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Death Valley National Park, CA
No one ever mentions how windy Death Valley is, but during my entire stay it was incredibly windy! The wind dumped my tripod and camera while I was trying to take this shot. Fortunately, the lens and camera were ok, but my screen protector cracked all over and saved my screen. Definitely worth the small investment for a screen protector, that's my 2 cents.
(363/366) I managed to drop my iPhone as I got in the car at the end of our drive today. A neighbour walking past found it & kept it safe. I thought I'd lost it so I was very relieved when I rang it & he answered but when I went over to collect it my heart sank, our car tyre must have run over it :( It has an Otterbox rubberised cover & tempered glass screen protector but the screen appeared badly damaged.
Fearing disaster I gingerly peeled this shattered glass screen protector off & was amazed that the actual phone screen underneath was totally unscathed. Needless to say I was straight on Ebay to buy another one, €2.99 well spent.
Waiting for to served at the Apple Store, to get a glass screen protector installed on my iPhone 15. It’s going to be my camera from now on as I broke my LUMIX.
Looking out to the mall from inside the Adelaide Apple Store, while waiting to be served - I was getting a glass screen protector for my new phone. One of the last pictures taken with my iPhone 11. Last night I migrated over to my new iPhone 15 and I will start trying out its camera today.
I put the camera on timer, put it in front of my iPod (It has a screen protector that always works as a mirror when you have the screen turned off) and then made it take a pic of itself lol.
It was noted at 2:23 PM on July 20, 2019 that this Monarch Caterpillar was no longer feeding. Attempts were made to place fresh milkweed in its habitat and gently place it on the leaves to induce feeding. Four attempts were made, but each time it would crawl away, rear up and look around. At that point, I placed the caterpillar in a dark, quiet place.
His measurements at this point remained the same as the previous one taken at 6:36 PM on July 19, 2019, 45mm in length and 25.12mm in girth at 2:23 PM July 20, 2019.
By 9:12 PM, July 20, 2019, it had attached itself to one side of the net screen protector around the little habitat I provided and is now in the "J" position for pupation. It will hang like this for about 24 hours and then begin to form a green pupa or chrysalis. It will take 9-14 days to develop into a Monarch Butterfly! *See this link: www.butterflybushes.com/monarch_metamorphosis.htm and the "J" photo below.
Q143 comes into Botkins, Ohio on the Toeldo Sub, passing a rather unique CPL with a screen protector.
Imperfection: Macro Monday HMM
2,9 x 3,8 cm
Seit einem Sturz in diesem Jahr auf einer Straße in Berlin hat die
Schutzhülle mehrere kleine Risse.
Since a fall this year on a street in Berlin, the
Protective cover several small cracks.
Depuis la chute de cette année dans une rue de Berlin, l'Assemblée de l
Protège plusieurs petites fissures.
Desde el otoño de este año en una calle de Berlín, el
Tapa protectora varias pequeñas grietas.
Desde o outono deste ano em uma rua em Berlim tem o
Proteção cobre várias pequenas rachaduras.
Dal autunno di quest' anno in una strada di Berlino, il
Coprire il coperchio di protezione diverse piccole crepe.
Sinds de val dit jaar op een straat in Berlijn, is de
Bescherm enkele kleine scheuren.
Sedan ett fall i år på en gata i Berlin har
Skyddskåpa flera små sprickor.
Siden et fald i år på en gade i Berlin har
Beskyttelsesdækslet flere små revner.
Od upadku tego roku na ulicy w Berlinie, od czasu upadku w tym roku
Pokrywa ochronna pokrywa kilka małych pęknięć.
Ich wünsche Euche einen erfolgreichen Macro Monday liebe Flickr Freunde und eine gute Woche!
I wish Euche a successful Macro Monday, dear Flickr friends and a good week!
It was noted at 2:23 PM on July 20, 2019 that this Monarch Caterpillar was no longer feeding. Attempts were made to place fresh milkweed in its habitat and gently place it on the leaves to induce feeding. Four attempts were made, but each time it would crawl away, rear up and look around. At that point, I placed the caterpillar in a dark, quiet place.
His measurements at this point remained the same as the previous one taken at 6:36 PM on July 19, 2019, 45mm in length and 25.12mm in girth at 2:23 PM July 20, 2019.
By 9:12 PM, July 20, 2019, it had attached itself to one side of the net screen protector around the little habitat I provided and is now in the "J" position for pupation. It will hang like this for about 24 hours and then begin to form a green pupa or chrysalis. It will take 9-14 days to develop into a Monarch Butterfly! *See this link: www.butterflybushes.com/monarch_metamorphosis.htm and the "J" photo below.
The shell is sat on an unused tablet screen protector, lit from above with daylight and from below with the flash-light of a phone.
Stacked from 61 images.
Taken with my NEW CANON G10~~~
eeeee~~~ I'm so happy *__* I still have to learn how to fiddle with settings but this is my first shot (looks a bit blurry though ;_; ) Gotta find a case and get a screen protector too~~
While I was was getting tickets into Minsmere for my wife's sister and her husband I knocked my camera over, landing heavily on it's back smashed the glass screen protector. Fortunately the camera and lens still worked and we carried on. Bad luck turned into good as I managed to take this shot later that day. Screen protector later removed using dental floss, no hairdryer required, and now replaced with no damage to the camera. Of course I'm not entirely happy with the shot (better light, more depth of field for the wing tips, and I know I can do better with the processing) however opportunities like this don't come along very often for the amateur photographer and I thank my lucky charm guests!
Many thanks to all who comment, fave or just enjoy looking, it really is very much appreciated!
This was taken on my mobile phone screen with the d500 and 105 macro lens, so the lines you can see is because of the lcd screen and screen protector, and the angle . The spider was about 2 mm across so a young one and I was had holding the phone while taking the shot one handed , with the macro lens on in the garden . The spider was not captive it jumped onto my phone screen from a plant.
'' Nature is not a place to visit, it is home ''
Ten years into my enjoyable time here on Flickr and I wanted to take a few moments of reminiscence, a trip down memory lane to look at a few of the photographs that have meant the most to me along the way. They might be commercial successes, personal favourites or images that evoke for me great memories or a turning point of some sort. Each has a few words about the events behind the frames.
