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*** August 2024 Image and Video Thread ***

CharlesH said:
The Colosseum

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Looks like you are have a fun, whirlwind trip!

Compare & contrast: Attached below is one of my late father's January 1946 photos of the "Coliseum" (another alternate correct spelling), snapped days after he finally left post-war Germany. While in Italy he visited relatives he'd never met before. I don't know if any of the relatives were supporters of Mussolini/Hitler, but I imagine my Dad knew. Must've made for interesting conversation either way. I have photos of some of them together if anyone is interested. A few days after arriving in Italy, my Dad boarded a US military ship to return home to NJ. Cheers.
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  • CanoScan LiDE 100

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inspiredtimothy said:
Another suggestion for when we don't feel like getting out and taking photographs: set limitations for yourself.

Try only shooting with one focal length, or only b&w, or square aspect ratio, or XPan. If you are daring , load up your favorite LUT and shoot JPEG only :)

I often find when I go out without a specific shot in mind that it can be more fun when I limit the possibilities for myself. This also has a nice benefit of putting me more in that creative head space and helps me to get better shots of that type.
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Great advice!
 
Saint Peter's Basilica

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  • Panasonic - DC-S9
  • LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
  • 20.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/13 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 800


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  • Panasonic - DC-S9
  • LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
  • 60.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/80 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 6400

The very large St. Peters Baldachin by Bernini is covered and being refurbished, in time for the Jubilie year 2025
 
A few photos taken during an afternoon walk today. Both S9 with 26mm f8 MF lens.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S9
  • LUMIX S 26/F8
  • 26.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/125 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 100


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  • Panasonic - DC-S9
  • LUMIX S 26/F8
  • 26.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/30 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 250
 
Today, a few blocks from my home, the annual "Multnomah Days" street fair was held. It was very well attended, probably one of the biggest crowds they've ever had. I didn't take many photos because I "manned" the SW Trails info booth and answered questions about the new HI-LO Trail I've been taking photos for. Four of my color photos are visible near the bottom edge the paper print of one of 11 trailhead interpretive signs. Each will be different, and will include 3-4 of my photos. Scroll down to see a high-res image of the same sign. The design of this sign is about 95% complete; it needs a few tweaks before it goes to the commercial printer and gets industrial-strength UV-resistant lamination. More to come.
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/500 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 400

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Hello, I played again with the 70-300mm and the pre-shot burst.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/9
  • 1/4000 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 5000



AF was compltely lost here, but that doesn't surprise me with all the green around. I don't think a Sony AF would have make it better with the frog. I had to focus manually.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/9
  • 1/4000 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 5000


I would never be able to get such shot without pre-burst. Too bad that my diaphragm was not closed enough. I think I shot at f/9, but should have done it at f/11 or so, because the focus point was very short and you can see the frog is already outside of the focus point when jumping.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/9
  • 1/4000 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 5000


Another step.
 
Another S5iiX photo and video frame grab from yesterday's Multnomah Days event. Weather was perfect: Sunny & warm all day, and immediately after the event ended, there was an unusual strong thunder & lightning storm beginning in the late afternoon. Portland rarely gets thunderstorms during the summer (it's very dry), and we needed the rain!
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/4.5
  • 1/500 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 400

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PJD said:
immediately after the event ended, there was an unusual strong thunder & lightning storm beginning in the late afternoon. Portland rarely gets thunderstorms during the summer (it's very dry), and we needed the rain!
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Nice photos. I've not tried frame grabs from 6K video, but may based on your results.

About Portland thunderstorms, we had a worldwide meeting of our chemists and material scientists at our facility in Wilsonville, just south of Portland. It was a break and everyone was catching up on emails and their projects back home, when a big thunderstorm rolled in. The Oregon staff was nervous, talking about what they should do, don't go near the windows, etc. A large part of this staff was the contingent from South Carolina where there are big thunderstorms every summer day. I swear, none of them even looked up. :)
 
CharlesH said:
Nice photos. I've not tried frame grabs from 6K video, but may based on your results.

About Portland thunderstorms, we had a worldwide meeting of our chemists and material scientists at our facility in Wilsonville, just south of Portland. It was a break and everyone was catching up on emails and their projects back home, when a big thunderstorm rolled in. The Oregon staff was nervous, talking about what they should do, don't go near the windows, etc. A large part of this staff was the contingent from South Carolina where there are big thunderstorms every summer day. I swear, none of them even looked up. :)
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Yes, very true of many longtime Portland residents. I’ve lived in New Jersey, Maine, California & now here, and have relatives & friends living all over the US. It’s always interesting to hear how people react to weather!
 
