April Fools 2024 | Talk Thread
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Category: Dyxum Photographs
Forum Name: Dyxum Challenges
Forum Description: Photographic challenges for fun and development
URL: https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144138
Printed Date: 11 September 2024 at 07:13
Topic: April Fools 2024 | Talk Thread
Posted By: pegelli
Subject: April Fools 2024 | Talk Thread
Date Posted: 23 March 2024 at 10:26
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2024 Talk Thread All commenting and chatter should be done here. https://www.dyxum.com/DFORUM/april-foolishness-2024-signup-thread_topic144103.html - Signup thread with guidelines https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/april-fools-2024-outtakes_topic144139.html - Outtakes thread https://www.dyxum.com/DFORUM/april-fools-2024-thumbnails_topic144140_post1737274.html#1737274 - Thumbnail Thread ------------- You can see the April Foolishness 2023 exhibition https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/april-foolishness-2023-the-exhibition_topic142439.html - here Another great show of the talent we have on Dyxum |
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Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 01 April 2024 at 16:54
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And we're off!! ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: ffrolvaag
Date Posted: 02 April 2024 at 02:12
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Ok, not a prize winning day. Most of my free time was spent (a couple of hours) dusting off the RD-175s and making sure that they work fully. I have two copies, but one was broken somewhere and won't acknowledge batteries, and the other will. Otherwise, it is fully functional. Not bad for a digital camera that is 29 years old! I will try to sprinkle in some fun facts as we go. Going to use the 200mm f4 telemacro and then probably something else TBD. Right now I am thinking the 600mm f4 or 1000mm f8, but probably will only have enough daylight during weekends. ------------- Franz a99ii, Hassy HV, a900, 1200 (w/MFC-1000), 3x converted f1.2 (Rokkor 58, Nikon 50 ais, and Pentax 50), and assorted lenses from 8mm f4 - 1000mm f8 |
Posted By: addy landzaat
Date Posted: 02 April 2024 at 08:34
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Just checked - the RD-175 has 2 times crop. That 1000mm becoming a 2000mm.... Respect! ------------- Why not follow me on Instagram? @Addy_101 |
Posted By: addy landzaat
Date Posted: 02 April 2024 at 18:43
Missed day 1, but that is why I decided on 7/week  I am behind on my 7x52 challenge, so I have time to consider how I will combine both challenges - same picture? Different picture? (making it 14/week  )------------- Why not follow me on Instagram? @Addy_101 |
Posted By: ffrolvaag
Date Posted: 03 April 2024 at 02:32
I did pull out the 1000mm f8 to test feasibility. The lens does register and does AF. With a single line AF sensor, I wouldn't say that it is easy to use. Lots of hunting and high contrast needed for AF lock. However the heft of the RD-175 does act as a nice counter-weight on a gimbal mount. MF is even more challenging with the 2x crop, especially coming from someone who almost exclusively has shot FF and had nice big viewfinders. The only information in the tiny viewfinder is an AF confirm "dot" which goes from o to (o) when focus is achieved. Otherwise, no other information. No AF point, no shutter speed, f-stop, or EV information. Pretty rudimentary. Since the front end of the camera is a 500si, I would be curious to know if the film body has the same lack of information in the view finder. Amazing how far we have come in 29 years. ------------- Franz a99ii, Hassy HV, a900, 1200 (w/MFC-1000), 3x converted f1.2 (Rokkor 58, Nikon 50 ais, and Pentax 50), and assorted lenses from 8mm f4 - 1000mm f8 |
addy landzaat wrote:Posted By: darosa
Date Posted: 03 April 2024 at 10:31
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A Minolta AF 1000/8? Ah, April Fools' Day
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Posted By: bonneville
Date Posted: 03 April 2024 at 13:47
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My comments on a random selection from Day 1: forum_posts.asp?TID=144141&PID=1737819 - gregja - subtle shapes and tones to kick off forum_posts.asp?TID=144141&PID=1737841 - Harm vb - Brilliant image  It took me a while to even see the cat! My pick of the dayforum_posts.asp?TID=144141&PID=1737851 - Phil Wood - Nicely on topic and framed well Phil forum_posts.asp?TID=144141&PID=1737852 - pegelli - Simply charming, and another on topic for Easter forum_posts.asp?TID=144141&PID=1737867 - C_N_RED_AGAIN - As an aviator I admire all aircraft but the A10 was an acquired taste  . Really looking forward to seeing you collect the various nose graphics this year.forum_posts.asp?TID=144141&PID=1737930 - addy landzaat - I had to look up OV fiets to understand the significance of the bike, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OV-fiets#:~:text=The%20Netherlands%20has%20a%20single,means%20public%20transport%20bike. - and now it makes sense forum_posts.asp?TID=144141&PID=1737949 - alpha_in_exile - an intricate piece of work is crying out for a lick of paint A great start to this year's challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing and commenting on lots more |
