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I decided to try my hand at "free range" bird photography. I used my Samyang 500mm F/8 "preset" lens, on my Nikon D50 DSLR.
I've done very little bird photography, with the exception of one afternoon in Little Valley, California last year. That day was a comparitive dawdle, because although I was using a lens with "only" 300mm of focal length, it did have autofocus, auto exposure, auto diaphragm and a maximum aperture a full stop faster than the Samyang.
Couple the inferior Samyang lens with a shaky photographer requiring high ISO (noisy), and my results were mediocre, at best. Despite the Samyang's 750mm equiv. focal length, I had to heavily crop all of the following bird photos. That, and lots of other processing to make them presentable.
I'll do better next time. Though I may not resort to the "cheat" of shooting near a bird feeder.
I have a new found admiration for expert birders who have the skill, patience and equipment to do justice to this very challenging endeavor. Some of their gear, though, is rather pricy.
This is the side of the PCB with the flash memory chip, which is part number FBNL63A59K3PG
The datasheets for this part indicate an actual capacity of 4GB, just as the H2testw program reported.
I've had no luck yet reprogramming this drive back to 4GB, as I can't find software that has this flash memory chip listed in it's database.
There are two more photos in this set.
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UPDATE (02/03/10):
I actually managed to fix it a few days ago, using UD Tools 1.2.0.8.
It's now a functional 4GB drive, albeit with a few bad blocks mapped out during the low-level formatting. The bad blocks are no doubt due to the low-grade flash chip used.
This photo was made with my old Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 lens. It was made in 1972 or 1973. It is quite scratched, dusty and maybe even has a little fungus growing, along with damaged coatings.
Nonetheless, it is fun to play with. I performed a crude AI-modification to the aperture ring (I used a file). The lens now works perfectly with my Nikon D600 (full metering and focus confirmation).
Take out a Lincoln penny, and have a look at the "LIBERTY" mark to the left of Lincoln's bust. What you see here are the first three letters of that word, photographed in macro. I used a 10X microscope lens mounted to my old Nikon D50 DSLR via a series of adapters.
This is the full frame as shot, not a cropped portion of the image.
As you'll notice, depth of field at 10X is VERY shallow. This is an unavoidable law of physics, so better equipment can't do much. I calculated the DOF with my setup to be around 16.8 micrometers. A micrometer is 1/1,000 of a millimeter, so that's only .0168 millimeters, or 0.00066 inches! (less than a thousandth of an inch).
There is a process called "focus stacking" that can combine images taken at several subject distances into one seamless image with much greater depth of field. That will have to come later for me, as stacking at 10X requires a VERY demanding studio setup and close attention to detail. For example, I would need a way to accurately and consistently move my subject less than a thousandth of an inch for each exposure, and do this perhaps dozens or even HUNDREDS of times for ONE final photograph.
Samyang / Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens.
The lens hood has been “shaved” to allow a nearly full circle image to be captured.
2014 Burning Man participants on the way to Black Rock City, Nevada
Shot on Gould Street in Reno.
This is what remains of a 1976 Cadillac Sedan deVille. 1976 was the Bicentennial year of the USA, and surely one of the low points in American automotive production. The fact that the 500 cubic inch (8.2 Liter) V-8 engine still runs at all is nothing short of miraculous...
This was my first time shooting fire dancers/spinners at night. Some post processing was required to get the results seen here.
I used my Nikon D600 with a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 "APO" macro lens with internal focus motor ($100 used on eBay).
I have a bunch of other shots of the firedancers in this set- check 'em out if'n ya like this sort of thang.
This image was made from seven exposures, ranging from 1/1000 sec to 4 seconds long. The exposures were combined using Photomatix's Exposure Fusion function.
This is a wonderful example of what one can expect when out and about in Lewis County, New York.
Photo taken in the Hamlet of Brantingham.
I opened up this pack to inspect it before use, as the flash it came from is quite old. Some charge / discharge cycles on my Accucel-6 charger showed that it retains about 1,300mAh discharge capacity.
10 Sub-C NiCd cells in series (12 Volts).
Thermal probe for over-temperature protection while charging.
Norman part number B4126 or 811926
Samyang / Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens.
The lens hood has been “shaved” to allow a nearly full circle image to be captured.
This was my first time shooting fire dancers/spinners at night. Some post processing was required to get the results seen here.
I used my Nikon D600 with a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 "APO" macro lens with internal focus motor ($100 used on eBay).
I have a bunch of other shots of the firedancers in this set- check 'em out if'n ya like this sort of thang.
Wayne LaPierre is CEO and the Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association.
The source images for this cartoon of Wayne LaPierre are Creative Commons licensed photos from Gage Skidmore's and cm195902's Flickr photostreams, a U.S. Military - Joint Task Force Guantanamo photo, a U.S. Air Force photo and Creative Commons licensed images from plural's flickr photostream and Jeffery Love's flickr photostreams.
Samyang / Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens.
The lens hood has been “shaved” to allow a nearly full circle image to be captured.
Here you can see the nut that binds the antenna to the PCB. The base of the antenna is threaded brass, making this a VERY easy mod. Just drill one hole in the plastic top cover of the transmitter, poke the antenna through the existing hole in the PCB, and tighten the nut.
YOU'RE DONE!
See the previous two photos in the set for more info.