Portrait of a Plena
Today I interrupt our trip to Vendée to upload three more recent tabletop photos.
This one is a “Nikon Porn” portrait of my new lens, a Nikkor 135mm, ƒ/1.8 S “Plena”. This is the fourth 135mm lens I own. First there was an older Nikkor D lens boasting the vaunted “Defocus Control”, then a Zeiss Apo-Sonnar ƒ/2 that was stolen from me, and finally a Sigma ƒ/1.8 Art lens. All of those were for the F mount, the Plena is the first I own in the native Z-mount format. It got rave reviews from all corners and I can’t wait to have a good opportunity to use it.
Composite shot made of 6 focus–stacked exposures, set using the built–in function in the camera. Stack processed with Helicon Focus, Method C.
Strobist and technical: one Phottix Pro Indra500 monolight on a Profoto light stand in Rembrandt position to camera left, 1.5 meters from subject and 1.5 meters above it, firing at 1/16 power through a Phottix Pro 110–cm Luna Octabox softbox with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in lateral (slightly backlit) position to camera right, 1.5 meters from subject and at about the same height, firing at 1/16 power through a Phottix Pro 80–cm Raja Deep softbox with double diffuser. Additionally, one Phottix Pro Mitros+ cobra flash on a Profoto tabletop light stand to camera left, firing at 1/8 power through an Andoer gridded snoot, level with the tabletop and aimed at the lens barrel.
Strobes set and triggered via Phottix Pro Odin II radio controller on the Nikon Z7 II hot shoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Gitzo GT2530 tripod with Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Nikon Z7 II camera body, Micro-Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 S macro lens.
Portrait of a Plena
Today I interrupt our trip to Vendée to upload three more recent tabletop photos.
This one is a “Nikon Porn” portrait of my new lens, a Nikkor 135mm, ƒ/1.8 S “Plena”. This is the fourth 135mm lens I own. First there was an older Nikkor D lens boasting the vaunted “Defocus Control”, then a Zeiss Apo-Sonnar ƒ/2 that was stolen from me, and finally a Sigma ƒ/1.8 Art lens. All of those were for the F mount, the Plena is the first I own in the native Z-mount format. It got rave reviews from all corners and I can’t wait to have a good opportunity to use it.
Composite shot made of 6 focus–stacked exposures, set using the built–in function in the camera. Stack processed with Helicon Focus, Method C.
Strobist and technical: one Phottix Pro Indra500 monolight on a Profoto light stand in Rembrandt position to camera left, 1.5 meters from subject and 1.5 meters above it, firing at 1/16 power through a Phottix Pro 110–cm Luna Octabox softbox with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in lateral (slightly backlit) position to camera right, 1.5 meters from subject and at about the same height, firing at 1/16 power through a Phottix Pro 80–cm Raja Deep softbox with double diffuser. Additionally, one Phottix Pro Mitros+ cobra flash on a Profoto tabletop light stand to camera left, firing at 1/8 power through an Andoer gridded snoot, level with the tabletop and aimed at the lens barrel.
Strobes set and triggered via Phottix Pro Odin II radio controller on the Nikon Z7 II hot shoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Gitzo GT2530 tripod with Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Nikon Z7 II camera body, Micro-Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 S macro lens.