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Today i took the opportunity to use a Sony NEX-7 [Crop-Sensor] with a Sony-Zeiss Full-Frame 35mm 1.4f lens.
I have recently read that using a full-frame lens with a crop sensor may not produce better results than using a lens designed from a crop-sensor camera and in fact the images will be less sharp.
When starting out, many photographers choose to go with a crop body and invest in full frame lenses. This is usually recommended as a good approach as you can keep your lenses and swap out your body for something newer down the road, eventually leading to that high quality full frame sensor that you always wanted. However some experts, especially Tony Northrup, claim that starting out with the full frame lens and crop bodies does not provide you with the sharp images.
In my case I had a top end full frame camera [Canon 1DSIII] with a set of very expensive glass and I was not at all happy as the combination was way too heavy and totally unsuitable for street photography. About five years ago I decided that I needed a better solution and after using a Sony NEX-5 for about a year I decided to purchase a NEX-7 and switch from DSLR to Mirrorless [at the time that was a big gamble]. In theory it would be possible to use my Canon lenses with the NEX-7 but in reality it was not a workable solution. The NEX-7 featured a crop-sensor so I purchased a set of suitable Sony lenses and they were not expensive.
My reason for getting the NEX-7 and associated lenses was greatly reduced weight coupled with the fact that my equipment did not attract unwelcome attention.
The NEX-7 performed way beyond my expectations and I was really pleased and then towards the end of last year because the camera was giving problems at random I threw all logic out the window and took an ever bigger gamble by purchasing a Sony A7RMkII full frame mirrorless camera which is larger and heavier than the NEX-7.
To be honest, there is no comparison between the two cameras, the A7R is very much superior and while it is heavier it is actually easier to use. Also the Canon lenses actually work with the A7R but using the necessary adaptor was a pain and added weight. However the Canon lenses showed what the A7RMkII could do so I decided that maybe I should consider getting some native Sony FE prime lenses and then I discovered that they all were expensive and heavy [ unless I got manual focus lens such as the Loxia ]. Anyway I ended up with a set of primes [and no cash] but I now have serious weight issue especially when I travel.
I was planning to use the NEX-7 as a backup or when I travel but the crop-lenses are not very good so it would make no sense to leave my full-frame lenses behind so a possible solution would to bring along one of the FE primes [35mm 1.4f] but then I came across discussions online claiming that FE lenses underperform when used with a crop-sensor. Of course there is another issue in that the NEX-7 is at the end of its life and needs to be replaced by something like the A6300 but as I already said I have no spare cash.
Little joke
Taken at / Photographié à Québec
Nikon F100
Micro nikkor 60mm
Ilford hp5@800
Kodak D76 Stock
Nikon Coolscan LS5000
CS5 : contrast local contrast and unsharp mask
The weather forecast for today (Sunday) was for temps to reach well into the 30s. It actually reached 41 deg F.
Huzzah!
EF 135/2 on N7 through Speed Booster (set to f/2, Exif showing 94.5/1.4) usually I'd associate such FL and properties with an extraordinary fine portrait lens, and it seems expectations were more than fulfilled :) !! ---
a diffused light filtered through a canopy of fresh, green leaves, and then reflected from a yellowish gravel beneath their feet, served as a fantastic source to give their faces that special, very soft glow & sheen ---
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I am great, not in a egotistical, vain, self-promoting way, but in an I'm fine, well, alive sort of way! I am so sorry for my lack of visits to all your streams recently, but I have been busy doing Bank holiday weekend things with family. We had a 4 day weekend last weekend and another this week in the UK, because of usual holidays and also Kate & William's wedding. My sister was visiting, so we had a few days out and took lots of pictures. But she has been using my room, blocking access to my iMac. So I used this as an excuse to have a little break from flickr. I have missed you all though and will catch up on all your streams on my day off tomorrow :)
The weather has been stunning here, so I have lots of pictures that I hope will come out ok, so please visit me again, if you can forgive my absence from your own streams!
