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Teleconverters are not recommended for lens shorter than 100mm for most of the reasons already mentioned. They are designed for telephoto style lens. Most lens shorter than this are retrofocus in design and will not work "well" with a teleconverter.

When the moon is at apogee it is farther from the earth then when its at perigee. A difference of 28,625 miles. This will change the apparent size by .0625 degree. The largest size (when the moon is closest is .5548 degrees) Of course since it takes about 15 days to go from perigee to apogee, this probably wasn't the explanation you're looking for. Your camera probably was set to a different zooom setting on one day.

 

For more information of this ilk try: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/moon_ap_per.html

Did you try reinstalling View?, possibly downloading it again? One of the versions I downloaded did this. I downloaded again, reinstalled, its OK now.

OR, you could just do your downloads with Nikon Capture, it will auto renumbering for you.

Maybe you can get someone on vacation to the Cayman's to bring you some liquids.

Just curious Terry, are you using the formulas from Caveman Chemistry?

Nikon has made more than 12 products, so this program has thousands of steps. It will not complete until you purchase them all!

 

The 105mm f/2.5 is one of the most highly rated of all lens for sharpness. Well corrected, only difraction at the smaller apertures, like all lens, well except mirrors, have.

Capture NX can turn jpgs into NEF films. Normally when jpgs are processed, you lose data every time you save. Once converted to NEF, future changess aren't destructive. Also NX allows alterations to parts of the image, instead of applying the changes to the entire image area at once.

When I do 4x5 I use the one agitation cycle per minute with good results. An agitation cycle is up and tilt 90 degrees to the right back down and up and tilt 90 degrees to the left and back. No agitation marks on the film have happened when I follow this routine, so far....

I have the 70-300mm and fine its a great lens. It makes a great combination with your 12-24, 18-70.

And before you do another wedding, practice the technique of shooting two people with the focus sensor in the middle of them. Focus, lock, reframe, shoot.

All the drains go to the same place (in the same city). I've processed in the kitchen sink (of course you have to clean up well afterwards), the bathroom sink, tub, whatever, in a small janitor's closet at an arena, where ever there's water and a drain (and a lack of light), you're ready to go. Normal processing does not produce enough chemicals to cause any harm, the washing involved insures a good dilution of most chemicals used (which normally aren't that concentrated to start with). There might be considerations if your drains go to a sepic system.

They have a new one that hangs on a string around your neck, so you just drop it when your done with it. No folding needed. A hair classier that carring around a toilet paper tube. :)

I love Microdol, I use it undiluted and replenish. I lose a stop of speed but the negatives are worth it.

I suppose the vertical switch is on?

Only the Nikon F Photomics and Nikkormat models used the mercury batteries, Nikon F2 and newer all use available batteries.

I've heard the problem with using Heliar 12mm on the Nikon F3 is with the secondary mirror for the metering system. Be careful.

I have my 12mm mounted on a Nikon F2, I like the extra heft of the Nikon body. While the Cosina Voigtlander bodies are nice, they are on the light side.

Another vote for the FM2. Except for the meter it works without the batteries, and you can't beat the sure focus of the split image indicator.

Of course Todd's right, the perspective is due to the distance you are from the subject. You don't usually notice the perspective because your eye-brain link knows about these things. You just think it's odd when your photographic held at normal distances still shows the distortion.

VR does not assist for objects that are in motion. VR is to attempt to cancel out the photographer's movements.

 

VR should be turned off when on a tripod because the camera should not be moving and there is nothing for the VR to do (and if it did it would be counter-productive).

N90s doesn't have mirror lock, don't believe the N90 had it either.

 

I use the Voigtlander Heliar 12mm SL on my Nikon F2 (requires mirror lockup), makes a great combination, the heft of the Nikon makes a stable shooting base for the lens.

The Cent-a-gram scale is accurate to .01 gram. Used ones should be available in that price range. (got mine for $20, in good condition)

Strange, nobody mentioned the 10.5mm, of course its a fish-eye but using Capture you can transform it to a rectilinear. Who else has a 10.5mm?

The JCII institute was created to repair the "cheap Japanese camera" image. It was no longer needed when their cameras became the standards everyone else was copying.