p.68 #1 · Sony RX1, RX1R, RX1R II and RX1R III Image Thread
Yes, nice composition (and colors) Millsart!
Thank you again very much everyone! I don't know what to say.
Lofoten is stunning and it's impossible to take bad photos up there. The people are friendly too which makes the visit even nicer.
charles.K wrote:
Helena, the banding I have noticed with your shot is similar to what I have seen when you add a tone or two tone during PP'ing and then down size with both Lr 4 and 5. I have found that if you remove the tone to the B&W image, purely B&W it disappears. I suspect the toning function, when added first, and then PP'd is when this happens. I have tried completing all the PP'ing first and then adding the tone, and it is fine.
Thanks for the tip! Interesting. I made a quick test just now, simply removing the toning, and it does look better. Not perfect, but better. Once I add the toning again it goes back to how it was before (obviously). The next time I'll remember to do the toning last, like you suggest. I don't have time to re-process this photo from scratch today, so for now I have simply removed the toning even though I liked it, because the multicolored posterization really bothered me.
p.68 #4 · Sony RX1, RX1R, RX1R II and RX1R III Image Thread
Yes, many, many great shots. I'll also pile on the "wonderful shots, Helena" bandwagon, as they really are something. Thyraz, I really like your trees along a country road shot.
I identified my Flickr BBCode issue and being unable to re-size... it is a bug in IE11 which came with the Windows 8.1 preview. I have had many different site issues with that browser so finally had to download Firefox and the world is right again.
p.68 #5 · Sony RX1, RX1R, RX1R II and RX1R III Image Thread
First time shooting with my RX1
It's amazing how sharp this thing is, it almost rivals my D800 that's for sure. The Zeiss rendering is beautiful. The color shift is due to by BW10 stop ND stacked with a Grad ND stacked. Flare was probably caused by the filters also. Even with the 10 stop there were times it was still able to focus.
p.68 #6 · Sony RX1, RX1R, RX1R II and RX1R III Image Thread
Thank you teseg! Very nice set, I particularly like the first one. Great tones and dreamy look.
Bob, "Have and Have-nots" and "Highlighted" are my favorites.
rodizzle33, welcome! What a beautiful start.
Processing some Lofoten photos now turned out to be really useful, because it reminded me of how wonderful RX1's files are and restored most of my feelings for it. What a relief. I still struggle a bit with the daylight WB though and often have to tweak colors individually.
I wonder if there will ever be a wide angle converter for this camera like the one for Fuji X100, which seems quite good.
p.68 #8 · Sony RX1, RX1R, RX1R II and RX1R III Image Thread
Thanks Helena. I do love your photosets also! Coming from an x100s I'd say that it's a bit more accurate than the rx1. The x100s does give this thing a run for it's money though. But I'm a Lightroom kind of guy so the rx1 just made more sense.
p.68 #11 · Sony RX1, RX1R, RX1R II and RX1R III Image Thread
finally got my rx-1 this evening. immediately took it to the park to shoot a duck in honor of HCB. only had about 15 min to shoot with it before the uncharged battery died. (any recommendation for where to get cheap replacement batteries?) the lens, as you all know, is awesome! i may decide i don't need to keep my c/y 35/1.4 after all. autofocus is useless on moving targets, but face detect is nice. manual focus is much more difficult with the lcd than with the evf (haven't gotten my evf yet). otherwise handling is great, don't think i'll need a grip. anyway, my quick throw away shots, i think i got all the basic cliché test shots covered (all wide open too except for the fuscia ):
ducks:
flowers:
a bench:
rocks:
people walking:
sorry for the image spam, i'm excited about the new toy...
p.68 #19 · Sony RX1, RX1R, RX1R II and RX1R III Image Thread
Agree, far from a nice "birding camera" which really makes those shots that much more impressive because they are quite nice.
The tilt feature of the EVF should prove so useful for you that within just a few moments of using it you will forgot any thoughts of wishing it was built in.
I use it side by side with my Fuji XE-1 a lot and while the built in on that camera is nice, I so miss the ability to rotate it it up. I pretty much always have the EVF flipped up about 45 dgree's and find it such a comfortable way to shoot.
(any recommendation for where to get cheap replacement batteries?) the lens, as you all know, is awesome! i may decide i don't need to keep my c/y 35/1.4 after all. autofocus is useless on moving targets, but face detect is nice. manual focus is much more difficult with the lcd than with the evf (haven't gotten my evf yet). otherwise handling is great, don't think i'll need a grip. anyway, my quick throw away shots, i think i got all the basic cliché test shots covered (all wide open too except for the fuscia 
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