AGeoJO wrote:
This is from last night taken with a loaner lens. I am not too thrilled with the atmospheric conditions but they are what they were. I will have to come back to this location before too long and of course, I have to time it when the Dodgers are playing at home. The Dodger's stadium is immediately to the left of the image and if the stadium is lit, it would add to the scene. But for the time being it has to be just the skyline of downtown Los Angeles.
It was a pleasure shooting with you last night, as usual, Joshua. I logged in this morning wondering if you'd already processed and posted something. You did not disappoint.
Looking through my pics now and trying to decide which ones to process.
As you said, we'll have to go back there when the Dodgers are playing, the stadium is lit up and the skies more interesting.
puckman wrote:
It was a pleasure shooting with you last night, as usual, Joshua. I logged in this morning wondering if you'd already processed and posted something. You did not disappoint.
Looking through my pics now and trying to decide which ones to process.
As you said, we'll have to go back there when the Dodgers are playing, the stadium is lit up and the skies more interesting.
The pleasure was mine, Nadim! That was the best I could get from last night after "playing" with it this morning. Actually, the Dodgers will play at home next Sunday . I don't think the lights of the skyscrapers were bad at all, especially for a Sunday. So, I am on for next Sunday if you are. I will check with Bobby and Luz.
Great grabs last page and this. 👍🏻
A few more from our trip to Maui. These were actually taken on my defunct tripod, which I hadn't realized had a broken leg clamp Got it to work briefly, but no worries...I don't often shoot tripod work and it was fairly cheap!
Gregg
A7rll and Contax 100-300
Here's one I quickly finished this morning. 5 image stitch with the FE 85/1.8. That little lens is very sharp!
Edit: For some strange reason, the 1600px version of the image does not look nearly as sharp as the original when uploaded to FM. I wonder why that is.
Kierzkow...love your 35-70 grabs! That lens never ceases to amaze!
Nadim...very jealous you got to meet up with Joshua! Nice grabs!
Pierre...I will always be jealous of your collection! Love the clouds above.
Joshua...nothing to say really Wedding is this week, and I decided to go with the 35 over the 24-70...really can't wait!👍🏻
Samuli...you're making me crazy with your 35 1.4 grabs! Mine gets here tomorrow, but only for a week. If I'm impressed, as I'm sure I will be, I might make a switch between the Loxia 35 to de 35!
Gregg
A7rll and Contax 35-70/3.4....
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
Rene, thanks for FE1.4/35 landscape samples as I haven't had possibility to shoot many landscapes/far-focus-distance-large-DOF yet. Question: is your Batis 18 ok? there is only very little area in center, which is in focus/sharp, otherwise it seems quite blurry e.g. the cliffs on right side have 2-3 pixel blur on internet size photo.
Samuli
Thank you for the kind comment Samuli. Relating To Batis. Will check the on the original. Am not a pixel peeper. But it interested me in what you say.
Greggf wrote:
Kierzkow...love your 35-70 grabs! That lens never ceases to amaze!
Nadim...very jealous you got to meet up with Joshua! Nice grabs!
Pierre...I will always be jealous of your collection! Love the clouds above.
Joshua...nothing to say really Wedding is this week, and I decided to go with the 35 over the 24-70...really can't wait!👍🏻
Samuli...you're making me crazy with your 35 1.4 grabs! Mine gets here tomorrow, but only for a week. If I'm impressed, as I'm sure I will be, I might make a switch between the Loxia 35 to de 35!
Gregg
A7rll and Contax 35-70/3.4....
Yes, an incredible lens - miles and decades ahead of competition.
Thank you for showing me what it is capable of.
Greggf wrote:
Kierzkow...love your 35-70 grabs! That lens never ceases to amaze!
Nadim...very jealous you got to meet up with Joshua! Nice grabs!
Pierre...I will always be jealous of your collection! Love the clouds above.
Joshua...nothing to say really Wedding is this week, and I decided to go with the 35 over the 24-70...really can't wait!👍🏻
Samuli...you're making me crazy with your 35 1.4 grabs! Mine gets here tomorrow, but only for a week. If I'm impressed, as I'm sure I will be, I might make a switch between the Loxia 35 to de 35!
Gregg
A7rll and Contax 35-70/3.4....
Thank you, Gregg! Excellent images form Maui! You will be doing fine at the wedding. Please update me how it goes.
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So, I was taking pictures of downtown LA last night, when someone just put his gear right in front of my setup and he was using a big lens, too. My view of the skyscrapers was completely blocked . Just kidding...@puckman
xwing15 wrote:
Thank you for the kind comment Samuli. Relating To Batis. Will check the on the original. Am not a pixel peeper. But it interested me in what you say.
Certainly nothing wrong with your batis Rene (agree with Samuli regarding this )
Looks like the AF miss completely on your last picture in your set
The first picture looks quite ok for sharpness In this resolution
Probably the focus has missed or you get motion blur if you shot handheld
But I think it's just that you've got a AF miss or if you MF then a focus miss
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
Rene, thanks for FE1.4/35 landscape samples as I haven't had possibility to shoot many landscapes/far-focus-distance-large-DOF yet. Question: is your Batis 18 ok? there is only very little area in center, which is in focus/sharp, otherwise it seems quite blurry e.g. the cliffs on right side have 2-3 pixel blur on internet size photo.
Samuli
You saw it right Samuli. The picture (Batis 18) is also blurred in the original. No idea what I have since produced. Almost the whole picture is out of focus. Here two others of the same day. Think the Batis is ok. And the problem is as always me
@Ronny thank's. It was very hot. Think had sweat dripping into the eyes.
xwing15 wrote:
You saw it right Samuli. The picture (Batis 18) is also blurred in the original. No idea what I have since produced. Almost the whole picture is out of focus. Here two others of the same day. Think the Batis is ok. And the problem is as always me
Good to see your Batis is still doing well. Thanks for more FE1.4/35 samples. I wonder here how the last photo (backlit roofs with FE1.4/35) would look with polarizer, it looks good already without polarizer. I'll have to figure out some location to shoot landscapes in weekend, which is rather difficult in southern Finland, everything is so flat that I usually shoot my landscapes with 50-180mm lenses - and I'm kind of bored shooting landcapes on lake shores.
philber wrote:
Samuli, your FE 35 shots are very, very attractive! Even discounting your craft, it looks like a seriously good lens!
Philippe, I'm positively surpriced as well - FE2.8/35 and FE55 do not taste good, but Derek has never given bad advice, and I'm happy that I followed his advice - I was also hesitating due to quality issues, but it seems I got lucky or Sony has managed to improve quality. Also the shop where I got this from, tests the lenses before they buy them. I wish this would be 1.4/28 instead, but there is only Otus like that, and it's too expensive and fragile, so I'll just have to get along with 35mm FOV.
GM85 I'm still not feeling comformatable with, subjects have been rendered many times too flat for my taske. The boke looks wonderful thou (and focus plane sharpness, but I'm no pixel peeper and if overall look is dull all the sharpness in focus plane can't make photo look nice).
after "playing" with it this morning. Actually, the Dodgers will play at home next Sunday 
Got it to work briefly, but no worries...I don't often shoot tripod work and it was fairly cheap!
Wedding is this week, and I decided to go with the 35 over the 24-70...really can't wait!👍🏻
. Just kidding...@puckman
