Eyvind Ness wrote:
From our backyard. A7R2 + MBIV + TS-E 24 II, hand-held, with a modest amount of shift, too keep things level and straight. The viewfinder level tool is handy!
The idea of the tool is handy indeed but it is so inaccurate that it does not budge for critical use. It is so badly off most of the time.
Eyvind Ness wrote:
From our backyard. A7R2 + MBIV + TS-E 24 II, hand-held, with a modest amount of shift, too keep things level and straight. The viewfinder level tool is handy!
MJKoski wrote:
The idea of the tool is handy indeed but it is so inaccurate that it does not budge for critical use. It is so badly off most of the time.
I agree, but it gets me into the ballpark. The level tool on my 5DSR is much more precise.
Charles, Great shots with the Smooth Reflection App. I've used it on a few images and it usually takes around 40 to 60 images. I noticed yours had 128. Did you set it for more combined images. Second question for anyone, Is there a way to cancel once you have started taking a shot with the app? A couple of times I've forgot to exit it and then taken a picture only to have to wait for it to finish.
Butch
A few shots taken with the Asahi Auto-Takumar 105 2.8 and A7II.
The last chance I had to look at this thread was Friday. I looked this morning and we had moved from page 1607 to 1613! It seem to take for ever to catch up but I don't really mind because the photos are so good and warrant a proper look.
Summarit-M 2.5 75 on A7R2
Do you think I should have lifted the shadows more in No 2 or retained the difference between the darker and light areas, which is of course what it was like in reality? LBB 15.7 by petergthomas, on Flickr
Peter These shots are outstanding to me! I don't think you would be making a mistake going either way. The 75mm lens was a great choice for this shot. I hope I can remember that.
Peter T wrote:
The last chance I had to look at this thread was Friday. I looked this morning and we had moved from page 1607 to 1613! It seem to take for ever to catch up but I don't really mind because the photos are so good and warrant a proper look.
Summarit-M 2.5 75 on A7R2
Do you think I should have lifted the shadows more in No 2 or retained the difference between the darker and light areas, which is of course what it was like in reality?
Peter,
Great images, regardless but I would lift the shadow just a tad more if I were you.
I have been to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles for quite some time and used it quite a bit for lens testing. I was planning of doing so with the Batis 18mm and I went through a few images that I took before trying to refresh my memory on the various angles of this unique structure. I came across a few unprocessed that I knew I never posted before. It was during the period when I wanted to incorporate the sunrise in the image but I never could directly based on the orientation of building. I figured out several ways of still doing so and here is one of them. I just could catch the reflection but the glowing warmth of the sun in Southern California came through enough. Here it is... The lens could be Leica WATE or Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8, I am not sure at this point.
However, the weather pattern in Southern California is in a typical "June Gloom". Gloomy in the morning and the sun would not come out until in mid-afternoon or so. I have to look for a different location to try out the Batis under more favorable real life shooting conditions.
ebookman wrote:
Peter These shots are outstanding to me! I don't think you would be making a mistake going either way. The 75mm lens was a great choice for this shot. I hope I can remember that.
Thanks for your comments Dale and Joshua. I quite like 75mm and, in fact it was Uhoh7's idea to buy this particular lens. Here it is again. I love the colour of the young Beech tree leaves:
