This len has absolute everything that mordern photographer will bash it on and trash it away. But for Flim photographer in that era, it is first to second attempt in which that Nikon want to produce autofocus zoom lenses. It may come with flaw of glass quality. But in Flim era, this technological pioneering is absolute blast for consumer photographer. It is light weight. It has zoom and can get job done in the morning to dusk with 400 to 800 iso film. There was no file to inspect detailed data. The one who can inspect is the professional who print a mega large size from 35 mm film. It is cheap and robust for me to take it any where. It is a kind of home to use this abomination.

Whatever has the most lenses

Good tips, well demonstrated. Thanks.

SL 😊

trash the GoPro 🤣....stick with the Zf and 1.4 or 8 Nikkor lens

Dead nuts

Am I missing something? This is measuring runout/circularity, not distance from centerline.

At 3:24 your photograph is awesome David. Thank you for sharing your photo walk adventures.

Zf

But is that indicator reading in .0001 increments

Brother, if it’s within ten (.01), it’s good to send!

Sl2 always.

I believe You used the Portrait Impression Balance or the Skin Softening in the Photo Shooting Menu or Video Recording Menu? I like the Speedup of the Photo Slideshow. Cheers!

It amazes Me when You were using Your DJI Pocket Vlogging Camera that Your Poncho Color seemed Grayish Green and the Zf shows Green. Finally it feels like Winter. Cheers!

David: All the leaves are off the trees so you can see further. Me: I see the bears from farther away! 😂

I liked the faster shutter speed best. Looks like Gray Squirrel and Turkey country! Even though you didn't make it to your destination, its still better than sitting home!

My favorite photography subject - Waterfalls. At 3:20 the background separation in your video was phenomenal. Was you using the Zf to film that part?

I like the photo of the one brightly colored tree/bush in the middle of a dull forest. I think I like the faster shutter better. The footage from the Zf & 50 1.8 is beautiful. Especially the first shot when you realized you were out of time. I knew you had switched cameras before you told us!

David I agree that is the Clint Eastwood look with the cape and the barren trees remind me of the photographs from the movie Three Days Of The Condor Faye Dunaway had in her apartment in the movie

I always like your outdoors videos - The ZF video looked really good with the really blurred background and you in sharp focus ........ good 3D video effect !

Hi David. That red bush did a lot of popping and stood out beautifully. I second the slower shutter speed pic. I’m also on the fence when photographing water when it comes to shutter speeds. It really depends on the situation. All of your pics were great and you’ve motivated me to get out and use that 105mm f2.5 pre-ai I snagged just before Christmas.

It is always nice to get out in nature. I think I prefer around 2 or 3 seconds shutterspeed for running water, just to not blur it out completely. Best to you David!

Slower one...BTW you look like Clint Eastwood in that cape and hat in "A Fist Full of Dollars"🤔

Beautiful countryside. Success was in getting out. Loved that red bush! Excellent images. Thank you for posting.

I am partial to slower shutter speeds when it comes to capturing motion, so my vote is for the slower shutter speed photo.

Bummer that you ran out of time. But kudos for going out!!

Dslr for Life.. Mirrorless in 10 years when todays best is purchasable for 1/6 price, as a backup

David, don't separate the triplets, take 'em all 😅

Please don’t use sharp metal objects to take off the battery, it will lead to explosions and fire, Always use non sharp plastic objects to take off the battery for your safety 🙂 And also make sure the battery is discharged before repair it 🙂

what lens is on the sl2? I'd take the SL2.

CL...It looked like storms were a brewing, you might need to tuck it in your coat.

Leica CL !!! It's small and compact!!

Zf+50mm ftw👍 (and put it on monochrome only for a change, see if you like it)

What a view David's got right there. Where's he at? Dang monitors had me fooled for a sec. Thought you were up in a penthouse, been a long day but hey at least it wasn't about the gear. Personally I Leica the ZF.

David The lens is the deciding factor all the cameras are perfectly capable of taking good pictures on a photo walk

Sony. Sorry, my Sony reptilian overlords green skin tones color science is highly addictive. I guess I would take the Leica

You already know my choice! L Mount Alliance! !! 😂

Take the ZF and the 50

My starrett set doesn't have the thumb clutch. Im poor lol

Because you and your equipment are that good, if something can be better than why not live up to its full potential. Your mentality here is what makes a great machinist and what ultimately sets you apart from all the “good enough” guys.

Hi from the UK .What a great bunch of guys . Mike .

Perfect is better than perfect 😂 I just started being a machinist getting those tolerances to the point they are usless is satisfying

i had the same one and i loved it... Never felt the need to upgrade to version 2

Aim small miss small. If you shoot for 0.0005" you may miss it by 0.0001" if you if you're thinkin youve got 0.005" you may miss it by 0.001"

A big difference with macro lenses is their flat-field. If you don't want distortion and want sharp corners for landscapes, macro lenses are great option!

If its good its good. Why are you wasting company time and money on something thats good....I'll add a few more goods

Happy new year from the UK . Yep been caught out myself from time to time with shutter speed when wanting a generous depth of field.

Do you have a video about finding good/reliable adapters? Seems like there are so many out there and I hear everything from cheap stuff that's garbage to expensive stuff that's no better than cheap-good stuff.

Just let it ride Bro😂

One should always drive to perfection. Its just that tolerance allows little throw case you fail in it and this is stipulated on the plans. How ever other end of this is engineer that draw every single dimension to have only +/-.001 on every single surface, including exterior that will be sand blasted and powder coated, cause mr engineer didnt realize with his academic education that requiring that made the part cost 4000$ more, for each of the parts... parts that were in hundreds and this was company inside machine shop with no CNC yet... This was not the only wtf thing the engineers did.. This included true horror like 150mm deep m5 tread and in general if there was room the treads were always full deep, even if there was room to remove material from another side. Only after tooling guy got the order for 150mm m5 tap, witch would been single use item if it didnt snap on the first go and required custom order, the engineering team got talking to and demonstration on the treads only stripping if less than 1.5 diameter deep..