Stroll Seen while strolling...walking and wandering outside

Rose McGill said:
Magnification! Duh - thanks for that tip. I'll use the tripod next time for accuracy, and try magnifying the image, as it is a bit frustrating not to get focus where I want it. Being slowed down doesn't usually bother me, as I consider it a mindfulness exercise, but today wanted to walk the dog in case it started raining in earnest again - had been at work, so limited daylight in this dull autum,

But I do love the rendering - and every time I use either of my Minolta lenses I am surprised I don't use them more! Silly really. Sometimes I'll have one on the camera as a walk around which is always interesting - having to zoom the feet, and sometimes miss an image if I can't get back far enough. My other Minolta is a 58 f/1.7 I think.
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The framing thing is one of the few downsides with :mu43: - you almost always end up with some kind of tele lens if you use old film lenses; even wide-angle lenses turn into long normals ... One more thing that I appreciate in my Nikon Z bodies: You can use old glass as it was intended to be used.

That said, using an old 50mm lens transforms that one in kind of a close-focusing short tele - if close-up quality is decent enough, you get one heck of a deal.

On a related note, I played around with my old Nikon 1 V1 yesterday - and I really regret never getting the FT1 adapter; imagine a 60mm f/2.8G or 70-200mm f/4G with 2.7 crop factor and super-fast AF ... 3:1 (not 1:3) magnification?! A 540mm f/4 with 1m MFD?! Unfortunately, those adapters are still quite expensive - if you can get them at all; while I'm willing to spend quite a bit on lenses and adapters I'm going to use regularily, I don't want to heap up expensive stuff I'll only use very rarely. Been there, done that.

A dumb adapter might be the way to go. Something to think about. But not right now. I have more than enough stuff to get to the bottom of at the moment.

M.
 
MoonMind said:
The framing thing is one of the few downsides with :mu43: - you almost always end up with some kind of tele lens if you use old film lenses; even wide-angle lenses turn into long normals ... One more thing that I appreciate in my Nikon Z bodies: You can use old glass as it was intended to be used.

That said, using an old 50mm lens transforms that one in kind of a close-focusing short tele - if close-up quality is decent enough, you get one heck of a deal.

On a related note, I played around with my old Nikon 1 V1 yesterday - and I really regret never getting the FT1 adapter; imagine a 60mm f/2.8G or 70-200mm f/4G with 2.7 crop factor and super-fast AF ... 3:1 (not 1:3) magnification?! A 540mm f/4 with 1m MFD?! Unfortunately, those adapters are still quite expensive - if you can get them at all; while I'm willing to spend quite a bit on lenses and adapters I'm going to use regularily, I don't want to heap up expensive stuff I'll only use very rarely. Been there, done that.

A dumb adapter might be the way to go. Something to think about. But not right now. I have more than enough stuff to get to the bottom of at the moment.

M.
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I'm assuming there's some basic difference with Nikon which means legacy lens perform as intended ..... will need to Google some time.

I have a few legacy lenses, which doing the SiF has reignited my interest in - simply because I used a lens I don't use often, and really enjoyed some of the effects.

So - I really appreciate you organising the challenges, as it is just what I needed. I used to challenge myself to try different things eg HDR, different focal length, etc, but have been unmotivated, and even although I was barely personally affected by Gabrielle, it has been a huge shock to see people I know having to swim for their lives, lose their house, living and pets. We've all been asked also to not travel unless essential, and the parks I usually walk in are closed, so it has been difficult to know where to walk. The challenges have made me take the camera, and even get out a legacy lens!

So thank you :)
 
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