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Photobombed by a pair of swans...
I was just lining up a picture of the setting sun when this happened! I saw them flying past then pressed the shutter just after they broke frame. Kicking myself for not having set the focus on the statue or the trees...
📷 seb
Yes, it was, Dawn. One bought me coffee and the other paid for lunch!!!
I'm very interested in TTArtisan, Dean. They make quality lenses that are so cheap!
I'm looking at the TTArtisan 11mm f/2.8 Sony FE which costs around €284-€299...
Not quite! If you average their ages then add 3 you get my age!
Not sure if that helped much...
Apologies, Dean! My humour heads for the hills when lenses are discussed...
The TTArtisan 100mm looks very interesting. Apparently, it's based on the Cook Triplet which is based on a design patented in 1896!
"Triplet" means it is made with just three lenses inside, is that right?
A manual lens that opens to f/0.95 is not for me! The 135mm f/1.8 sounds interesting, though!
Nikon F is for DSLR and Nikon Z is for mirrorless, is that right?
I'm keeping my 24-70 for video work. Rarely use it for stills.
If you like... I love lenses. Particularly, primes. Each one has its own personality. I either get on with them or I don't.
I tried the Sony Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 but sold it because it had zero character. Also, its close focus was shite.
His f/1.2 has nothing to offer me. Happy with my f/1.4!
My delightful day in two friends!
I went for lunch with my friend on the right and bumped into my friend on the left at the station so we went for a coffee and I surprised him by taking this snap.
This is also a tale of two 50's: On the left the 50mm f/1.4 and on the right the 50mm f/1.2!
📷 seb
This is true. I have yet to establish my ISO ceiling. On video, it's 12,800; the upper base when using S-Log3.
For stills I've tried up to 32,000 but found it way too noisy. I suspect that it will be around 4000.
The interest of fast lenses now is the ultra shallow depth of field and bokeh.
I'm also looking at a crop camera (APS-C) which offers similar quality yet is both cheaper and lighter than full frame.
The Sony a6700 with Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 weighs only 780g!!!
Yes! For me, the DSLR has its place in history but is of no interest to me now.
Sony was the natural choice of mirrorless mainly because its pedigree in video is impossible to overlook. I can shoot S-Log for some clients and S-Cinetone for others. And, all 4:2:2 10-bit colour with a 140MB codec.
That's quite a big difference! 300g more is huge. My 50mm f/1.4 weighs in at 516g.
What a fabulous lens! And close to €7000 to buy! Do you own this beast?
I'd love to shoot with it. Just trying to imagine the bokeh this gives when wide open.
I had a 10.5mm f/0.95 for MFT - 21mm in full frame. I loved that lens. It was not really sharp at 0.95 but still a beautiful lens.
Oh, yes! Julia Margaret Cameron is an important reference. She invented the Close Up!
She was slated at the time because of her out of focus pictures. But she transformed photography.
F*** you, Horizonte! 😉
The three universes - C, S & N - are all comparable, anyway!
I was Panasonic MFT before but crappy low light and useless autofocus made me go to
Sony is the best crossover from stills to video because of the FX series of video cameras. No way I'd could go Nikon or Canon...
At my friend's place. We are both heavily invested in the Sony universe. I have the 50mm f/1.4; he has the 50mm f/1.2!
It's much heavier, bigger and way more expensive!
I'm struck by the dual nature of photography. There is the taking of the picture but then comes the post-production when you look through and adjust the crop of pics taken.
This idea worked; that so didn't! Often the most random picture makes the cut whilst others I slaved over get binned!
I'll spare you the joke about liking knockers but I do like these. One must lift and drop a brass hand with ball to attract the attention of the concierge within. I took this picture a few days ago in Montpellier.
📷 seb
Wow! That's good to see... It's beautiful and foreboding.
Thanks for sending this, Cheryl. I am not familiar with Theodore Rousseau's work.
Isn't it!
All the sculptures in the chateau's gardens are wrapped - i imagine to stop frost from eating into them - which does render them rather sinister.
I'm disappointed by the bokeh in the trees. There's a doubling of the image which I imagine comes from using a x2 doubler on my 70-200.
My big mistake was forgoing the use of a variable ND. I thought f/45, why not! It effectively creates a point source making the crap on my imaging chip show up!
Was 2/3 of the way down panel on the right was when Mr Mels came to look and shook his head?
Thanks! It's ok now. All behind me. I'm just hoping that 3 is enough and there won't be more...
There is also the cry one hears from the capital of China:
the oy
of Beijing
I went to Fontainebleau Castle to see what the sunset would offer. I used my focal length doubler which offers up to 400mm! With pic 2, I tried a 20s exposure which gives the stuff floating on the surface of the pond motion blur. It's upside down, too.
Lesson: Always use an ND!
📷 seb
I had thought to get the Sony 1.8 because it's cheap and light. Now, veering towards the Sigma...
Curiously, I've been thinking about Jesus the man. Is there literature about him that does not mythologise him. And did he even exist? There's so much about this religion that does not hold water... or wine!