Posted By: addy landzaat
Date Posted: 03 April 2024 at 13:55
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Posted By: addy landzaat
Date Posted: 03 April 2024 at 13:57
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Posted By: darosa
Date Posted: 03 April 2024 at 15:13
Ok, but the AF bit is for April Fools then 😁 |
Posted By: ffrolvaag
Date Posted: 04 April 2024 at 01:38
I quite assure that it is real and does AF. I totally get the skepticism. The lens is rare and extremely low production volume in Minolta AF mount. It took me over 10 years of searching to find the one I have, so it is far less likely to see one in the wild than a Minolta 600mm f4. There is a lot of confusion on the web about the lens in that there was an early MF only version, and a subsequent AF version and the two get mixed and are all around rare in any mount. Nobody has put up a review here, and I mean to, but just haven't gotten around to it for any of my lenses. AF is useless on the RD-175, but works well on the a99ii. Here is a photo taken with an a99ii for April Foolishness 2022. https://rolvaagraphy.smugmug.com/April-Foolishness-2022/i-D8qQRnS/A">  ------------- Franz a99ii, Hassy HV, a900, 1200 (w/MFC-1000), 3x converted f1.2 (Rokkor 58, Nikon 50 ais, and Pentax 50), and assorted lenses from 8mm f4 - 1000mm f8 |
Posted By: Howard_S
Date Posted: 04 April 2024 at 09:41
Indeed. There's a Soosie doing the rounds in this thread, https://www.dyxum.com/DFORUM/minolta-500si-traveller-signup-pictures_topic144127.html - https://www.dyxum.com/DFORUM/minolta-500si-traveller-signup-pictures_topic144127.html . It'll be coming to the Netherlands in May and you could have the chance to shoot 5 frames ... Respect on choosing the RD175 for the challenge; recovering the work flow would be a challenge for me. I was disappointed that Adobe never covered the file format; Google Photos does, IIRC, but gets the aspect ratio wrong. ------------- Howard Stanbury https://www.instagram.com/instadelusions/ - Instagram | http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/ - Flickr | http://stanbury.org/ - Web |
Posted By: darosa
Date Posted: 04 April 2024 at 13:18
Thanks Franz for the 'explainer'! It's quite a collector's item, then; especially in combination with the RD-175. I hope you will find the time to correct the Dyxum database on this lens. Not many will seek this one out, but perhaps all the more reason to get it right! |
Posted By: minolta_mutley
Date Posted: 04 April 2024 at 19:30
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We're trying to catch some Asian Hornets - with specific built traps & some specific attractive liquids (Trappit) + a micture of white wine, sugar and 'white/light' beer. But i won't use this 'gift' i received today from a longtime friend (he always brings some beer when we donate him some good ict-material for a good cause) for catching these pests though... What's on the glass says it all! I cought one European Hornet - but i've completely forgotten to make an image about that animal (a tiny little bit bigger than the asian hornet - it shouldn't have been into the trap but it did). Of Course i let it escape (as it is one of our most important weapons against the invasive unwanted Asian Hornets. So whenever i catch one - you'll get an image of that. And for now being i'll have a tasting, and i'll raise the glass for your health (and images posted during this and other challenges). Cheers! |
Posted By: addy landzaat
Date Posted: 04 April 2024 at 20:03
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Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 04 April 2024 at 20:05
Thanks Brian  I'll try to deliver some weekly comments  ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Mestari
Date Posted: 05 April 2024 at 11:29
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I am slow to start but I hope to make it up. I do have some photos I need to go through from April 1st. I will post today. Just some spring stuff from my garden. |
Posted By: Dopol
Date Posted: 05 April 2024 at 15:18
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I am on a slow start as well. The flu doesn't help either. We'll see where we get. -------------  Be yourself; everyone else is already taken
