Thanks for letting me tag along on all the travels from the Ferrymead NZ, California coast, Pacific NW, Arizona to the Shenandoah Valley, from Spain the Netherlands and Italy.
Thanks! I don't have any optional grip. It was my first, and more of a point and shoot, try with it yesterday. Today I spent some time going through the options and setting things more to my liking. I am playing around with more options, it can do manual focus assist and, while one of the cats had patience, I was juggling around with the eye detection with the 85 1.8 HC.
A bit different from the Z6, and then the Z7 II I have been used to for the past several years as my main digital experience. Still getting used to the LCD in the back which twists around a bit different from those two.
leighton w wrote:
Ahhh, the Zf, congrats. So, how do you like it? Are you using the optional grip? How does it feel with adapted MF lenses?
Thanks Andy! It was indeed perfect weather yesterday to walk around in a light jacket or sweater. No tripod, I normally don't walk around with one, too cumbersome. I only take a tripod for specific scenes. cadman342001 wrote:
Lovely weather for the time of year Samy ? Lovely colour. Another Zf on the thread (congrats) AND more shots with the 28 3.5 PC ! Handheld presumably? I was going to say I've never used mine on a tripod ever but that's not true as I used it for some waterfalls last year in NZ.
Here are a few monochromes from Olympic Park to keep things rolling along. They were taken with my Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II and, respectively, the 135 f/2.8 QC, 24 f/2.8 NC, and 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (x2).
GroWeb wrote:
Here are a few monochromes from Olympic Park to keep things rolling along. They were taken with my Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II and, respectively, the 135 f/2.8 QC, 24 f/2.8 NC, and 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (x2).
You managed to make the big leafed plant in that last one look metallic. That's a cool effect.
James Markus wrote:
Thanks for letting me tag along on all the travels from the Ferrymead NZ, California coast, Pacific NW, Arizona to the Shenandoah Valley, from Spain the Netherlands and Italy.
I feel the same way. It's the only way I travel these days.
GroWeb wrote:
Here are a few monochromes from Olympic Park to keep things rolling along. They were taken with my Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II and, respectively, the 135 f/2.8 QC, 24 f/2.8 NC, and 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (x2).
Very nice set of images Glen. The first and last are my favorites.
GroWeb wrote:
Here are a few monochromes from Olympic Park to keep things rolling along. They were taken with my Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II and, respectively, the 135 f/2.8 QC, 24 f/2.8 NC, and 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (x2).
Love the 2nd one Glen. Always like a big old tree in the FG of a landscape shot.
I'll throw this in now as I haven't processed more of from Ferrymead yet and I'm having to limit PC time as I'm recharging on the road until I begin work in the Queenstown Branch on Thursday.
I left Christchurch last Friday having completed my 8 weeks of "helping out" and made the drive down to Queenstown. I actually took the afternoon as annual leave so it would be a bit less rushed and because I wanted to visit Mt Cook and the Crested Grebes breeding site I stumbled upon near Lake Tekapo last year (AF only this time )
The turn off to Mt Cook NP is not long after the viewpoint I always stop at (and yes I stopped this time for some panos with the 200/2 !), and consists of a 55kms road along the lakeshore with numerous stopping places along the way.
I managed to get the sunset/post sunset colour AND by some miracle woke up in time to catch the golden sunrise sun hitting the peak of Mt Cook. Mt Cook by Andy Macdougall, on Flickr
Wow Andy The South Island is stunning! I've only been to Auckland which I loved.
If only the Kiwis could play Rugby
Continuing my interlude with MFG I took a couple of shots with the Z5 coupled to the 500 f8 mirror lens - most were OK but a bit soft when viewd full screen. This is with the TC14b attached giving a focal length of 700mm - 1/2500, eq f11, ISO 12800! denoised in DxO PL6 Deep Prime XD, processed and sharpened in LrC. Not great but not too terrible considering the subject was in quite deep shade with a very bright background. Characteristic "donut" bokeh with light highlights out of focus.
The razor thin plane of focus is very noticable as the claws are very sharp but the head and bill which are about 2 cm further away are very soft.
cadman342001 wrote:
I'll throw this in now as I haven't processed more of from Ferrymead yet and I'm having to limit PC time as I'm recharging on the road until I begin work in the Queenstown Branch on Thursday.
I left Christchurch last Friday having completed my 8 weeks of "helping out" and made the drive down to Queenstown. I actually took the afternoon as annual leave so it would be a bit less rushed and because I wanted to visit Mt Cook and the Crested Grebes breeding site I stumbled upon near Lake Tekapo last year (AF only this time )
The turn off to Mt Cook NP is not long after the viewpoint I always stop at (and yes I stopped this time for some panos with the 200/2 !), and consists of a 55kms road along the lakeshore with numerous stopping places along the way.
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