Sony FE Images Thread
p.1457 #1Sony FE Images Thread
Spring has made at least a fleeting appearance so we went hiking in a state park today. Re-processed some photos from last summer the past week too, trying to go for a more film-like feel. I'm not sure why I did that, but I find it appealing, so I'll stick with it.
Minolta MD 35-70/3.5 (non-macro)
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Rikenon 50/2
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Edinburgh Castle - Konica AR 40/1.8
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Minolta MD 35-70/3.5 (non-macro)
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Rikenon 50/2
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Edinburgh Castle - Konica AR 40/1.8
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Feb 27, 2016 at 08:41 PM
p.1457 #3Sony FE Images Thread
Taylor Sherman wrote:
A couple more from the Chihuly garden / museum at the Seattle Center. The trick here for me was to not let the camera choose the exposure - most of these were 3 to 4 stops below the AE.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1518/24920452349_6f23552b0b_b.jpg
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1689/25261833616_27aea96f9f_h.jpg
I believe the first is with the Leica R80/1.4, and the second is the M 35/1.4 FLE. Both wide open.
Really nice shots! I agree and I have lately been using the "spot metering" a lot as a way better controlling the exposure.
A couple more from the Chihuly garden / museum at the Seattle Center. The trick here for me was to not let the camera choose the exposure - most of these were 3 to 4 stops below the AE.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1518/24920452349_6f23552b0b_b.jpg
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1689/25261833616_27aea96f9f_h.jpg
I believe the first is with the Leica R80/1.4, and the second is the M 35/1.4 FLE. Both wide open.
Really nice shots! I agree and I have lately been using the "spot metering" a lot as a way better controlling the exposure.
Feb 27, 2016 at 09:04 PM
p.1457 #4Sony FE Images Thread
Been some very awesome images on this thread lately! They only seem to be getting better !
Gregg
A7rll and Contax 35-70/3.4
35mm @f11
35mm @f11
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Gregg
A7rll and Contax 35-70/3.4
35mm @f11
35mm @f11
Edited on Feb 27, 2016 at 09:26 PM · View previous versions
Feb 27, 2016 at 09:23 PM
Feb 27, 2016 at 09:25 PM
p.1457 #6Sony FE Images Thread
Another shot from yesterday 
A7rII and Batis 85
A7rII and Batis 85
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Feb 27, 2016 at 09:28 PM
p.1457 #10Sony FE Images Thread
uhoh7 wrote:
Aaron I see you made it to Idaho, nice one!
Yes I did, thanks! Beautiful area! The hoarfrost was so enchanting - we get it, but it's not common. I spent hours driving on back roads, taking photos and taking in the sights. :-D
Also had a day of snowshoeng at Craters of the Moon, which was a blast. I came back from Idaho with a better tan than I did from Hawaii and Florida!
Aaron I see you made it to Idaho, nice one!
Yes I did, thanks! Beautiful area! The hoarfrost was so enchanting - we get it, but it's not common. I spent hours driving on back roads, taking photos and taking in the sights. :-D
Also had a day of snowshoeng at Craters of the Moon, which was a blast. I came back from Idaho with a better tan than I did from Hawaii and Florida!
Feb 27, 2016 at 11:08 PM
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p.1457 #11Sony FE Images Thread
xwing15 wrote:
fabulose great image here!
more from Stockhorn.
René
Hope this doesn't sound corny, but I wish so very much I could hike off into those hills!
Feb 27, 2016 at 11:13 PM
p.1457 #12Sony FE Images Thread
Last week I visited the famous and historic Fort Apache in Arizona. The real thing is nothing like the movie version. All images are taken with A7RII and Leica WATE The log building built in 1871 was General George Crooks's residence. The stone buildings were built after a fire destroyed some of the original log buildings in 1891.
Feb 28, 2016 at 01:13 AM
p.1457 #13Sony FE Images Thread
kdrk888 wrote:
Can't stop coming to this thread a dozen times everyday...
Douglas
This is a great news! Joshua, have you seen?!? We are not alone
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Welcome back Philippe !
+1
There was something missing
Anyone knows about Michiel?
Manuel
Can't stop coming to this thread a dozen times everyday...
Douglas
This is a great news! Joshua, have you seen?!? We are not alone
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Welcome back Philippe !
+1
There was something missing
Anyone knows about Michiel?
Manuel
Feb 28, 2016 at 02:03 AM
p.1457 #14Sony FE Images Thread
Last weeks of winter is the time when I particularly long for colours and light.Yesterday was a grey,dull day and I took a stroll around the old market with my newest acquisition - the Canon nFD 100/2.0.All shots wide open on the A7R.
And some more pictures - A7R+Leica Vario Elmar R 35-70/4.0,all wide open.
And some more pictures - A7R+Leica Vario Elmar R 35-70/4.0,all wide open.
Feb 28, 2016 at 02:10 AM
p.1457 #15Sony FE Images Thread
AGeoJO wrote:
Ole,
Your wife is very lovely and I didn't mean any disrespect with that.
Thank you very much Joshua, very kind of you to say that!
AGeoJO wrote:
You are not referring to sharpening of portraits of women, are you? I would exercise extreme caution with sharpening of portraits of women. In general, I would use 50+ but apply some softening effect by lowering the clarity, if I do it only in LR. If I process more in Photoshop using Nik Software for a more refined look, I lower the tonal contrast to -50. Again for portraits of women here. When converting to JPG for posting though I use the option of low sharpening.
