Hi all, new guy with new camera, please be kind I'm just learning

ebookman wrote:
NEX point and shoot?

My wife was going hiking with our granddaughter last September and I suggested she take a real camera instead of her "point and shoot." I gave her my NEX 5n with a CV15, set the aperture to f:8, focus near infinity and ISO auto and just told her to point and shoot. These are some of the results.



Ah, looks like Ruth Mountain! Hope to climb it this year. Second picture from the same trail? Haven't actually been there yet, but it's on my list.

Saw a older fellow wandering around Harbor Steps yesterday with what I think was a NEX 6 and OM 35 or 50, wasn't someone here was it?

Stitch:

Mount Baker


Golden Gate


San Francisco Waterfront


Seattle Waterfront

Struggling to capture images I'm happy with. There's much talent in this thread.

Sunflowers by Mawz, on Flickr
NEX-7, not sure what lens.

Lightshow...
Thank you for the though information....

LanceM - love to see new guys with new cameras

Adam211 - You are correct about Ruth Mountain and yes, same trail. ...and I am an old guy but I am in Bellingham, not Seattle. Your stitch of Baker is really impressive. That peak gets a lot of snow!

Here are a couple of shots from lake Padden this morning. These were taken with a Nex 5n with Minolta Rokkor 58mm 1.2 at f:11

Lance, nice mood you captured there. Look forward to seeing more, welcome to the thread.



Here are a couple of recent family shots. My son won the award to bring the class teddy bear ("Parker") home for the weekend this week. Part of the process is, we take some photos and add them to the journal of what Parker has been up to. Each family contributes to the journal when they take care of Parker, so it's an interesting chronicle of the life of a teddy bear

5N + Nokton 40 (@ f2 then f1.4)

Those are great Jacob. Love the B&W treatment.

A couple of walkabout shots. Sadly no time or opportunities for anything else lately. 5n with the CZ Planar 1.7/50.

The Beach by Mawz, on Flickr
NEX-7, Sony 16/2.8

Adam211 love the PP

twelveish the images remind me of slide film - great contrast and clarity with the CZ

@Jacob D, that Voigt has great 3D presence. I want to get the CV 35 1.4 badly.

@twelveish, just to echo what nico said, that is nice PP on those.

@Adam211, liking the cross processing on the last two.

Cool photos on this page.


St Olofs Church ruin in Sigtuna by briantho, on Flickr

Contax 28/2.

couple more B&W conversions with the 30mm Sigma and NEX6

Nice! Continuing the theme, these are from yesterday. Nex-7 and 60/2.8 macro-elmarit + speedbooster.

DSC06009.jpg by Taylor Sherman, on Flickr


DSC06013.jpg by Taylor Sherman, on Flickr


DSC06019.jpg by Taylor Sherman, on Flickr

many great pictures on this page alone...

Voigt 1.1 f5.6 or f8

First hike with my little sigma 19mm. Overall I'm very impressed with the 200.00 sigmicron kit.

Harkening Hill Trail, Peaks of Otter Virginia.

@Brian, very nice tones and colors.

@nico, that second one is great! The layers of silvery leaves are beautiful.

@twelve, very Zeissy images. Somehow I think Zeiss is made for western Europe.

@taran, that's been my impression of the 40 also. I briefly owned the 35 and it just didn't do it for me. Similar FL, but different results.

Status Update: by Mawz, on Flickr
NEX-7, CV Ultron 35/1.7

Nice catch, mawz. The Ultron looks super sharp, sort of like a mini 35/1.2! I owned the Ultron 28 for a short while, also a sharp lens.


Here's one more teddy bear shot... watching the disappointing superbowl loss with Buzz and Woody.

5N + 24/1.8 @ 1.8

LanceM, mawz, nicoimages, Jacob, Adam, others - beautiful images!

And ebookman - that seagull shot on the previous page is breath-taking! (Great as is, though I think a gentle shadows-boost and highlight-reduction from raw or the original jpg could be even better. I'd gladly try another version; let me know if you have any interest.)

NEX-5 + Olympus Zuiko 50/1.8 (significant crop)


Great cormorant, River Lee, Cork. by specularist, on Flickr