The Ute
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You're quite welcome.Thank you for your kind words.
Thank you for sharing such an amazing place.
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You're quite welcome.Thank you for your kind words.
Hi there Barry, just out of curiosity: why iso 50 for the 85mm here ?A few more reflection images from the other-day
21mm Distagon - "I wandered lonely as a ....."
85mm GM - "FH76"
85mm GM - "Open Wide"
Thank you Jürgen, my favourite of the 3 alsoBarry . I love number two . :thumbup:
Hi Bart, no particular reason other that I have recently returned to using iso 50 (as a general rule) as my iso default setting, that's if the light permits me to...I post checked the movement in the reflection with those two 85mm GM iso 50 images and was more or less happy with the way they turned out, no real need I felt for a faster shutter speed and faster iso setting to freeze the reflection any further.Hi there Barry, just out of curiosity: why iso 50 for the 85mm here ?
TIA
Best regards.
Bart, congratulations on getting your new CV65mm lens...I hope you are enjoying itThe Voigtländer MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical seems to be popular these days ... :grin:
Great Photos. Love the second one.
Hi there Barry,Bart, congratulations on getting your new CV65mm lens...I hope you are enjoying it
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Apologies for the cliché, but my room came with a view!
Thank you BartHi there Barry,
thanks, I have to say after two short outings this weekend, I'm mighty pleased.
Of course your shots already showed what it can do, but still I'm really surprised how good it is at rendering light and colour (lovely) and not to forget its bokeh.
And then there is this sharpness ... just amazing.
Traded-in my Pentax DA*50-135/2.8, unused since my Pentax K5sII was stolen in 2014, so got a good deal off the list price.
The metal construction feels solid, focussing is smooth and well damped. As it is a macro lens the barrel extents quite a bit when getting close.
One minus perhaps is the diameter of the barrel that is so wide it comes in very close proximity to your fingers.
Still, all-in-all, I'm a happy camper ...
Kind regards.
I’m afraid there’s little improvement to be expected from the A9 over the A7RII irt grip clearance.I did find it 2interesting what you said about the barrel diameter and it's close proximity to your fingers...I have never read that anywhere else and it's also my main gripe with my chunky fingers. I find that the back of my right-hand middle finger is almost rubbing on the scalloped focus ring at times...I wonder if the space between the A9 grip and lets say a typical std. fast large diameter lens has been expanded outwards over the A7R and A7RII cameras grips...Perhaps K-H could chip in here as he has both cameras...some inside calipers should show if the clearance has been increased or not.
Thanks, Pradeep. I appreciate the comments. I was there for work and I was lucky to have a guide all to myself. I didn't have time to go anywhere else this time but will look into now going to the pandas for if I go again based on your fantastic shots.Great Photos. Love the second one.
I was there perhaps two days after you. We also did the pandas in Chengdu and a few other places. Were you with the big Aussie group (there were several) with Wendy Wu tours?
Here is my interpretation from Pit 2 - the lighting was terrible here as you know. It is a helluva job they've done bringing all these figures to life.
Also a few Panda photos, again, bad light and rain. The last one was taken through a glass panel, still OK for documentation.
All taken with the A9 and the 100-400 GM, terrific lens.
Thanks for that Bart, it looks about the same unfortunately :-( That's a real pity...Oh well A9R or even A9RII perhapsI’m afraid there’s little improvement to be expected from the A9 over the A7RII irt grip clearance.
Compare: A9 to A7RII
Best regards.
Hi Craig, didn't know you were there on business. My wife and I had gone with two other couples - close friends - as a small private tour with Wendy Wu, we saw many large groups of Aussies and Brits on tour, all of them under the WW flag, it was quite interesting.Thanks, Pradeep. I appreciate the comments. I was there for work and I was lucky to have a guide all to myself. I didn't have time to go anywhere else this time but will look into now going to the pandas for if I go again based on your fantastic shots.