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Posted By: minolta_mutley
Date Posted: 05 April 2024 at 17:40
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On the b&w photo of day 2 (b&w wooden Statue) - some details of the rather new artwork (the 2nd one, with the other 3 elements, isn't visible yet): artist: Jauma Plensa information in dutch: https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/nl/2024/persbericht-spaans-kunstenaar-jaume-plensa-brengt-four-elements-naar-leuven - https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/nl/2024/persbericht-spaans-kunstenaar-jaume-plensa-brengt-four-elements-naar-leuven information in english: https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2024/spanish-artist-jaume-plensa-brings-the-four-elements-to-leuven - https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2024/spanish-artist-jaume-plensa-brings-the-four-elements-to-leuven |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 05 April 2024 at 20:21
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Haven't been shooting today. Tomorrow I'm off to Museum Belvedere in Oranjwoud, so I'll have the opportunity to shoot... ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Mestari
Date Posted: 06 April 2024 at 17:12
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This time I was in the New and Old Town in Warsaw. Always plenty of photo opportunities there. I chose the church I was singing in today but I will create a separate post in Open Views with all the rest I liked. edit: https://www.dyxum.com/DFORUM/warsaw-around-old-and-new-town_topic144203.html - Here is the thread with all other photos. I thought that was a bit too much for a regular outtake post. |
Posted By: addy landzaat
Date Posted: 07 April 2024 at 12:45
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I guess I took an event pass? Took a picture of the neighbourhood cat with my phone - a shot of opportunity but breaking the rules of the challenge: "Shoot for the whole month with one (or two), prime lens(es)" Picture is in the https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=143919&PID=1738360&title=7x52-challenge-in-2024#1738360 - 7x52 challenge for 2024 thread. ------------- Why not follow me on Instagram? @Addy_101 |
Posted By: minolta_mutley
Date Posted: 07 April 2024 at 13:33
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I was a bit shocked today to see that the red Paeonia that gives in normal circumstances flowers between the end of may or the beginning of june (right before the harvest of the strawberry's) are already showing flowers right now. The red ones are the first to give flowers in the year though. Our Paeonia (the nice smelling farmers variant - the light pink one) isn't up to that stage yet. It's a bit earlier than usual but 1 a 1,5 months earlier is a lot. Another thing i saw in the convent guarden (yes i was there again) was the wood anemone, bluebell and wild garlic blooming at the same time. Normally it's first Wood Anemone, followed by the bluebells and followed by the wild garlick with a tiny bit of overlap. That's no good news for the bees and the wildlife in general i think... I hope you enjoy the image though (and tomorrow when it'll be bad weather i'll post the proofs of the other flowers. The lake of wood anemones around one of the bigger trees wasn't as present as it used to be - maybe due to to many other plants on the soil. Let's hope next year it'll be back. |
Posted By: ffrolvaag
Date Posted: 07 April 2024 at 17:23
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It was pretty sunny out, so I spent some time playing around with the 1000mm f8. Not my best photo by far, but part of what I can expect given the two pieces date to 1992 and 1995. My observations are as follows: 1. AF is useless on the RD-175 with this lens, as it would constantly hunt, and focus time would take about 5 seconds to achieve. Fine for static targets, not so much for moving ones. 2. MF is what I mainly used, but very challenging. No view screen on the camera, so I can't replay and zoom. The viewfinder is 1.04x of a 2x crop, so very tiny and hard to see if you were in focus unless you happened to have the target on the single AF line sensor. Imagine looking through an optical viewfinder 1/4 the size of a FF camera. I feel like I wasted a couple of hours taking photos only to get home and realize I was consistently under focusing. If I continue to try it out, I will bring reading glasses see if the additional magnification will help. 3. It is hard to find the target through the viewfinder. With the 2x crop factor it is equivalent to 2000mm, so moving targets were hard to track. 