Osawa lens

BE7_4837, originally uploaded by gugs.

A strange find in an old shop: a manual 28-80mm zoom with Nikon F-Mount, manual focus, still usable on a number of modern camera bodies like the D7000 and most professional and prosumer cameras (D3, D300...). IQ is good, but not exceptional compared to recent designs. The Osawa brand is not well known (they seem to have filed for bankruptcy in the eighties)

For more information about Osawa lenses, have a look at the photography wiki:
http://www.techniphoto.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Osawa

Cloudy pano.

PeiseyPano1, originally uploaded by gugs.

Cloud effects in the Alps. A combination of seven shots using a Nikon D7000. Processed using Hugins on a MacBook Pro.

A wonderful 35mm lens

BE7_4194, originally uploaded by gugs.


This lens is a hidden gem. Manufactured by Samyang, the Korean manufacturer (sold under the name Rokinon in the US), this lens is a manual focus lens delivering amazing pictures and excellent corner to corner sharpness even fully open (1.4). A remarkable performance for the price.

Chinatown

nyc-63, originally uploaded by gugs.

This is a simple pic shot with a Nikon D7000 in NYC (Chinatown) and post-processed with a tool called Flare on a Macbook, to give that old photo look. I also did some cross color processing to alter the colors in this one.

Objects

Objects, originally uploaded by gugs.

An interesting mood... a composition found during a family visit. I like the effect in the dark. The technicalities: Nikon D7000 DX body with the Tamron 17-50 2.8 lens, the result has been converted with Lightroom 3.4 (BW conversion and curve adjustment to enhance contrast and clarity)

Blue mountains

australia-362, originally uploaded by gugs.

A very classical view of the "three sisters" in the Blue Mountains, West of Sydney. Shot with the 28-300VR lens on the Nikon D3 camera.

Seasonal greetings

DSC_0109, originally uploaded by gugs.

Happy new year to everybody !

A neighbor, on the local frozen lake, shot with a 70-300VR on the Nikon D7000.

Pigeons

mf-25, originally uploaded by gugs.

A pigeons' friend in the center of Warsaw in Poland. Picture taken with a Nikkor 24-120VR (the old one) on a good old D200.

Medium format

mf-1, originally uploaded by gugs.

for the real afficionados, an old (well not that old) Medium Format Pentax camera, with all the modern technology you can dream of in a standard film camera (AF, exposure compensation, A, S, P priority modes, excellent viewfinder. Only drawback (compared to a Hasselblad for instance) is that the backs (magazines) cannot be exchanged in the middle of a film roll.

Lighthouse

france 2010-149, originally uploaded by gugs.

An interesting view inside a lighthouse on the French coast. This picture has been shot with the consumer grade 24-120VR lens (first version) on the full frame Nikon D3 body.