Was on a mtn bike trip in Whistler so didn't get much time with this lens but when I got it out for a bit, I really enjoy the output. Need more time with it but liking the results so far-
Nikon Z 6 & CV 35/2 AL-Z, f/8, 1/40, ISO-100, 11 vertical panorama images with Image Averaging/AHDR technique (8 pics each Pano shot) as ND filter replacement.
No resharpening in DXO or LRC or during export, only in DXO under lens sharpness the settings “Global -0.10, Details 0 were used.
Basically, this was just a waste product from the second look through.
I had already posted the best shots from the panorama session at the castle a while ago.
I looked through the files again today and there were still quite a few Panos left unedited.
But it's true, image averaging ends in chaos if you combine it with panorama.
It's like a heavy bokeh panorama with the Plena, which can easily add up to 50-100 shots without AHDR/image averaging.
It's a lot of fun if you do it occasionally, but then it's good again for the time being.
You really have to force yourself to insert a black frame after every panorama during such sessions, otherwise you are faced with total chaos when viewing.
You then really don't know where it starts and ends with image averaging without having clear separation images.
On the other hand, lenses such as the Apo Lanthar reward work in the panoramic range with an impressive wealth of detail.
Like the Plena, the Apo Lanthar is predestined for such jobs.
Recently bought a used Leica Brightline Viewfinder M 24 mm at a very good price.
This is a wonderful way to pre-visualize the FOV for panoramas with the Plena, where you otherwise need a lot of imagination if you want to shoot bokeh panoramas with 135mm.
Yes, that's how I do it too.
I didn't think about it during the first session of this type and the viewing on the computer was a horror.
In the end, that's where most of the work is.
Shooting the panorama on location is easy with a high-quality nodal adapter, as is image averaging, simply set the number of images and the camera automatically shoots the desired number.
But the viewing on the computer, the amount of files, the preparatory work to provide each individual image with the basic settings/profiling/white balance/devignetting, to open it in layers in PS and to stack it as a Smart Object, that adds up endlessly, without me having put much effort into the actual processing of the final result.