4. Keeping consistently high shutter speed was difficult. ISO is a static 800, so I can't adjust that up to help. 5. The kit is not hand-holdable, but the massive RD-175 body does act as a nice counter-balance against (1.1 kg or 2.4 lbs). I used a carbon fiber tripod with heavy duty gimbal head. Without these, even what I took would not be possible (the lens is 6kg or 13 lbs for a total rig weight of 7.1kg or 15 lbs). Overall, the quality of photos is way less than I want, and I need to keep trying a few things out to see if I can dial these up a bit, but this is far more challenging that I would have guessed. Of course, you don't know until you try. Naturally, these are the limitations of the RD-175. ------------- Franz a99ii, Hassy HV, a900, 1200 (w/MFC-1000), 3x converted f1.2 (Rokkor 58, Nikon 50 ais, and Pentax 50), and assorted lenses from 8mm f4 - 1000mm f8 |
Posted By: fennetje
Date Posted: 07 April 2024 at 21:20
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Franz, your dedication to combine this very unlikely combo is admirable ! For webviewing, the results are absolutely fine. Today, I've finally managed to get an STF image which shows off its intended qualities. The title 'pink purple' is a reference to 'deep purple', the band. Not that 'delicate and feminine' is part of their repertoire.. I was listening a little earlier to their LP 'machine head', trying to get the day going again. Day 1 i tried to show the in-focus to out-of-focus transition by the STF, but the image isn't appealing. The other STF shots, day 3, 4 and 6, were basically all portraits, which keeps me in my comfortzone. Sharpness is there, but the focus isn't put on the bokeh in any way. One week in, onwards and upwards 
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Posted By: ffrolvaag
Date Posted: 08 April 2024 at 02:34
Thanks, I appreciate it, but the camera shines when using it in a studio setting, and I get all the sharpness 1.75MP can deliver with great color accuracy. ------------- Franz a99ii, Hassy HV, a900, 1200 (w/MFC-1000), 3x converted f1.2 (Rokkor 58, Nikon 50 ais, and Pentax 50), and assorted lenses from 8mm f4 - 1000mm f8 |
Posted By: Phil Wood
Date Posted: 08 April 2024 at 18:12
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There has never in my recall been a contribution more apt to the April Foolishness title than Franz's attempt to combine an RD175 with a 1000mm f8 lens - top marks for thinking of it, let alone trying! This was the first I'd heard of this lens - and I immediately had thoughts of acquiring one. Sanity soon prevailed - I have enough problems with 500mm on full-frame! |
Posted By: Phil Wood
Date Posted: 08 April 2024 at 18:54
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Comments on Day 2 april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737885.html#1737885 - gregja not one of your best - reminds me of my efforts to emulate your work. april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737931.html#1737931 - addy landzaat interesting bike - modernist (to me) wheels in a traditional frame. april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737936.html#1737936 - minolta_mutley I like this one a lt, subject matter, compoistion, B&W rendering - and a great lens - ace! april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737953.html#1737953 - pegelli nicely executed shot of an interesting subject. april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737959.html#1737959 - fennetje 47mm is an odd focal length, so odd that I hade a look in my LR catalog to if I had ever taken a shot at that length. I had, but very few and all, interestingly, with E mount lenses, took me a while to work it out - but I came to the conclusion that A-mount lenses don't report FL that accurately - 45 or 50, but never 46, 47, 48 or 49. All a total digression from fennetje's nice shot of the padlock - though I'm not yet convinced by the bokeh of the Hexanon. april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737964.html#1737964 - darosa no surprise to see this shot in the weekly exhibition. april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737974.html#1737974 - CH_RED_AGAIN great in -air shot of a classic aircraft. april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737981.html#1737981 - frolvaag I really want one of these lenses - but I think I'll give the camera a miss - great result considering the challenges. april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1737997.html#1737997 - dopol did she whisper back? april-fools-2024-day-2_topic144150_post1738371.html#1738371 - alpha_in_exile nice spring flower in not so nice spring weather. |
Posted By: onsplekkie
Date Posted: 08 April 2024 at 20:17
