Family, Photography and other misc news
Whitby Cross.
After last Monday’s Whitby post, I went through some very old photographs taken with my Nikon D200. Not exactly fine art but it’s a reminder of a great holiday. I find a few others from that trip and post them over the course of the next month.
So the after the rumours the new Noct is here. Another stunning fast lens from Leica. Do I want it? Yes! Can I justify that much money? Not really. It will go on the wish list and if one comes up second hand in the future I might go for it, but until then its just a dream.
Nikon Zf
Leica Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8
Voigtländer M to Z Adapter
24mm, 1/15 Sec at f/1.8, ISO400
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom Classic V15.1.1
The advantage of mirrorless designed cameras is the flexibility it gives you in lens design. Its because of this that we have seen some amazing glass coming from Nikon for the Z range.
Its also because of the short flange design that means you can use other lens on mirrorless cameras. Techart have now released their TZM-01 adaptor that allows you to not only use M glass in your Nikon Z camera but it also allows autofocus.
When it comes to manual glass I use some of my old Nikkor AIS manual focus lens with the FTZ Mark 2 adapter, but I was also treated by my lovely wife at Christmas when she bought me the Voigtländer M to Z Adapter, so you will start to see a few pictures taken with my Nikon’s using my Leica glass.
Dr. Andreas Kaufmann bought and saved Leica, to help finance the expansion and conversion into a luxury brand as well as a camera manufacturer for many professional photographers, he sold about 45% to an investment company. Every few years rumours appear that the investment company are going to sell, and these rumours are about again. This time Zeiss they say is interested in buying.
We will see.
If your a black and white fan like me, the reviews of the Black and White only Ricoh GR are coming in.
One from the Archives, a walk down the river in Lincoln, down to Stamp End Lock. This area is still heavily industrialised but not as much as in years past. Lots of old buildings and warehouses in the area that once used the river for transport.
Working outside is something I enjoy. Its not something I do often and its always a bit risky with the weather in the British Isles.
Now we are in the middle of winter my thoughts on these cold days do start to dream of warmer days and what I may want to do when the warmer weather does arrive.
Lincolnshire is a rural county and its not too hard to find a friendly farmer with a remove field to take photographers like the one above.
Noctilux M 35mm f/1.2 is rumoured to be released soon. I would be interested in this lens, will it come under the price of the Nikon 35mm f/1.2? That I doubt, but the Leica 35mm f/1.2 will work on both my Lecia cameras and my Nikon’s.
I had a photoshoot yesterday near York, so thought I would dig out an old image from Whitby one of my favourite English holiday destinations.