CharlesH said:
Nice photos. I've not tried frame grabs from 6K video, but may based on your results. ...
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As I'm sure you're aware: The shutter speed we typically use for video is typically "slower" than what we often use for still photography. That's one of the reasons I shot the street fair at 60p instead of 30p or 24p, so if I grabbed frames from the video, they'd show somewhat frozen action. But of course sometimes you want motion blur, so whatever works.

On a related note: When I owned my Blackmagic Pocket 4K camera, I set up a Preset on it that switched to the camera's time lapse video mode at ~1 fps, very fast shutter speed, highest resolution, and recorded using its highest-quality BRAW format. It's like having a LIMITLESS burst stills mode: Press its video record button to start recording a burst of frames, and press it a 2nd time to stop recording. The result was very high-quality RAW frames which could be reviewed & edited in Davinci, or exported as TIFFs to process in other apps. Unlike the camera's "STILLS" button, these frames were recorded using the cam's highest-quality settings, regardless of how the camera's VIDEO settings were set.

... which reminds me: Last week I heard back from Panasonic tech support: They said the factory told them the answer to my question about the bit depth of S5_ RAW burst vs. bracketed mode images are BOTH as described on p122 in the user manual: 12-bits. Non-burst, non-bracketed stills are 14-bits. FWIW.

... which gets me thinking: Maybe I should set up a S5iiX Custom Mode for recording time lapse "burst-like" mode, similar to what I did with my Pocket 4K camera. I don't see a caveat in the user manual where they describe S5iiX time lapse mode saying the resulting RAW frames aren't 14-bit. Hmmm ... TBD ...
 
Photos snapped on my way to our neighborhood farmer's market. We buy a paper every week from John (in the pink shirt). The man in the blue plaid shirt is my longtime friend Robert. I'm making an effort to use my Lumix S 50mm f1.8 more often. Shown here using a vari-ND filter in front.
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/400 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 400

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/800 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 400

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PJD said:
... which reminds me: Last week I heard back from Panasonic tech support: They said the factory told them the answer to my question about the bit depth of S5_ RAW burst vs. bracketed mode images are BOTH as described on p122 in the user manual: 12-bits. Non-burst, non-bracketed stills are 14-bits. FWIW.

... which gets me thinking: Maybe I should set up a S5iiX Custom Mode for recording time lapse "burst-like" mode, similar to what I did with my Pocket 4K camera. I don't see a caveat in the user manual where they describe S5iiX time lapse mode saying the resulting RAW frames aren't 14-bit. Hmmm ... TBD ...
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Thanks for the update on this, Peter.

My guess is that this reduction in bit depth is purely to get a better FPS number. It would be great if Panasonic provided an option to retain 14-bit at the cost of slower FPS. That would suit me just fine as I don't need extra speed but would prefer the additional colour information.
 
CharlesH said:
Nice photos. I've not tried frame grabs from 6K video, but may based on your results.

About Portland thunderstorms, we had a worldwide meeting of our chemists and material scientists at our facility in Wilsonville, just south of Portland. It was a break and everyone was catching up on emails and their projects back home, when a big thunderstorm rolled in. The Oregon staff was nervous, talking about what they should do, don't go near the windows, etc. A large part of this staff was the contingent from South Carolina where there are big thunderstorms every summer day. I swear, none of them even looked up. :)
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Hah. :) It's like living in Kansas City/Tornado Alley... severe thunderstorms are a part of life. Just wish I could get the hang of lightning shots...
 
Travis Butler said:
Just wish I could get the hang of lightning shots...
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@GeorgeHudetz who sometimes posts on this forum is an expert at lightning shots. He lives on the front range in Colorado where thunderstorms happen all the time. Maybe the next time he shows up we can grill him and get a tutorial on how he does it.
 
Travis Butler said:
Hah. :) It's like living in Kansas City/Tornado Alley... severe thunderstorms are a part of life. Just wish I could get the hang of lightning shots...
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Can someone remind me what that mode is that only adds to the scene when additional light enters the frame? I would think that would be perfect for lightning strikes
 
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