Jorge; I think your first Pano looks excellent. Very crisp and you can feel the chilly breeze. The second one looks a little "hazy" in the foreground - did you dodge it or something?
I did a little makeover, hope you don't mind. I was not there so I cannot judge how it looke IRL.
I have this pictures set to be my background on a 27" imac and it looks awesome there. If you have an imac 27, let me know and I will send you one the size of the screen.
Searched around a bit, but guess I'm feeling lazy now after X-mas. Can you "trap-focus" manual lenses with the 850/900? - ie set the focus mode to "focus priority" and pull focus (while holding the trigger pressed), and let the camera take the pixture when the green light goes on? I know I did this on a few Pentax bodies I tested. I know it doesn't give you "perfect" focus, but when you're pressed for time it's a really usable function.
Any help appreciated.
Nice panos btw, Jorge!
This is definitely the way to go in the future with scenery and non-action nature (if you're looking to print big). Tried it a few years back - but with my then underpowered computer with to little memory in it - it was a pain. Now it just flows....
As I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to cold, my nature photogrphy is very season related... :-) I prefer rainforrest to tundra.
I'm very much looking forward to my next outing though, through a friend in the printing business I met up with a man that's one of the government funded wild-life preserving rep. in southern Sweden, and he shoots boars and hooved (word?) larger wildlife - at night with pre-positioned radiocontrolled flash - and he has an abanoned (really HUGE!) barn sectioned to shoot big predator birds coming from the veterinary hospital while waiting for re-allocation... I'm betting it will be an experience.
theSuede wrote:
I really can't see why people find the Sonys "ugly"... (re: Jims A900/Rokkor kit) :-)
I completely agree; I find the A900 to be the best-looking 35mm DSLR on the market by a long shot. My first camera was an OM-2n, so perhaps that colours my taste a bit, but to me the A900 looks like a real camera, whereas I find the Canons to look like molten plastic. The Nikons are somewhere in between. The D3x I also find quite nice.
Totally apart from that, I find the A900's combination of weak AA filter, stunning low ISO and in-body IS to be very attractive, and if I were looking for a DSLR, that is what I would get.
carstenw wrote:
I completely agree; I find the A900 to be the best-looking 35mm DSLR on the market by a long shot. My first camera was an OM-2n, so perhaps that colours my taste a bit, but to me the A900 looks like a real camera, whereas I find the Canons to look like molten plastic. The Nikons are somewhere in between. The D3x I also find quite nice.
Totally apart from that, I find the A900's combination of weak AA filter, stunning low ISO and in-body IS to be very attractive, and if I were looking for a DSLR, that is what I would get....Show more →
Agreed, though I might opt for the A850. Regarding the design, the A900 has critical acclaim on its side: see its red dot award (click on the "product design" link, then enter "A900" in search box at top-right) or its iF Design award. Mike Johnston is a fan too, and that counts as critical acclaim in my book.
No worries Jorge, I did not spend more than ten minutes in post pro, but I was pleased with the final image - it looks good on the link. You have my email now so if you are stuck with an image you can send me one and I'll see what I can do. I usually adjust the pictures for printing but most of the time they look decent on the web as well.
As for the A900 look; a good friend toyed with my A900 a few days ago (he bought a Nikon D300s which I will toy with tomorrow) and he said; this is a serious camera; it looks serious and handles like a serious tool.
Seriously ugly tool. Canon shooters think Nikon's are ugly. Hell, I'd be lonely and single if looks were that important. Honestly, the Sony is not attractive, but, a few beers and who knows...
The comments on how fine the Sony A900 looks are amusing: I remember when the mockups came out, most commenters were scathing in their criticism—can't remember the details of most of them, but one said that "it had been hit with the ugly stick", which made me laugh.
Personally, I like the looks of it and it feels great in the hand. It has the now-retro look that all cameras had when I was shooting Nikon F2AS bodies for a living—that one too you either liked or loathed.
For me, what is most appealing in design is when the object's "form follows function"; that is, you can see/feel its purpose by looking at it. The Sony looks all business, just like the 500 series Hasselblads. It's all completely subjective, of course (isn't that what's behind the saying, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"?). We're all photographers here, so that one should sit easily! Happy New Year to all. KL