Oh, this picture! I should probably explain it. This is me, taken yesterday at a Beer Festival in Baldock, Hertfordshire. This was a fantastic family event, which is different to any other festival I have been to (and that is quite a number!). I kept seeing these kids with amazingly good face paintings. This scene took me back to a scene in one of my favourite sitcoms, Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, where a guy gets his face painted by some travelers who used spray paint. It doesn't come off, so he spends the rest of the series with a tiger face or really thick white cover-up. Its great. So I wanted to do it too. I asked for a tiger and the woman total exceeded my expectations and came up with this awesomely camp design in under 5 minutes! I was chuffed.
I spent the rest of the day with this on my face, including traveling home on 2 busy trains and having a meal in a very crowded young persons pub! It was awesome. I got some very funny looks, but it was even funnier the way most people tried to ignore it! I went way over the top, egged-on by my sister. Growling at cars and other such juvenile antics that befitted the face painting! I think most people thought I was probably mentally handicapped and tried not to laugh and hurt my feelings. Or maybe they thought I was a total idiot!
But I felt Grrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeaat!
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That was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life. And I’m not a big fan of seeing myself in that kind of photo. But I always feel that even today, there are certain expectations of women & their lives. Not that I care about expectations, but sometimes I want to say, “people mind your own business.”
Interesting photo taken in Ika, Croatia.
Came overexposed, since there is on Reciprocity Failure for Retro 80s, I've been using Ilford FP4+ as guide.
Got a really dense contrasty negative at the end. It was foggy but not that much. Probably overexposed film, 30 sec of exposure and red filter made it all white. There is an island in distance in middle of photo, for those with good sight.
And negative got so many black and white dots (it is visible in sea rocks at bottom of image, nasty black dots), not sure what was problem?
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II - 110mm F2.8 Z (#25 Red Filter & 0.9 GND Soft)
Rollei Retro 80s @ ISO 20
Spur HRX (1+17) @ 20°C 8:40 (N+1)
Agitation: 2 inverts at start, then 1 invert each minute.
Stop bath: Ilford Ilfostop 1 min with 4 inverts at start.
Fixer:
Kodak TMax Fixer 4 min. Agitation 30 sec at start, then 5 sec each 30 sec.
Hypo Clear Agent:
Formulary's Hypo Clear Agent with 30 sec pre soaking, then 2 min with agent.
Washing/Wetting Agent: 5 min rinse then Rollei RWA wetting agent.
Scanner: Canon CanoScan 9000F
Some digital adjustments: dodge and burning mostly
My arrival at the Pfister Hotel. I love people watching, almost as much as I love being watched by people :) So, who will I see today, and who will see me?
Photographed at the UpDog Challenge competition. Markham Park, Sunrise - Florida
This was one of my favorite images from the competition!
The youngest competitor, among dozens of highly trained and mature dogs, was this nine-month old. This was his first competition. The concentration - and action to catch the disc - speaks for itself. He is already displaying the trademark of a champion. Many experts around the field were predicting that he will be a future star in the UpDog Challenge competitions.
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American consumers indulged in big cars; European buyers had to made do with cars that were far smaller, especially in the years immediately after World War II. This contrast in expectations is emphasised by the different scales of the 1947 Mercury coupe at left and the British Morris Minor of 1960 at the right.
I had low expectations of the George in Alstonefield. It's been reviewed in the Guardian, the Times, the Michelin Guide...
There were hipster beards (that fad isn't quite over in the sleepy backwaters of the Peak District), and family gatherings, but mostly it was just people like us, enjoying a pint in the sunshine.
The ale was Sharp's Rye Rock, which also exceeded my expectations and went down well at mile 10 of a 15 mile hike.
Part of a final set of 5 photos reflecting a temporary fixation on lava flowing from Kilauea into the sea. My wife and I had spent a fair bit of time reading about the relationship between earthquakes, Earth's tectonic plates, and volcanic activity. What we saw was exciting in that context, and it exceeded our expectations. The glow is light from the lava that was reflected off of the steam produced when the molten rock entered the water - Hawaii's Big Island. Taken in the black of night.
Photo of the Painted Hills captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm F/4.5 lens. Near the Observation Point. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument: Painted Hills Section (managed by the National Park Services). John Day/Clarno Uplands Area. Blue Mountains Region. Wheeler County, Oregon. Early April 2017.
Exposure Time: 1/80 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/11 * Bracketing: None
Messed up last few months. Trying to work things out and finish school in this hell hole.