(15) MISTY SUNRISE OVER FOOTS CRAY MEADOWS
This photograph represents to me the moments in time in which I am at one with Mother Nature, Nikon in hand doing the thing that I have since I was a small boy back in the 1970's. Landscape and wildlife were always at the top of my list for favourite subject matter, and loving Science and the Universe, with childhood recollections of vacations in the then dark sky areas of Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, it seemed a natural progression to turn my lenses to the Golden hour.
Technically, when you get right down to it, there are blurred lines between what is actually dusk and dawn, first light, the blue hour, the golden hour. There are four times each and every day when the light is just about perfect for outdoors photography and these are known as the golden hour and the blue hour. They occur during the hour before the sun rises (blue) and the hour after (golden) and then the opposite in the evening, an hour before the sun sets (golden) and the hour after (blue). The lines blur when you have a blue coloured golden hour through cloud cover or weather conditions or a golden coloured blue hour.
It's always been mind blowing to me that the sun is 93 Million miles away from Planet Earth and Sunlight travels at the speed of light at around 186,000 miles per second and Photons emitted from the surface of the Sun need to travel across the vacuum of space to reach our eyes, taking on average 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth. In real terms then, if we were watching a sunrise or sunset at any point, without knowing it, the sun might just have exploded already and we wouldn't know for another eight minutes! Back to reality and to make things simple, I tend to call my shots taken in the early morning before and as the sun rises, the golden hour. I'm incorrect but it's simpler that way.
I love to take photographs during the early morning when the first light is breaking through and the sun is beginning to make it's presence felt, rather than after the sun rises as that can be much harder to control in terms of flaring and ghosting across a seascape where I shoot a lot of the time. My whole working life from a young age saw me having to rise each morning from 2am to 4am and so it has never been a problem for me to set an alarm, get up and shower and head out into the darkness. A drive to the coast in the wee small hours, timing things so that you arrive with a low tide and the light just beginning to form always give me a buzz, and setting up on a beach or shoreline in the glorious fresh air with the waves lapping around you, the smell of the salty water and seaweed and the sound of the gulls above as they swoop and swirl can make you feel glad to be alive.
I also love the challenge of low light golden hour photography and the discipline it takes to set up correctly, nail your settings and then change them constantly with the coming of the sun rays. To me each and every sunrise is individual, unique, and even shooting in some of my familiar locations in Kent and over in Canada and the USA, each morning brings a uniquely different hue and light, and the results can be so different. I learned as a younger man that the rules of photography are that there are no rules of photography. They are there as guidelines for you to study and learn and then make work in a way which suits your own preferences and style of shooting. I personally do not favour high ISO photography, and tend to try and keep my ISO as low and close to the camera sensor's base unit as possible. In film days it was generally 200 ASA (and I stored my 35mm roll film in the fridge as it made a difference to the colours), nowadays with my Nikon D850 I try to shoot at 64 ISO even in the darkest light.
Shooting on a sturdy Manfrotto tripod (Italian designed and made and the best I've ever used) with a Nikon MC-DC2 remote wired shutter release going through my Nikon GP-1 GPS module is my method, and at 64 ISO I can preserve the quality of the RAW file and shoot at thirty seconds for example to allow light or movement. I've always owned and used filters and in more recent years made the move from Lee filters 100 to their flagship SW150 range with a dedicated ring kit for the Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED IF starting things off before they made the brilliant decision to expand the possibilities by making a range of adapter rings in a range of sizes, 77mm and 95mm meeting my current needs. That means I can now use one range of Lee SW150 adapters and filters for all of my lenses including the Nikkor 14-24mm and the Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4 G ED IF VR, my Nikkor AF-S 24-120 f/4G ED VR and even my Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 as I tend to use a Circular polarizer glass filter for wildlife shots.
I am currently in consultation with Lee filters excellent technicians in trying to come up with a special one off adapter for the Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3DG OS HSM SPORTS as it such an important lens to me, and currently I am using my own custom made fitment to take the Lee SW150 system which I would like to improve on. Currently with a custom made one sided sticky velcro ring inside the Lee SW150 filter holder, I can mount that directly onto the Sigma lens barrel. The moulded end of the lens makes itself impossible to fit a standard Lee adapter and so I've been sending photographs to them of the lens and they are working hopefully on a solution.
Using filters on golden hour shots also opens up a world of possibility and I tend to carry them whenever on a low light shoot. Reverse neutral density glass filters are essential kit, the downside of filters being their cost initially. My Lee SW150 kit runs into the thousands, so they will be with me forever now! For me after an early shoot, I return home feeling content in so many ways, having been in the open air, hopefully watched a beautiful new day beginning, the exercise which can never hurt and the anticipation and hope that I got my settings and focus, especially manual focus shots, just right.
My processing system is old fashioned and simple, using a very old copy of Adobe Photoshop elements 8 from about 1925 I think, I send the RAW file as a NEF to the programme, and use as little processing as I can to release the colours, tone and contrast in the RAW file and perhaps a touch of sharpening when necessary. That's it. Convert to a JPeg and send to my desktop and the resulting files can be anything up to 60MP JPegs ready for my agents or Flickr.
This photograph was taken on a stunning morning in June after getting up at around 02:30am and making the twenty five minute journey down to a favoured location in Kent. On what used to be my daily commute to work every morning for seventeen years until I retired in July 2019, just down a steep, narrow cut through off Rectory Lane in the grounds of Foots Cray Meadows, over the River Cray in Bexley, Kent, England. It's a lovely spot next to All Saints a small church courtyard that opens up into a beautiful recreational park and on to a lake and an arched bridge where bats fly and birds gather. Being low in the valley when conditions are right there is often a low forming or all encompassing mist that sweeps around and envelopes you, and perfect for atmospheric, ethereal photography. Again that discipline of the ever changing light, mist cover and shapes within it created by the forest and the sun rising through it, are a joy and a challenge to capture. I NEED to come here every so often to show me the beauty of a new morning.
This frame was chosen on February 12th 2019 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #47) becoming my 116th to be on Explore. It was published in the Shutterstock Commercial Collection on February 7th 2019. Whilst I am grateful to them and it has sold, I no longer submit to Shutterstock thanks to artistic differences. They believe that any image that is not taken at f/14 with everything in focus is 'Out of focus', and having returned dozens of my photographs shot at f/2.8 focussing on close objects with a creamy depth of focus as 'Out of focus', I decided it wasn't worth my time and effort bothering with them. Versions of this image and others from the same shoots made it into one of my published books, have been published online and also published by my agents Getty Images. It is also symbolic of a location I've loved for decades and a time of day that is pure heaven to my eyes.
