log pile
The log pile was shot with the nikkor 45mm butchered pinhole lens. The focus range is about 6 inches to about 20 feet.
I bought this lens new when I was attending UofC in Boulder, CO. I had been shooting the typical strobe party shots at the University. Oh, that's right, there never were any typical parties at Colorado University in Boulder, Colorado. I remember one 7 day party at a residence once; the windows and the stair case were gone. But that's another story. Let me set the scene: this was soon after Playboy Magazine delisted CU as number 1 in their top 10 party schools list. It was their claim that CU had turned professional and should no longer be listed. That's how I remember it but memories from that era are filtered through a bit of a fog. It even took me quite a while to remember that it was Rich Fuld (Lehmann Bros.) who came to our fraternity. He did look familiar but it was the blank, puzzled look I recognized at the US Senate panel. That made the link. Do you suppose it he who was actually responsible for inventing the Credit Default Swap that helped bring down most of the globe's financials? Nah! I'd put money on it.
I was of the opinion that there were no good electronic flash pictures but this lens produced images that could function as well as any strobe shots might. Later in life I learned how to use strobe-fill back-lit outdoor model shots at one stop underexposed. That technique allowed for beautifully controlled exposure ranges. The lens allowed locking the aperture ring to the distance scale and produced image exposures that were uniform if not stellar. It was critically sharp close and stopped to f/32 and has pretty much withstood the decades and has been updated over the years and is still available in newer configurations. But probably not in this butchered configuration, an idea gone mad.
It is now an optical pin-hole lens that can bring great depth of field to closeup photography. It was used in combo with a front surface mirror to capture realistic ground-level shots on an HO model train layout. The idea behind this butcher job is not mine. It allows composition and focus while wide open but when stopped down, the aperture leaves blank down to the pinhole disc. I've used it to good purpose on the new D700 in the manual non-CPU lens table. It seems it is possible to warp these new Nikon D.S.L.R. cameras to about any purpose with the certain exclusion of amateur photography.
log pile
The log pile was shot with the nikkor 45mm butchered pinhole lens. The focus range is about 6 inches to about 20 feet.
I bought this lens new when I was attending UofC in Boulder, CO. I had been shooting the typical strobe party shots at the University. Oh, that's right, there never were any typical parties at Colorado University in Boulder, Colorado. I remember one 7 day party at a residence once; the windows and the stair case were gone. But that's another story. Let me set the scene: this was soon after Playboy Magazine delisted CU as number 1 in their top 10 party schools list. It was their claim that CU had turned professional and should no longer be listed. That's how I remember it but memories from that era are filtered through a bit of a fog. It even took me quite a while to remember that it was Rich Fuld (Lehmann Bros.) who came to our fraternity. He did look familiar but it was the blank, puzzled look I recognized at the US Senate panel. That made the link. Do you suppose it he who was actually responsible for inventing the Credit Default Swap that helped bring down most of the globe's financials? Nah! I'd put money on it.
I was of the opinion that there were no good electronic flash pictures but this lens produced images that could function as well as any strobe shots might. Later in life I learned how to use strobe-fill back-lit outdoor model shots at one stop underexposed. That technique allowed for beautifully controlled exposure ranges. The lens allowed locking the aperture ring to the distance scale and produced image exposures that were uniform if not stellar. It was critically sharp close and stopped to f/32 and has pretty much withstood the decades and has been updated over the years and is still available in newer configurations. But probably not in this butchered configuration, an idea gone mad.
It is now an optical pin-hole lens that can bring great depth of field to closeup photography. It was used in combo with a front surface mirror to capture realistic ground-level shots on an HO model train layout. The idea behind this butcher job is not mine. It allows composition and focus while wide open but when stopped down, the aperture leaves blank down to the pinhole disc. I've used it to good purpose on the new D700 in the manual non-CPU lens table. It seems it is possible to warp these new Nikon D.S.L.R. cameras to about any purpose with the certain exclusion of amateur photography.