ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
p.571 #1ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Jim - Love that shadowy piggy !!
Smridevan - Very nice. I like the bench one.
abhi - I really like the #1 with the play of dark and bright. Center area of #2 feels a bit washed out. Is that from flare or vignette ?
Samuli - It is remarkable to hear that you forgot the name of HDR app. You really stopped shooting for a while ! What's more amazing is that even you might have forgotten the app, you never forget how to shoot great photos !
Bifurcator - Why suffer ? Get a FF camera !! Shooting 21 on m4/3 seems like driving a porche for grocery shopping.
I like the strong black on that shot though.
Smridevan - Very nice. I like the bench one.
abhi - I really like the #1 with the play of dark and bright. Center area of #2 feels a bit washed out. Is that from flare or vignette ?
Samuli - It is remarkable to hear that you forgot the name of HDR app. You really stopped shooting for a while ! What's more amazing is that even you might have forgotten the app, you never forget how to shoot great photos !
Bifurcator - Why suffer ? Get a FF camera !! Shooting 21 on m4/3 seems like driving a porche for grocery shopping.
I like the strong black on that shot though.
Mar 23, 2012 at 12:09 PM
p.571 #2ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Carsten: You have the 21, 50 and 100 right? Should all be great on D800E. Looking forward to the shots from this combo
(from you as well as from other D800/800e members)
Yes, 21, 28, 50P, 50MP, 100MP. I am really looking forward to my D800E (although I am wondering if I should go for the plain D800), especially since I saw the DxO test comments (I don't put too much weight into their final score, but the individual ones are interesting. Amazing DR, which is one reason I am moving on from my D3.
(from you as well as from other D800/800e members)
Yes, 21, 28, 50P, 50MP, 100MP. I am really looking forward to my D800E (although I am wondering if I should go for the plain D800), especially since I saw the DxO test comments (I don't put too much weight into their final score, but the individual ones are interesting. Amazing DR, which is one reason I am moving on from my D3.
Mar 23, 2012 at 02:21 PM
p.571 #3ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
I have studied this quite a lot and it really depends what kind of videos you are going to shoot with. If somebody is talking or you need sounds for something specific then get shotgun mic (e.g. Røde VideoMic Pro), but if your focus is recording the location and space then stereo mic (e.g. Røde Stereo VideoMic). After doing some tests I can't recommend Røde mics unless you choose "pro" version. In DSLRs the AD-transformer is so bad quality that without the +20dB setting found on pro-versions you get too much noise.
For cheap recording kit I would recommend:
Zoom H1...Show more →
I don't have any specific plans, since this is not why I am getting the camera, but I am sure I will use it to film my daughter from time to time, doing various things. For this the built-in mic might be enough, at least most of the time. However, I also really like movies like Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka, and would love to do some slow, ambient work like that.
I doubt I will carry two devices and a bunch of other things, at least to start with. I will look at the Stereo VideoMic Pro. It is not much more expensive. I am a little surprised that you are not so happy with yours, that mic has a good reputation, as does the company, and I would have thought that the combination of 5DII and your mic would have been quite good. Is this really a limitation of the 5DII, or have you tried other cameras too? What are the problems exactly?
Do we need a DLSR video alt thread?
Well, I found out that I'm not actor... it was so difficult to "act" this scene, I almost poured hot water to my hand since I had to pour it with left hand. Tea was really sweet...
Haha, I am also a horrible actor. I was once asked to perform a background role in a movie for a friend who was studying directing, and after that, I was never asked again.
carstenw wrote
How do you find the Røde Stereo VideoMic?For cheap recording kit I would recommend:
Zoom H1...Show more →
I don't have any specific plans, since this is not why I am getting the camera, but I am sure I will use it to film my daughter from time to time, doing various things. For this the built-in mic might be enough, at least most of the time. However, I also really like movies like Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka, and would love to do some slow, ambient work like that.
I doubt I will carry two devices and a bunch of other things, at least to start with. I will look at the Stereo VideoMic Pro. It is not much more expensive. I am a little surprised that you are not so happy with yours, that mic has a good reputation, as does the company, and I would have thought that the combination of 5DII and your mic would have been quite good. Is this really a limitation of the 5DII, or have you tried other cameras too? What are the problems exactly?
