Originally posted by yeatzee hey someone else has an el-nikkor 50mm! Which version do you have? What are you using for your steps? What aperture?
I've got the f4 version, with the strange 34,5mm filter thread. I saw it on ebay, selling peanuts, and before I realised it, it was on it's way. I should have taken a closer look. Well, it's way better then the reversed Ricoh Rikenon 50 f1.4 that I was using before.
I'm using a parker linear stage with 3cm trave. I really like this one, because I was able to mount it directly on my tripod, and my camera directly on the stage. Making it all a wobble-free contruction.
The aperture was 5.6, both in the EL Nikkor and my tube lens.
Originally posted by yeatzee edit: Oh and John's the best there is, dont get to discouraged.
Yep, I've looked through his photostream lots of times. I notice him using the EL Nikkors too. ...And a bunch of other, 'more exotic' equipment.
So what about the halos and auras? Are they caused by light from my flashes nog being diffused enough? Or because of me not using a hood and light from my flashes is entering the lens?