It was also selected for a second time on FLICKR EXPLORE on Thursday 19th August 2021 with a highest position of 460th and became my 206th photograph to appear on Explore.
It was a great little team of Nikons used to capture this frame in the utterly superb Nikon D7200, the third in the 7000 that I owned, and the amazing and versatile Nikkor AF-S 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED, a true gem of a lens that I managed to talk two photographers I used to work with and teach to purchase. The Nikon D7200 introduced in February 2013 was a cracking little high end APS-C crop factor DX gem offering the same 24.2 megapixel quality that the once fully professional Nikon D2x and D2Sx offered, and improvements in low light performance improved auto focus and a larger buffer than it's predecessors all in a lightweight package here with loads of features. The little 10-24mm, oh what a lens, giving me an ultra wide dx equivalent to my full frame 14-24mm Nikkor, in a 2.4 times zoom with an angle of 109 degrees to 61 degrees or 15-36mm in 35mm format. Three aspherical and two ED glass elements, a silent wave motor, quiet autofocus and tiny 460 gramms weight made it a must have companion and it worked so well with the D7200. That was a dream team of equipment in my opinion, coupled on this occasion with my Manfrotto 055Xprob Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections, Manfrotto 327RC2 Magnesium Ball Head, Manfrotto quick release plate, Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release, Hoodman H-EYEN22S soft rubber eyecup. Matin quick release very soft and comfortable neckstrap and my Nikon GP-1 GPS module.
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This photograph was taken at an altitude of Twenty nine metres, in the height of a misty and ethereal golden hour around sunrise, (Sunrise was at precisely 04:42am), at 03:59am on Tuesday 20th June 2017, off Rectory Lane in the grounds of Foots Cray Meadows, over the River Cray in Bexley, Kent, England.
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Nikon D7200 Focal length: 20mm Shutter speed: 1/400s Aperture: f/4.5 iso100 RAW (14Bit) Size L (6000x4000) Focus mode: Auto focus AF-C with 3D-tracking enabled Exposure mode: Manual exposure Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance: Auto white balance Auto Active D-lighting
Nikkor AF-S 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED. Phot-R 77mm UV filter.Nikon MB-D15 Battery grip pack. Nikon EN-EL battery (2). Manfrotto 055Xprob Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections. Manfrotto 327RC2 Magnesium Ball Head. Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release. Hoodman H-EYEN22S soft rubber eyecup. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 32GB Class 10 SDHC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Expert Shield screen protector for D7200. Nikon GP-1 GPS module.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 25m 20.50s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 7m 15.80s
ALTITUDE: 29.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 69.00MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 22.50MB
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PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D7200 Firmware versions A 1.10 C 1.02 (9/3/17) L 2.015 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB DATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.2.4 24/11/2016). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Camera: Olympus SP550UZ
Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Exposure Mode: Manual
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 9.4 mm
ISO Speed: 50
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
GGS LCD Screen Protector Glass.
LCD HooD Mount
Hit Explore Nov 26, 2009 #36
Tools needed for removing the 30D LCD protector. Suction cup, tweezers for handling the double-sided tape.
More in depth, how to replace the screen protector:
A month of extreme macro
Revealing the Retina display's pixels. And also, the state of my screen protector
A somewhat tired common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) which landed on my phone and created a nice reflection in the glass.
The screen protector I use has a purple tinge which is what reflects with a purple tint in the edges of the mandibles have a purple tint.
The new pristine screen. Handle it carefully and don't get any fingerprints on the inside, obviously, as you are going to be sealing it in.
More in depth, how to replace the screen protector:
The double-sided tape. Fragile stuff. Use tweezers if you don't have nimble fingers.
More in depth, how to replace the screen protector:
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This is a hand held panorama and achieving a level horizon in this case was most difficult due to restrictions imposed by a fence at this site, not to mention the width of the landscape to be captured.
Hand held panoramas taken with an IPhone require considerable practice and a sense of maintaining the camera vertical throughout the process. Several attempts may be required before a suitably straight horizon is achieved.
There can be a tendency to drop the camera down as you progressively pan across the landscape.
One needs to find a way to smoothly manage the camera in a horizontal plane following the horizon.
On bright sunny days this process can be made more difficult, especially if you have a dirty or well used screen protector. Bright light and reflection on the screen can make it even harder to see the horizon as you pan.
The vast majority of my panorama shots are taken hand held, although a small number are taken with my DJI Osmo 2 gimble which requires the phone to be removed from its cover and attached to the Osmo 2. This can be time consuming but the results in my experence always make it worth the effort..
The DJI Osmo 2 can be set to take a series of shots and the software stitches them together into what are dead flat horizon panorama shots.
The Osmo 2 is also very effective when used for video recording as the gimble maintains the camera on a level plane throughout.
See the two images below.
or: why you can't reuse the tempered glass screen protector for your phone - even though it's not cracked - no matter how much you've tried to clean it.
Photo taken for the November 8, 2021 Macro Mondays theme: behind glass
. as we testing the emergency broadband service...trying it rather than than a not...a count for sure. Beavis is a million visitors....it's a simple rollieflex and land between the open minded...there's a split between Rockefeller rocks.... reality and the otherside of surrealistic....and ai is the concept of the world as ai is.. one eye shut. ..with a open mind of course...this vintage time line is returning soon and will take pictures of nothing more than entertaining the moment of a hypothetical starry-eyed head-in-the-clouds as a dollar camera left behind and screen protector.... movie's includes the concept that you will remember nothing about this pictures past and future ... with imagination or wisdom you have more time than usual for a special day pass here.. ... at the game the player's. ...play.....and then capture the moments that make you wonder what the future holds..... the world of art in your hand and foot...is the ball that travels in time..my side of portals through my stream is always open for visitors just stand in front of the moon and see it.if the only thing that can fly digitaly through space. .i...get it....most won't.... potential poetry.. through imagination.. taking out one key player... and reverse engineering the other... and hss..we will be on vacation for the next few days going tropical. i will send pictures of nothing but Matter.. capture it inside the mind of Holliday. see you there. this message will self-destruct in a moment of time. usually 5 to 7 working days....get it now...just say back to your regular scheduled program../●
It was noted at 2:23 PM on July 20, 2019 that this Monarch Caterpillar was no longer feeding. Attempts were made to place fresh milkweed in its habitat and gently place it on the leaves to induce feeding. Four attempts were made, but each time it would crawl away, rear up and look around. At that point, I placed the caterpillar in a dark, quiet place.