Do we need a DLSR video alt thread?
carstenw wrote
Fun video. I think you need more honey thoughHaha, I am also a horrible actor. I was once asked to perform a background role in a movie for a friend who was studying directing, and after that, I was never asked again.
Mar 23, 2012 at 02:35 PM
p.571 #4ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
akul wrote:
Samuli - It is remarkable to hear that you forgot the name of HDR app. You really stopped shooting for a while ! What's more amazing is that even you might have forgotten the app, you never forget how to shoot great photos !
Well that is yet to be seen, I would assume there is at the moment more snow in Austria and less greens these photos have been from my 2011 holiday on Austria... Found the program, it was PhotoMatix Pro, now I can process more of the photos
carstenw wrote:
I don't have any specific plans, since this is not why I am getting the camera, but I am sure I will use it to film my daughter from time to time, doing various things. For this the built-in mic might be enough, at least most of the time. However, I also really like movies like Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka, and would love to do some slow, ambient work like that.I'm pretty sure you don't like your built-in mic when you record your daugter first words and at same time camera body sounds ruin the audio...
carstenw wrote:
I am a little surprised that you are not so happy with yours, that mic has a good reputation, as does the company, and I would have thought that the combination of 5DII and your mic would have been quite good. Is this really a limitation of the 5DII, or have you tried other cameras too? What are the problems exactly? Let me correct, I'm very happy to it but it's useless with sound circuits of 5DmkII and AD-transformer of 5DmkII. With cheap recorder (I have Zoom H1) it's OK. If I would have know I would have got the Pro version, like you said it's not much expensive.
The only issue is the noise, with 5DmkII I need to raise microphone level to 3.5 (in 0.0-5.0 scale) or even higher, and the noise (static hissssssss sound) makes footage useless. If the VideoMic Pro with it's +20 switch doesn't give better results, then I just buy another H1, they are fairly cheap. Also benefit of using H1 in addition to noise-less electronic, is that I can record 24bit/96kHz in uncompressed WAV-format.
One thing to nofify regards Røde Stereo VideoMic (and why not other XY mics) is that all the guides for video audio tell you that you need to get as close as possible to your subject - WRONG. If you want to record quality stereo audio WITH feeling of the space where the sound is recorded, DON'T bring your MIC too close. This is because if you get your mic close then you echoes from surfaces compared to main sound have so small level that there really isn't anymore any space recorded to sound. So unless you record speech keep some distance! (this ruined my tea making video)
carstenw wrote:
Do we need a DLSR video alt thread? Well, if we keep talking in image thread much longer I'm running out of images, now using last I processed yesterday, have to do some more
"View from road L704 (Austria) 3" / Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/21 @ f/5.6, 1/800 (1/2500s sky, Photoshop layers "ND grad" used, luckily not much stupid artefacts this time), ISO 100 - larger version
Even in country like Austria I could not get nice framing with 21mm, after 2/25 I doubt I have much use for 21mm.
Samuli - It is remarkable to hear that you forgot the name of HDR app. You really stopped shooting for a while ! What's more amazing is that even you might have forgotten the app, you never forget how to shoot great photos !
Well that is yet to be seen, I would assume there is at the moment more snow in Austria and less greens
these photos have been from my 2011 holiday on Austria... Found the program, it was PhotoMatix Pro, now I can process more of the photos carstenw wrote:
I don't have any specific plans, since this is not why I am getting the camera, but I am sure I will use it to film my daughter from time to time, doing various things. For this the built-in mic might be enough, at least most of the time. However, I also really like movies like Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka, and would love to do some slow, ambient work like that.I'm pretty sure you don't like your built-in mic when you record your daugter first words and at same time camera body sounds ruin the audio...
carstenw wrote:
I am a little surprised that you are not so happy with yours, that mic has a good reputation, as does the company, and I would have thought that the combination of 5DII and your mic would have been quite good. Is this really a limitation of the 5DII, or have you tried other cameras too? What are the problems exactly? Let me correct, I'm very happy to it but it's useless with sound circuits of 5DmkII and AD-transformer of 5DmkII. With cheap recorder (I have Zoom H1) it's OK. If I would have know I would have got the Pro version, like you said it's not much expensive.
