Comments on: Big Ferns on Ishigaki Island http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 12:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ed http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35285 ed Thu, 14 May 2009 12:12:49 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35285 If you don't mind manual focus, Stephen Gandy at Cameraquest in LA still has a few Cosina-Voigtländer 180 f/4's left. I have one; it's quite compact and a close-focus lens to boot. I've got one and it's wonderful to travel with. If you don’t mind manual focus, Stephen Gandy at Cameraquest in LA still has a few Cosina-Voigtländer 180 f/4′s left. I have one; it’s quite compact and a close-focus lens to boot. I’ve got one and it’s wonderful to travel with.

]]> By: ed http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35284 ed Thu, 14 May 2009 12:07:41 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35284 Jeffrey- The respected reviewer Björn Rörslett doesn't speak highly of the construction of the 200mm micro Nikkor AF (see: www.naturfotograf.com for the detailed review). <span class='jfriedl'>And, it doesn't have the VR my shaky hands requires, so I remain macroless.... —Jeffrey</span> Jeffrey- The respected reviewer Björn Rörslett doesn’t speak highly of the construction of the 200mm micro Nikkor AF (see: http://www.naturfotograf.com for the detailed review).

And, it doesn’t have the VR my shaky hands requires, so I remain macroless…. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Zachary http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35283 Zachary Thu, 14 May 2009 11:51:45 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35283 A 200/2.8 VR macro would be incredibly sweet, but it would also be really big, heavy, and expensive. Even a 180/3.5 VR would be nearly as nice. No one has put out a long image-stabilized macro. The first company to do so is going to get a lot of sales. A 200/2.8 VR macro would be incredibly sweet, but it would also be really big, heavy, and expensive.

Even a 180/3.5 VR would be nearly as nice. No one has put out a long image-stabilized macro. The first company to do so is going to get a lot of sales.

]]> By: Zachary http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35276 Zachary Thu, 14 May 2009 05:51:43 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35276 If only you had a really wide-angle lens, like the 14-24! If only you had a really wide-angle lens, like the 14-24!

]]> By: ed http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35268 ed Wed, 13 May 2009 03:42:08 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35268 I picked up a 2nd hand Leica 100 f/2.8 APO macro and a Nikon mount adapter from an outfit in Barcelona (leitax.com). Took 10 minutes to swap the mount and it is one one of the most remarkably sharp lenses I have ever shot with. Stop-down metering but works flawlessly on my D700. I picked up a 2nd hand Leica 100 f/2.8 APO macro and a Nikon mount adapter from an outfit in Barcelona (leitax.com). Took 10 minutes to swap the mount and it is one one of the most remarkably sharp lenses I have ever shot with. Stop-down metering but works flawlessly on my D700.

]]> By: ed http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35266 ed Wed, 13 May 2009 03:12:01 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-05-11/1207#comment-35266 Macro time. Time for a Zeiss ZF 100 maybe? <span class='jfriedl'>Been thinkin' about it. Still waiting for that perfect macro (a Nikkor 200mm f/2.8 VR 1:1 Micro, I guess). —Jeffrey</span> Macro time. Time for a Zeiss ZF 100 maybe?

Been thinkin’ about it. Still waiting for that perfect macro (a Nikkor 200mm f/2.8 VR 1:1 Micro, I guess). —Jeffrey

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