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*** January 2025 Image and Video Thread ***

So the Wife & I were out shopping today, & we stumbled across this :) The advantage of having a smallish, light-ish, good quality camera that's not too much drama to take with you. Nearly everywhere :) My camera/s can in no way be accused of being shelf, or cupboard queens, that's for certain :)
Those ultrawides being pressed into service. Again.
It's nice when you see a job you've done, out in the field, in service. With a happy customer
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Sharing some introductory recent shots on joining the forum. Thought I would give you a brain teaser also. The images were taken during the last 2-3 months using a Panasonic lens, a Sigma lens and a Leica Lens and two different bodies. As a clue,.. 2 primes and a Zoom. Any thoughts anyone.? :)
Really enjoying some of the shots posted since Jan 1st 2025 from these excellent Lumix/Panasonic lenses and bodies.

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Bill Taylor said:
Sharing some introductory recent shots on joining the forum. Thought I would give you a brain teaser also. The images were taken during the last 2-3 months using a Panasonic lens, a Sigma lens and a Leica Lens and two different bodies. As a clue,.. 2 primes and a Zoom. Any thoughts anyone.? :)
Really enjoying some of the shots posted since Jan 1st 2025 from these excellent Lumix/Panasonic lenses and bodies.
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Great photos, Bill.

Unfortunately I have no clue whatsoever which lenses were used for your photos!
 
Pete_W said:
Great photos, Bill.

Unfortunately I have no clue whatsoever which lenses were used for your photos!
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Thanks Pete,

Not an easy one, but here are the details.

1. Andrews Cross Spider = Panasonic S Line 100mm Macro f/2.8 ISO 200 (Size+weight=Incredible)
2. Lake Iseo Ferry = Leica Q2 -Summilux 28mm @ f/1.8 ISO 100 (What's not to like..except $)
3. Pelican = SL2-S, Sigma DG DN f/2.8 OS Sport 70-200mm - ISO 400

All the best and have a good long weekend and Australia Day.
 
Bill Taylor said:
Thanks Pete,

Not an easy one, but here are the details.

1. Andrews Cross Spider = Panasonic S Line 100mm Macro f/2.8 ISO 200 (Size+weight=Incredible)
2. Lake Iseo Ferry = Leica Q2 -Summilux 28mm @ f/1.8 ISO 100 (What's not to like..except $)
3. Pelican = SL2-S, Sigma DG DN f/2.8 OS Sport 70-200mm - ISO 400
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Thanks. I can imagine that the Q2 would indeed be wonderful.
Bill Taylor said:
All the best and have a good long weekend and Australia Day.
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Thanks! And to you too!
 
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I used my S5iiX cam's 96MP high-resolution mode to "scan" one of the few original film NEGATIVES my late father brought back from post-WWII Europe. This particular negative is 30mm x 40mm. I captured this image using a 24mm macro extension tube behind my Lumix S 20-60mm lens. (Most of his other >125 WWII photos are small B&W prints.) I don't have a negative holder for this film size, so I improvised. The negative is in poor condition, so I repaired the image using Pixlemator Pro.

Because it's from a negative, I don't know for sure where or when the photo was taken. Comparing it to his other photos, my guess this was snapped mid-1945, possibly soon after VE Day that May. He looks exhausted. As a combat surgical technician he experienced ... a lot. And, in April 1945 his older brother and only sibling died from wounds suffered months before during the Battle of the Bulge. In most of his other 1945 photos my Dad has a haircut and is often seen smiling. Somehow, life goes on.
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PJD said:
I used my S5iiX cam's 96MP high-resolution mode to "scan" one of the few original film NEGATIVES my late father brought back from post-WWII Europe. This particular negative is 30mm x 40mm. I captured this image using a 24mm macro extension tube behind my Lumix S 20-60mm lens. (Most of his other >125 WWII photos are small B&W prints.) I don't have a negative holder for this film size, so I improvised. The negative is in poor condition, so I repaired the image using Pixlemator Pro.

Because it's from a negative, I don't know for sure where or when the photo was taken. Comparing it to his other photos, my guess this was snapped mid-1945, possibly soon after VE Day that May. He looks exhausted. As a combat surgical technician he experienced ... a lot. And, in April 1945 his older brother and only sibling died from wounds suffered months before during the Battle of the Bulge. In most of his other 1945 photos my Dad has a haircut and is often seen smiling. Somehow, life goes on.
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Thanks for sharing Peter. Your photo of the negative has worked really well. It's a powerful portrait and wonderful that you have these photos from the past.
 
I had a very enjoyable, and quite productive morning out with my S5 & Canon EF40mm pancake. There's just something about that lens, that gives it a bit of a difficult to nail down or explain, pop about the images it produces. Even with dull, grey, overcast light, you still get that "depth" look to the images somehow
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And, in April 1945 his older brother and only sibling died from wounds suffered months before during the Battle of the Bulge.
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It is now 80 years after the Battle of the Bulge. This was the deadliest United States' battle of WWII; about 19,000 men were lost. I'm sorry about your uncle. My father lived through that battle, and then his unit went a little ways into Germany. But he came down with severe pneumonia, had a couple of months in a hospital in France, and then shipped home.
 
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