Wednesday, February 17, 2010

What's in Edwin's Camera bag - Part 3


Up close and personal 


Nikon D3s camera
Nikon D700 camera
Zeiss 120mm 4.0 CF Makro Planar lens with nikon adapter
Hasselblad bellows rail for the Zeiss lens
Nikon 105 2.8 lens
Nikon 85 1.8 lens
Nikon 60 2.8 lens

This is what I use for shooting food , bugs, and flowers.   The 120 Zeiss is hands down the sharpest lens I have ever put on a camera. It is really just amazing.   Add the bellows and you can count the angels on the head of a pin. It is also huge and slow.  You have to shoot stopped down so it can be pretty dark to compose and focus.   The 105 Nikon is probably my favorite Nikon lens.  Really sweet.  I always focus manually with it.  The 85 I use a lot for food shoots , wide open to blow out the background and give a lot of separation.  I am less enamored of the 60 and use it mostly when I cant get far enough back to make the longer glass work.


What is missing?

Zeiss 100 2.0 ZF Makro   I really want one .