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Nikkor 85/2, wide-open on the Z5.

Buy some older books on photography from the 1930s through to the 1950s. These went into detail about how the human eye perceived color and the transmittance of each filter. Many examples to compare results. It also went into the various types of film. This is a good starting point for anyone...

I had a hard time visualizing Infrared Ektachrome when I was 16, but Black and White was never a problem. I was shooting Verichrome Pan in a Kodak Instamatic 150 when I was 8, and Polaroid 3000 in a Model 104 when I was 10. Mowed a lot of lawns to keep in cameras and film in the 1960s.

I have the original Reflex-Nikkor 500/8, and had the newer version. Great lenses "BUT" the secondary mirror part of the front lens. With a Teleconverter- I actually never tried it. I had one of these- and would go in that direction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/185887997236 (No connection, have...

I've seen bizarre compatibility problems with SD cards, to the point that the SD Format from the SD organization can no longer format them. https://rangefinderforum.com/threads/sandisk-8gbyte-extreme-pro-will-not-work-with-my-ep-2-cx-1-or-win7-machine.111599/ I suspected the SD card was the...

It may have to do with Physical Block versus Logical Block on the card. The type of memory used in these cards has a limited number of write cycles. To maximize life of the card, you want to spread write cycles over the Physical blocks. Formatting will clear logical blocks. If you wrote to the...

I put together a nice kit in 2012 for seriouscompacts. Asked maybe $100 for this. I picked up a several cameras and lenses from a retired newspaper photographer, and passed them on at a good price. I have a kit for myself, with the FC-1 and 40/1.8. I also kept the 28/1.8 and picked up a 50/1.4...

I own several cameras with 40mm lenses- one of the most popular focal lengths on Rangefinder cameras. The first F1.4 lens made was the Carl Zeiss Jena 4cm F1.4 Biotar from 1927. I gave mine to Chris at Skyllaney, he converted it to RF Coupled M-Mount. Some lucky person has a unique lens, 300...

And the 5cm F2 Summar, on the same trip. And the world revolved around my Daughter.

1934 Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F2 Sonnar, on the M9.

I've been using lenses going back to 1932 on my Leica cameras. From many makers, the first Universal mount. Leica and Zeiss were the two big names in 35mm systems in the 1930s. Zeiss made lenses in bayonet mount for the Contax camera. The Zeiss lenses were the speed-kings, and I've seen many...

Collapsible Summicron-M 50mm F2.

Old is a relative term. Lenses from the 1930. Leitz Xenon 5cm F1.5. Wide-open, with Orange filter. Leica M Monochrom.

It is interesting to note that on film, 32mm by 24mm, 4:3, was very popular in Japan in the 1940s. The original Nikon camera and a couple of generations of Minolta used 32mm x 24mm. Nikon did not use 36mm x 24mm until the Nikon S2 was introduced.

Probably a good place to add that anyone with an irrational dislike for any camera gear, send it to me. I have an irrational like for all camera gear. I also place a lot of it with people showing interest in photography. I did just research the Canon RF mount: Canon has not licensed their RF...

So removing the Filter: I did this long ago on a Nikon Coolpix 950 myself. Found online instructions, and replaced the filter with clear glass to keep the optical path the same. The glass was available at surplus shack. Do you have instructions for converting the camera? I see Kolari will...

Now I really want one. Like a never ending roll of Infrared Ektachrome.

Are you using a filter to block green? When I shoot "full-spectrum"- the color channels respond in in visible and IR. SO- the Green channel picks up foliage, which mixes with the IR response. Does not produce red. I use a Magenta filter to block Green.

I guess this is the "The best camera is the one that you have with you". For this question, the answer is "best for what?" None of them are best for everything. Most are good enough for what anyone needs. But the best one is optimized for individual requirements. So- list your requirements...

I equate it to a counter-culture rebellion to digital. Makes me sad that Film based photography has become accepted as a form of rebellion against modern technology rather than just another form the art of photography. Artist painting on Canvas kept calling themselves Painters, and made...

The term "Analog" as it applies to film "is just wrong!" Film is chemical based. An Analog camera is an Electronic Camera that stores the signal on a medium without passing through an analog to digital recorder. I have those. There were Electronic Analog Still cameras that recorded the...

Yes- get the dedicated S-Mount adapter. The 2.8cm would be fine, the 5cm F1.4- could get it close, the 10.5cm F2.5, "no way" unless using at F4 and slower. Getting the Amedeo adapter is cheaper than buying the three lenses in LTM. Like I did....

