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*** September 2024 Image and Video Thread ***

Travis Butler said:
But they fry 'em in lard, which is not so good.
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I read some research somewhere relatively recently suggesting pig fat and others were not bad. If it is and if you're not eating it everyday it is nothing to worry about.

There was also research surrounding US POWs in WW11 captured and starved by the Japanese for 5 years living an average 5 years longer than their compatriots.

I remember here in the 80's everybody seemed to die of heart disease, it was blamed on people living on fried "Ulster fries" (fried bread, sausages, eggs, bacon, pudding which is concealed blood/stuffing) and excessive cigarette smoking. Also the bad air in cities from coal burning and lead petrol emissions.

The real problem now is obesity, refined sugar intake and a total lack of exercise. In school during late 70's, 80's and early 90's there was only one fat guy per class of 30... Compare that to now and it is shocking here, it's as bad and accepted "fatceptance and fat culture and promotion". I predicted this way back then before it happened and before fast food restaurants appeared everywhere in Ireland.

I still mainly live on pasta and boiled rice dishes, and maybe only the finest quality Wagu beef burger once a week, one 300g packet of bacon lasts me a month with some Chorizo.

Back to photography and being a literal nocturnal I recently discovered some beautiful coastal landscapes on a walk. At low mid tide it could provide nice astro and early sunrise so I'll have to get down, it's only 30 mins drive and Bortle 4 dark sky. I've become lazy... got to stop the rot!
 
Thank you Oíche. It’s a stiff competition to the optically also very good Sigma 105 Macro. Which I’m gonna sell this week, not because it doesn’t deliver great quality. Just because the Lumix is so much lighter, less front-heavier, more compact and easier to manoeuvre in the field. Maybe I’ll miss the aperture ring one day, but all my cameras have a user setting for focus-stacking if needed.
 
Oíche said:
I love the punch and pop that Lumix 100mm produces. Absolutely fabulous!

This is the prime I would want amongst any of them.
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Fully agree, I really would like to have a small 135/2.5 or so, which would absolutely be fantastic in pop and rendering.
 
Oíche said:
Interesting
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When I made the decision to move away from Fujifilm I had 2 magic lenses that made it hard to make that decision. The XF18/1.4 and the XF90/2.0, so roughly 28/2 and 135/2.8 in full frame eqv. I don't have a feasible replacement in L-Mount at the moment.

Because I like the 16-35 and the Ricoh GR3 so much, I don't "need" a 28 atm, But a 135 would make my intended set complete :)
 
RuleOfThirds said:
Fully agree, I really would like to have a small 135/2.5 or so, which would absolutely be fantastic in pop and rendering.
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The Sigma 135/1.8 did that on my old D850. Since I had that converted to L-Mount and in front of a 61 MP sensor I didn't use it as much as I was hoping. Of course, also due to it's weight and size and maybe also because I was never a big fan of 135 mm.
Which one would you prefer? It's no fair comparison, 135 mm against focus-stacked 100 mm, but the "close-up" ability (1 m minimal distance) once was a reason to buy they 135 Art and a 28-200 zoom... I'm curious which you like best.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 100/F2.8 MACRO
  • 100.0 mm
  • 1/200 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • 0.7
  • ISO 5000


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  • SIGMA - SIGMA fp L
  • LUMIX S 28-200/F4-7.1
  • 28.1 mm
  • 1/250 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • 1.3
  • ISO 500


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  • SIGMA - SIGMA fp L
  • 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art 017
  • 135.0 mm
  • 1/250 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • 1
  • ISO 400
 
SoJuJo said:
The Sigma 135/1.8 did that on my old D850. Since I had that converted to L-Mount and in front of a 61 MP sensor I didn't use it as much as I was hoping. Of course, also due to it's weight and size and maybe also because I was never a big fan of 135 mm.
Which one would you prefer? It's no fair comparison, 135 mm against focus-stacked 100 mm, but the "close-up" ability (1 m minimal distance) once was a reason to buy they 135 Art and a 28-200 zoom... I'm curious which you like best.

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Of these shots I like the 105 macro the most. I didn't use the 90/2 as a macro tool :) more as a fast medium tele and some portrait shots. And exactly as you stated, the lens should be portable. Ofcourse I've looked at the 135/1.8 art (and the 28/1.4 art) both from Sigma. But those are not feasible for me, in terms of size and weight.

The 70-300 and the 24-105 are both Macro enough for me. But a 135/2.5 OIS non macro at i.e. 350 grams woud be lovely.
 
Least effort photoslide video YT short. I opened Google Photos and this "Best of September" suggestion randomly appeared. It just seemed to pull random photos including unedited RAWs into a video with music attached, so I thought I'd try it as there was no effort. Not necessarily the best ones but no editing or effort.

 
Oíche said:
Least effort photoslide video YT short. I opened Google Photos and this "Best of September" suggestion randomly appeared. It just seemed to pull random photos including unedited RAWs into a video with music attached, so I thought I'd try it as there was no effort. Not necessarily the best ones but no editing or effort.

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I like it! I might give this a go myself.

The iPhone does something similar, i.e. presents a collection of photos - and does a decent job of categorising them into a theme - and then makes a slide show with music and you can send it to friends as a video.

I like the ease of things like this. Same as you, I don't want to spend a lot of time on it.
 
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