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woodrim
Senior Member Joined: 19 October 2009 Country: United States Location: Charleston, SC Status: Offline Posts: 1975 |
Posted: 14 January 2022 at 15:59 |
The big gulp.
The anhinga underwater spearfisher is the most talented of them all. Nikon orange ring 8/500 |
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woodrim
Senior Member Joined: 19 October 2009 Country: United States Location: Charleston, SC Status: Offline Posts: 1975 |
Posted: 18 January 2022 at 16:07 |
Lovely landscape, Michael.
Paul: I'll have an update soon to the report I gave you on the Nikon orange ring. These from Vectis 8/400 |
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Snegren
Senior Member Joined: 11 November 2011 Country: Netherlands Location: Zuid Holland Status: Offline Posts: 6418 |
Posted: 18 January 2022 at 16:10 |
Bird friendly climate you have Mike! Another great set with the Vectis!
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angora
Senior Member Joined: 02 March 2014 Country: Netherlands Status: Offline Posts: 5225 |
Posted: 18 January 2022 at 17:11 |
beautiful!
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Fred_S
Senior Member Joined: 12 January 2017 Country: Netherlands Location: Noord Holland Status: Offline Posts: 13639 |
Posted: 18 January 2022 at 18:54 |
+1! |
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woodrim
Senior Member Joined: 19 October 2009 Country: United States Location: Charleston, SC Status: Offline Posts: 1975 |
Posted: 19 January 2022 at 01:42 |
I have an old man story for you. I'm not sure how long it would have taken me to catch on if I were younger, so I just blame it on aging.
The little blue heron (little is part of its name, not just a size reference) above is the same one that was there a week ago when I took many shots, all failures. It was an overcast day not like the usual sunny and bright sky we often have here. I saw the little blue and quickly changed my lens to the Vectis mirror. I had been shooting with a fast 50, so adjusted the ISO much higher. When looking through the viewfinder, I saw that my shutter speed was only 1/30. I quickly raised the ISO and found it only improved to 1/50. I looked up to the sky and commented to my shooting mate that it sure is a dim day. I upped the iso again to a level I don't like using and started trying to focus. I was having an unusually difficult time focusing and my images showed it. Then it finally occurred to me to look at the front of the lens. A square Zeiss lens wipe packet that was at the bottom of my bag had been wedged into the front of the mirror lens. With any other type of lens it would have been like a lens cap but mirrors will still show images with only 20% of the mirror unobstructed. Foolish, I felt. Glad the heron showed up again this past weekend. |
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Snegren
Senior Member Joined: 11 November 2011 Country: Netherlands Location: Zuid Holland Status: Offline Posts: 6418 |
Posted: 19 January 2022 at 10:11 |
Glad to hear I'm not the only 'old man' here. I have had many failures due to inappropriate camera settings. Just too focused on the image in the viewfinder and ignoring all the camera settings in the display, so many things to consider with these modern cameras.
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darosa
Emeritus group Joined: 23 March 2007 Country: Netherlands Location: Old Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 14187 |
Posted: 19 January 2022 at 21:44 |
That Vectis series is superb Mike!
Took my Mak 1000 out a few days ago: 1 Ships that pass in the mist Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2 Apocalyps Dow 3 MAERSK passing DOW all with a7rii + MC MTO-11CA 10/1000 (1986) |
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darosa
Emeritus group Joined: 23 March 2007 Country: Netherlands Location: Old Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 14187 |
Posted: 19 January 2022 at 21:47 |
Snegren
Senior Member Joined: 11 November 2011 Country: Netherlands Location: Zuid Holland Status: Offline Posts: 6418 |
Posted: 23 January 2022 at 21:37 |
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” Søren Kierkegaard
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pegelli
Admin Group Dyxum Administrator Joined: 02 June 2007 Country: Belgium Location: Schilde Status: Offline Posts: 38332 |
Posted: 23 January 2022 at 21:43 |
Tokina just announced a new 500/8 mirror lens: PetaPixel Article
Official launch date is februari 18. |
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You can see the April Foolishness 2023 exhibition here Another great show of the talent we have on Dyxum
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Howard_S
Senior Member Joined: 20 March 2008 Country: United Kingdom Location: Oxford Status: Offline Posts: 5578 |
Posted: 24 January 2022 at 00:35 |
One from the archive and Summer Eights in Oxford in 2019
Rowing up to the start of the course A65 | Minolta Reflex AF 500 F8 | 1/2000s ISO 500 The background almost turns into an oil painting |
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Miranda F
Senior Member Joined: 11 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: Bristol Status: Offline Posts: 4074 |
Posted: 24 January 2022 at 07:35 |
Miranda F & Sensorex, Sony A7Rii, A58, Nex-6, Dynax 4, 5, 60, 500si/600si/700si/800si, various Sony & Minolta lenses, several Tamrons, lots of MF primes and *far* too many old film cameras ...
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Miranda F
Senior Member Joined: 11 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: Bristol Status: Offline Posts: 4074 |
Posted: 24 January 2022 at 07:37 |
Have you ever tried the oil painting mode? I did that on the A58 once, and the result was pretty effective. Kind of like the paintings people put on jigsaws. I must try that again some time (once every five years sounds about right ... ) |
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Miranda F & Sensorex, Sony A7Rii, A58, Nex-6, Dynax 4, 5, 60, 500si/600si/700si/800si, various Sony & Minolta lenses, several Tamrons, lots of MF primes and *far* too many old film cameras ...
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