W-Nikkor C 3.5cm f/1.8 Photos!

[Highway 61]

No, but you need a device to measure the value, like a lightmeter. If you do not measure and adapt it, it can become 0 or 255 and that is what you do not want. You want your darkest part 1 and your lightest part 254 or lower.

Erik.

True - this is called not blanking the lowlights out and not clipping the highlights.

This can be achieved without any special device, you just need a calibrated screen and a 16 bits per channel full-res. TIFF or DNG file. And, of course, you have to carefully look at your histogram. In case of any doubts, PhotoShop can tell you at what level the darkest parts of the image are, thanks to the pipette. The same for the clearest highlights.

But - this must not be done by advance on the file the scanner will create and save. Otherwise you will post-process a source file having been modified already - not good.

Markus Hartel on his own website and Bob Michaels here have confirmed this.

 

[Erik van Straten]

But - this must not be done by advance on the file the scanner will create and save. Otherwise you will post-process a source file having been modified already - not good.

I will not process it afterwards, because it will be OK as it is! I only make a small web-version. That one needs some extra treatment.

Erik.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Interesting discussing on the ins and outs of scanning. Now for a few more W-Nikkor 35/1.8 photos! These were taken inside an izakaya (restaurant/bar) in Tottori City, one at MFD and one with the focus on the menu at the back, but both at f/2 from memory. I quite like the soft foreground bokeh of this lens as seen in the second photo.

The second 出雲大社 is a fantastic photo !!! 😱

Thanks Nicolas!


居酒屋 by Jon, on Flickr


居酒屋 by Jon, on Flickr

 

[jonmanjiro]

新宿 by Jon, on Flickr

 

[jonmanjiro]

新宿 by Jon, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Super!

Erik.

 

[rbsinto]

Cosina Voigtlander R2S Bessa
Nikon 35 1.8 in Nikon s mount
Fuji 100 ISO colour slide
about f4 @ 1/1000th

 

[jonmanjiro]

Super!

Erik.

Thanks Erik! Here's one from last weekend.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Outside looking in by Jon, on Flickr

 

[jonmanjiro]

Continuing on the entrances to izakayas theme...

 

[Papercut]

Nice shots, as usual, Jon!

Good advertisements for this lens, for sure.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Thanks Kevin! I hope to see you posting in this thread soon too.

Here's a couple more recent snaps. The last one is way under exposed, but I was at the limits of hand holdability (1/15 from memory) and I like it anyway.

 

[Papercut]

I'd love to compare the cockpit of that Japanese commuter train (?) with the cockpit of the Metro-North here in NYC. I bet the latter looks 19th-century in comparison with that Japanese shot! 😀

I hope to be able to post here too. (This should go in the other thread but: the lens is now at Nippon Photo Clinic. They should call in a day or two with a diagnosis and estimate, assuming it's fixable. If it's not, I will be sending it back to the seller. The counter guy was very professional: he looked at my test roll pictures, went over the lens, did flashlight examinations both ends, took good notes. So, if their technician is as good as the front room fella, I should know a lot more in a few days.)

 

[hiam]

era 100 film, hc-110.

 

[jonmanjiro]

I'd love to compare the cockpit of that Japanese commuter train (?) with the cockpit of the Metro-North here in NYC. I bet the latter looks 19th-century in comparison with that Japanese shot! 😀

Hmmmm I'm not so sure about that! It's a regular commuter train that's probably been in service for at least 30 years, and the controls used by the driver are rather primative really. One of those big dials in front of the driver is an analogue speedometer!

era 100 film, hc-110.

Lovely photo, Jin!

 

[Papercut]

Hmmmm I'm not so sure about that! It's a regular commuter train that's probably been in service for at least 30 years, and the controls used by the driver are rather primative really. One of those big dials in front of the driver is an analogue speedometer!

You may be right. I'm probably under-estimating the Metro-North trains ... but given the state of many of the cars, this is how I picture them :

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-slD1ZMaHs_8/UYlPF-V0LqI/AAAAAAAABvw/1msH2ydKmiU/s1600/Cab+interior.jpeg


EDIT: And I found cab photos of Metro-North. I wasn't so far off (though in the second it does seem like the speedometer is digital at least):

http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/7/0/0/5700.1071802140.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EdjPWFzvMP0/maxresdefault.jpg


(Not my photos.)

 

[hiam]

Hmmmm I'm not so sure about that! It's a regular commuter train that's probably been in service for at least 30 years, and the controls used by the driver are rather primative really. One of those big dials in front of the driver is an analogue speedometer!



Lovely photo, Jin!

Thanks Jon, and excellent pics from you, too!

 

[hiam]

Ningbo, 5222, rodinal 1:50.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Thanks Jon, and excellent pics from you, too!

Thanks Jin!

Here's a few more pics. I continue to "collect" izakayas, though I'm not sure what I'll do with them all just yet. These were taken at f2. I generally set the lens to f2 at night, unless I need all the speed I can get. Then I open the lens that extra 1/3 of a stop to f1.8.

 

[Peter Jennings]

Here's a few from an S mount version shot on a Sony A7. I've only had this lens a couple weeks and have yet to shoot any film with it. Photos were taken while visiting my family in the U.S.

[/url]image by Peter Jennings, on Flickr[/IMG]

image by Peter Jennings, on Flickr