These aren't art! But they show what an f/1.0 lens can do in darkness.
We took our dog for a walk well after sunset and I brought my Voigtlander 50/1.0 Nokton along to see if I could get any shots in the dark. The first image of my wife was at ISO 4000 and f/1.0 since there was very little light. The second was later when it was even darker but I tried using 1/3 second and it actually turned out ok. The last was taken when there was almost no light and it was very difficult to focus on my wife jogging with our dog, but again, at ISO 10,000 and 1/50th of a second I was able to capture the scene with the f1.0.
This lens is incredibly versatile with its large aperture and terrific image quality.
AGeoJO wrote:
A little bit of our culinary experience in Paris although not to everyone's liking, I understand...
Mouth watering. Joshua. I don't think I tried snails when we were In France but I have eaten plenty of snails cooked in Cantonese black bean paste and hot pepper. . What was your main camera for the trip? The A1II? I just bought a Sony 16-25mm too.
Douglas L wrote:
Mouth watering. Joshua. I don't think I tried snails when we were In France but I have eaten plenty of snails cooked in Cantonese black bean paste and hot pepper. . What was your main camera for the trip? The A1II? I just bought a Sony 16-25mm too.
Thank you, Doug! To a certain degree, I prefer the French-style preparation of snails. On the other hand, I prefer the Asian-style preparation of frog legs 😜. My main camera was the A7c R. I did take and use the A1 II in combination with the GM 300mm plus TC only for some Eurasian kingfisher actions but I left that gear in Holland while traveling to Paris and Belgium.
The Sony G 16-25mm is a superb performer, smallish and fairly light. In other words, perfect for travel. I tried to travel lighter and smaller lately, more so than before as we grow older. Hence, I took my Sigma 45mm f/2.8 and 90mm f/2.8 on that trip to cover the normal and short tele end in addition to the Sony lens.
Mountain biking with the perfect kit in my opinion, A7Cr and 28-60, my $160 pick up that is so great for a nice packable zoom when space is a premium and light is abundant. These are Spring Roll and Spring Creek in Steamboat Springs, CO. Of course I give my son the camera for an action shot of me and all he does is takes a picture of my calves (I'm universally made fun of for the size of them).
Besides the desert in the last image, I just sampled it here and there. Definitely sweet, too sweet even for my taste. That's the upper horizontal bar of the glass case/display.
AGeoJO wrote:
Besides the desert in the last image, I just sampled it here and there. Definitely sweet, too sweet even for my taste. That's the upper horizontal bar of the glass case/display.
Yeah, I can usually only have one macaron at a time.
I was actually referring to the glass of the case refracting the light so the top of her head doesn’t quite match the perspective of the lower part of her face through the glass 😄
. What was your main camera for the trip? The A1II? I just bought a Sony 16-25mm too.
