theHUN wrote:
Some astro work, where mono is the way to go as many nebulae have very narrow emission spectra, and so it makes more sense to use a mono sensor along with a filter.
Travelled via alley today with the mono rII, Nikon 24/1.8 and Minolta Rokkor 58/1.2, first two shots with a yellow filter, third with blue, the rest with red.
First set of walk-around pics with my new to me Q2M.
Zenfolio's compression does not do the kite picture any favors.
The fixed focal length worried me, but at the same time, I have to admit that if pressed to settle on one focal length for life, it would be 28 mm. As long as the lens shreds and the sensor rips, I can crop. And so far the Q2M lens/sensor do just that. Although I find the handling of the camera less that great (a flip screen would help immensely with certain angles), while metering is strangely all over the place. I don't understand why it is so hard (or against the "Leica way") to add a metering mode that basically does "don't saturate more than x% of pixels" where x is user adjustable. I understand this mode will fail when shooting into the sun, but it should prevent blown highlights (which are inherently impossible to recover in a monochrome sensor) in practically all other situations. I also don't understand why the battery indicator cannot show a percentage.
Anyway, I am happy so far, but obviously with complaints.
Stopped in at Victory Camera in Boulder today to check out a couple of wides (which convinced me it's time to give up on substitutes and just buy a Milvus 18). First shot is with their Nikon 20/2.8, second is with my AIS 180/2.8 ED, third is with the 180 + Kenko 1.4x (AKA, the best $10 I've spent in F-mount).
