Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, Gene, 50 lbs is impressive!! Keep up the good work. I've just cut my lawn and feel like I used to do just after a marathon all those years ago. I've really let myself go. Douglas On 17/03/2017 21:45, Gene Duprey wrote: > Douglas, > > Wow, glad to hear your knees are feeling better after the injections. My > wife tried the injections and had zero luck and ended up getting both knees > replaced and is now pain free. Hope the injections work long term. > > I know what you mean by needing to loose weight, I have managed to drop > over 50 lbs this past year. Still need to loose more, but it is getting > there. i have also taken up Nathan's habit of riding my bike, which helps, > even got my wife, Chris doing it also. > > Gene > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com> > wrote: > >> It is not enough for the body to be weather sealed, lenses must be, too, >> at least weather resistant, if not sealed! >> >> Both the Nikon D500 and the Fuji X-T2 have a good degree of "weather >> resistance" built in and work fine in a moderate downpour - never tried >> them during a full fledged monsoon downpour yet, I stay safely at home >> during those times. Many of the newer Fuji lenses are weather resistant as >> well. >> >> So, Douglas, if you want the D5 performance in a lighter body, may I >> suggest the D500, even though, horror of horrors, it is APS-C? I have a D4 >> as well, which I hardly ever take out except for wildlife safaris >> nowadays, >> the D500 is superior in practically every which way. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 17-Mar-2017, at 04:34, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>> >>> Worthwhile thinking about, Frank. The other four adaptors I have are >> Fotodiox too, and work well. However, the water resistance of the Sony >> worries me, and, as sport, and especially sports like mountain running, >> leave you very exposed to rapid and intense weather changes, I'd be >> reluctant to have its innards fried with the slightest chance of an >> electrical short. >>> That said if my knees let me down, and I can't get back to climbing up >> (well, really the going down bit kills me) the race routes, I'll probably >> feel sorry for the unused Nikon lenses and get that adaptor too. My next >> planned adaptor is for Miranda as I have a couple of nice Miranda lenses >> from my Sensomat RE, and curiosity, as usual, will get the better of me >> :-) >>> Douglas >>> >>>> On 16/03/2017 20:13, Frank Filippone wrote: >>>> If you are contemplating a Nikon lens to Sony E series adapter, let me >> put >>>> in my $0.02 ( Roughly 0.02 Euros) >>>> >>>> I have the Novoflex adapter. It works fine. BUT, it does not offer >>>> aperture connection to the body.... ie, you must MANUALLY open up the >> lens >>>> fully (turning a ring on the adapter), focus, close the lens ( ditto the >>>> ring) to working aperture, then shoot. ( or focus at F11 or whatever >> your >>>> working aperture is). If that works for you, fine, go for it. >>>> >>>> I bought a Fotodiox adapter that is a bit more expensive, but more >> capable. >>>> It has the ability to take the electrical images from the Sony body and >>>> convert them to Nikon lens mechanical motions... including the aperture >>>> connectivity. >>>> If you set the working aperture, the lens opens fully for focusing, then >>>> stops down for taking the picture. This works, as far as I can tell, >> for >>>> all MF Ai and AIs lenses as well as more modern AF lenses. If you >> have a >>>> A7r or A7r11 ( which I know you have), and you have Nikon G lenses ( all >>>> electronic control) they will also AF those lenses on your Sony body. >> ( >>>> does not work for the generation 1 Sony bodies, the A7 ( mine) or the >> A7r. >>>> It is an option.... >>>> >>>> Frank Filippone >>>> >>>> Red735i at verizon.net >>>> >>>> Yes, Gene, the D4 is a really great camera too, and funnily enough I >> DIDN'T >>>> buy a Nikon adaptor for my A7II despite having some ok full frame Nikon >>>> lenses. The reason? I'm thinking of getting one. >>>> >>>> I've delayed doing so, due to my knee issues, but I visited the theatre >>>> - my ortho-man's one - this morning at 6am and had another couple of >>>> injections in my knees. These bring my total to 20. Unlike the 18 >> previous >>>> ones which were rooster juice, these were steroid ones. The effect has >> been >>>> immediate. I can now walk without pain. Let's hope it lasts, as I miss >> my >>>> mountain walking and going up to spectate at my old sport - mountain >>>> running. If I do drop some weight and get a bit fitter again, I'll >> have a >>>> D4 on my shoulder as I used to a fair bit of running shots, and get >> stuff >>>> into athletic mags in the past. >>>> >>>> Fingers and knees crossed. >>>> >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >