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Rocky Cookus

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Hi, my name is Rocky, and I'm new to the forum. Am returning to photography after many years. It was a passion as a teenager when I lived in Tokyo in the 60's where I shot and developed black and white. Imagine being able to go to a shop and see a legendary and magical lens like the Canon 50mm f/0.95!

I do Mac support at a local university though my formal education is in languages and literature. I also am an avid self-taught student of Photoshop, and I look forward to sharing and learning from others on this forum.

Though I have specific interests, I think of myself as a generalist as you will see if you visit my galleries on Pbase:

http://www.pbase.com/fosofos/profile

The dominance of birds in my photos comes from the ten (10) parrots my wife and I live with. They're our children and good friends with whom we're fortunate to share life with.
 
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Marcus Peddle

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Welcome to the forums. Your gallery pictures are great and I expect you'll be sharing your knowledge as much as you learn from others. I've learned a lot here at the forums in just a couple of weeks and I'm glad I signed up. I'm sure you will be, too.
 
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Rocky Cookus

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Thanks, Marcus. There are lots of *really* good photographers on this site, and I look forward to participating. You've got some real nice shots in your gallery, too.

Do you have an f/1.0 lens? That must be a jewel! Not sure if it's possible, but the Leitz Noctilux, also a f/1.0, would make a handsome tool in my bag of lenses, assuming of course it could be adapted, and it was just that sort of thread on this forum that brought me here.
 
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Marcus Peddle

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The fastest lens I have is a Nikon 85mm F/1.4. It has, as you can imagine, some very large pieces of glass in it. Does the EXIF information on any of my photos say F/1.0? Perhaps there's a glitch somewhere or perhaps I typed incorrectly.
 
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Rocky Cookus

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I believe the EXIF data for maximum aperture was incorrect for a shot which shows detail of a roof, #17 in your Traditional Korea gallery. Your 85mm must do a great job in low light.
 
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Marcus Peddle

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Ah, mystery explained. I used a 135mm manual lens for that shot and the D70 is not able to read the lens information. I guess it adds F/1.0 as default if there is no information.
The 85mm is a beautiful thing. Mixed with the D300's very low noise levels it's great for low light situations.
 
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