{"id":43134,"date":"2025-12-20T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43134"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:07:59","slug":"prr-station-at-christiana-santa-mrs-claus-viewed-with-a-135mm-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/prr-station-at-christiana-santa-mrs-claus-viewed-with-a-135mm-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"PRR Station at Christiana: Santa & Mrs Claus viewed with a 135mm lens."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Christmas decor at the preserved former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Christiana offered a suitable seasonal opportunity to test out an unusual nocturnal camera lens combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My 1990s-vintage Nikkor f2.0 135mm ‘defocus’ lens is a heavy piece of glass. I’ve used this occasionally with my Z6 mirrorless camera to make digital images, and this lens offers a distinctive quality that allows for classic railroad telephoto views. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coupling the traditional lens to the Z-body requires a Nikon FTZ adaptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been waiting to try the fast 135mm lens with the new Z6-III to see how it works with the more advanced sensor and see if it is sufficiently sharp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I set up the Z6-III on my 3Pod tripod and exposed several images. This one was made at f2.0 (wide open) at 1\/13th second at ISO 400. Upon inspection, I found the photo is sharp. More to the point, if I were to set the ISO to 6400, I could use a 1\/250th of second shutter speed, which is fast enough to stop a moving train . Focusing will be a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That will be a test for another night! Stay tuned . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tracking the Light explores the night!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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