His measurements at this point remained the same as the previous one taken at 6:36 PM on July 19, 2019, 45mm in length and 25.12mm in girth at 2:23 PM July 20, 2019.
By 9:12 PM, July 20, 2019, it had attached itself to one side of the net screen protector around the little habitat I provided and is now in the "J" position for pupation. It will hang like this for about 24 hours and then begin to form a green pupa or chrysalis. It will take 9-14 days to develop into a Monarch Butterfly! *See this link: www.butterflybushes.com/monarch_metamorphosis.htm and the "J" photo below.
Grandpaw made us a wood frame to put a large TV screen protector on and then we balanced it on some tables. After putting the slices and Flint on the screen and sprinkling chicken here and there, I crawled underneath with my camera.
I had originally planned to do a head and nose shot with the slices but I ended up liking this body shot better. There were a lot more slices, but Flint had mostly pushed them out of frame while looking for the chicken I had hidden (and slipping and sliding in orange juice, haha) , so the placement of these slices is all his doing. :) In post, I played around with layers and saturated the sky and oranges. I kind of went for an ocean or swimming pool look, but the longer I look at this the more I think he looks like one of those Garfield stuck on a car window plushies! :P
e-p1 fitted with lumix pancake and a butchered anti glare ipod screen protector. perfect on the go setup.
The first and most obvious is to make sure the brightness on your display is cranked up as high as you can go. It may be a case of disabling battery saving mode to do this as some phones will cap the brightness when this mode is engaged.
Just keep in mind that this will drain your battery quicker than normal.
Here are a few other options:
1. Buy an anti-glare screen protector
Screen protectors are relatively inexpensive these days and allow you to put a small cover over the display on your phone to both protect it from cracks and, in this case, the sunshine.
The key thing to remember is you want to go for a matte protector rather than a glossy one - for obvious reasons.
2. Invert the colour on your phone's display
Some people may find it easier to flip the display around so that your phone or tablet shows white text on a black background, rather than the traditional white-on-black.
Both iOS and Android have this option and you can find it in the Accessibility settings.
It's usually in the display sub-menu and labelled something like "colour inversion" and can be toggled on or off.
3. Avoid polarising lenses
As mentioned above, polarising sunglasses can sometimes affect the screen on a phone or tablet because they absorb light waves that vibrate along a certain axis - in this case, horizontally.
While polarisation is great if you're snowboarding (it diminishes the glare from the powder) it's not so good if you're trying to respond to an email on your phone at the beach.
At a certain angle, the photons omitted by your device will bounce along a horizontal axis and get cancelled out by the filters in your lenses.
So, basically, don't pair these kinds of sunglasses with a phone screen. Interestingly, aviator glasses should avoid this problem because they were developed for pilots who have to be able to see their instrument panel and avoid the glare of light through the plane canopy.
4. If all else fails, head for the shade
It was noted at 2:23 PM on July 20, 2019 that this Monarch Caterpillar was no longer feeding. Attempts were made to place fresh milkweed in its habitat and gently place it on the leaves to induce feeding. Four attempts were made, but each time it would crawl away, rear up and look around. At that point, I placed the caterpillar in a dark, quiet place.
His measurements at this point remained the same as the previous one taken at 6:36 PM on July 19, 2019, 45mm in length and 25.12mm in girth at 2:23 PM July 20, 2019.
By 9:12 PM, July 20, 2019, it had attached itself to one side of the net screen protector around the little habitat I provided and is now in the "J" position for pupation. It will hang like this for about 24 hours and then begin to form a green pupa or chrysalis. It will take 9-14 days to develop into a Monarch Butterfly! *See this link: www.butterflybushes.com/monarch_metamorphosis.htm and the "J" photo below.
just for fun
Hard to video when we start trotting. LOL. Dropped my phone twice. Thank goodness for those phone cases and screen protectors
My mobile phone screen protector, been in service for two years, finally retired yesterday!
About a 35mm section
www.ebay.com.au/itm/285392080188
As I have not used the camera for 3 years and didn't even notice, I am considering selling it. Time flies, in retirement! I never thought retirement would be so busy.
I looks like it is new. The last photo I took is in the previous post, _DSF1548-49-50. I believe I have taken not more than 350 photos, since I purchased it. I arrived at that number by counting all .RAF (Raw image file) and .JPGs
There were only 10,000 of these cameras produced. Mine happens to be number 525 of 10,000.
I put a screen protector on the LCD Screen, just as soon as I purchased the camera. So, the LCD Screen is perfect.
A gentle reminder about copyright and intellectual property-
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**** This frame was chosen on February 12th 2019 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #47. This is my 116th photograph to be selected, which for me is both amazing and exciting, as I never view my images as worthy compared to some of the awesome photography out there. EXPLORE is Flickr's way of showcasing the most interesting photos within a given point in time -- usually over a 24 hour period.
Flickr receives about 6,000 uploads every minute -- That's about 8.6 million photos a day! From this huge group of images, the Flickr Interestingness algorithm chooses only 500 images to showcase for each 24-hour period. That's only one image in every 17,000!..... so I am really thrilled to have a frame picked and most grateful to every one of the 26.500 Million people who have visited, favourite and commented on this and all of my other photographs here on my FLICKR site. *****
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I was originally enrolled as a SHUTTERSTOCK contributor on January 28th 2019. Shutterstock is an American stock photography company with headquarters in New York City, founded in 2003 by Photographer Jon Oringer. With a library in excess of 200 million royalty free stock photographs, I am delighted, and most grateful to have been accepted into the fold.
Having been passionate about photography since the age of seven years old, with a box brownie and black and white 120 roll film, these days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, a Nikon D850 FX Pro body as my trusted companion, I travel light with less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, SHUTTERSTOCK, and the 27.703+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.
***** Selected for sale in the SHUTTERSTOCK COMMERCIAL COLLECTION Image ID:1306375714 on February 7th 2019.
This photograph became my 87th frame to be selected for sale on SHUTTERSTOCK, and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.
