It's a great lens that I haven't tried on either of my new cameras yet. These are from 4 years ago.
One of the things I like is that using the mechanism to shift focal point horizontally one can produce panoramas. I was still pretty much a novice and despite using my tripod level, this one still shows some convergence that I can't fix in my version of PSE. Cape St Francis lighthouse 2016 D200 + 28 3.5 PC
Andy, your last series is fantastic! The B&W one really does it for me.
This is was taken with my IR converted D70 with 35/2-O.
The Golden Ray, a car carrying cargo ship, capsized in the St. Simon's Island sound on the Georgia coast in 2019. After a long process and over $800 million, they are getting ready to remove the last section of the ship. The ship was so massive that it had to be cut into sections and removed one section at a time. If interested, you can find tons of info about it, but here is one link that pretty well sums it up: https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2021/10/11/pollution-concerns-remain-golden-ray-wreck-removed-st-simons-sound/6088272001/
cadman342001 wrote:
Just caught up on the last 8 pages, viewing on my son's TV via hdmi from my laptop, some great stuff !
I have just driven 8000 kms, mainly to avoid New South Wales to get from my daughter's in Brisbane to my son's in Melbourne via Cairns to see my youngest (son). Gotta say, much more comfortable in a car !
I stopped at a Salt lake north of Port Augusta in South Australia.
spoupard wrote:
Andy, your last series is fantastic! The B&W one really does it for me.
This is was taken with my IR converted D70 with 35/2-O.
The Golden Ray, a car carrying cargo ship, capsized in the St. Simon's Island sound on the Georgia coast in 2019. After a long process and over $800 million, they are getting ready to remove the last section of the ship. The ship was so massive that it had to be cut into sections and removed one section at a time. If interested, you can find tons of info about it, but here is one link that pretty well sums it up: https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2021/10/11/pollution-concerns-remain-golden-ray-wreck-removed-st-simons-sound/6088272001/
cadman342001 wrote:
Just caught up on the last 8 pages, viewing on my son's TV via hdmi from my laptop, some great stuff !
I have just driven 8000 kms, mainly to avoid New South Wales to get from my daughter's in Brisbane to my son's in Melbourne via Cairns to see my youngest (son). Gotta say, much more comfortable in a car !
I stopped at a Salt lake north of Port Augusta in South Australia.
George, 4 seconds! Your woods must be very dark. I like the color you got out of the shrooms.
Jim
GeorgeBo wrote:
Furthest I went to shoot today was a tree stump in the back yard woods. All the talk about the 55mm/3.5 made me want to try it on my Zfc.
So late in the day with one of those little folding pocket tripods gave this shot. That flippy LCD came in handy
Jay,
I really like the last mushroom. I notice this is the 45mm PC-E, then you have used the 19mm PC-E, and the 24mm PC-E (Do you have the 85mm PC-E?) - are you free handing these, or is there a tripod in constant tow?
Jim
Ken, Superior is the scariest body of water on the planet - IMO. In the early 1980s I took a ferry from Copper Harbor to Isle Royale that was suppose to last 2.5 hours - it was nearly 7 vomit drenched hours before we made it to Rock Harbor on the island. We all thanked the captain and crew of our 65 foot ferry that had somehow endured 40 foot swells so close together that the boat barely fit between them. They were hitting the boat from the stern - towering over the boat, and then like magic the boat would ride up the wave and point the bow to the bottom. There was a much larger ferry out of Houghton (the 195 foot "Ranger") that I was bemoaning on that initial ride over to the island. Coming back took 2.5 hours smooth as silk.
Jim
Ken Hill wrote:
Couple comments about the past couple pages. James the lake shots are terrific, taken down low gets a really great perspective.
Ben you got a stare/glare out of one of your street people. Takes guts.
Raphael with two Corvettes you need to be on the open road at every opportunity ... that way you appreciate home even more upon your return,
Scott terrific shot
This is Marquette and yes I stitched the long Ore Dock. One shot show the expanse of Lake Superior. It's breathtaking like the ocean,
James Markus wrote:
Ben,
You nailed the wine bottle label, hand on table, and misc guy on right edge focus! Her expression is priceless in or out of focus.
Jim
Ha ha yes, Jim, I realised when I saw it on the computer that I'd got the table behind her in focus. Not much consolation that, still, I can blame the camera, as Ken suggests.
Ben
The camera? What about the Hoosier lens? At least we can rule out operator error - that's a relief?
bruni wrote:
Ha ha yes, Jim, I realised when I saw it on the computer that I'd got the table behind her in focus. Not much consolation that, still, I can blame the camera, as Ken suggests.
Ben
I have all the focal length PCs except for the 85. I don't see perspectives as interesting for me in the 50 to 200 focal lengths but favor either 35mm and below or telephoto. That said, when I force a normal or mild tele on my camera sometimes it works and surprises me!
I almost always carry a tripod and almost never use it.
I wonder if anyone else has awkward focal lengths and the frequency of tripod use.
James later on in the week we were in Copper Harbor and hit with a slight “nor-easter” and it was bleak. I don’t know if I got any shots in the short break of weather. I understand Superior’s treachery it’s as I said, like an ocean.
If you look at my third shot (see the darker water) that is an old Coast Guard dug out channel that led to an old dock. The lighter water is over a shallow rock shelf that is shallow enough to tear out your hull. Beyond that 300’-350’ FSW
James Markus wrote:
Ken, Superior is the scariest body of water on the planet - IMO. In the early 1980s I took a ferry from Copper Harbor to Isle Royale that was suppose to last 2.5 hours - it was nearly 7 vomit drenched hours before we made it to Rock Harbor on the island. We all thanked the captain and crew of our 65 foot ferry that had somehow endured 40 foot swells so close together that the boat barely fit between them. They were hitting the boat from the stern - towering over the boat, and then like magic the boat would ride up the wave and point the bow to the bottom. There was a much larger ferry out of Houghton (the 195 foot "Ranger") that I was bemoaning on that initial ride over to the island. Coming back took 2.5 hours smooth as silk.
Jim
HCE HCE wrote:
I wonder if anyone else has awkward focal lengths and the frequency of tripod use.
Tele length is awkward for me and I am trying to use tripods more and more. No time like the present. So I got out the 300mm and the tripod and took this picture.
Old scarecrow has been hanging in with us for 20+ Halloweens. Looks like he will make it at least one more
FYI - this lens has very little vignetting on the 50S sensor. Shooting 4x5 crop and it is gone. This was the first time I tried it on the Fuji. It will not be the last. Approx 240mm equivalent
