@Edgars, Likewise! We ultralighters lurk in plain sight don't we?
You must be speaking of the Terra Nova Laser 1. The tent is pretty interesting, but for the money ($700 US, maybe less for you though?) I think you'd be better off with, well, just about any other option. Making your own is a great way to go! By the way, are you familiar with Ookworks? If not, you may want to look them (him) up.
Must not be mosquito season in high country just looking at the open tent gear, which I have honestly never seen before. Hate the critters as I sleep so light, but will have to take a peek at that ultralight gear nonetheless, just a regular car or short hike camper these days, but intrigued by your 25lb loaded pack.
Bugs are long gone man. Incidentally, my shelter (not shown) does have full bug netting and weighs in under 2 lbs.
Tarps and bivvies (hammocks too) are pretty common, among people who know about them anyway (REI is a bad source of info for this type of stuff). Ear plugs and a little whiskey are a good fix for critter worries.
The guy (guys actually) who pitched the pyramid later decided to bivvy under the stars that night. The weather was beautiful, if not chilly (sub freezing, first night was low 20's, no bivvies that night).
Acquiring some basic skills and knowledge are the things that will let you lighten your pack above all else, then it's just a matter of fine tuning your gear.
Yes, the CV 15 is pretty great on the 5N. I didn't find the color shift to be too strong in these that they needed corner fix.
After these last couple of outings I think I want to take a look at my lens (The 15) to see if it's critical sharpness looks about right to others who also use it. For some reason it seems a little soft to me at 100%. In some cases it could be my fault, as I was shooting hand-held around 1/30, other times I was stopped down to f11 so that's another factor. I know my lens has a couple shims in it (purchased it used) which makes me wonder if I'm either not hitting infinity, or possibly focusing past it.
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i would recommend taking a test shot at infinity at f/5.6 and then f/11. if the image is sharper at f/11 in the center than at f/5.6 then you are not reaching proper infinity focus. i believe the cv 15 has some field curvature? i would test a bunch of frames shooting at infinity with your manual focus spot in the very corner, 1/3 of a frame line, and center of the frame to see if one of those yields a better cross the frame sharpness than the others.
According to K. Rockwell the CV15 is supposed to be sharpest at 5.6. Stopped down further and diffraction takes away some sharpness. I have the newer version with filter ring and use it with a NEX 5n. I use a Hawk's adapter and I find it's definitely sharper at infinity when backed off from where the infinity marking is on the lens barrel. Also (and yes I realize this doesn't makes any sense) but my subjective instinct is that infinity focus changes slightly depending on aperture. I've found the best way to focus is using both zoom and peeking. Once it's set, then I continue to shoot and will avoid changing aperture if I can. I personally find it quite fiddly compared with my other m lenses, where one can mostly rely on the lens markings for zone/hyperfocal focus (which indicates that the adapter has an accurate flange distance). Of course, the results are well worth it when it all comes together.
Out of interest what is difference between the way the grass (for instance) is represented in this thread and the "Saw this image and just had to order the DP2M' thread? Yellow and to steal a word looking "radioactive"
David R. wrote:
Out of interest what is difference between the way the grass (for instance) is represented in this thread and the "Saw this image and just had to order the DP2M' thread? Yellow and to steal a word looking "radioactive"
If you're talking about image #5, then it's just overexposure. The grass doesn't look overly satured to me and I have a wide gamut screen.
@Sebboh - thanks for the advice re: checking infinity focus. I will apply your procedure when I have a minute to give it a shot.
@Julian - I have a couple of M lenses also and they both seem to need to come a tad bit back from the hard stop for true infinity focus (in otherwords, they attempt to focus past infinity or however we want to call it). For some reason my LTM adapted lenses (CV 15 & 90) *seem* like the hard stop is at infinity. It might just be a coincidence. I realize diffraction sets in around f8, but I use the aperture as needed to increase DOF and give up some sharpness. This is one of the points I mentioned earlier which sort of has me wondering if maybe that's what I'm seeing... I couldn't keep track of what was shot with which aperture, so I'll have to do a proper 'test'.
@David - I don't think I made any comments about the color of the grass on that thread, however I can assure you these colors are pretty close. The grasses are not 'typical grass', but various alpine species that are green most of the year, except now when they have been frost burned are are very much yellow. I added a little vibrance in post, also in most cases I desaturated the yellow and/or orange channels a bit to compensate.
@Fly - I did add -10 vignette to it in post. Looking at it now, I agree with you. I've reworked it, also corrected the color on the sky towards more gray vs. blue but I think I need to cornerfix that one. Thanks for your comments re: 8 & 14
I'm a former mountaineer ... somehow work and raising a family got in the way of that particular aspect of my life ... but am starting to get back into the groove. We've always hiked with the kids but they are old enough for longer treks now and can carry their own darn supplies these days.
Inspiring images.
Hey do you or anyone else know Mount Watkins down there? I figure I should do a climb there for posterity sake one day.
Jacob D wrote:
I have a couple of M lenses also and they both seem to need to come a tad bit back from the hard stop for true infinity focus (in otherwords, they attempt to focus past infinity or however we want to call it). For some reason my LTM adapted lenses (CV 15 & 90) *seem* like the hard stop is at infinity. It might just be a coincidence.
I have exactly the opposite happening with mine, but I only have a sample size of one for the CV LTM (75/2.5). All my ZM's appear to hit infinity dead on when mounted on the GXR.
Michael, Thanks, and yes - Mount Watkins is not too far from where we were actually. I probably have a photo of it in the distance if I look hard enough. I've never been up there but it's easy enough to get to. I don't know anything about climbing but I'm sure it's do-able (and been done), pretty much every rock in Yosemite has