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This photograph was taken at an altitude of Twenty nine metres, in the height of a misty and ethereal golden hour around sunrise, (Sunrise was at precisely 04:42am), at 03:59am on Tuesday 20th June 2017, off Rectory Lane in the grounds of Foots Cray Meadows, over the River Cray in Bexley, Kent, England.
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Nikon D7200 20mm 1/400s f/4.5 iso100 RAW (14Bit) Size L (6000x4000). Auto focus AF-C with 3D-tracking enabled. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance.Auto Active D-lighting.
Nikkor AF-S 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED. Phot-R 77mm UV filter.Nikon MB-D15 Battery grip pack. Nikon EN-EL battery (2). Manfrotto 055Xprob Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections. Manfrotto 327RC2 Magnesium Ball Head. Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag. Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release. Hoodman H-EYEN22S soft rubber eyecup. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 32GB Class 10 SDHC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Expert Shield screen protector for D7200. Nikon GP-1 GPS module.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 25m 20.50s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 7m 15.80s
ALTITUDE: 29.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 69.00MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 22.50MB
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PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D7200 Firmware versions A 1.10 C 1.02 (9/3/17) L 2.015 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB DATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.2.4 24/11/2016). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
October 22nd, 2021
My backyard looked so pretty this morning!
Today was a half dayyyy. I had my first OBGYN appt and decided to just take the rest of the day. I really like my doctor! Technically shes an APRN. Her name is Holly and she’s so nice and funny. She said she’d write me a note for the parking office!!! 10/10 great appointment.
After work I went to Target to get a couple things, most important - tampons. Walmart didn’t have the brand I wanted when I went yesterday. I recently switched to organic and I haven’t really noticed a difference but it makes me feel better mentally and emotionally. I also got a mug and a candle and re-upped on Dr. Bronners almond soap.
Then I went to Verizon to have them put my screen protector on for me. I fucked up my last one lol
THEN to Stop & Shop for some fresh flowers. And FINALLY Wentworth’s for pumpkin ice cream! Ugh so glad I found some.
I felt kind of lightheaded when I got home so I laid down for a bit then just watched Degrassi the rest of the night.
Out with the old (original iPhone 4 [August 2010]), in with the new~
This was unexpected, lol~ But I'm frantically looking for screen protectors and cases for it! 8D
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
My current X10 set up for city trips tested on more than 1200 shots is:
RAW + JPG medium Astia (700 shots on a 16Gb card)
P mode, but few times I switched to auto EXP and Panorama
Auto ISO 400 or Auto ISO 800 for night and interiors
AF still & area
Highlights low
Exposure -1/3, but I change it according to the situation
IS “ON” mode 2
DR 200
Screen brightness in +2 and grid on.
Hardware:
UV filter 40,5mm for protection and fast start up, no cap
An extra battery (it is a must for day long tips!)
Screen protector film cover (3.5”)
Hand strap
Plastic cup on the flash shoe
Dark Coffee Leather Bag Case w/ Strap
AC plug adapter if travelling abroad
This is what happens when you're stuck at home with a new camera, sick, & there's crappy weather for a couple weeks. Damn you eBay!! Damn You!!
Wanted to have a mess about with this sort of thing for a while and feeling in a creative mood I decided to have a crack.
Black felt tip pen and a screen protector. Drew it out and stuck it to two chairs on the table. Hung black fabric over the back and framed up.
Flashgun sat on the tea jar camera left behind the drawing on 115mm 1/64 power fired through some blue acrylic clipboards which were destined for landfill re purposed as gels. Diffused led lenser camera right on lowest power behind the drawing. Big chuff of vape in front and behind for depth and jobs a good un.
Accessorizing the x100s is addictive. But I eventually made it my own.
Vello Lens Hood and Filter Adaptor
Gariz Black Leather half-case with red stitching
B+W 49mm UV Filter
Sensei 49mm Lens Cap (not pictured)
Gorillapod Tripod Mount
Nikon Hot Shoe SB-1 Protector
Artisan Obscura Walnut Concave Soft Release
Black/Red Gordy's Strap
Generic Screen Protector
I got up really early Saturday morning and headed out to one of my favorite spots to shoot. When I arrived, I parked my truck and started heading down the trail when I got bit by a pesky mosquito and realized I forgot to put on some bug spray. so I walked back to my truck, set my camera down, got out the bug spray and started spraying myself down. Just as I was about finished, I heard a noise. I turned around and seen my camera was laying down in the gravel parking lot. I was like "OH SHIT". I picked it up and started looking it over. Not a scratch on it except on the LCD screen protector. I turned it on and the LCD screen was busted up. Everything else worked just fine. So I spent the next six hours walking around taking pictures not be able to see or review any of my shots. That was weird. Felt like I was using film all over again. lol. I guess that is what I get for not making sure it was all the way secure when I set it down. I had purchased a 5 year replacement service plan when I bought the camera so I'm covered. Thank Goodness!!! They said it would be about two to four weeks before I would get it back.
25.11.14: Prior to retirement, I was an early adopter, and now I watch my $. Pulled the plug today and passed the E-M1 and 12-40 lens onto my wife, an OM shooter from way back. I am now 100% over to Sony in that the replacement will be a RX1 - I expect it to take me back to the days of shooting landscapes with the D700. The A7 Black Friday advertised prices at London Drugs intrigued me, as well as the new A7r in particular, but the Sony lens road map + $ made up my mind. I am very happy with my RX10, RX100M3 and now I will add FF to my kit - no more lens's to carry around and change as required, to say nothing about the weight and inconvenience when traveling, etc.
27.11.14: Henry's sent RX1 shipping notice this afternoon so sometime next Thursday via Canada Post 'Expedited' (the MegaGear "Ever Ready" Protective Dark Brown Leather Camera Case and JJC LH-LHP1 Professional Lens Hood via Amazon.ca shipped yesterday may be here tomorrow - the latter must have more pull with Canada Post?). As this is and has been my only hobby for the past 15 years, I have been fortunate enough to buy only new cameras (sealed Box) until now. I would not have made the move on the RX1 due to $, but I came across an un-boxed RX1 @ Henrys. I saved or did not spend an additional $409.00 based on the current Amazon.ca price or $823.00 based on Camera shop prices researched this week. So now I will see what a re-boxed camera looks and works like. I am good at selling my kit used (but in pristine condition), now the shoe is on the other foot :)
Did I mention that I already have the FDA-EVIM VF as well as spare batteries (M3)! Just have to now sell some kit for the Nissin i40. On the other hand I rarely use a flash, and this camera is so good in low light, the built-in flash will do in a pinch.
