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*** March 2026 Image & Video Thread ***

Coming & going. Heading south a few miles southeast of downtown Portland. One of the trains in residence at the Oregon Rail Heritage Museum.
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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2X
  • LUMIX S 50/F1.8
  • ƒ/8
  • 50mm
  • 1/160s
  • ISO 100


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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2X
  • LUMIX S 50/F1.8
  • ƒ/4.5
  • 50mm
  • 1/500s
  • ISO 100
 
Friday's sunrise at the nearby lake. Spontaneous shot of starting geese, blurry, but nevertheless my favorite of that morning.
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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG | Contemporary 025
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 50mm
  • 1/60s
  • ISO 100
 
I had to think of @Pete_W while wandering around the Railway Museum in Utrecht
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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 16-35/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 16mm
  • 1/400s
  • ISO 200
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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 16-35/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 23mm
  • 1/400s
  • ISO 160

Postal train, where the mail got sorted while driving.
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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 16-35/F4
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 16mm
  • 1/10s
  • ISO 3200

Inside
 
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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 16-35/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 20mm
  • 1/400s
  • ISO 800

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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 16-35/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 21mm
  • 1/6s
  • ISO 3200

This was a UK mass production train, very cheaply build, hence this is one of the only survivors. this was #1000, Post WW2 there was a huge shortage of locomotives, so they build them vast and cheap, but not long lasting.


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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 16-35/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 17mm
  • 1/25s
  • ISO 3200

Small selection, but it is a fun museum.
 
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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • ƒ/8
  • 19mm
  • 1/30s
  • ISO 3200

Oldest salvaged locomotive, in the Netherlands, from 1864. SS13 "De Bril" (the spectacles).

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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • ƒ/8
  • 18mm
  • 1/400s
  • ISO 2500
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  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • ƒ/8
  • 16mm
  • 1/15s
  • ISO 3200

Nestor, from 1880
 
A couple of bird shots with the S1Rii and 20-200. This sort of photography is not in my wheel-house at all, but the 20-200 and the bird detect AF on the S1Rii work well enough for static shots like this.

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  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 200mm
  • 1/250s
  • ISO 500


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  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 200mm
  • 1/250s
  • ISO 1250
 
When you get used to shooting zooms, it’s easy to forget what small primes can do. The other day I took the Lumix 35mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/1.8 for a light walk around the city. Nothing special, just casual shooting. It’s a funny feeling — like finding something in your closet that you forgot you had, and suddenly remembering why you liked it in the first place.

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DMhalamaha said:
When you get used to shooting zooms, it’s easy to forget what small primes can do. The other day I took the Lumix 35mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/1.8 for a light walk around the city. Nothing special, just casual shooting. It’s a funny feeling — like finding something in your closet that you forgot you had, and suddenly remembering why you liked it in the first place.

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I know the feeling :)with Fuji I shot almost exclusively with primes, (14/18/23/33,90), and just took a few with me, but not all of course. And sometimes with the 16-80/4, and for tele I had the cheap 50-230, which I really liked. With Lumix I almost exclusively use zooms, but when I pop on the 35/1.8 I always get the feeling you describe.
 
pdk42 said:
Super shots. Really sharp, esp given they are 100% crops/
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Thanks! That Sigma 500/5.6 is truly a special lens. Not nearly as flexible as a zoom, but when it works, it’s top-tier, which really matters since I crop and/or use TCs so much for this kind of photography.

Got a little closer, and also had the 1.4x TC mounted. Again, 100% crops.

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  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | S 024 + TC-1411
  • 700mm
  • 1/2000s
  • ISO 1000


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  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | S 024 + TC-1411
  • 700mm
  • 1/2000s
  • ISO 1000
 
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