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<p>Decided to wake up early yesterday and was rewarded with this :)<br>

Nikon D200, Nikkor 35-70mm F2.8 lens, F11, ISO 400, 1/4 sec exp.</p><div></div>

<p>It's been hard to take time off but I did this last week. Some night lights. Hope you like it :)</p><div></div>

<p>I will try again. Third time lucky I hope.<br>

I spent the weekend watching people fishing in the sea at dusk</p><div></div>

<p>Many thanks my friend for the information. My lens looks exactly like that and it also has a rather soiled JCII gold sticker on it which further says C/D JMDC. I am quite excited now that I can try out a Pentacon type of lens on my Nikon.</p>

<p>I have recently acquired an Exakta 70-210 F4.5-5.6 MC Macro lens in Nikon AIs mount. I have tried to search for this lens on the net buit I cannot find any references to it anywhere. It just seemed an interesting lens. The lens seems very similar to photos that I have seen of a nikon 70-210 but I don't actually have that lens so I have tried it against a Nikon 200 F4 glass and the results seem to be very similar on first looks except a bit warmer. Has any of you heard about this lens?</p>

<p>William, that would be interesting as well. I have a number of old Practica, Zenith and Pentax M42 bodies and a D70 and D200 (I know they are State-of-the-ARK). I could experiment with those as well if someone responds to your question.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the responses. I wanted to try out a comparatively cheaper M42 400-500mm lens for wildlife and also use the Zeiss/Myer-Optic/Takumar lenses (that I laready own) for close-ups. The difference in price for with/without rear lens on the adaptor is phenomenal, the lens variety being around £30 and without-lens for about £5. I was particularly interested in Edward's response of the negative impact that the additional lens will have. I guess I will try the macro first and see how the lenses perform - just for fun, as I already have sufficient Nikon glass upto 300mm for other uses.</p>

<p>I would like to try some Carl Zeiss and Pentax M42 lenses on my D200. Has anyone ever try a Kood M42 lens to Nikon F adapter which claims to have an optical element to compensate for the flange difference. It costs around £30 in the UK but is it worth it just for fun?</p>

<p>Hi Fred, the 35-80 is there as a backup permanently mounted on the backup D70. I will also be carrying a backup flash which I will leave in the car but its good advice from you. I do find the 18-70 of not a bad quality and it is wider than the 35-80 particularly on a 1.5 crop. I may even mount the 35-80 on a tripod ready to go on to if I should have to. Looking at the hall I probably would bge using the zoom in the 50-70 area most of the time anyway.</p>

<p>Okay I have now bought the Lee 244, 245 and 246 plus green, 1/2 green and 1/4 green gels which I think will suffice as they are intended for the purposes that Tom has so patiently tried to guide me to understand. Thank you to all of you.</p>

<p>Darn it. I misunderstood the significance of minus green - I thought I could use that. Anyway, back to basics and a search again of the green or blue/green gels available.</p>

<p>Thanks Tom. I managed to find the following item for a bargain £5.00:</p>

<p >Pre-cut set of 12 genuine LEE Filters Gels for use with flash and strobe units. </p>

<p >As featured in Strobist these gels provide a massive range of opportunities to create special effects with your flash or strobe. <br /> <br /> Manufactured by LEE Filters the world's leading manufacturer of lighting filter products this set contains 2 each of 5 different colour correction gels. </p>

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<li>Lee 204 Full Colour Temperature Orange CTO (converts 6500K to 3200K) X2<br /> </li>

<li>Lee 205 1/2 Colour Temperature Orange CTO (converts 6500K to 3800K) X2<br /> </li>

<li>Lee 206 1/4 Colour Temperature Orange CTO (converts 6500K to 4600K) X2<br /> </li>

<li>Lee 247 Lee Minus Green (Used on lighting to eliminate unwanted green cast created by discharge light sources on film. Approximately equivalent to CC30 magenta camera filter) X2<br /> </li>

<li>Lee 201 Full C.T. Blue (converts 3200K to 5700K) X2<br /> </li>

<li>Lee 202 1/2 C.T. Blue (converts 3200K to 4300K) X2 </li>

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<p>Thank you Tom. I am now on the lookout for the correct colour correction gel/filter.</p>

<p>I had not thought of that at all. The auditorium is lit by high energy flourescent bars. This would mean putting a light blue gel on the flash, I suppose unless I get quite close in which case I will use the flash power alone to avoid colour casts. I will definitely be shooting raw plus jpeg.</p>

<p>Charles and Lex,<br>

Many thanks for your substantive responses to my question. I suppose it's also a case of asking you guys to say good luck. The event is not until 14 October so I have time to get some practice done. I have ordered a large quantity of alkaline batteries as I find NimH don't seem to last long in the flash. Taha</p>

<p>I have been asked to cover a formal business fairly academic event (Annual Lecture), indoor in a lecture theatre. I will have complete control of where I position myself and opportunities for any informal shots including backstage.<br>

I will be carrying a D200 (plus D70 backup) body. 18-70mm (f3.5-4), 50mm (f1.8), 35-80mm (f3.5) and a Metz 48 AF1n flashgun with a soft flash diffuser. I have never covered such an event. What have I forgotten? Also, are there any useful techniques I need to be aware of? Many thanks. Taha</p>

<p>Wow, I was fascinated by the photos that I have seen here. I am definitely hoping to get one in next Wednesday - oh that's tomorrow - well maybe the following Wednesday then. One photo that stood out for me was by paul sooHoo's 'Crescent'. I can see the power of D300 in that photo.</p>

The use of extension tubes is fraught with difficulties of its own. The amount of light reaching the camera sensors reduces progressively as you use longer tubes. The other 'cheap' alternative is to use a lens reversing ring which is available at a very reasonable cost. You have to get a specific size ring for the filter size of the lens that you may want to use. It does create the problems of having to use manual metering and manual focus. See the results of such an option here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6162190 Magnification is extremely high with a lens reversing ring and they are a fraction of the cost of extension tubes. Nothing is easy though and I am still learning after all these years so keep experimenting.

I have been experiencing problems of slow page loads for the past couple of days, but it is at its severest today. I can live with the fact that the site will be slow whenever there is a need for upgrades etc. but I do hope this does not take the rest of the month to complete. BTW the site is looking much neater with new fonts and layouts.

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Or will it be salads?<div></div>

Or will it be salads?<div></div>

Fruit ... anyone?<div></div>