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Night in Gion
A Maiko in all her finery, in particular her gorgeous long Darari obi (だらり帯 ie "dangling" obi) at the back. This long obi is even more spectacular at night when the shiny embossed patterns shimmer as she walks by.
Soft warm light from the interiors seeps out through thin gaps in the wooden lattices, a common characteristic of the night scene in Gion.
A real Maiko in historical Gion, Kyoto. Not those fake ones playing dress-ups in the daytime.
Handheld shot at ISO6,400 and f1.4 as it was rather dark plus shot was taken at a higher shutter-speed to freeze motion at close distance, no noise reduction.
An old shot. I've gotten a lot more proficient with post-processing such shots these days. ISO6,400 without the colors appearing thin and washed out, quite happy with this.
Learning to post-process more competently has a much greater impact on better image quality than blindly chasing after new gear or being inanely obsessed with lens sharpness.
Handheld night shots are challenging, those involving moving subjects even more so hence more fun.
FE 85mm f1.4 GM on the ancient Sony A7R2.
3 months ago I spoke about a possible OM-5 here; www.flickr.com/photos/86145600@N07/51890597694/
It appears that OM Solutions (OMS) is indeed going to announce the OM-5. This should be a non-sports oriented body, probably with the same BSI sensor as the OM-1 but without the additional stacked layer and sophisticated AF. This unstacked BSI sensor should marginally outperform the existing E-M1 Mkiii or E-M5iii non-BSI sensor in real terms without resorting to software trickery. This is plausible as Nikon likely did the same in reverse by adding a stacked layer to their 45mp sensor derived from their D850 and Z7 bodies to produce the Z9.
Nikon went from 12mp (D700 in 2008) to 36mp (D800 in 2012). Will OM-5 be 40mp when the prevailing OM/Olympus cameras have been at 20mp since the E-M1 Mkii launched in 2016?
Night in Gion
A Maiko in all her finery, in particular her gorgeous long Darari obi (だらり帯 ie "dangling" obi) at the back. This long obi is even more spectacular at night when the shiny embossed patterns shimmer as she walks by.
Soft warm light from the interiors seeps out through thin gaps in the wooden lattices, a common characteristic of the night scene in Gion.
A real Maiko in historical Gion, Kyoto. Not those fake ones playing dress-ups in the daytime.
Handheld shot at ISO6,400 and f1.4 as it was rather dark plus shot was taken at a higher shutter-speed to freeze motion at close distance, no noise reduction.
An old shot. I've gotten a lot more proficient with post-processing such shots these days. ISO6,400 without the colors appearing thin and washed out, quite happy with this.
Learning to post-process more competently has a much greater impact on better image quality than blindly chasing after new gear or being inanely obsessed with lens sharpness.
Handheld night shots are challenging, those involving moving subjects even more so hence more fun.
FE 85mm f1.4 GM on the ancient Sony A7R2.
3 months ago I spoke about a possible OM-5 here; www.flickr.com/photos/86145600@N07/51890597694/
It appears that OM Solutions (OMS) is indeed going to announce the OM-5. This should be a non-sports oriented body, probably with the same BSI sensor as the OM-1 but without the additional stacked layer and sophisticated AF. This unstacked BSI sensor should marginally outperform the existing E-M1 Mkiii or E-M5iii non-BSI sensor in real terms without resorting to software trickery. This is plausible as Nikon likely did the same in reverse by adding a stacked layer to their 45mp sensor derived from their D850 and Z7 bodies to produce the Z9.
Nikon went from 12mp (D700 in 2008) to 36mp (D800 in 2012). Will OM-5 be 40mp when the prevailing OM/Olympus cameras have been at 20mp since the E-M1 Mkii launched in 2016?