After massive rains this past week we've held back as much water as we could until 2 days ago when we started releasing some downstream. It's really impressive at night if not somewhat eerie though. The sunstars from the CV 40 even at f/5.6 are amazing.
Not my favorite composition, but I brought my mini tripod with me on a little walk the other night to try my hand at a long exposure with this lens. Unfortunately, the mini tripod doesn't really work in portrait orientation, which would have worked better at this spot. I really need to get a real tripod, but I so rarely want to schlep one haha.
I am currently on a one week trip to NYC and I only carried this lens with me. I have done a bit of everything - landscape, architecture, people/street, indoor/outdoor. I am very pleased with this lens, even a complete newbie like myself can get some nice shots. It has not really been practical to use a tripod, all pictures are shot hand held and have minimal corrections applied (mainly bringing shadows up).
Shot this at f/1.2. Looking closer I probably could have moved to 1.4-1.7 and done a bit better. I do love this lens for black and white, though. Has anyone compared the look of photos taken with the A7r iii/CV40 1.2 with images from the RX1R series?
I'd like to see that comparison! I love the image quality of the CV 40/1.2, but wish it was wider. The RX1Rii and ZM 35/1.4 are the only "lenses" I'd trade in the CV 40 for.
saxguy wrote:
Shot this at f/1.2. Looking closer I probably could have moved to 1.4-1.7 and done a bit better. I do love this lens for black and white, though. Has anyone compared the look of photos taken with the A7r iii/CV40 1.2 with images from the RX1R series?
Some more local street pictures. I was having a hard time straightening out #3, sorry about that
Fred Miranda wrote:
Love the atmosphere on the first Stephen!
Thanks Fred! It was a windy/cloudy and cold sunrise and the wind blew the clouds away just after sunrise. I got a fair number of shots where the sun was just a big blob of orange where the clouds were acting as a big diffuser or something. This was just where there was a partial break in the clouds. Had no idea if I got anything decent, but it was fun trying with unusual lighting conditions. Was at about 4500 feet and I get the impression that this sort of light is more common where you can be “in the clouds” some of the time.
We went waterfall chasing in the Brecon Beacon's [Wales] for a couple of days for my birthday & I actually used (& prefer the images from - at a quick glance!) the CV40 more than the CV21
