January 2022

[Birna Rørslett]

Went to my local café today to celebrate the arrival of a new lens, which I picked up from the post office en route.

In the beginning of my Aquatic Plant project, I purchased an underwater housing for an Olympus OM-D E1Mk2 with the 7-14/2.8 lens. It is no secret I have been  much less than happy with this setup, mainly because the 7-14 Olympus lens was a bad optical match to the dome port Olympus sold me. I complained to Olympus and they admitted there was an issue, took the dome port back with the 7-14, and gave me a smaller dome port and the 8mm f/1.8 lens instead. Plus a macro lens thrown in as a compensation.  The new gear produced better results, but it being a fisheye design, I still wasn't too happy as shooting my plants underwater with a fisheye didn't deliver the images I had hoped for.

To give the Olympus system a last chance, I ordered a 7-14/4 Panasonic lens instead, to learn if that would match my requirements better. The lens arrived today, and I had the excuse for a visit to the café

[golunvolo]

Interesting John! (the image, not the wituation) Single shot reflection?

[golunvolo]

Birna, coffe with some love! 

[John Geerts]

Interesting John! (the image, not the wituation) Single shot reflection?

Yes,  a single shot with the magic lens   

[Tom Hook]

Black-capped Chickadee sticking the landing on a Magnolia bud this afternoon.

[Birna Rørslett]

A scene so typical Norwegian. People who find lost stuff put the items up so everyone can see. Using the ubiquitous snow cleaning markers along the roads is perfect. And the surroundings match as well. Dull, bleak winter with little snow.

Olympus OM-D E1.II with Panasonic 7-14. Obviously I hadn't figured out the idiosyncrasies of the AF system, but the depth of field got most of the frame sufficiently sharp.

[Fons Baerken]

January 23

hyacinth

D850, Tamron 45mm f/1.8

[Fons Baerken]

Black-capped Chickadee sticking the landing on a Magnolia bud this afternoon.

Wonderful Tom, care to share the specs?

[Tom Hook]

Wonderful Tom, care to share the specs?

Thanks Fons.
Specs as as best as I can remember them: Z9 and 400 2.8 G at f4 or so, 200 iso and somewhere above 1/2000 shutter speed. Am only beginning to figure out how to use the camera but auto focus was afc wide small in bursts of three shots. I imagine in the future I will be much more aggressive with fps. If I have a favorite lens it is this one but it is heavy and I need proper support  . As for the camera, it’s my first flagship and it is richly detailed and sits well in the hand. We’ll see if I can can live up to its potential.

I should add, somewhat heavily cropped. The camera and lens allow it to my eye.

[Luc]

Girls having fun with Pilot theme on the runway of former airbase Soesterberg/The Netherlands.

Nikon Z6 + Nikkor Z 24-70mm f4 S

[Fons Baerken]

Girls having fun with Pilot theme on the runway of former airbase Soesterberg/The Netherlands.

Nikon Z6 + Nikkor Z 24-70mm f4 S

  nice

[ColinM]

Trying to post, but keep getting a Database error

[ianwatson]

Black-capped Chickadee sticking the landing on a Magnolia bud this afternoon.

That's a great photograph, Tom! Black-caps are common here and they certainly don't sit still.

[John Geerts]

Very Nice, Luc !

In the Forest of Ravels  (Belgium)

Z7  Angenieux 70-210/3.5

[Birna Rørslett]

Trying to post, but keep getting a Database error

You obviously managed to post something, but perhaps not the image you had hoped. Might be an issue with file size or extension, try again.