Oktoberfest 2019: Talk Thread

Fred_S wrote: Good to know. Just bought an as new used A6000 kit set (+16-50 and 55-210) for my daughter who is starting to show an interest in photography, and was thinking of a 1.8/50mm as well. I'll try before I buy.

I gave one of my daughters a NEX F3, and she prefers the 16-50PZ.

The APS-C 50mm F1.8 OSS is very good.

I haven't posted any pictures yet, but I've been using the Meike 6.5mm F2 on my A6000 for the past week. Except this past Sunday I tried the Sigma 70-200 F2.8 on the A77II.

Edited by QuietOC - 08 October 2019 at 20:47

Thanks guys. I'll let her try the 16-50 OSS first and see how she goes, but will keep the 1.8/50 OSS in mind.

Thanks Pieter, that is what I understood from Ivo's and Quietoc' replies.

Kilkry wrote: Day 3: Rovhazman: Interesting (and alien) landscape, works well with the two figures

Thank you, David!

bigsi wrote: Day 5 rovhazman- Not being a sun lover I find empty beaches are so much more evocative and photogenic than full ones, its good see how well they are looked after too. Also that CZ has superb flare control.

Thank you Simon.
For that same reason, for many years I used to visit the beach only at night - no sun, no crowd... Now with the kids I have no choice...

Jozioau wrote: Day 5: @rovhazman - even so early in the day you can just feel the heat.

It was actually a nice weather at this time - only 33 centigrade...

Fred_S wrote: DAY 3 rovhazman: I am really caught by this scene. Hard to imagine how kids would live and enjoy themselves in such an environment which seems so desolate if you are not used to that.

Surprisingly, the kids are quite happy... Apparently kids don't need too much - just give them space to run and they are happy...

A very quick marker to acknowledge my absence for a few days. Life can get in the way sometimes.
I have read some great comments, not least concerning some of my own efforts from the first week, and I am enjoying seeing everyone’s pictures.
I’m back on track now and plan to post a couple of my latest from the hamlet and then catch up with commenting tomorrow.

Today we've had good performance even when during the blue hour - even at f11 not much hunting (it's not a speedrunner - but it worked fine on the A7RII).

The land is still wet from the last weeks of rain - but the harvest had to take place (lucky me...).

My comments for the days i didn't comment yet:

Jozioau - a few images with nice flowers, especialy the last one with the focus on the purple is a nice one. The buildings are not boring (mine always are) - and the rhinoceros-joke is also well done.

Bonneville - a carrot for a dog, that'll be fine for his eyes.

Gregja - i like the grass-tree - and the one with the two pieces of metal.

GlassEye - the B&W bears bound at the pole, i see the same thing here in Belgium - but i haven't the faintest idea why people are binding stuffed animals against light-poles.

Snegren - thank you for the mills - when do we see some bread? the last one is int he mist - must be the fault of the day before... Be careful!

Pegeli - as usual tons of nice images, and the first red paddo. I like the one from the "maas" on day 5.

bigsi - great landscape images - and the nice pigs, oh dear. That should go into the gallery. The day7 bee is magnificent. Only a small section is sharp, and it's the right one.

alanfrombangor - a pig followed by a fungus - is this contagious? It's so different from the others though.

Tricky01 - a mosquito followed by a fork - i'd rather see a forked mosquito. Both nicely done!

LAbernethy - Day 5 jumps out due to the subject - day 6 is a very nicely done sober object.

Phil Wood - the bridge (ok it's not the one from Madisson County - is still a nice sober one.

rovhazman - day 8 is just what i needed today - a nice sofa, and lots of sleep (or good company).

Fred_S - a strong series - ok few fungi - lots of flowers, but tons of colors.

clk230 - day 5 is my favorite in a very well made series about architecture or monuments (whatever you've chosen).

alanfrombangor wrote: I've maintained my pic-a-day challenge but yesterday didn't have time to download the images and absentmindedly deleted them in camera. I was out on my bike ride for today's scene and didn't consider it worth returning home to attempt recovery.

Sorry to hear that Alan, will you post some outaks from another day?