The only issue is the noise, with 5DmkII I need to raise microphone level to 3.5 (in 0.0-5.0 scale) or even higher, and the noise (static hissssssss sound) makes footage useless. If the VideoMic Pro with it's +20 switch doesn't give better results, then I just buy another H1, they are fairly cheap. Also benefit of using H1 in addition to noise-less electronic, is that I can record 24bit/96kHz in uncompressed WAV-format.
One thing to nofify regards Røde Stereo VideoMic (and why not other XY mics) is that all the guides for video audio tell you that you need to get as close as possible to your subject - WRONG. If you want to record quality stereo audio WITH feeling of the space where the sound is recorded, DON'T bring your MIC too close. This is because if you get your mic close then you echoes from surfaces compared to main sound have so small level that there really isn't anymore any space recorded to sound. So unless you record speech keep some distance! (this ruined my tea making video)
carstenw wrote:
Do we need a DLSR video alt thread?
Well, if we keep talking in image thread much longer I'm running out of images, now using last I processed yesterday, have to do some more "View from road L704 (Austria) 3" / Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/21 @ f/5.6, 1/800 (1/2500s sky, Photoshop layers "ND grad" used, luckily not much stupid artefacts this time), ISO 100 - larger version
Even in country like Austria I could not get nice framing with 21mm, after 2/25 I doubt I have much use for 21mm.
Mar 23, 2012 at 03:20 PM
p.571 #5ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Luka: no, it is not vignetting or flare. Just how it is, have no good explanations for it !
Carsten: Enjoy! I've seen some wonderful low ISO images from the D3X. From the initial data/discussions, it looks like the D800 will do very well in this regard. Pair it to the contrast monsters from the Zeiss line-up and it should make for an interesting combo!
Factor in the improvements in ACR w.r.t Highlight/Shadow recovery on top of this sensor performance and you can begin to pull a lot out of one single exposure.
Samuli: Beautiful image! Very nice composition and use of the bench in FG.
! Carsten: Enjoy! I've seen some wonderful low ISO images from the D3X. From the initial data/discussions, it looks like the D800 will do very well in this regard. Pair it to the contrast monsters from the Zeiss line-up and it should make for an interesting combo!
Factor in the improvements in ACR w.r.t Highlight/Shadow recovery on top of this sensor performance and you can begin to pull a lot out of one single exposure.
Samuli: Beautiful image! Very nice composition and use of the bench in FG.
Mar 23, 2012 at 03:37 PM
p.571 #6ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Some more from Yosemite: 5d2 + 21 @ 2.8 [1st one], 50Mp @ 2.0 [2nd one] and the third link is to the 100/2 CY [@ 5.6 I think]
Half-Dome detail
Half-Dome detail
Mar 23, 2012 at 03:42 PM
p.571 #7ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Nice shots Abhijeeth!
Great to see you back Samuli.
50MP:
Early morning by Jochenb, on Flickr
Great to see you back Samuli.
50MP:
Early morning by Jochenb, on Flickr
Mar 23, 2012 at 03:57 PM
p.571 #8ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
rji2goleez wrote:
Some quick SOOC shots with the 50mm MP with Canon 5D Mark III. I was fortunate to call my local camera shop who had one last camera.
I really like the feel of the camera and the new focus system feels like it's so much easier to focus Zeiss glass. Nothing scientific here but I love the feel of this camera in my hands. Much more testing to come.
Could you please elaborate on this a bit more? How do come to the conclusion that manual focus with the 5D3 is easier?
Some quick SOOC shots with the 50mm MP with Canon 5D Mark III. I was fortunate to call my local camera shop who had one last camera.
I really like the feel of the camera and the new focus system feels like it's so much easier to focus Zeiss glass. Nothing scientific here but I love the feel of this camera in my hands. Much more testing to come.
Could you please elaborate on this a bit more? How do come to the conclusion that manual focus with the 5D3 is easier?
Mar 24, 2012 at 02:59 AM
p.571 #9ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
I'm really not sure yet. I've only snapped a couple of images but because the AF/metering system in the 5D3 is so much better than the 5D2, it feels like achieving critical focus manually with Zeiss is easier/quicker. I need to shoot more in order to come to a better detailed conclusion.