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Late to the game. Was travelling last week, and 'forgot' the challange. Only took my Rx1 (lovely mimages btw) Hope to keep uptodate from now on, but travelling again next week
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Posted By: Mestari
Date Posted: 08 April 2024 at 21:11
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Today I completely failed to do what I wanted to do... I saw that frame about two week earlier and I though I will came back there and make the picture for this challenge. But 35mm is just not what it takes to make this place justice. So much time to wait for that time of day too and https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144156&PID=1738452&title=april-fools-2024-day-8#1738452 - all for nothing . I need to come back there with proper tele and possibly in winter when that tree on the left is bare. It was two weeks ago... Also, it was after that picture that I realized I somehow switched settings from Auto ISO to 50. I keep on doing that unintentionally somehow. Also the first picture there I did on f16 wondering why the camera focuses so bad I must have bumped the aperture ring. Not my day...BTW I love https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144139&PID=1738370&title=april-fools-2024-outtakes-training#1738370 - that outtake by Phil :) For me it's better than the chosen picture. |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 09 April 2024 at 20:27
Pffff, been busy these days. Maybe tomorrow a better shot than my desperation shot of a cloudy sky at home  ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 11 April 2024 at 17:59
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Nope, just registration of my film scanning activities... ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Mestari
Date Posted: 11 April 2024 at 21:10
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And thank you for that :) I was always curious how those setups look like. |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 11 April 2024 at 21:16
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You're welcome! ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: minolta_mutley
Date Posted: 11 April 2024 at 22:24
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@phil wood - thank you for your comments. And it's nice to hear you liked the statue (it's a brand new one). From tomorrow i'll start testing the new firmware on the LA-EA4r (version 9) with the same lenses on the A7Rii+III. |
Posted By: minolta_mutley
Date Posted: 12 April 2024 at 17:26
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Today i switched to the LA-EA4r newest firmware (version 9 - we did that one yesterday evening) and the A7III. It started with a few hickups but after taking the adapter off and reconnecting everything went fine though. |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 14 April 2024 at 16:05
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So far 5 per week, more than the promised 3 per week. Hope I can keep this pace  Had a little hick up with updating my A7iv. My LR gives some trouble  , so I'll try Rawtherapee from now on. I hate subscription models for software ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Dopol
Date Posted: 14 April 2024 at 16:09
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I’m back I managed to take some photos last wee , but only today I wa good enough to publish them in the appropriate threads. Next I have to look back to see what April brought us so far. That’s for tomorrow ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken
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Posted By: alpha_in_exile
Date Posted: 14 April 2024 at 21:27
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I'm also late getting a little more involved. I traveled for the eclipse, then spent time processing the eclipse photos, but hopefully I'm now more on track. ------------- -- Matt A7RM4, Min 24/2.8, Min 50/1.4, Min 85/1.4, FE 24/1.4 GM, FE 135/1.8 GM, Tam 70-200/2.8 http://mattbarber.zenfolio.com/ - my web gallery |
Posted By: minolta_mutley
Date Posted: 15 April 2024 at 18:18
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It's a mixed bag feeling - having caught two asian hornets (Queens). So we're avoiding 2 nests being created by those creatures (the have destroyed lots of bee hives. The man that thought me a lot about these unwanted foreign hornets lost 8 of his 11 hives to them. But it's still an animal we don't like to observe though (i alse caught a european hornet - which had to be released, of course. Being another more natural enemy than Minolta_Mutley). At this moment the counter is: 2 European Hornets (ALIVE) vs 2 Asian Hornets (RIP). As a treat i also posted an outtake of the Asian hornets on Ethanol. (i only got a cup of coffee today! ).
