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Hi everyone,
I seldom post in the landscape forum but have always been in awe at the amazing images shared here. Cross posting this with the Canon forum. Below are two images I took yesterday with my lowly Canon M5 from SFO to Atlanta. It is somewhere in Nevada per Dave who responded to this post.

Please be advised if you have an M lens set-up, the 55-200 isn't sharp at all between 170mm and 200mm. I had to do manual focus most of the time even below 170mm. Wish Canon had a better alternative and just as compact.

Thanks for looking.

Voltaire

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Feb 21, 2018 at 10:42 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

That's probably not Utah -- the basin and range topography is typical of Nevada. In fact I am almost certain that what you are looking at there in the first picture is the southern end of the Toiyabe Range. This is a hundred miles or so east of Lake Tahoe and would be on the north side of a SFO to ATL route. Were you on the left side of the plane, looking north?

There is a trail about 70 miles long that runs down the spine of the Toiyabe Range that I tried for two years to hike, stymied both times by late snow. The high peak in the left foreground is Arc Dome, and following the ridgeline north leads to South Toiyabe peak. The valley to the left is remote and utterly beautiful in the late spring/early summer. The whole area is incredibly photogenic, both from the ground as well as from the air.

Thanks for sharing that. This reminds me of how unique and beautiful the Nevada landscape is.

DAve

Feb 21, 2018 at 11:42 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

You are right, Dave. I was on the left side of the plane and looking North. I'm amazed you are able to find my bearings.

Thanks for letting me know. I'll update the post.

Feb 21, 2018 at 11:49 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

When I saw your picture I thought it looked familiar, since I studied that area extensively in preparation for my (attempted) hikes. I pulled up Google Maps and was able to duplicate just about the same viewing position and angle and the landscape features matched up. Very cool!

Dave

Feb 21, 2018 at 12:24 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

Such a beautiful part of NV (native Nevadan here

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Thanks for sharing! And Dave, great ID work!

Was your lens sharpness comment a general one or specific to this image? Airplane windows do horrible things to sharpness; would absolutely pay more for photo-worthy windows.

Feb 21, 2018 at 01:17 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

The first image is outstanding.

Feb 21, 2018 at 02:23 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

Nice photos. I'll be cruising over the Atlantic, in a couple of hours.

P.S. my EF-S 55-250 IS STM is almost as sharp as my EF 70-200/4 L IS, at 200mm, and my EF 70-200/4 L IS is not unsharp, by any means.

Feb 21, 2018 at 03:13 PM

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dsjtecserv
Thanks again, Dave. I really appreciate it.

Fast6,
You are welcome. I think it might have something to do with the lens being having to go through the window and atmospherics, too. I think it is best IMHO to manually focus and use focus peaking. I travel quite a bit for work and had more keeper rates using manual focus than auto focus for this specific set-up: Canon M5 with the 55-200mm lens.

Rajan,
Thanks for the kind words.

Jcolwell,
Safe travels and thanks for your comments. I'll look at that EF-S 55-250 IS STM.

Voltaire

Feb 21, 2018 at 06:08 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

The 70-200 f/4 works amazingly on the M5 with the EF-M adapter.

Feb 21, 2018 at 07:28 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

Looks almost like I shot I took years back on my way to Seattle for work.

Feb 21, 2018 at 08:43 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

voltaire wrote:
Jcolwell,
Safe travels and thanks for your comments. I'll look at that EF-S 55-250 IS STM.

Voltaire

Thanks.

I started getting EF-S lenses probably five years ago, for travel with the SL1. The sources I checked suggested that the STM zooms (10-18,18-55,55-250) were all better than all of their non-STM predecessors. I've been pleasantly surprised, as they're all quite good, although it took three versions of the EF-S 18-55 IS STM to get one that's sharp at all focal lengths (i.e. at least as good as the XF 18-55 OIS on X-E2, which is an excellent 'kit lens'). I might try another EF-S 10-18 IS STM, to see if it can beat my EF-M 11-22 IS STM (which the one I now have does not), but I'm getting to like shooting with the M6 + SL2, and so I might stick. So far, most of my photos are from the Pana LX100.

Feb 23, 2018 at 05:03 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

voltaire wrote:
I'll look at that EF-S 55-250 IS STM.

This adapts extremely well, but another to consider: for whatever reason, I've found the 18-150 to be extremely sharp for a 'super' zoom, and I've yet to port images through DLO in DPP, while still getting moiré during studio shooting.

I combine that with the 55-250 + adapter if I need reach.

[also adapt the 50/1.8 STM, which works extremely well with the M5 while handling great]

Feb 23, 2018 at 05:18 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

This is certainly not germane to a discussion of the M5 (Nice view of those Nevada hill knifing N-S down the valleys. Have driven it more than once.) Ngaio put this thread called Oops! There's a quick video about 1/3 of the way thru where the guy sticks his camera up to a viewport in a chopper and poof, it blows away. Of course you didn't have an opening to put the camera up to, but I was wondering just what an M5 would look like after falling 33,000 feet.

The video is worth several laughs.

Feb 23, 2018 at 08:14 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

Dave says it is the Toiyabe range but could it also be the Ruby mountains near Elko? Just a stab guessing.

Mar 03, 2018 at 01:33 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

voltaire wrote:
Hi everyone,
I seldom post in the landscape forum but have always been in awe at the amazing images shared here. Cross posting this with the Canon forum. Below are two images I took yesterday with my lowly Canon M5 from SFO to Atlanta. It is somewhere in Nevada per Dave who responded to this post.

Please be advised if you have an M lens set-up, the 55-200 isn't sharp at all between 170mm and 200mm. I had to do manual focus most of the time even below 170mm. Wish Canon had a better alternative and just as compact.

Thanks...Show more →

nice

33,000 feet above Alaska with the lowly Canon M5 and lowly 22mm f/2 pancake lens

Untitled by c w, on Flickr

Alaska glaciers by c w, on Flickr

Mar 03, 2018 at 07:15 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

Amazing photo CW100. Thanks for sharing.

Mar 13, 2018 at 07:01 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

What a view !

Mar 13, 2018 at 07:48 AM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · From My Window View at 33,000 ft. - Canon M5

Matt Anderson wrote:
What a view !

some believe the glaciers will disappear in a few decades with global warming or 'climate change' ..... or it could be "fake news"

Mar 13, 2018 at 05:45 PM


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