Which lenses in particular? You can adjust individual lenses to be better, but they will not be exact. The internal mount Nikon lenses can be shimmed to work better. The external mount lenses will be a problem as the focus throw from close to infinity is shorter than the Contax. You can shim...

Looks like Jadon has a web site for Red Dot Repair. https://www.reddotrepair.com/ Jadon also used that name on his Instagram account, the only reason I know it.

A processing experiment from several years ago. Leica M8, Yellow Y48 filter, Custom Fortran program to optimize the demosaic routine. "Blue" in a modern color filter array extends into Red, not like an old Tricolor separation filter. SO- Yellow increases the contrast by decreasing blue. The...

I hope he gives you priority, knowing why you need the bike back quickly.

If your son has been borrowing a camera to take pictures of nature and insects already- may be best to get him something like what he has been using already to take these photographs. Knowing what camera he has been using would help. Depending on his age and sophistication of the camera he has...

Canon 100 f3.5, Yellow filter, Leica M Monochrom. At F4. This lens is reputed to resolve 90lp/mm at F4. It is sharp.

Frozone. Minolta MC-Rokkor 50/1.4 on the Leica M8.

Well, when I first used Digital Cameras- they had to put Sprocket Holes in the CCD to read out the image. Fortran code to convert the raw image, sprocket holes and all that were stripped out by the Twain Drivers.

DCS200ir, 55/2.8 Micro-Nikkor, Red filter.

Depending on his age, interest in "gadgets", and interest in photography- Lots of choices for $800. Nature photography- meaning photographing birds and animals at a distance, or scenery? Birds at a distance means using a higher power lens, usually a zoom these days. Insects- a lens with "Macro"...

Nikon Df, Nikkor-UD 20mm F3.5.

All depends on the firmware in the camera. The hard and soft settings probably use some type of curve to translate linear values from the sensor to an intensity value. How this gets stored is the trick, a lot of ways to do it. It can be stored as a "Look up table" in the raw file, to translate...

Quick glance- the standard setting with the Orange filter looks similar to what I shoot for.

1934 Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F2 Sonnar, Orange filter. On the M Monochrom.

DCS200ir 55/2.8 Micro-Nikkor, R60 filter. Potomac River, Mt Vernon.

Lei Leica M8, 28mm Elmarit v3, Orange filter, custom processing in Fortran.

35/1.2 Nokton v1, R60 filter, Leica M Monochrom.

Just get an SMC 50/1.4 Super-Tak and don't bleach the yellow out of it... Aged to Monochrome Perfection

A girl with her head in the clouds. Nikon Df with the Nikkor-H 300mm F4.5, AI converted by Mora camera that used to service all the cameras for National Geographic.

There was an episode in the old "Red Dwarf" series, one of the last episodes that the Photographs became time portals to the event. The characters could step into the photo and be there. I can look at some of my pictures from well over 50 years ago and experience the moment all over again, in my...

I sold a couple of lenses at 4x what was paid for the M Monochrom and M9, bought new. Both have the updated CCD. I'll stick with them until they no longer turn on and cannot be fixed. The Df bought first day it was out and Z5 bought this past December for under $1K- very happy with them. More...

Yeah, right. To quote the 1940s character "He don't know me very well, do he" Some 10 years ago I advised Amin to stop using the term "Staff" for Moderators as we are volunteers, do not get paid, and do not Administrate to forum. Comments made are our own. Actions taken are along the lines of...

The use of effective cropping advances the photographer a step above the casual photographer with their Brownie, Instamatic, or cell phone. With those cameras, the user typically makes the final image by pressing the shutter release. Analyzing the result image and improving it via cropping makes...

<flamethrower> I cannot believe the level of stupidity in this statement "Heavy cropping is a sign of a rank amateur who is too lazy to compose shots in the viewfinder. These shooters often use wider-than-optimal focal lengths and then attempt to correct compositions by cropping away parts of...

That's a bummer. It'll get fixed, you will be on the road again.

3.76MDot viewfinder. Leica uses 50% more, about 5.7MDot. I suspect the data rate required to keep the higher resolution finder is too much for the frame rate that the Z8 and Z9 is designed for. Lower resolution finder used in the ZFc is the only reason I did not buy one. I'm hoping Nikon comes...

You cannot make us wait a week or two before posting pictures.

Effective cropping, whether with film or digital, is going to be limited by the resolution of the recorded image. My Minolta 16-II with its 22mm lens could record the same image as my Minolta Hi-Matic 9 with the 45mm lens. The HM-9 negative was much easier to work with in the Darkroom. A 1"...