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Posted By: pegelli
Date Posted: 15 April 2024 at 21:35
Harm, what you can do is convert the .arw's to .dng's using Adobes latest and free "dng converter". After that older versions of Lightroom will read these .dng's ------------- You can see the April Foolishness 2023 exhibition https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/april-foolishness-2023-the-exhibition_topic142439.html - here Another great show of the talent we have on Dyxum |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 16 April 2024 at 07:05
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I know, but I'm quite pissed off by the changes everybody is doing on their file formats. Recently my Office2021 stopped: buy Office365 with yearly costs, LR did the same, PS did the same, all to be renewed yearly. Annoying. So I'm switching to freeware, such as OpenOffice and RawTherapee. ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: pegelli
Date Posted: 16 April 2024 at 07:39
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Harm, check out " http://www.licentiepromo.be - www.licentiepromo.be" for a perpetual Office licence, fully legal and registration with Microsoft works very well and no ongoing yearly cost (and no updates either, which I think is a good thing) ------------- You can see the April Foolishness 2023 exhibition https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/april-foolishness-2023-the-exhibition_topic142439.html - here Another great show of the talent we have on Dyxum |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 16 April 2024 at 09:07
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Thanks!! ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Mestari
Date Posted: 16 April 2024 at 15:01
| Question to Dopol about day 10 and those beautiful straight lines but low shooting point. Was is processed in any way, or maybe you were not standing on the floor but somewhere higher? |
Posted By: fennetje
Date Posted: 16 April 2024 at 22:15
| I've been away from a PC for the last four days of last week, on a short break to the north of France. trying to catch up with the challenge in the last couple of days. Day 15 and 16 entries are from the same session, using the STF at portrait distances with Lizzy. It might sound as an excuse, but as these are portraits and lizzy's brown coat is kind of a difficult color and texture to get right sooc, some postprocessing was needed to make the most of them. |
Posted By: Dopol
Date Posted: 17 April 2024 at 09:12
Thanks It was a handheld shot while standing up, doing my utmost best to get all things level. There was some correction necessary at the edges (where I cropped it a bit), but it was more or less straight, as can be seen https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/april-fools-2024-outtakes-training_topic144139_post1738974.html#1738974 - here where I put the SOOC (only resized) ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken
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Posted By: Mestari
Date Posted: 17 April 2024 at 13:44
| Thank you :) |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 19 April 2024 at 20:35
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Finally made some shots today. Three days passed without holding the camera.. ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 20 April 2024 at 21:50
What an honour. Would love to use it once for my one and only film so far . I guess the positioning of the film is more accurate than in my cardboard "El cheapo" version.------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Howard_S
Date Posted: 21 April 2024 at 00:11
And the answer is ... 'No'. Both the 500si and 500si Super have a side bar in the viewfinder that conveys focus signals, shutter, aperture, etc. Update: I suspect Minolta left this out because the viewfinder in the RD--175 is small owing to the 2x crop factor; I can barely read the panels in the film cameras as it is. ------------- Howard Stanbury https://www.instagram.com/instadelusions/ - Instagram | http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/ - Flickr | http://stanbury.org/ - Web |
Posted By: Phil Wood
Date Posted: 21 April 2024 at 11:09
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Apart from an experiment with a 720nm filter on an unconverted camera a couple of years back (worked but not a technique I ever felt the need to repeat), I had no experience with IR photography until yesterday. The previous day a converted Nex-5 arrived in the post and I spent some time working out why it wouldn't work with my A mount glass via an LA-EA4 (firmware update required). Having resolved this issue I was able to fit a lens that my 55mm dia 720nm filter fitted. As my Foolishness lenses have 55mm filter threads I mounted the 35mm f2 and set out to take my Day 20 shots in IR on an unfamiliar camera without a proper viewfinder in bright sunlight - the foolishness quotient may not match the RD175 /1,000mm lens combo, but it was higher than I am accustomed to. B&W conversions worked quite well, but channel swapping was less successful. I was just happy to get a shot I was prepared to share! |
Posted By: Howard_S
Date Posted: 21 April 2024 at 11:27
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I thought that was new, Phil, and the result is impressive. Can you share the EXIF? I have used a 720nm filter on unconverted cameras and it's like a heavy ND filter and high ISO and slow shutter speeds are the order of the day. I have an old NEX-3, a spare NEX-7 and an old A100 that could be converted, but have baulked at the cost hitherto ... ------------- Howard Stanbury https://www.instagram.com/instadelusions/ - Instagram | http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/ - Flickr | http://stanbury.org/ - Web |
Posted By: Dopol
Date Posted: 21 April 2024 at 14:40
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@Phil Wood: Your Day 20 IR shot is not bad at all. I'm no fan of IR (in general) but this one worked out very well. ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken
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Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 21 April 2024 at 15:06
Fully agree on Domien. I made some shots not further away than the backyard. Tomorrow I'll try for some shots in Rotterdam (before I'm visiting the shop that is selling the A7RivA  ).Still undecided: Both A7iii and A7iv do meet my expectations of what I want in a camera, so I think selling the A7iii and purchasing an A7rivA may cause regret ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Phil Wood
Date Posted: 22 April 2024 at 00:20
Thanks Harm, Domien.