Mar 24, 2012 at 04:43 AM
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p.571 #11ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Samuli - I remember you don't quite like 21 focal length. I myself have hard time, but still go back to it as if the lens has some magic spell on me, so I keep trying. Gorgeous shot.
Abhi -
Luka: no, it is not vignetting or flare. Just how it is, have no good explanations for it !
It must be the atmosphere then.
I really like the first one with mysterious bounce light on tree trunks. What was the source of the bounce light ?
Jochen - Beautiful shot.
Bob - My first impression of your images technically was the 'It looks extra clean.' Second impression is ' Good Dynamic range.' Now I am curious how 1.4/35 turns out with 5DIII.
Wayne - Beautiful light. I like the play of light and shadow with the striation. Love that color. Where was this from ??
Ben M - Nice portrait.
100MP
Abhi -
Luka: no, it is not vignetting or flare. Just how it is, have no good explanations for it !
It must be the atmosphere then.
I really like the first one with mysterious bounce light on tree trunks. What was the source of the bounce light ?
Jochen - Beautiful shot.
Bob - My first impression of your images technically was the 'It looks extra clean.' Second impression is ' Good Dynamic range.' Now I am curious how 1.4/35 turns out with 5DIII.
Wayne - Beautiful light. I like the play of light and shadow with the striation. Love that color. Where was this from ??
Ben M - Nice portrait.
100MP
Mar 24, 2012 at 05:46 AM
p.571 #12ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Great shot Samuli, and Abhijeeth, that first one is just stunning!
Mar 24, 2012 at 07:39 AM
p.571 #13ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Wow! Amazing stuff guys!
Smridevan: breathtaking shots on pages 510 and 511.
Abhijeeth: Love your Yosemite series. Cannot single out any. All outstanding.
Samuli: Great light and composition!
Ben: Superb portrait and very nice lens. Can't wait to receive mine
Akul: Nice compositions!
Lieutenant Z: You make that flattened can look like a piece of art
Jochen, Bob, Wayne: Very nice as well!
Smridevan: breathtaking shots on pages 510 and 511.
Abhijeeth: Love your Yosemite series. Cannot single out any. All outstanding.
Samuli: Great light and composition!
Ben: Superb portrait and very nice lens. Can't wait to receive mine
Akul: Nice compositions!
Lieutenant Z: You make that flattened can look like a piece of art
Jochen, Bob, Wayne: Very nice as well!
Mar 24, 2012 at 01:14 PM
p.571 #14ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thank you all for comments.
Clearing up old stock Last one might be repetition, but this is new processing. All 2/35 ZF.2
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Mar 24, 2012 at 03:53 PM
p.571 #15ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
2nd tried out with 2/25, all @f2.
Mar 24, 2012 at 09:09 PM
p.571 #16ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Kururu, love the 3D in those!
Self-hypnosis:
...I don't need another lens, thirty five is good enough...
Self-hypnosis:
...I don't need another lens, thirty five is good enough...
Mar 25, 2012 at 04:57 AM
p.571 #17ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Smridevan - Beautiful cherry blossom. great detail on #1.
Edward -It looks like it is a nice lens with zeiss contrast. Which film was it ? Curious about the grain.
nixon - I get the feeling of wet and a little cold. Nice capture. I like the layering of handrail on #3.
kururu- Very nice portrait. f2 seems just perfet. Pleasant color and bokeh. I am more drawn to the #2 for the pov.
Playing with PP
1.4/35
Edward -It looks like it is a nice lens with zeiss contrast. Which film was it ? Curious about the grain.
nixon - I get the feeling of wet and a little cold. Nice capture. I like the layering of handrail on #3.
kururu- Very nice portrait. f2 seems just perfet. Pleasant color and bokeh. I am more drawn to the #2 for the pov.
Playing with PP
1.4/35
Mar 25, 2012 at 06:06 AM
p.571 #18ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
It's been a while since I've visited this thread, and I'm worried now - loving the 2/25, kururu!
Here's a couple from a walkabout with the 2/35 this morning on a D700:
Here's a couple from a walkabout with the 2/35 this morning on a D700:
Mar 25, 2012 at 07:31 AM
