Japanese Maple in Autumn - Nikon Df

I'm enjoying my new Nikon Df a lot. Here's a shot of the Japanese maple outside my office.

 

Japanese Maple in Autumn, by Reed A. George

Nikon Df, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D AF Lens

iso 100, f1.4, 1/125 sec.

 

The 50mm f1.4 AF-D lens is now well out of date in the Nikkor lineup. It has always drawn criticism for lack of sharpness wide open, which I suppose is true. That doesn't keep me from using and enjoying it.

 

That said, the new Sigma 50mm f1.4 ART lens is the hot thing out there these days. My friends who have them approve. Much larger than the AF-D lens, these new Sigmas really seem to deliver amazing image quality. The updated Nikkor product, the AF-S 50mm f1.4G is another option, but both the Nikkor and Sigma lack aperture rings, something I'm unhappy about. This means that I can't use them on my old Nikon film bodies, or even adapted to Micro 4/3 for that matter.

 

As it stands, I can carry my older AF-D lens in the bag with any of my Nikon SLR bodies, from the 1959 model F to the 2014 model Df, and it will work just fine with any of them.

 

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The LHSA (International Leica Society) Google+ Page is Now Open to the Public!

 

Some time back, I set up a Google Plus (G+) page for the International Leica Society (LHSA). It's a pretty active place, with about 65 LHSA members participating. The community has always been open to everyone (members and non-members) to read, but only members could join and write to the page.

 

We're hoping to really liven it up, so we have decided to open the community up completely. You do not have to be a LHSA member to join the conversations!

 

After all, the goal is to have great conversations about photography and Leica. Hopefully the page will help to demonstrate some of the other great benefits of LHSA membership, like the wonderful Viewfinder magazine, national and local meetings, newsletter, and much more.

 

To join the LHSA G+ community (free, no charge), please go to plus.google.com or (Click Here). If you don't already have a Google ID, it's a snap to get it. Then, search for the LHSA community and you're there!

 

If you're interested in joining LHSA, there are both electronic and hard copy options for the Viewfinder. I love the electronic version, personally. Go to lhsa.org, or (Click Here).

 

I hope to see you in both places!

 

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