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

RuleOfThirds said:
Old harbor of Gdanks (Danzig)

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Our next VLOG will be about Gdansk... Looks that we had sunnier weather (at least when we where in the centre. In the old new town (Dolne Miasto) it was moody weather, what is exactly what I hoped it would be... Very fitting for that area
 
We have a moderate little sunflower factory going on in our backyard this year. Every now and then, we get a "firecracker" variant with the burst of red at the center.

This was photographed right at sunset. OOC JPEG + some editing in Capture One. S1 & LUMIX 70-300.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S1
  • -- mm f/--
  • 185.0 mm
  • ƒ/11
  • 1/20 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -1
  • ISO 100
 
Pete_W said:
Ooo... that looks nice! Where is it?
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Provenance Wines, in the old Fyansford Paper Mills complex, Geelong. It's served a few different purposes over the years, it was originally powered by a water wheel beside the river, plenty of squabbles going on over whether the water feed race etc should be preserved, or demolished and revert back to natural.
Geelong is absolutely shocking at preserving any of its history, I'm certainly no history buff or historian, but what they've allowed to be destroyed over the years is a bit disgraceful I think.
James Harrison, the father of refrigeration, developed and commercialised it here, yet all you can find is a little 6" plaque on a rock, down by the river with his name on it.
 
Markuswelder said:
Provenance Wines, in the old Fyansford Paper Mills complex, Geelong. It's served a few different purposes over the years, it was originally powered by a water wheel beside the river, plenty of squabbles going on over whether the water feed race etc should be preserved, or demolished and revert back to natural.
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Thanks! I just had a quick look online. It looks really nice. I feel sure someone gave me a bottle of their Shiraz some years ago. The label looks familiar!

Markuswelder said:
Geelong is absolutely shocking at preserving any of its history, I'm certainly no history buff or historian, but what they've allowed to be destroyed over the years is a bit disgraceful I think.
James Harrison, the father of refrigeration, developed and commercialised it here, yet all you can find is a little 6" plaque on a rock, down by the river with his name on it.
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That's sad to hear. I used to visit Melbourne weekly for work some years ago and always felt that Victoria (generally) seemed better than Sydney in retaining its heritage buildings. Here in Sydney a lot has been lost to development over the years. If it wasn't for people like Jack Mundey and the green bans he organised back in the 1970s and 80s, a lot of what still exists at The Rocks next to the harbour would have been demolished.
 
inspiredtimothy said:
Took some photos in downtown Cedar Rapids with the 85mm f1.8. I have to say, this lens has annoying levels of purple fringing but it's stupid sharp.
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What are you using as a raw converter? I honestly haven't noticed any with my lens, it may be there, but not bad enough that it actually stands out
 
With almost any raw converter, ticking the remove purple fringing is enough. I sold mine to fund the 16-35.

85 is really a sharp lens, but in certain circumstances I didn’t like the bokeh. Bought it also because I had the 20-60 and wanted something longer and faster. But smaller / lighter then the 70-300. But no use for it with 24-105.

I really hope a small and fairly light 135 or 150 will come along with 2.8 or so.
 
RuleOfThirds said:
With almost any raw converter, ticking the remove purple fringing is enough. I sold mine to fund the 16-35.

85 is really a sharp lens, but in certain circumstances I didn’t like the bokeh. Bought it also because I had the 20-60 and wanted something longer and faster. But smaller / lighter then the 70-300. But no use for it with 24-105.

I really hope a small and fairly light 135 or 150 will come along with 2.8 or so.
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Maybe the 100mm f2.8 macro would have been a better choice, for non-macro I love the images and 3D pop this lens produces. Only weighs 298g and probably better corrected than 85mm with more elements and extremely fast dual AF motors. It's very expensive though but I seen it in the usual great value combos or perhaps wait for a discount.

The 85mm is currenty a "free" lens inclusion with any new S5ii/S5iiX in the UK.

I can happily live with 85mm f4 via my 24-105 f4 or 70-300 :)
 
Oíche said:
Maybe the 100mm f2.8 macro would have been a better choice, for non-macro I love the images and 3D pop this lens produces. Only weighs 298g and probably better corrected than 85mm with more elements and extremely fast dual AF motors. It's very expensive though but I seen it in the usual great value combos or perhaps wait for a discount.

