Quick Update

I want to do a quality update on my new lenses and what I've learned about them through testing them out, but it'll take some time. I'm really eager to get some of my new shots up in the meantime, so here they are!

I've got a couple of threaded adapter disks that I put on the end of my Nikkor-O 35mm; it looks something like this-



As an adapter, I'm sure it's supposed to make it so that I can attach a tiny something or other to the end of my lens, but I can't for the life of me figure out what. In fact, I'm just now figuring out that it's an adapter and that there are threads on that inner hole. I've been using it when I shoot, and I'm loving the results, even if I am using it wrong.













You get the picture- it rounds things out and creates some pretty cool bokeh. I'm looking forward to using it for some portraits, I think that could yield some pretty cool results.

I've been really, really impressed with my Micro Nikkor-P 55mm f/3.5. Nikon refers to what most of us call macro photography as micro photography, so this Micro lens is really amazing for close-ups. The f-stop of 3.5 (the lower the number, the more the aperture is open, and the more light it lets in, while the higher the number the smaller the aperture's opening, and the less light it lets in. This determines how much of the background is in focus, and is also known as depth of field) isn't as low as a couple of my new lenses that have an f-stop of 2, but it's still better than the lenses that came with my camera that tend to only go to 4 or 5. Because of this, I've been able to get some really great macro (micro) shots with a lot of blurring in the background.


Same spider- this guy has become a test subject for my lenses.



My Nikkor-O 35mm f/2 has produced some impressive bokeh, even if it isn't as good for macro. The f/2 aperture setting was a revelation when I first short with it. I'd never seen anything lower than a 3.5.




Probably could have exposed this one for a little longer, but the bokeh is ridiculous.

Anyway, as you can see I'm having a blast. It's doing horrible things to my level of productivity in terms of finishing my thesis and keeping up with my online class... but I can't stop smiling :)

More to come!