Playing with lights and shutter speeds.
When I breathe I'm fulling my lungs with lies and regret. I'm clearing my brain, trying to forget. Lost in a cloud of mistakes and trouble, the anger beneath my skin boils and bubbles. Wrestling free of a monster I never knew, that once started so little until we were through. Released from it's grips, a frown on my hips, my eyes adjusting to this solar eclipse.
Expectations seep into the air surrounding me, I simply run away.
Spiralling downhill on a path to death, they beg and plead me to stay.
The forecast predicts sunny for tomorrow, but hows the weather today?
But I pour down the open drain, casting my life astray.
Pulled under by regret and defeat, my only choice was hell or retreat.
Picked apart, and test by test, my long lost friend was put to rest.
My last series of photos inspired by Funny Face/Paris and my last Poppy! She was also my very first Poppy and therefore very special to me.
I found this book in my brother's room; he's got a great book shelf overflowing with novels and chapter books that nobody reads.
My mom has had these old tea cups in our cabinet for centuries it seems, and I've always wanted to do something with them, so I figured they'd go nicely on top of my other vintage-y stuff.
The alley leading to the entrance portal of the Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceaux, Loire Valley, France
Some background information:
On our first visit of the Château de Chenonceau (when this picture was taken) we explored the château and its gardens, but we did not get to the southern bank of the River Cher, from where you can take much better pictures. However, we made up for that two years later, when I took those two photos:
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The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the River Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux in the French department of Indre-et-Loire. Hence, it is a water palace and as such one of the best-known châteaux of the Loire Valley. The Château de Chenonceau is situated about 40 km (25 miles) to the southeast of the city of Tours. It is also called "Château des Dames" (in English "Château of the ladies"), because it were mainly women, who decided its history and fate.
The estate of Chenonceau was first mentioned in a document in the 11th century. The current château was built between 1514 and 1522 on the foundations of an old mill and later extended to span the river. In the 13th century, the fief of Chenonceau belonged to the Marques family. The original château was torched in 1412 to punish the owner, Jean Marques, for an act of sedition. In the 1430s, he rebuilt a château and fortified mill on the site. However, Jean Marques' indebted heir Pierre Marques found it necessary to sell the estate.
Thomas Bohier, Chamberlain to King Charles VIII of France, purchased the castle from Pierre Marques in 1513 and demolished most of it (resulting in 2013 being considered the 500th anniversary of the castle), though its 15th-century keep was left standing. Between 1515 and 1521 Bohier built an entirely new residence. The work was overseen by his wife Katherine Briçonnet, who delighted in hosting French nobility, including King Francis I on two occasions.
In 1535 the château was seized from Bohier's son by King Francis I of France for unpaid debts to the Crown. After Francis' death in 1547, Henry II offered the château as a gift to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who became fervently attached to the château along the river. In 1555 she commissioned Philibert de l'Orme to build the arched bridge joining the château to its opposite bank. Diane then oversaw the planting of extensive flower and vegetable gardens along with a variety of fruit trees. Set along the banks of the river, but buttressed from flooding by stone terraces, the exquisite gardens were laid out in four triangles.
Diane de Poitiers was the unquestioned mistress of the castle, but ownership remained with the crown until 1555 when years of delicate legal manoeuvres finally yielded possession to her. After King Henry II died in 1559, his strong-willed widow and regent Catherine de' Medici forced Diane to exchange it for the Château Chaumont. Queen Catherine then made Chenonceau her own favourite residence, adding a new series of gardens.
As Regent of France, Catherine spent a fortune on the château and on spectacular nighttime parties. In 1560, the first-ever fireworks display seen in France took place during the celebrations marking the ascension to the throne of Catherine's son Francis II. The grand gallery, which extended along the existing bridge to cross the entire river, was dedicated in 1577. Catherine also added rooms between the chapel and the library on the east side of the corps de logis, as well as a service wing on the west side of the entry courtyard.
On Catherine's death in January 1589, the château went to her daughter-in-law, Louise of Lorraine, wife of King Henry III. Louise was at Chenonceau when she learned of her husband's assassination, in August 1589, and she fell into a state of depression. Louise spent the next eleven years, until her death in January 1601, wandering aimlessly along the château's corridors dressed in mourning clothes, amidst sombre black tapestries stitched with skulls and crossbones.