28.11.14:
www.onemorelens.com/2013/12/how-rx1-made-photographer-out...
www.flickr.com/photos/justinwkern/8634159686/
Been there, done that re record button...
theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer...
www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_rx1r.shtml
A good argument for a 5yr Sony extended warranty?
blog.photoshelter.com/2014/02/sony-rx1-review-one-year-la...
The MegaGear case was delivered this afternoon. The so called built-in grip looks to me to be too small and slippery due to the leather (will have to consider attaching a small non-slip patch). For $29 it appears to be well built, but we will see how the cam fits in it. Just bought a 600x 64gb sd card from Amazon.ca for $44.
www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/sony-rx1/sony-rx1A.HTM
duncandavidson.com/gear/sony/rx1/
www.gearophile.com/cameras/camera-reviews/sony-rx1.html
2.12.14: Canada Post Expedited beat their estimate by 2 days and delivered today, which leaves me with perhaps a day and a half of sunny skies before the rain start again.
Unboxed it was, but no signs of use that I could see, and everything in working order so far. First interior low light shots and zoomed-in-camera where impressive in their detail. My wife is usually my first subject with a new camera, and she was not impressed with the detail (too much) :-).
3.12.14: Inside most of the day, but got low light interior shots that confirmed numerous reviewer opinions. I shoot raw/jpeg and both shots in some instances appeared to me to have in camera NR applied in excess of the low option ( admittedly pixel peeping) [4.12.14 Checked settings and found Soft Skin Effect on]. I also noticed that the speaker is located at the base of the camera, and if one is using a leather
case as I am, replaying videos may require earbuds. I also found focus hunting sometimes where the M3 and the RX10 might not.
5.12.14: The Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone (I use it on the RX10) is not supported by this cam.
7.12.14: Learning curve for me with this cam, as well in terms of Sony Memory, Display and Function modes. Message on screen re Macro mode on ( while manual focusing ) indicates to me that I will have to be careful in that mode. Tried out Smart Telecon and Zoom ( in JPEG only ) - more than likely not something I will use as I shoot raw. What no WiFi? Forgot this cam is 2012 vintage.
Partially cloudy today, so off to shoot some landscapes.
8.12.14: The following review by TechnoGut from MetroWest in Massachusetts, pretty much covers my experience with this cam so far:
"An absolutely unique photographic tool w/out peer
February 8, 2013
If you managed to get this far through all the reviews of the camera, you're either a glutton for punishment, are you really are a researcher and aficionado of high-end digital photography. Let's assume it's the latter and get to the really interesting stuff.
This camera is in a class of one. There's really nothing like it anywhere in the marketplace. It's absurdly expensive for a point-and-shoot, and yet it takes pictures that rival and in some cases exceed in overall quality what some of the very best full frame pro cameras are capable of generating . . . . . while fitting fairly comfortably in your jacket pocket. It looks like your neighbor's point-and-shoot $350 Canon, but costs more than your last vacation. It doesn't even have a viewfinder, either optical or electronic - although you can get a great electronic one, if you don't mind being soaked for another $450 on top of what you've already shelled out for this absurdly expensive but marvelous piece of technology. Or you can really get hosed completely by Zeiss, and get an optical viewfinder for another $650 - easily the most overpriced accessory in digital photography. It isn't the fastest focusing, and it requires you to move closer or farther to get the shot that you want instead of zooming in or out given the fixed focal length lens. It can be both maddening to use and at the same time . . . a breeze to use like any other point-and-shoot.
It's like nothing else really. Its high ISO performance is equal to anything and I do mean anything out there. It's capable of taking very low noise images at ISO 6400, and with a little bit of cleanup and working in RAW, you can easily salvage high quality pictures at ISO 12,800 with lots of detail and very little loss of information due to noise. Overall, the camera is something of a walking contradiction in terms in many ways, and at the same time, it's a camera that's capable of inspiring enormous loyalty and probably will generate a truly cult-like following, while many other people may simply shake their heads at what they see as Sony's foolishness.
Pros:
1) As good high ISO as virtually any full frame camera (with the possible exception of the Canon 1 Dx, Nikon D4 and D600 - and, at worst, it is very close to those benchmark systems in terms of low light ability - at best it is equal to any of them).
2) Capable of remarkable detail due to its 24 megapixel full frame sensor with excellent color and dynamic range. DxO sensor score of 93.
3) High quality Zeiss 35mm F 2.0 fixed lens that is sharp edge-to-edge (which for FF camera might cost $1200 or so by itself).
4) Intuitive but deep operating system and menu structures, immediately familiar to those coming from Sony Alpha background. Easy to run as full manual camera . . . or put on full AUTO, and all shades in between. Good aperture priority mode operation (my personal fav).
5) Capable of shooting 1080 at 60p and taking excellent videos in low light, and with full IS (image stabilization).
6) Remarkable compactness and portability for such enormous low light capabilities w/full frame sensor - an engineering tour de force in terms of cramming full frame capabilities into a point-and-shoot size and form factor (achievable only with a fixed lens).
7) Macro functionality in CZ lens.
8) Customizable buttons and other nice user config operating system features.
9) Crop/zoom functionality of x1.4 and x2.0 partially mitigates fixed lens restrictions (equivalent to 50 and 70 mm lens but with obvious loss of resolution).
10) High build quality w/ nice magnesium chassis - has very solid feel (it ought to for this much $!).
11) Decent flash.
Cons:
1) Price.
2) Fixed focal length lens means extra work to get the shot properly framed - and forget about shooting subjects at a distance.
3) Tendency to underexpose one half to one third exposure value - why can't Sony for this much money get exposure values locked in?
4) Problems with focus lock in low light - mostly a standard contrast detection focus issue (but for example OM5 does better job). Fixable in firmware updates perhaps?
5) Likelihood of (or at least possibility of) planned obsolescence, as Sony may release a zoom lens version sometime in the next three years.
6) More than disappointing that Sony did not include an electronic viewfinder as standard equipment at this price.
7) Poor thumb grip with not enough contour - not easy to hold onto the camera with one hand.
8) No IS for stills - given that this is always sensor-based in Sony systems, not sure why omitted (hi ISO performance?).
