Nice bob .. how do you find 100MP works on sony nex7 .. except that it is a bit big and heavy then;-) have you to test any type 50MP or Distagon T * 21mm or 35mm?
I am considering getting a Nex N5 or 7 as a smaller alternative
that might be good for when you can not manage to take the bigger stuff with you :-)
not going to get rid of the D700 but has thought to have two cameras
know it, of course, there are better options, but thought it might be fun
of using what you have to ..was well thought of buying a smaller lens to .. Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 ZM or Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 C BIOGON ZM
zhangyue: Very nice pictures with both 85mm and 50 planar :-)
My Zeiss ZE glass works very well with the Nex-7 and feels a bit more comfortable than on the 5N since the camera is bigger. Of course, I need to use an adapter such as the one from Conurus/Metabones which allows electronic aperture control. This makes the whole setup even bigger as that adapter is about 2cm thick. I will say that the Canon 14mm L II works very nicely on this setup.
I use my Zeiss ZEs on the NEX mostly when traveling with my 5DIII setup which allows me to have two bodies and one set of lenses. Otherwise, when I travel with just the NEX, it is certainly more convenient to use my rangefinder and/or native NEX lenses.
-Ronny, I really like the entire set you posted here: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/860134/738#10832965
..and the last one here above.
-Samuli, a good atmospheric series from Scotland. My favourites are #5 and 9 (the last).
-zhangyue, the two photos of your daughter are very cute and colorful!
We have midges and mosquitoes in Scandinavia too btw. Last summer we visited a really interesting car junk yard in the middle of a forest in Sweden and afterwards I had between 50 and 100 mosquito bites. I felt sick for a couple of days, but it was worth it.
weissj wrote:
Still learning the ropes with my new ZE21. This little kitty was up for adoption when I was in San Antonio recently.
Haha, in Germany if you want to own a cat, you have to apply, and they come to your apartment and check if everything is safe. The forced my friend to put a 2m high net around his whole balcony, and checked all cupboards and such. They didn't do that when he had a kid...
Helena, liked a lot of the shallow dof logs.
prosep, 4th dragonfly image is really.
Ronny, nice flowers with 50MP - how you do the "60's colors"?
zhangyue, f/2.8 portrait with 50mm planar is great, I liked the unconventional composition
R.Young wrote:
Great shots Samuli. From the earlier set, I like the first and the two last the most.
Quirang 1,2 and 3 have very strange horizons which I find hard to read. I take it you are very high up in the hills? It looks like you should be below the clouds, but it appears they are below you along with the sea and horizon. I can't fully explain what I mean, but the perspective is confusing me, it's like looking up and down at the same time!
According to GPS (embedded in the EXIF as well) I forgot GPS once again in the booth of the car but looking OS maps via RouteBuddy (highly recommend for UK photography/hiking) I can see I was close here:
+57.633448 -6.270491, which is about 210 meters from sea. The cliffs on left were 450-500m. Clouds may have appeared to hang low due to distance to horizon was so large.
Jochenb wrote:
Yes midges are really small blood-sucking flies. They can really be problematic in Scotland. They even have a scale and forecasts for it to inform hikers/travellers : http://2010.midgeforecast.co.uk/
I heard stories from photographers that could hardly make photos in Scotland in the summer, because they were constantly under attack by those little bastards.
Wow, I didn't feel they are so big problem - maybe my tolerance is quite high, after all I spend 100+ days/night in Finnish forest yearly and I prefer the worst ones; swamps, old forests with thick&moist undergrowth etc.
However I wished that I would have had my radio triggering system with me, in order to trigger camera from few meters to avoid having the midges in picture, but still be able to time the exposure exactly for example burst of water from waterfall optimally (in case waterflow is not constant). Now I used quite a lot 10s times and run away tactics. Personally I didn't have issues with the animals, but when you see them on photos on tiny LCD of camera you have to do some actions to avoid them.
Some work from 2nd day in Scotland:
Dunvegan Castle garden - Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/50 @ f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 100
Dunvegan Castle garden - Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/50 @ f/2.8, 1/800s, ISO 100
Fishing equipment from Milovaig Pier - Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/50 @ f/2.8, 1/1000s, ISO 100
Dunvegan Castle garden - Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/25 @ f/2.8, 1/250s, ISO 100
Dunvegan Castle garden - Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/25 @ f/8, 1/500s, ISO 100
Dunvegan Castle woodland walk - Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/25 @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 400
Thank you, wiseguy010, carstenw, Grenache.
Carstenw, airplane depicted is actually Yakovlev Yak-3, another WWII classic and one of the best fighters of that times.
Grenache, that building used to be a millhouse built by an ethnic German (history played a trick, didn't it) back in 1904 and was damaged heavily during the war, but left without reconstruction as a monument. Quite a scene indeed, I should say.
Z that is awesome ...I might have even giggled a bit.
Helena, I love how emotional your pics are and Zhangyue's pretty girl looks like she has plenty of emotion as well.
Had to show my sweetheart the kitty and that was pretty funny too.
Samuli: Is a macro-action that I made myself which works pretty well for some images and some images will be really bad .. little difficult to explaining how I've done .. playing with the tone curve and saturation, and Vibrance and have and a split toning with ..
Stunning detail that you get in your photos ... really Nice
Helena: Your last picture you had posted yesterday .. was really cool and nice .. lovely view over the village ... (saw that you have removed it now)
Will try to get to Norway sometime and check out this outstanding nature
Thank you Samuli and OneAnt! Thanks to Ronny too, and for reminding me to re-upload the panorama. (I wanted to edit it some more and deleted it temporarily.) If you're interested in dramatic landscapes you'd love Norway.
Samuli, more great photos from Scotland! I particularly like #3 and 6.
Lieutenant Z, great shot with the 85P! I like its strong graphical elements and the pouty face the man is making.
Ronny, what a lovely portrait of your daughter!
Last summer we visited a really interesting car junk yard in the middle of a forest in Sweden and afterwards I had between 50 and 100 mosquito bites. I felt sick for a couple of days, but it was worth it.
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