Henri IV obtained Chenonceau for his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées by paying the debts of Catherine de' Medici, which had been inherited by Louise and were threatening to ruin her. In return, Louise left the château to her niece Françoise de Lorraine, at that time six years old and betrothed to the four-year-old César de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, the natural son of Gabrielle d'Estrées and Henri IV. The château belonged to the Duc de Vendôme and his descendants for more than a hundred years. The Bourbons had little interest in the château, except for hunting. In 1650, Louis XIV was the last king of the ancien régime to visit.
In 1720, the Château de Chenonceau was bought by the Duke of Bourbon. Little by little, he sold off all of the castle's contents and many of the fine statues ended up at Versailles. In 1733 the estate was sold for 130,000 livres (corresponding to 2.1 million $ today) to a wealthy squire named Claude Dupin. His wife, Louise Dupin, was the natural daughter of the financier Samuel Bernard and the actress Manon Dancourt. She was regarded as an intelligent, beautiful, and highly cultivated woman.
Louise Dupin's literary salon at Chenonceau attracted such leaders of the Enlightenment as the writers Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Fontenelle, the naturalist Buffon, the playwright Marivaux, the philosopher Condillac, as well as the Marquise de Tencin and the Marquise du Deffand. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was Dupin's secretary and tutored her son. Rousseau, who worked on Émile at Chenonceau, wrote in his Confessions: "We played music there and staged comedies. I wrote a play in verse entitled Sylvie's Path, after the name of a path in the park along the Cher."
The widowed Louise Dupin saved the château from destruction during the French Revolution, preserving it from being destroyed by the Revolutionary Guard because "it was essential to travel and commerce, being the only bridge across the river for many miles."
In 1864 Marguerite Pelouze, a rich heiress, acquired the château. Around 1875 she commissioned the architect Félix Roguet to restore it. He almost completely renewed the interior and removed several of Catherine de' Medici's additions, including the rooms between the library and the chapel and her alterations to the north facade, among which were figures of Hercules, Pallas, Apollo, and Cybele that were moved to the park. With the money Marguerite spent on these projects and elaborate parties, her finances were depleted, and the château was seized and sold.
José-Emilio Terry, a Cuban millionaire, acquired Chenonceau from Madame Pelouze in 1891. Terry sold it in 1896 to a family member, Francisco Terry. In 1913, the château was acquired by Henri Menier, a member of the Menier family, famous for their chocolates, who still own it to this day.
During World War I Gaston Menier set up the gallery to be used as a hospital ward. During the Second World War, the château was bombed by the Germans in June 1940. It was also a means of escaping from the Nazi-occupied zone on one side of the river Cher to the "free" zone on the opposite bank. Occupied by the Germans, the château was bombed by the Allies in June 1944, when the chapel was hit and its windows destroyed. In 1951, the Menier family entrusted the château's restoration to Bernard Voisin, who brought the dilapidated structure and the gardens (ravaged in the Cher flood in 1940) back to a reflection of its former glory.
An architectural mixture of late Gothic and early Renaissance, Château de Chenonceau and its gardens are open to the public. The château has been designated as a Monument historique since 1840 by the French Ministry of Culture. Today, Chenonceau is a major tourist attraction. It receives more than 800,000 visitors each year and is the most visited château in France, apart from the Royal Palace of Versailles.
The Château de Chenonceau is also regarded as one of the haunted castles of France. Occasionally when the moon is full, Catherine may be seen combing the hair of her rival, Diane. On other occasions, Diane was seen standing unhappily in front of her bedroom mirror. At least, several people have stated that. Well, everyone has to decide for themselves whether she or he believes in ghosts or not.
Since 2000, the Château de Chenonceau belongs to the UNESCO Word Heritage Site "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes" with its many breathtaking châteaux. Altogether there are more than 400 of them in the Loire region.
When a woman finds the man she wants to marry, she sees the potential in him to become the man she knows he can be. When a man finds the woman he wants to marry, he sees exactly what he wants for the rest of his life. The woman of his dreams and things will always be the same. But boys are boys and it takes us a long time to grow up and women, they carry babies and become mothers and pick-up responsibilities and sensibilities quickly.