The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: material

It was warm in August. The light was long and good. Now the clocks have gone back. The children are excited about Halloween. The days are cool, the evenings dark before you've thought of tea. The light is not so good for dressmaking, and the impetus is weak as well. Soon it will be Christmas. Doesn't it all come round quickly?

I continue to provide accommodation for an old Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 dating from 1971. Occasionally I ask it to pay its rent by pointing it in some random direction. Photographed with a Nikon D700. F/5.6; 1/125th.

Nikon D2Xs and Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens.

I have discovered that the Fuji X-E1 struggles with accurate recording of blue colours. I don't recall this was always a fault. Maybe my X-E1 is too old. In addition, I am reminded of why the Nikkor-H 50mm f/2 lens (used to take this picture) enjoys such a good reputation even long after it has gone out of production.

Fujifilm X-E1 with a 28mm Soligor C/D Wide-Auto f/2.8 lens.

The Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 200mm f/4 Zebra dates from the 1960s. Manual, of course. Heavy too - 2.15 kg. Therefore, either a fast shutter speed or a tripod is necessary. {I went for 1/500th and a high ISO). There are 15 aperture blades, and the bokeh wide open at f/4 is highly regarded. The focus throw is very long, especially so when close to your subject. You can be fiddling with the focus ring for a long time trying to get it just right. I should have put it on a tripod; it would have been a better experience. I didn't pay much for it, which is just as well given the frequency I use it. But in a studio and mounted on a tripod, I think it could produce some very attractive portraits. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1.

Offcuts of fabric stacked on a dining room chair. Photographed in available light using a Nikon D2Xs with a Nikkor AF-S DX 18-200mm lens. 95mm; 400 ISO; f/7.6; 1/250th.

And now for some photographs revealing what goes on in Limbo Hall. Nikon D700 and Nikkor-S.C 50mm f/1.4 lens (with a factory AI conversion).

Nikon D2Xs and Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD lens (type A16).