 60-300 and a Nikon D850. The focal length on the EXIF is not accurate. This is in the macro mode of the lens (handheld). It is quite good, see the crop from the center File:Tamron60-300_raspberry_crop.jpg. | 1 |
| 17:08, 11 July 2021 | Nikon35-105 flower crop.jpg (file) |  |
317 KB | A 1:1 crop from the center of File:Nikon35-105_flower.jpg. Taken with a manual focus Nikon 35-105 on a APS-C camera (the Nikon D500), note that the EXIF data is not always accurate as this is an older lens without a CPU. I'm sure there are people that would complain about this, I'm not one of them. | 1 |
| 17:07, 11 July 2021 | Nikon35-105 flower.jpg (file) |  |
596 KB | Compare this shot with a crop from the center File:Nikon35-105_flower_crop.jpg, just in case you wanted to say something about sharpness. Taken with a manual focus Nikon 35-105 on a APS-C camera (the Nikon D500), note that the EXIF data is not always accurate as this is an older lens without a CPU. It requires a bit more patience than with a modern autofocus lens, but you can not complain about the lens. | 1 |
| 17:04, 11 July 2021 | Nikon35-105 church.jpg (file) |  |
466 KB | Taken with a manual focus Nikon 35-105 on a APS-C camera (the Nikon D500). The wider end (35mm) is still able to get you such a shot, making it possible to use this as a single lens for a short trip. Note that the EXIF data is not always accurate as this is an older lens without a CPU. | 1 |
| 17:03, 11 July 2021 | Nikon35-105 scenery.jpg (file) |  |
487 KB | A nice scenery taken with a manual focus Nikon 35-105 on a APS-C camera (the Nikon D500), note that the EXIF data is not always accurate as this is an older lens without a CPU. A hard stop for infinity on the focus ring, makes it easier to get these shots right. | 1 |
| 17:01, 11 July 2021 | Nikon35-105 tina.jpg (file) |  |
348 KB | Here we have [https://twitter.com/TinaTheHedgehog Tina the Hedgehog], a travel companion of mine. Taken with a manual focus Nikon 35-105 on a APS-C camera (the Nikon D500), note that the EXIF data is not always accurate as this is an older lens without a CPU. You can see that this lens can be used for portrait shots as well. | 1 |
| 16:59, 11 July 2021 | Nikon35-105 flowers.jpg (file) |  |
583 KB | When people talk about the sharpness of a lens, they want to emphasize how good the lens is in the center versus its edges. Closeup shots like this are better than landscape shots for these, as you are not affected by haze. Taken with a manual focus Nikon 35-105 on a APS-C camera (the Nikon D500), note that the EXIF data is not always accurate as this is an older lens without a CPU. Despite its age, this lens is really good. | 1 |
| 21:50, 10 July 2021 | Sigma150 pacifier.jpg (file) |  |
292 KB | A tree next to a petting zoo had a pacifier hanging from it. This was shot using a Sigma 150. Notice the bokeh, which tells you that the aperture must be quite large, but then again most of the pacifier is sharp in focus with an aperture of only <kbd>f/5.6</kbd>, which tells you that I was not really that close to the object. While the lens is technically a macro for this shot it was used more as a long (<kbd>225mm</kbd>) lens. | 1 |
| 20:32, 6 July 2021 | Nikon85 poppy.jpg (file) |  |
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| 14:42, 28 June 2021 | Nikon180 butterfly.jpg (file) |  |
228 KB | The Nikon 180 at relatively close range is doubling as a macro. Notice that the picture was shot with exposure <kbd>1/2500s</kbd>, in part thinking that the butterfly may leave at any moment, but also in part trying to shoot with a long lens without vibration reduction and without a tripod to stabilize. This is a very challenging lens to get good pictures, and if you are not very experienced (like me), it takes a bit of an effort to get the most out of it. But when you have a go... | 1 |
| 14:37, 28 June 2021 | Nikon180 fence.jpg (file) |  |
279 KB | Another example of a pretty ordinary shot of a fence using a Nikon 180. It is hard for me to point out why I like pictures like these from the Nikon 180. Is it the aperture (<kbd>f/2.8</kbd>), the sharpness, the bokeh, I simply can not put my fingers on it. One caveat is that, for a long manual focus lens, such cooperative subjects that do not move are very welcome. A galloping horse would be a bit more challenging. | 1 |
| 14:31, 28 June 2021 | Nikon180 signs.jpg (file) |  |
409 KB | The Nikon 180 brings out something even out of seemingly mundane compositions. And if you want to make an article about sharpness, using a lens such as this one could help. | 1 |
| 14:16, 28 June 2021 | Nikon180 flower crop.jpg (file) |  |
611 KB | A crop from File:nikon180_flower.jpg. This is shot using a manual focus Nikon 180 on a Nikon D850 and this is 1:1 pixels where the focus was on. The shot was from about 2 meters. Shows two things: # cropping can be very effective, especially if you have pixels to spare like on the Nikon D850 # The Nikon 180 is a phenomenal lens, but you will have to work for it. | 1 |
| 14:12, 28 June 2021 | Nikon180 flower.jpg (file) |  |