The 85mm is currenty a "free" lens inclusion with any new S5ii/S5iiX in the UK.

I can happily live with 85mm f4 via my 24-105 f4 or 70-300 :)
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I got the 85mm as a bundle option with the S5 II and I'm currently kicking myself for not paying the extra $300 that the 100mm macro would have cost at the time :)
 
Markuswelder said:
What are you using as a raw converter? I honestly haven't noticed any with my lens, it may be there, but not bad enough that it actually stands out
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Capture One. I'm looking into getting Lightroom, just hate the subscription model and not a fan of Adobe. But I haven't been impressed with how C1 has handled the S5 files
 
inspiredtimothy said:
Capture One. I'm looking into getting Lightroom, just hate the subscription model and not a fan of Adobe. But I haven't been impressed with how C1 has handled the S5 files
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I refuse to go down that road. I'm a very happy Silkypix Developer Studio Pro Panasonic only version user myself. I think it does a brilliant job, I still have DXO Pureraw on my computer from my m4/3 usage, & out of curiosity, I ran a few files through it & found Silkypix Pro is so close to that with my S5 at high ISO it's not funny. Silkypix colour & contrast is beautiful to my eye, with zero work. I shoot raw, standard picture style, & just bump the saturation slider up & down a bit depending on scene. Very very quick & easy.
 
I shoot a stack of older classic cars & Hotrods, if anything is going to highlight Purple fringing, then chromework in bright sunlight is going to produce it. Lots of it. I simply don't see it in most shots, if I zoom in to 100-200% in some, I can see a tiny bit. I think it has excellent aberration control personally. Small, light, very competitively priced, lovely colour & contrast, here's a couple of raw shots converted to jpeg, with absolutely zero PP, not even ticked the CA button.

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With Fuji X I disliked the zooms compared to the primes (big big image quality difference) so first thing I did was getting the 35(new) and 85(used) alongside the 20-60 (had to wait a while for my 70-300) and it was October or so, getting dark fast. But after getting the 24-105 and loving the 70-300, my love for the zoom is back. First I thought the 24-105 would be too big or heavy (I thought the same about the 70-300) but I adjusted fairly quick to the new sizes. After getting the 24-105 I did not use the 20-60 at all, and the primes (35/50) only indoors, and 85 not at all, had to force myself to use it.

That is why I choose to get rid of the 85 & 20-60 when a used reasonable priced pro 16-35/4 crossed my path, a much better combo with 24-105 . But the 20-60 and 85 were/are excellent lenses. And must admit, a 20-60 would have sufficed in 80% of the times I used either of the f4 zooms. For a lot less money. But I think these f4 lenses will serve me very well if I upgrade to a newer higher mp yet unknown body in the distant future. (no plans whatsoever), or when in time a 2nd hand S1r will be available for "peanuts".
 
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Enough talk.... this is a PICTURE thread!!
Warsaw

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 16-35/F4
  • 16.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/250 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 100
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 16-35/F4
  • 35.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/800 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 100
 
More Warsaw

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • 24.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/200 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 100
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • 24.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/250 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 100
 
RuleOfThirds said:
With Fuji X I disliked the zooms compared to the primes (big big image quality difference) so first thing I did was getting the 35(new) and 85(used) alongside the 20-60 (had to wait a while for my 70-300) and it was October or so, getting dark fast. But after getting the 24-105 and loving the 70-300, my love for the zoom is back. First I thought the 24-105 would be too big or heavy (I thought the same about the 70-300) but I adjusted fairly quick to the new sizes. After getting the 24-105 I did not use the 20-60 at all, and the primes (35/50) only indoors, and 85 not at all, had to force myself to use it.

That is why I choose to get rid of the 85 & 20-60 when a used reasonable priced pro 16-35/4 crossed my path, a much better combo with 24-105 . But the 20-60 and 85 were/are excellent lenses. And must admit, a 20-60 would have sufficed in 80% of the times I used either of the f4 zooms. For a lot less money. But I think these f4 lenses will serve me very well if I upgrade to a newer higher mp yet unknown body in the distant future. (no plans whatsoever), or when in time a 2nd hand S1r will be available for "peanuts".
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The aspect of the 24-105 that I find most compelling my far is the half macro ability at 105mm and this will always make me want one, even though I have the 28-200 and will probably get the Sigma 28-105 when it arrives :)
 
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