When I posted the photo of the bascule railway bridge I forgot to say that it was constructed in 1914-17, so it is 100 years old now! Still in use too.
carlsote1 wrote:
The 18mm f4 looks good here. Really nice shot.
Is the focal plane curvature convex? Any post to correct for flare or is the lens relatively resistant? I have a Tokina 17mm f3.5 that flares badly when the sun is just outside the frame.
Todd
Thank you Todd! No post processing to correct for flare and the lens seems relatively flare resistant. You can see some more sunny shots here: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1255248/556#12671005
I don't think I have taken any photos with the sun just outside the frame yet. Wish I could try it now, but today is completely overcast for the first time in a long while...
I'm no expert on these things, but it seems like the focus field is concave, or at least the nearest corners are sharper than the center foreground. Putting focus closer to my feet fixes that, but of course if there's something in the back close to the top corners that will get less sharp. The lens is still new to me, so I don't yet know if I can live with these issues or not. We'll see in a few weeks.
mikedefieslife wrote:
I'm finding that my A7 is producing really bright vivid colours. Too vivid in terms of reds, magenta, and purples. This is in raw and is quite annoying to correct.
Here are some things that helps for me:
-Start with the "Camera Neutral" Camera Calibration Profile in Lightroom.
-For daylight shooting I find that the AWB can be all over the place, so I often choose a Kelvin value instead, usually 5800K.
Since I have received a few PMs about C/Y 85mm/2.8, here are more examples. First two are with the Canon 500D close-up lens. The tombstone shots show the slight tendency for swirling of the background which I find it quite pleasing. All f/2.8 except the church door.
Had a quick visit to the Notre Dame d'Amiens. Beautifull cathedral, very light inside and with a beautifull floor as well. It was a pity everybody was chased out due to un upcoming concert, so I had very little time to take some shots.
As you know, i love the perspective straight up in that kind of "buildings". It is one of the first things you do automatically when you enter a cathedral: Look up to the "sky".
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Thank you Werner! I love the architectural achievements of these buildings. Lots of cathedrals in the region Amiens, Abbeville, Rouen en Chartres to name a few.
Since Werner and I come both from the same place in Germany....only that I visit it now just once per year . Fantastic shots, Werner - love all your Speyer shots (very familiar with the city!). Went to the other cathedrals in Worms and Mainz, too - but this was all before Sony A7 times!
Whilst I like the A7 on the street, I was disappointed with it when I attempted to use it for the railway station series I do/did almost daily. When getting at arm's length to someone, the shutter sound is loud (I get nervous, not sure if the others actually notice) and the FPS is slow - compared to the Pentax K5 I used previously. Moreover the thin body is not stable on a floor or a belt. The Pentax 20mm I use on the A7 is also not that great compared to the Pentax DA15mm ltd, which is a true gem. Optically good considering the size, but wonderful to use due to size and engineering.
Nevertheless, here are some attempts with the A7. The complete series (taken with the K5 over the past couple of years) is [url=]http://www.joco.me/roltrap[/url]here .
The lens shows quite massive distortion at 35mm and close distance. To get rid of the distortion I processed a quick close-distance pano of my book-shelf through Hugin and let Hugin calculate the distortion parameters of the lens. Then I applied the distortion parameters in Hugin to the shot shown below in order to correct the distortion.
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. Fantastic shots, Werner - love all your Speyer shots (very familiar with the city!). Went to the other cathedrals in Worms and Mainz, too - but this was all before Sony A7 times!
