Fun with Sony Cameras 2023

[ggibson]

Snoopy Rock Doing a Trick by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[ggibson]

Tamron 17-28


Desert Trail by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[AlexLF]

Last 3 from -24 С )

 

[ggibson]

Marg's Draw Trail Views by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[pegelli]

Feeling nostalgic I took my almost 16 year old A700 and even older beercan out today to capture some afternoon light in the snowy local forest


Stumps and grass



Fallen branch



More stumps and grass


All A700 + Minolta 70-210/4 (beercan)

 

[ggibson]

Oak Creek Vista Point by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[ggibson]

We took a quick daytrip up to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon from Sedona to see the views. I'd love to have some more time to spend here to find better light, but I made the best of it. Always a stunning place.


Grand Canyon Sights by Graham Gibson, on Flickr


Grand Canyon Sights by Graham Gibson, on Flickr


Grand Canyon Sights by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[ggibson]

Grand Canyon Sights by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[ggibson]

Red Rock Crossing Trail by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[AlexLF]

Cold. But fun!

due to very cold weather the lens selection shrinked to 40/2.5 G

 

[ggibson]

Views of Cathedral Rock by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[ggibson]

Tamron 17-28


Cathedral Rock by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[AlexLF]

These are probably my best from 2023:

All from a single very special place!

 

[pegelli]

Summer evening in Bordeaux


A700 + Minolta 24-105D

 

[ggibson]

Tamron 17-28


Oak Creek in Fall by Graham Gibson, on Flickr

 

[Nokton48]

Digitest Balloon Beauty Light and Fill by Nokton48, on Flickr

Digitest of lighting setup Sky Blue Seamless Broncolor Beauty Light at F32 45 degrees, Broncolor Balloon at a 90 degree F16 providing soft overall fill to the set. Silver Fill Panel camera light angled to 'feather' the fill. So far I have tried Hasselblad with 100mm, and also with 350 f5.6 with 8mm Extension Tube. Both TMax 100 bracketed f32 to F11. Also I have set up 5x7 Sinar Norma with my longest LF lens, a 790mm F14 Rodenstock Apo Ronar. 47 inches of bellows draw measured/required, with 1.5 stops of Bellows Draw calculated. I'll leave it set up for a while until I am satisfied with what I have gotten. 5x7 contact prints are the goal on this one. Starting with small format and slowly moving up.

 

[pegelli]

I bought my A700 on Jan 28, 2008 in Houston TX while visiting there on a business trip. The Sigma 10-20 and vertical grip I also bought together with it are sold in the meantime, but the A700 is still used until today. This mostly for macro photography with my 100/2.8 macro. But for its birthday I took it out with a walk-around zoom.

16th BD-1: The demolition of the banana bridge in Wijnegem



16th BD-2: Lots of dust while the heavy machinery digs in



16th BD-3: FBM (=Framed By Machinery)



16th BD-4: Water outlet of the Wijnegem locks



16th BD-5: The historic yeast factory at the King Albert Canal in Wijnegem



16th BD-6: Chimney of the yeast factory



16th BD-7: Art at the yeast factory



16th BD-8: Depth gauge of a waiting barge



16th BD-9: Spliced rope



16th BD-10: Mooring lines



16th BD-11: More ropes


All A700 + Minolta 24-105D

I still hope to get many more years out of my A700, it's a nice camera to use and as long as it keeps working I'll use it for macro and maybe now and then with a walk around zoom. I thought I had a good day with it today