It was the very long exposures that put me of the filter on a standard camera approach - essentially you are exposing through a blocking filter on the sensor - pretty daft. No such problem here in bright light - EXIF - ISO 200, f7.2 1/4000s (full EXIF is in the file). I have been deliberately overexposing about a stop today, yesterday they all seemed a little dark. Though it worked pretty well in the one I chose for Day 20. The real problem is that they are all far too red - LR white balance hasn't got the range to correct it. I am currently trying to get Lightroom to find a RAW converter profile I have created to resolve this (following instructions found online). I will try again tomorrow. |
Posted By: minolta_mutley
Date Posted: 22 April 2024 at 20:53
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Yesterday i had +/- an off-day. 50% unsharp shots (while i have about 5a10% in normal conditions using the A77ii that means i wasn't up to my normal standards). To make things worse - the SD-card had 100KByte of Bad sectors suddenly (this is only the 2nd time in > 10 years i had errors on a Sandisk flash-device). I managed to save all the good images (not so difficult with that high error-tremor-rate of mine)... I could of course try another more simple method - getting stung by an Asian Hornet - but it's too cold at this moment. Bizar is to know that Ants like 33%beer + 33% white wine + 33% sugar - but they do not survive this (yes i took a patent and copyright on this new animal-friendly way of killing the Ant - to be honnest i'm a fan of the aardvark - in the cartoons - this time the Aardvark wins!). Today i'm recharging my batteries in preparation for the fortress-walhalla in Aubin-Neufchateau for next Saturday (our 2nd visit). |
Posted By: bonneville
Date Posted: 24 April 2024 at 15:24
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Big regrets but we are just emerging from a domestically chaotic week where everything seemed to coincide, all taking up far more time than available. In addition in my haste to get my new M3 MacBook up and running I managed to copy the hard drive's empty documents folder onto my backup disc, instead of the other way round!!. Finally we are nursing a poorly Rosie who seems to have done what golden retrievers do best and eat something disgusting that is now fighting its way out again!! IOW, I am so behind with little to no chance of catching up and have decided to reluctantly withdraw from this challenge for this year |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 26 April 2024 at 13:49
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Brian, all the best with your chaos... We'll see you soon again! Ha Pieter, been to Rotterdam lately ?Was there on Monday ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: pegelli
Date Posted: 26 April 2024 at 15:03
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@Phil Wood, nice to see another IR shooter, there's several others here on Dyxum, so maybe starting a dedicated thread you can get some advice on how to best process the raw files. @minolta_mutley, don't worry about the failed shots, the two I saw from that day (bagpipers and the upper fllor of fort 8) all came out very well. That's all that counts. @bonneville, good luck sorting through all your troubles Brian, and if you want no need to catch-up, just jump back in when you can (and feel like it). @Harm vb, indeed, I was there last saturday with three Leica friends. One of them was like me using a Sony "digital back" for his old rangefinder lenses (a 7C). The other two were Leica all-in (M9M, M10, M11) and my status was mixed (M246M + A7ii). Couldn't resist at least one day with a non-A/E mount camera ------------- You can see the April Foolishness 2023 exhibition https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/april-foolishness-2023-the-exhibition_topic142439.html - here Another great show of the talent we have on Dyxum |
Posted By: addy landzaat
Date Posted: 26 April 2024 at 16:54
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I just bombed the threads, sorry. I just shared my backlog after the security scare. Back on track ------------- Why not follow me on Instagram? @Addy_101 |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 26 April 2024 at 20:22
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Next two days I'll be in my car, towing our 2CV to France. Stop-over in Rouen, so I'll try to do some shooting there. ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: addy landzaat
Date Posted: 28 April 2024 at 09:26
------------- Why not follow me on Instagram? @Addy_101 |
Posted By: C_N_RED_AGAIN
Date Posted: 28 April 2024 at 12:13
| Correct addy. Typo. Definately a Mitchell. Will correct |
Posted By: Mestari
Date Posted: 29 April 2024 at 22:10
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I have had so many problems choosing the right photo for today... Possibly not many good ones to choose from, but still, I had 5 candidates. Normally it takes me few seconds and it's done. Today, not :) Finally I picked a photo of some ants that is best viewed on big 4K TV screen. Otherwise it looses a lot of appeal. But well, it's not a contest where you can win your life ;) I hope at least some of you will find it ok. I had some river landscapes as alternatives. |
Posted By: Phil Wood
Date Posted: 29 April 2024 at 22:36
