Day Prime 2023

With the ease of automation on LA-EA5: Minolta AF 24mm 1:2.8 RS

24.6: Pink for sweets


24.7: Two half guitars


24.8: Edam cheese city


24.9: Edam cheese city


24.10: Halve Maen





Edited by Snegren - 30 January 2023 at 07:28

28s, two Minolta and a Zeiss

Wide Beercan 28-85 on a7c with EA4r Monster Adapter (no issues so far, (relatively) snappy AF)
28.5 decorative wind chime at a cemetery

f3.5 with "Macro" "switch", EXIF says 29mm

28.6 Grand St swing bridge bus crossing

f16, dust bunnies cloned out EDIT no I missed some!!!

C/Y Zeiss 28/2 on a7c, Grand Central Terminal
28.7 Zodiac

f2, I focused on the clock but at the side of the frame it's still "dreamy" and not quite "sharp"

28.8 Analyzing the Whispering Wall

1/6sec, geometry adjusted since I was off-angle; this is the lower level, I think I know what I want for a photo, but the crowds won't cooperate.

28.9 Orton chandeliers

2sec f16; pseudo single shot Orton effect, one second steady, then I rolled focus. You can tell I had my right hand on top, as the top didn't move much, but the bottom swung quite a bit when I rolled focus.

MDiii (49mm threads) 28/2.8 a7c, New Haven Union Station
28.10 Pink suitcase in the train tunnel

1/3sec f5.6, I exaggerated the colors but not much.

14 lenses, 30, 32,33 and loads of 35s. So at least 4. One must is a recent purchase, Minolta Shift CA 35MM 1:2.8 on its maiden voyage. Rare, expensive, but I wanted one. It is an illness without a cure.

All I need now is a 24 mm shift lens (Samyang doesn't break the bank?) and then I have a nice set (Laowa 17, 24, Minolta 35). But there is also the Laowa 15 mm shift. Is it worth it when you already have a 17 shift?

4paul wrote: Is that the one where the 17 has the converter, and the 15 has native shift? In that case they are completely different and clearly you need both

Yes the 17 is the 12 mm prime with shift adapter (which is actually a 1.4x TC). I just discovered Laowa has a 20 mm shift that is much improved over the 15 mm shift. Tempting.....

Two pictures with Minolta MD 35/2.8 and Sony A7R
#1 Juliette and Justine


#2 Hudson Waterfront

I like the yellow and red sailing boats Richard, and the last one is nice as well. Maybe staying a bit longer there would have brought you a colourful sunset.


Since Mariusz is already working on this weeks lenses I better move on with two more 28's from last week, bot used on saturday in the sculpture garden of the Middelheim park in Antwerp.


28-10: Misconceivable, Erwin Wurm, 2010



28-11: Pegasus, Carl Milles, 1949/51 with at the base Zonnewagen, Camiel Van Breedam, 1974



28-12: Braempaviljoen, Renaat Braem, 1963


All A7ii + Tamron 28/2.8 BBAR (Adaptal)

Last sunday we had a gathering at Castle Groeneveld, and one photo of that outing was already posted here in this thread (# 28-9)

Here's three more from that beautiful place:

28-18: A stream through the woods

(cropped square, used the full width of a portrait oriented shot)


28-19: De ossenstal (the ox stable), a farmhouse on the castle grounds



28-20: Looking across the moat


All A7ii + Sony FE 28/2

One more set to PP and post from my only 29 mm lens.