9) Sony STILL hasn't made viewing photos and videos in any kind of alternating fashion easy - must surf menus or shoot video to get easy viewing access to videos on card.
10) Poor battery life. Must carry two batteries.
11) Lens zoom and crop functionality not available if shooting in RAW.
12) Flash has really modest output and no bounce functionality.
Having more cons than pros doesn't mean that I don't like/love this camera. I'm a bit stunned by its capabilities on the one hand, and frustrated with its limitations on the other, but it's obvious that what makes it so remarkable actually locks in some of its limitations. You simply couldn't get this compact form factor with an EVF and even a 3x zoom lens. The lens alone would be huge, and this Zeiss lens itself is an engineering marvel, in terms of how small it really is for a FF sensor 2.0 lens. In the end, it's all about image quality, and here, both in stills and video, there is very little to complain about. And if you take this instead of your huge DSLR and bag of lenses, just because it's so damned convenient, isn't that the strongest endorsement you can make? I find that I am transitioning away from a very favorite Sony A65 as my default camera, just because this is so easy to carry.
I'm still exploring the performance envelope of the RX-1, and will update this review as I go. It's a remarkable camera by any standard, and perhaps the most INTERESTING camera that has been made in the last 10 years, with the possible exception of the SLTs made also by Sony. Suggests that Sony is thinking outside the box and more creatively than anyone else.Hide" [store.sony.com/cyber-shot-rx1]."
It says something about this camera, that crossing over from the E-M1 and it's very good IS, I am getting pretty much the same ratio of sharp shots, and I will be 70 next year! The latter does not necessarily mean that my hands are not that steady now, but it is a factor.
9.11.14: One thing about accumulating camera bags over the years is that one can sometimes find one that will fit a new cam. In this case I found a roots that will fit the RX1 with the VF attached. When the hood finally arrives, it may not.
12.12.14: Finally got some fair weather shooting this morning, as well as some interior grand kid shots. I also revisited some of my D700 shots, I am back to FF and very happy!
11.12.14: We know that unlike the M3/M4, the flash will not flip back in order to bounce ( I find this very handy ), I have tried some options and achieved a partial angled bounce, but with a bit too much fiddling. More experimenting.
14.12.14: Sony soft skin effect in video face detect mode M3 issues
www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3700520
17.12.14: Fotodiox Pro, All Metal Black Camera Hand Grip for Sony DSC-RX1 Cyber-Shot Digital Camera with Battery Access ( speaker covered ) delivered today. Good fit and blends in well. Grip has a smooth surface, I would prefer non-slip.
19.12.14: In between showers I went for a walk this morning and shot some landscape and grand-kid shots. A few keepers, but shooting in Program mode and flixible spot (my error) I did not get many in focus. Auto, on the other hand got some good in focus shots of the 2 year olds. This camera has a learning curve for shooters like me, so I had better get with it.
20.12.14: The JJC LH-LHP1 Professional Lens Hood for Sony DSC-RX1 Digital Camera Replaces Sony LHP-1 finally arrived today and fits very well. I will check out filter options in the new year (ND and CircPol) in terms of fit and the Sony cap attaching properly. Although some users are of the opinion that using any filters on this lens was not what Sony engineers had in mind. By the way re the hand grip, it may provide access to the battery and SD card, but if I had trouble getting the card out, anyone with bigger hands may not get it out without tweezers of some kind.
22.12.14: I gave this cam it's first real workout this evening. We went out to the Butchard Gardens with the grand-kids to take in the Holiday lighting. Right up front, 90% of my shooting is in Program mode - and I am happy with the keepers (in the 70's when I shot with a Pentax Spotmatic we did not have 30000+ algorithms programmed into the camera as they do now). I used a monopod for all shots, alternating between Program mode and Auto/Scene modes. Even though the front dial was set at AF, I had trouble with the cam going into TRACKING FOCUS mode (Auto and Scene), and by the time I figured it out ( it is dark, lots of lighting and scenery, and grand-kids and their parents getting lost in the crowds) many of my shots were out of focus. Focusing with this cam in poor lighting conditions is a problem for me so far, in that both the M3 and RX10 are better in that department. The difference between sensors (M3 and RX1) is very noticeable shooting in the dark as I was, and those shots that were in focus were very good 6400 ISO, less so at 25,000 ISO ( as Auto and Scene seem to default to ). Also, battery power lasted less than two hours or about 200 shots, and I had two extra with me just in case.
24.12.14: Took a gamble that the Larmor LCD Screen Protector for the RX100 series would fit on both this camera and the RX10. Applied today, no problem.
27.12.14: Upland Park Garry Oak Eco System.
First hour of good weather outing with the RX1 (weather systems were coming in hard and fast). Finally, some landscape shooting with this FF camera! No problems with focusing, although I had to adapt when shooting the kids, but still got a good percentage of keepers. Blown away by this sensor and the camera's portability (compared to the D700 or E-M1).
29.12.14: After reviewing my first RX1 posted shots, I have decided that to do the camera justice, I should upload a larger file than I usually do. Limited to a fixed lens I have to plan the shot in terms of distance and what it is I want to capture. Not a problem with the M3 or RX10, but something that I will have to keep in mind for my travels.
5.01.15: Ended up buying a 49mm circ Pol from Sony Store (15% off re purchase of RX1) and had to pick it up from Purolator today (not impressed with Sony's so called tracking option).
A first time for me, I decided to take one RX1 shot a day for this year, if for no other reason than the project will push me to learn the camera, as well as think about shots other than landscapes, seascapes or macros.
9.01.15: Last night I was tempted to take the E-M1 to shoot our twin grand-daughter's 2nd birthday and all the mayhem that entails, but opted for the RX1 and the Rx100M3. I stuck with the RX1 and used the Spd Priority Cont mode (Focus and exposure fixed from the first shot - I should have remembered the latter) and face Detection on, for the most part. The E-M1 would have done far better with respect to focusing, but less so with noise. The RX1 in program mode shot mostly at 6400 with some 3200 shots. Had the focusing been up to par I would have had many keepers, as it is, there were more than enough to keep me happy. The M3 was used for a few shots because the focusing was faster.
Processing the above shots (as well as previous shoots) in Capture One 8 I (switched from both Aperture 3.6 and LR 5.0) I found all indoor shots warmer than I like, but other than that, speedier rendition than with both the other options, and not much more processing required.
