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bobfriedman

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snowy today..
« on: February 19, 2018, 00:50:24 »
Nikon D800M ,Nikkor 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye Ai-S
1/50s f/22.0 at 8.0mm iso100
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Re: snowy today..
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2018, 08:04:14 »
Bob, Great photo! The sun star is striking, and well placed.  I guess most don't know this is using a monochrome camera hardware conversion, with Bayer removed, thus the "M" (for monochrome conversion),
and with a BG38 internal replacement filter, giving a UV-A + Visual range.
Nice shot!

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Re: snowy today..
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2018, 11:11:33 »
yes.. the lack of AA-filter replaced with BG-38 glass and the resolution gain of the monochrome conversion helped compensate for the diffraction loss of sharpness at f/22 that was required to get that sun star.

i am not saying i couldn't have done this with a stock camera but the monochrome conversion and BG-38 glass sure helped!
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Re: snowy today..
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2018, 11:34:21 »
Nice winter scene with an interesting sun star.  The more-than-14 streaks are caused by the cooperation of the aperture blades and the ragged surface of the trunk?
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Re: snowy today..
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2018, 16:50:53 »
Very cool!  :D  Thanks for sharing.
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Re: snowy today..
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2018, 21:34:04 »
Well placed everything, it has magic.
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Re: snowy today..
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2018, 21:50:42 »
Yet an excellent use of a circular fisheye. Kudos.
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Re: snowy today..
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2018, 22:50:11 »
Truly marvellous shot.
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