What's new
L-MOUNT Forum

Register a free account now!

If you are registered, you get access to the members only section, can participate in the buy & sell second hand forum and last but not least you can reserve your preferred username before someone else takes it.

*** January 2026 Images & Videos Thread ***

55022975580_1a20c41437_b.jpg
Full moon light by XAVIER GUTierrez, on Flickr

Panasonic DC-S5M2X + LUMIX S 50/F1.4 at ƒ/2.0 - 1/5 - ISO 3200

This photo was taken on a pitch-black night, but with the light of a full moon. I used a tripod and decided to leave the ISO on automatic. At ISO 100, I was getting a shutter speed of about 3 seconds, if I remember correctly, because the brightness of the full moon and the reflection off the snow is stunning. But I think that at ISO 3200, the S5IIx sensor has no problem lifting the shadows. I stopped down the aperture a little (f/2) to make the edges sharper... but honestly, the Lumix 50mm f/1.4 has no problem with sharpness wide open... It's impressive how clean the photo comes out under those conditions.
 
xaviergut said:
View attachment 16362Full moon light by XAVIER GUTierrez, on Flickr

Panasonic DC-S5M2X + LUMIX S 50/F1.4 at ƒ/2.0 - 1/5 - ISO 3200

This photo was taken on a pitch-black night, but with the light of a full moon. I used a tripod and decided to leave the ISO on automatic. At ISO 100, I was getting a shutter speed of about 3 seconds, if I remember correctly, because the brightness of the full moon and the reflection off the snow is stunning. But I think that at ISO 3200, the S5IIx sensor has no problem lifting the shadows. I stopped down the aperture a little (f/2) to make the edges sharper... but honestly, the Lumix 50mm f/1.4 has no problem with sharpness wide open... It's impressive how clean the photo comes out under those conditions.
Click to expand...
Very nice. I went to Flickr to look at the ISO etc before I read your text underneath. 1/5s at f2, ISO 3200 for moonlight only is pretty impressive. What is causing the strip of brightness across te town?
 
pdk42 said:
Ah, summer! It seems far away for us northerners at the moment!
Click to expand...
Yes, it was an absolutely beautiful summer afternoon and evening here in Sydney today, 26 degrees C, light coastal breeze, just perfect. I went for a walk after work with the S9 in my hand and just kept going. Clocked up 9km.
 
  • Like
Reactions: PJD
pdk42 said:
Very nice. I went to Flickr to look at the ISO etc before I read your text underneath. 1/5s at f2, ISO 3200 for moonlight only is pretty impressive. What is causing the strip of brightness across te town?
Click to expand...
Thanks Paul, it's the streetlights. Actually, the church was extra brightly lit and almost overexposed.
 
xaviergut said:
Thanks Paul, it's the streetlights. Actually, the church was extra brightly lit and almost overexposed.
Click to expand...
It's a gorgeous shot. I'd be really tempted to crop it XPan though (65:24).
 
pdk42 said:
Nice to see some people pics. Not many of us here are into portraits.
Click to expand...
Thank you. Lumix cameras are absolutely wonderful for portraits. I have been beyond pleased with the results I've been getting with the S1IIe and s5II.
 
Finally got to editing these this month. Jessa from a photoshoot I did using the Lumix S1IIe and Sigma 28-70. A grossly underrated lens.

P1023953.jpeg
  • Panasonic DC-S1M2ES
  • 28 - 70mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary 021
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 48mm
  • 1/1600s
  • ISO 200

P1023954.jpeg
  • Panasonic DC-S1M2ES
  • 28 - 70mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary 021
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 48mm
  • 1/1600s
  • ISO 200
 
20251227-SDIM9185-SM.jpg
  • 1/320s
  • ISO 100

Sigma fp, Hexanon 40/1.8

This one was disappointing. A very foggy day driving home from Christmas at sis's in central Illinois, and coming through a windmill farm looming through the fog. And I couldn't take the time to find a really good angle on it. Last few weeks have been pretty discouraging from a photography standpoint.
 
  • Love
Reactions: PJD
Today S9 7Art 35/1.8
P1007793_5.jpg

P1007796_2.jpg
P1007821_2.jpg
 
I've been sitting on these pics for almost a month now, slowly working through them. I was looking forward to this visit to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; they had a new exhibit, "Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art" that sounded interesting, and I was going to take another shot at using a polarizer to reduce reflections - see if I could get it to work any better this time. Unfortunately, though the exhibit was cool, this was the closest I got to an aesthetic pic:

55030306555_0001f35549_b.jpg

20251213-SDIM9132 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Hexanon 28/3.5

Everything else I got was basically documentary - they had some nice pieces, but I wasn't successful in doing anything with them.

55029075382_0d21168a27_b.jpg

20251213-SDIM9114 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

55030155018_c3b7427151_b.jpg

20251213-SDIM9148 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

I did like how this turned out; I've shot it before, but those were almost monochromatic, while this one was more blues and tans.

55030155013_962550be62_b.jpg

20251213-SDIM9156 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Hexanon 57/1.4

I also wanted to give the 57/1.4 another spin, and this wasn't too bad.

55030225574_fb6132fd36_b.jpg

20251213-SDIM9165 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

This attempt with the polarizer also falls into 'not too bad'; no reflections at least, unlike others in the shoot, but the ISO 6400 is bloody obvious even with some pretty capable denoising.

55030306530_1fc66711b0_b.jpg

20251213-SDIM9171 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

This ISO 5000 shot did better, though it wasn't shooting through glass. ^^;;
 
My Hexanon 57mm f/1.4 should be arriving later today from Italy so I look forward to trying it out :p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top