That is very true! Women want softness I remember once when I took a photo of my wife with the Sony 55/1.8 quite close. I hadn't applied any sharpening, clarity or contrast, but her first comment was "wow my pores are so visible - can you remove them?" Thank you very much for your advice, and actually I think I am a bit more careful about the global sharpening than you are indicating here, I guess because I feel that I don't have enough control.
charles.K wrote:
Very nice shot of your wife
I have a very similar work flow to Joshua. With Lr with a lens like the CV 75/1.8 I would not use any sharpening or clarity to begin with. If the lighting is contrasty I would reduce the contrast between -10 to -20, increase sat to +5 or +10 to enrich the image. Then look carefully and increase sharpening at 100% with radius 0.5 and look at the effect with the ALT key. Sometimes you don't want any. Typically with the Batis 85 and FE 35/1.4 I use very little sharpening and no clarity....Show more →
Thank you so much Charles! This is very helpful Really looking forward to testing some of this out. But we will have to see whether it is economically rational for me to invest in the Nik Software. But I hear a lot of good things about it!
Again, a big thank you to both Charles and Joshua!
Ole
Ole,
Your wife is very lovely and I didn't mean any disrespect with that.
Thank you very much Joshua, very kind of you to say that!
AGeoJO wrote:
You are not referring to sharpening of portraits of women, are you? I would exercise extreme caution with sharpening of portraits of women
. In general, I would use 50+ but apply some softening effect by lowering the clarity, if I do it only in LR. If I process more in Photoshop using Nik Software for a more refined look, I lower the tonal contrast to -50. Again for portraits of women here. When converting to JPG for posting though I use the option of low sharpening. That is very true! Women want softness
I remember once when I took a photo of my wife with the Sony 55/1.8 quite close. I hadn't applied any sharpening, clarity or contrast, but her first comment was "wow my pores are so visible - can you remove them?" Thank you very much for your advice, and actually I think I am a bit more careful about the global sharpening than you are indicating here, I guess because I feel that I don't have enough control. charles.K wrote:
Very nice shot of your wife
I have a very similar work flow to Joshua. With Lr with a lens like the CV 75/1.8 I would not use any sharpening or clarity to begin with. If the lighting is contrasty I would reduce the contrast between -10 to -20, increase sat to +5 or +10 to enrich the image. Then look carefully and increase sharpening at 100% with radius 0.5 and look at the effect with the ALT key. Sometimes you don't want any. Typically with the Batis 85 and FE 35/1.4 I use very little sharpening and no clarity....Show more →
Thank you so much Charles! This is very helpful
Really looking forward to testing some of this out. But we will have to see whether it is economically rational for me to invest in the Nik Software. But I hear a lot of good things about it!Again, a big thank you to both Charles and Joshua!
Ole
Feb 28, 2016 at 02:20 AM
p.1457 #16Sony FE Images Thread
The Touching by Werner Utsch, on Flickr
BTW:
Michiel is OK, he is posting at The Getdpi and MF Forum, he told me he needs some time off (here) from the 'race' for likes....etc...
Feb 28, 2016 at 03:26 AM
p.1457 #17Sony FE Images Thread
great pictures here. 
Moments from the street
René
Moments from the street
René
Feb 28, 2016 at 03:41 AM
p.1457 #18Sony FE Images Thread
Wonderful shots everyone !!!
Shot from yesterday at Burleigh Heads with the extreme waves from the nearby cyclone.
A7rII and Batis 85
Shot from yesterday at Burleigh Heads with the extreme waves from the nearby cyclone.
A7rII and Batis 85
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Feb 28, 2016 at 05:48 AM
p.1457 #19Sony FE Images Thread
While reducing equipment size this year I have been planning to keep Zeiss ZE-series APO135, even it's quite big lens. On focus plane everything is way above all expectations, and mostly boke is also very good. But sometimes boke is just not very good. Then I usually close down to f/4 or f/2.8 to improve boke quality. But still sometimes some backgrounds tend to not be as good as I would wish. Few scenarios like that below, not hopelessly bad, but I would wish
Leica Apo-Telyt-M 135mm f/3.5 would be interesting, but they seem to be quite rare on used market - also not so many photos shown here (uhoh7 has posted many, thanks for them) to get good understanding about it's rendering style.
Carl Zeiss APO-Sonnar T* 2/135 ZE @ f/2.8, 1/800s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 400
Carl Zeiss APO-Sonnar T* 2/135 ZE @ f/4.0, 1/800s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 400
Samuli
Leica Apo-Telyt-M 135mm f/3.5 would be interesting, but they seem to be quite rare on used market - also not so many photos shown here (uhoh7 has posted many, thanks for them) to get good understanding about it's rendering style.
Carl Zeiss APO-Sonnar T* 2/135 ZE @ f/2.8, 1/800s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 400
Carl Zeiss APO-Sonnar T* 2/135 ZE @ f/4.0, 1/800s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 400
Samuli
Feb 28, 2016 at 07:00 AM
p.1457 #20Sony FE Images Thread
Photo taken October 3, 2015 at 2:39 PM looking across Little Tupper Lake at the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area. This is in or near Long Lake, NY in the Adirondack Mountains. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7r and my Minolta CLE MC 40mm f2 M-Rokkor lens, ISO 100, lens set to approximately f11 for 1/125 second. Exposure corrected by +0.12 Stops. Processed in LR6.
Rich
Rich
Feb 28, 2016 at 07:17 AM