283 KB | This picture looks fairly unspectacular like this. The interesting thing is when you crop and come a bit closer, see File:nikon180_flower_crop.jpg. This is shot using a manual focus Nikon 180 on a Nikon D850 at about 2m distance.. Maybe, using a macro would have been a smarter idea. | 1 |
| 14:29, 27 June 2021 | Nikon70 210 macro.jpg (file) |  |
272 KB | The Nikon 70-210 f/4 AiS manual focus version has also a nice macro function at the 70mm end. When used with a APS-C camera like the Nikon D500 this actually works for quite a number of shots, like these flowers here. | 1 |
| 14:16, 27 June 2021 | Faded sign.jpg (file) |  |
258 KB | Manual focus Nikon 70-210 f/4 AiS version on a Nikon D500. For static subjects, the lack of auto-focus is no issue at all. | 1 |
| 13:51, 27 June 2021 | Wheat.jpg (file) |  |
279 KB | Gorgeous shot using a Nikon 70-210 on a Nikon D500. This is the manual focus version of the lens. | 1 |
| 17:19, 26 May 2021 | Sigma17-35 at35.jpg (file) |  |
792 KB | The Sigma 17-35 wide angle zoom on its longest at 35mm. | 1 |
| 17:19, 26 May 2021 | Sigma17-35 at17.jpg (file) |  |
788 KB | The Sigma 17-35 wide angle zoom on its widest at 17mm. | 1 |
| 17:10, 26 May 2021 | Sigma nikon wide zoom.jpg (file) |  |
328 KB | Comparing the Sigma 17-35 with Nikon 10-24. Both are wide angle zooms, but Nikon 10-24 is wider (15mm instead of 17mm), on the other hand the Sigma 17-35 is for the larger full frame cameras. | 1 |
| 17:06, 26 May 2021 | Sigma17-35.jpg (file) |  |
356 KB | The Sigma 17-35, wide angle zoom for full frame cameras, here seen on the Nikon D700 | 1 |
| 16:56, 23 May 2021 | Lake landscape.jpg (file) |  |
311 KB | View of the Zurich lake using a Nikon D500 and a Nikon 105, part of a series to explain color modes | 1 |
| 16:56, 23 May 2021 | Lake portrait.jpg (file) |  |
291 KB | View of the Zurich lake using a Nikon D500 and a Nikon 105, part of a series to explain color modes | 1 |
| 16:56, 23 May 2021 | Lake flat.jpg (file) |  |
266 KB | View of the Zurich lake using a Nikon D500 and a Nikon 105, part of a series to explain color modes | 1 |
| 16:55, 23 May 2021 | Lake vivid.jpg (file) |  |
319 KB | View of the Zurich lake using a Nikon D500 and a Nikon 105, part of a series to explain color modes | 1 |
| 16:55, 23 May 2021 | Lake neutral.jpg (file) |  |
280 KB | View of the Zurich lake using a Nikon D500 and a Nikon 105, part of a series to explain color modes | 1 |
| 16:55, 23 May 2021 | Lake standard.jpg (file) |  |
297 KB | View of the Zurich lake using a Nikon D500 and a Nikon 105, part of a series to explain color modes | 1 |
| 20:11, 13 May 2021 | Zurich sample.png (file) |  |
116 KB | this is resized to 160x160 pixels from File:Zurich_orig.jpg. To show the pixellation clearer I have sampled it up so that every pixel is 8x8 pixels, so the effect of scaling to the smaller dimension is visible better. | 1 |
| 20:08, 13 May 2021 | Zurich compare.png (file) |  |
1.09 MB | a 1280x850 crop from the image File:Zurich_orig.jpg. This time, compared with a version that was first resized to 1280x850 and then re-resized back to 4288x2848 pixels the original resolution. To show a fairer comparison again one region was cropped at 1:1 pixels. | 1 |
| 20:05, 13 May 2021 | Zurich crop.jpg (file) |  |
327 KB | a 1280x850 crop from the image File:Zurich_orig.jpg | 1 |
| 20:03, 13 May 2021 | Zurich orig.jpg (file) |  |
478 KB | Zurich in snow, shot using Nikon 18-200 on a NIkon D90. | 1 |
| 16:10, 9 May 2021 | Mountain crop.jpg (file) |  |
340 KB | Beautiful late spring scenery in Switzerland with mountains in the background. Shot using a Nikon 105. This is the cropped version, which I wanted to go for. The important bit here is that I was aware that I would crop this picture, and I took the File:Mountain_orig.jpg aware that it would be cropped about this way. | 1 |
| 16:08, 9 May 2021 | Mountain mark.jpg (file) |  |
418 KB | Beautiful late spring scenery in Switzerland with mountains in the background. Shot using a Nikon 105. This shows the area that I wanted to crop. Notice that it is actually about 1/4th of the overall image. But the Nikon D500 has 20 Megapixels the resulting image will be good for even an A3 sized print. | 1 |
| 16:05, 9 May 2021 | Mountain orig.jpg (file) |  |
411 KB | Beautiful late spring scenery in Switzerland with mountains in the background. Shot using a Nikon 105. I thought that I can crop this picture to have the mountains more prominently displayed. | 1 |
| 16:02, 9 May 2021 | Robot crop.jpg (file) |  |
421 KB | A cropped version of a robot in a museum in Manchester, UK, taken using a Nikon 85. The image was taken knowing that it could be cropped, so I was not so much worried about framing the picture. | 1 |
| 16:01, 9 May 2021 | Robot mark.jpg (file) |  |
322 KB | A robot in a museum in Manchester, UK, taken using a Nikon 85. Showing the region for cropping I used. | 1 |
| 16:00, 9 May 2021 | Robot orig.jpg (file) |  |
307 KB | A robot in a museum in Manchester, UK, taken using a Nikon 85. | 1 |
| 16:44, 7 May 2021 | Nikond500.jpg (file) |  |
500 KB | The Nikon D500 head on with a Nikon 50 lens. | 1 |
