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[Ramiro Elena]

You have no heart Tuco.

[TheToadMen]

Very nice shot.
BTW: does this mean you actually have a Nikon Df? How does it feel and handle?

More gear p0rn. A Df sporting a 58/1.4G lens. I also shot this with some Ektar 100 on medium format yet to be developed. Once again I suspended the camera with threads and cloned them out in post.

[tuco]

Very nice shot.
BTW: does this mean you actually have a Nikon Df? How does it feel and handle?

Thanks. Yes. The camera is light and comfortable with plenty of room for my hands. And as long as you don't put lenses on that weigh more than 80% or so of the camera (= 710g of mass), it handles and feels its best. So for Nikon's modern lenses that means f1.8 lenses are more suited. The 58/1.4G looks big but is not very heavy at all. The low light capability is excellent but the camera has a few design mistakes.

One is the dials do not control the minimum shutter speed and top ISO when in auto ISO ( can only be changed via the menu). And the focus module does not match the low light capability of the sensor. Otherwise, the camera shoots much like a DSLR if you want. It is replacing my XP1 as a candid and walking around camera. So far I shoot it mostly in auto ISO in aperture priority and hardly touch the dials at all. But I also shoot in auto ISO and manual mode which lets me use the dials and the camera finds the matching ISO for the situation.

Here is a test shot from the Df + 58mm.

[austin granger]

Wood Chips, West Linn, Oregon


http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[Corran]

tuco, very jealous! I really want to try a Df, and that 58mm seems like a swell lens. But I am not investing in digital stuff right now.

[austin granger]

Tree with Lights and Straps, Portland


http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[jcoldslabs]

Tree with Lights and Straps, Portland

That looks like some kind of prehistoric planetarium (an anachronism, I know). I like it.

J.

[jp]

Looks like an electron microscope photo, or a regular microscope photo with stains on B&W film.

[Corran]

Wow that's nice Austin.

[Colin Graham]

Wood Chips, West Linn, Oregon

This really made my morning, wonderful.