Camelia's Blossom
In the grayness of winter, the blossom of Camelia's in the tropical green houses, is a pleasent event that I was noticed by the FB group of the Botanical Garden of Lyon, France.
I picked up my Konica-Minolta Dynax 5D (a year-2005 APS-C DSLR, see the details below). I equipped the camera with a Konica-Minolta AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm 1:3.5-5.6 (D) lens that I blocked with a piece of gaffer tape on f=24mm corresponding to the focal length 35mm for a 24x36mm format.
I also used a fix 200 ISO sensor sensitivity. The pictures was in the RAW format (3000x2000 pixels). The lens was equipped with a generic Anti-UV protective 55mm filter and its original Konica-Minolta shade hood LB-1092.
Whenever necessarily in low-light conditions, I used the build-in small flashlight (NG 12 at 100 ISO) to complement the ambient light and to restore vivid colors. The camera was used either in the manual « M » mode or the aperture-priority « A » automated mode.
Serres Tropicales, January 27, 2025
Jardin Botanique de Lyon
Parc de la Tête d’Or
69006 Lyon
France
After the session, the RAW files were transferred to the computer using a USB multi-memory cards reader and processed in the latest version of Adode Lightroom Classic (LrC version 14.1.1) that uses the external module Adobe Camera Raw version 17.0.1 for RAW development. The files were then processed as usual using the regular functions of Lightroom. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full-size JPEG's.
About the camera :
(Wiki) The Konica Minolta Dynax 5D is a Digital SLR camera announced by Konica Minolta on July 15, 2005. It is also known as Maxxum 5D in the USA and (Alpha) αSweet Digital in Japan. It became available from September 2005 and was bundled with the AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm / f4.5-5.6 (D) lens.
The camera features a 6 megapixel CCD sensor. Image files are created at a maximum resolution of 3008 x 2000 pixels and recorded in JPEG (STD, Fine, EX-fine), RAW and RAW+JPEG formats. It uses CompactFlash for storage. The back has a 115,000 2.5" TFT color display.
Main differences between the 7D and the 5D are:
* Less buttons and dials
* Fibre plastic body, as opposed to a magnesium alloy on the 7D, camera is almost 200 g lighter (970g in workin order with the AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm)
* White balance bracketing
* Newly added colour modes, including black and white
The Konica-Minolta was the last DSLR camera engineering before the cession to Sony of the whole photo camera activities of the company.
Camelia's Blossom
In the grayness of winter, the blossom of Camelia's in the tropical green houses, is a pleasent event that I was noticed by the FB group of the Botanical Garden of Lyon, France.
I picked up my Konica-Minolta Dynax 5D (a year-2005 APS-C DSLR, see the details below). I equipped the camera with a Konica-Minolta AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm 1:3.5-5.6 (D) lens that I blocked with a piece of gaffer tape on f=24mm corresponding to the focal length 35mm for a 24x36mm format.
I also used a fix 200 ISO sensor sensitivity. The pictures was in the RAW format (3000x2000 pixels). The lens was equipped with a generic Anti-UV protective 55mm filter and its original Konica-Minolta shade hood LB-1092.
Whenever necessarily in low-light conditions, I used the build-in small flashlight (NG 12 at 100 ISO) to complement the ambient light and to restore vivid colors. The camera was used either in the manual « M » mode or the aperture-priority « A » automated mode.
Serres Tropicales, January 27, 2025
Jardin Botanique de Lyon
Parc de la Tête d’Or
69006 Lyon
France
After the session, the RAW files were transferred to the computer using a USB multi-memory cards reader and processed in the latest version of Adode Lightroom Classic (LrC version 14.1.1) that uses the external module Adobe Camera Raw version 17.0.1 for RAW development. The files were then processed as usual using the regular functions of Lightroom. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full-size JPEG's.
About the camera :
(Wiki) The Konica Minolta Dynax 5D is a Digital SLR camera announced by Konica Minolta on July 15, 2005. It is also known as Maxxum 5D in the USA and (Alpha) αSweet Digital in Japan. It became available from September 2005 and was bundled with the AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm / f4.5-5.6 (D) lens.
The camera features a 6 megapixel CCD sensor. Image files are created at a maximum resolution of 3008 x 2000 pixels and recorded in JPEG (STD, Fine, EX-fine), RAW and RAW+JPEG formats. It uses CompactFlash for storage. The back has a 115,000 2.5" TFT color display.
Main differences between the 7D and the 5D are:
* Less buttons and dials
* Fibre plastic body, as opposed to a magnesium alloy on the 7D, camera is almost 200 g lighter (970g in workin order with the AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm)
* White balance bracketing
* Newly added colour modes, including black and white
The Konica-Minolta was the last DSLR camera engineering before the cession to Sony of the whole photo camera activities of the company.