Me too. I only took a few shots while waiting for my car to be valeted in an unpreposessing part of town. Nothing much to show - I almost went out for a night shot or two - but I have an early start tomorrow, so what you see is what you get. |
Posted By: ffrolvaag
Date Posted: 01 May 2024 at 02:02
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I'm back after the certificate issues combined with some computer issues of my own. However, the 2x crop factor was really fun to play with, especially for that moon shot. In that shot, I had to use manual, as any shot I took other than that one was considerably over exposed. Not sure if that is the poor low light metering of the camera, or that the camera is 30 years old, and the shutter is a little slow in low light. Anything I took this month with the Sigma 1000mm f8 used some pretty serious gear to take. Besides the camera, my heavy lens kit is a Jobu Designs Black Widow gimbal, long arca swiss plate, on a Manfrotto MT057C4-G tripod. With a lens that weighs 11.5 lbs (5.2 kg) plus camera (and grip if ussed), much is needed to get a good sharp image. The day 30 photo was my only one posted this month that was not the RD-175, which I think shows that the lens has generally not been the limitation from a sharpness standpoint. With appropriate gear, lighting, and technique, I find that the lens is quite sharp. In previous comparisons, my 600mm f4 w/ a 1.4x teleconverter is better. In the unlikely case you find a 1000mm f8 in Maxxum mount, I suggest you put the funds towards the 600mm f4 instead. As an aside, a Sigma 800mm f5.6 just sold on ebay for $1400+ USD, and I couldn't put up enough to get that to complete my crazy long lens collection. Overall, I find that the RD-175 is a phenomenal camera for it's day. However, the technology has advanced so far in the last 30 years, that my a99ii could take the same photos, be cropped by 10x and still have roughly the same resolution. I will be happy to go back to my more modern bodies. That being said, it always feels good to pull out the RD-175 once a year and pay homage to our digital fore-fathers. At the very least, I hope all of you have enjoyed what little I have been able to post this month. May you all have the opportunity to try a camera like this to truly appreciate how far we have advanced. I wish I had more time to take and post more photos. The miss rate for this camera was quite high. ------------- Franz a99ii, Hassy HV, a900, 1200 (w/MFC-1000), 3x converted f1.2 (Rokkor 58, Nikon 50 ais, and Pentax 50), and assorted lenses from 8mm f4 - 1000mm f8 |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 05 May 2024 at 07:14
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I'll be posting my last shots on may14th or so. I'm not able to use a good and stable connection at the moment. ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Dopol
Date Posted: 05 May 2024 at 07:15
------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken
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Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 05 May 2024 at 07:17
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A stable internet. I'm on the campagne en France ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 12 May 2024 at 20:28
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Tomorrow I'll post the last days... Back home since 7pm today. ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Harm vb
Date Posted: 13 May 2024 at 19:57
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Yeah, did it! ------------- Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses. https://www.flickr.com/photos/harmvanbeek/ - Flickr |
Posted By: Mestari
Date Posted: 13 May 2024 at 20:30
| So now - the gallery of the best from everyone ;) |
Posted By: alpha_in_exile
Date Posted: 16 May 2024 at 02:57
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Random late comments from a terrible late commentator, written in haste. From the first 15 days of the challenge. I really like how https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144153&PID=1738207&title=april-fools-2024-day-5#1738207 - this doorknob turned out, fennetje. gregja - I liked the https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144156&PID=1738414&title=april-fools-2024-day-8#1738414 - champagne flute - I was repeatedly impressed by your close-focus shots with the Pentacon lens. minolta_mutley - I like the composition and bokeh in https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144158&PID=1738655&title=april-fools-2024-day-10#1738655 - this shot of the insect on the apple blossom. Dopol - I like https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144158&PID=1738835&title=april-fools-2024-day-10#1738835 - this Color Skopar image in B&W for it's symmetry and intricate decor. jarenas - very nice https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_images/bullet.png - 'Soft High Key' with the 35G Phil Wood - nice minimalist https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144161&PID=1738812&title=april-fools-2024-day-13#1738812 - lamp - with shadow! - on the wall. gregja - again with another abstract that needs no words but makes for an intriguing https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=144163&PID=1738873&title=april-fools-2024-day-15#1738873 - magazine rack ------------- -- Matt A7RM4, Min 24/2.8, Min 50/1.4, Min 85/1.4, FE 24/1.4 GM, FE 135/1.8 GM, Tam 70-200/2.8 http://mattbarber.zenfolio.com/ - my web gallery |