The second morning at the crane pool when the first light was shining on the cranes. They are about to take off, some of them did already, in small groups.
Went out on lunch and messed with the Canon 100-400 on some moving subjects. It had a hit rate of about 75% with center or wide focusing which isn't actually too bad, and very little focus racking if I started it close to infinity by hand. I really love canon's analog distance meters on the lenses, and it's making adapting this lens quite easy. I apparently really like things that are moving left Both shots were at 400mm.
M42 captured with my Sony and Sigma 105. I set the camera to jpeg and set the picture profile to PP2, this is a custom setting that I have in the camera which does not allow highlights to be blown out so I figured I would try it on the night sky and it actually looks better than a raw image does.
I’m using my new sky-watcher star Adventurer to take these photos and that is a $415 package and it really tracks the night sky extremely well. Very impressed.
Very impressed by the Sony service in Norway. For a couple of years my A7II has occasionally shown the dreaded "Camera Error. Turn power off then on." message. Then one day it happened just when I was taking a photo and the camera completely locked up with the shutter closed. It is more than three years old, but customer laws are generous in Norway so I sent it in. Ten days later I got it back and they had not only replaced the shutter and IBIS (which apparently was what caused the problem), but also the LCD screen, eye cup and thoroughly cleaned it, so now it looks like new and it didn't cost me anything!
In November I found an old Chevy by the bog not far from our house and I revisited it last week on a day with a heavy snowfall.
A7II and C/Y Planar 50mm/1.7.
HelenaN wrote:
Very impressed by the Sony service in Norway. For a couple of years my A7II has occasionally shown the dreaded "Camera Error. Turn power off then on." message. Then one day it happened just when I was taking a photo and the camera completely locked up with the shutter closed. It is more than three years old, but customer laws are generous in Norway so I sent it in. Ten days later I got it back and they had not only replaced the shutter and IBIS (which apparently was what caused the problem), but also the LCD screen, eye cup and thoroughly cleaned it, so now it looks like new and it didn't cost me anything!
In November I found an old Chevy by the bog not far from our house and I revisited it last week on a day with a heavy snowfall.
A7II and C/Y Planar 50mm/1.7.
I just would like to say that it was a great pleasure to see your snowy winter pictures again.More,I feel personally happy that your Sony A72 has been fixed in that satisfactory way.That is a very good news for all of us.It is a promise to see more of your beautiful, evocative, spiritual photos.Again and again,hopefully.
Both shots were at 400mm.