19.01.14: Yesterday we had a series of heavy rain and wind (up 95k gusts) storms pass through our area, but our kids held a birthday picnic at a local secluded park for their twins 2 year olds anyway. We showed up, my wife with the E-M1 and I had the RX2. E-M1 when raining and the RX1 when not. Although slower in focusing, I had some keepers of parents trying to get the toddlers organized for a group photo, and the toddlers on their own as a group.
29.01.15: Interesting re switching from Aperture to C1:
www.phaseone.com/Imaging-Software/Capture-One/Testimonial...
30.01.15: Catching up with backing up cards. With the video which is found in the Private file, I use Aunsoft Panasonic AVCHD Convertor Pro to convert and/or merge. This is where I find that issue with the location of the record button is a problem for me. About half of the clips were due to my thumb hitting the record button - solved in the menu by assigning to the movie mode only option.
2.03.15: 2.03.15: So that now that I can travel camera 'light' (RX100M3, RX1 and/or RX10) I am preparing for a trip next month. I have traveled the area in question several times, and photo ops, at least for me, will be far fewer, unless I am testing the cams vs the E-M1+12-40mm/f2.8 and XZ-2 combo last time. I should be taking only one, but the RX100M3 and RX1 would do just fine, but the RX10 with it's zoom would also come in handy. Decisions, decision......
7.04.15: RX1 and RX100m3 it will be.
4.05.15: Finally back with a nasty case of bronchitis (which I attribute to the passengers getting on in San Diego for a 4 day cruise to Vancouver). The RX1 was with me most of the time while on shore except for snorkelling or what I considered not to secure areas. For instance we took a tour to La Antigua Guatemala and I had the RX1. RX100M3 and iPhone6+. High noon sun, but that is the way these tours off of cruise ships work of necessity. Back on board shots were reviewed on my iPad Air 2 and cards backed up to a small portable HD. I found the iPhone 6+ to be on me most of the time, while post processing and uploading to Flickr was a lark. Back home, I now get to review 3 weeks worth of shots.
My wife opted to take my RX10 instead of the OMD-E-M1 , and I think that will become permanent. I missed the versatility of the RX10 for travelling, so if a RX20 shows up, I guess the E-M1 is on it's way out.
14.05.15: One complaint from wife, which I heard often, was the slow zoom, so it appears that am getting the RX10 back and she will stick with the E-M1.
14.06.15: While travelling I found that I posted most shots to Flickr from the iPhone 6+ and a few RX1 shots from the iPad.
Most of my shooting was done with the RX1 (with VF) and the 100m3 for long shots. Although, an RX1 crop was pretty near the equivalent IMO. I have just about completed this trip's culling and PP. Am I happy to be back agin into FF shooting!
The short of it for me is: The RX1 for most of my type of shooting, the RX100M3 for interiors and for pocket only, and the RX10 for all around shooting ( although no where near as fast and stabilized as the E-M1 - I rarely need either option).
6.08.15: www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3847564.
3.10.15: Ordered the Nissan i40 Flash from B&H the last day before they closed for a week, so no delivery until around the 14th.
7.10.15: Shipped today.
15.10.15: i40 received today, charging batteries (contrary to what I read in a forum it does take rechargeable batteries).
Initial impression: just the size I would want for this cam and the RX10M2, swivel and bounce options, in one very compact 4 battery unit. However, I would not care to drop it, or remove it out of the shoe other than gently.
24.12.15: I do not often use a flash, but usually do at family gatherings, and did at last few this season (so far). This cam, for me, is more suited for my landscape and portrait photography than for these gatherings. The RX1`00M4 has proven to be the best so far (although I plan to try out the RX10M2 and flash today).
1.01.16: Found a Roots (CSC System) bag on sale @ London Drugs which fit this cam, the VF and the Nissin i40, along with pockets (albeit tight) for cards,extra battery and circ polarizer.
25.04.16: Early Spring with warmer than normal temps and travel plans. Have not made up my mind on what cams I will be taking to Alaska (7 day cruise). The RX10M2 would seem to be ideal, but so would the RX1 along with the 100m4. The vagaries of the weather (as experienced on previous trips) means that the DMZ-TS5 will be in my pocket. I can take more than one cam as flying is not necessary :). Ditto when RVing in B.C and Alberta.
3.06.16: Reviewing shots taken with this cam and the RX100M4. RX1 Landscapes and portraits really stand out (not surprisingly) when compared to the M4 (the latter is no slouch though).
8.07.16: One decent rose in my garden, and I had to compare shots with the RX10M3. Although not in the same league as my long since sold macro lenses, I am happy with both shots.
15.01.17: A note the bags I am using with this cam:
1. Roots RHM 090: Tight but will fit the camera, VF, i40 flash, 2 filters and two cards. Tight for the sling strap ( have a smaller sling strap for this cam and a larger sling for the RX10m3). Again the straps that come with this bag are easy to change over.
2. Roots 73: Will fit the camera and VF along with a hand strap. No space for my sling strap, but the roots bag strap is easy to unclip and clip on to split key rings.
22.02.17: For backpacking I have a Optech USA soft pouch which will fit both the camera and VF.
Sample shots @:
Sony DSC-RX1 - My Notes + sample shots @ :
www.flickr.com/photos/om44pomch9/albums/72157649062166708...
16.09.18: Debating wether or not to sell this cam and upgrade to the a7iii with a 24-105 f/4 lens. I find that, at my age, I have to use a tripod most of the time (while I have the RX10M4 hanging off my shoulder/neck). The two together weigh more than the new combo by my calculations. We shall see, later than sooner, as the pre-orders lists are lengthy.
24.09.18: RX1 for sale and the A7RIII + 55 f1.8 has been shipped.
25.09.18: I may try to convince my wife to use this camera.
30.09.18: A7Riii returned along with the 55mm f/1.8.
Going in I was aware of the large files, but not to the extent it would slow down my workflow. Really liked the VF and LCD. Now waiting for the A7III and 24-105mm f/4.0. For now I will keep the RX1 with it's fixed 35mm f/2.0 - lens alone is worth the resale value of the RX1.
4.10.17: Opted for great glass Sony 35mm f1.4 and A7ii ($1,100.00 savings over A7iii). Selling RX1 + kit.
11.02.19: Kept the RX1 for its 2.0 lens, Full Frame and it is unobtrusive.
Processing: Changed from Aperture to Lightroom 6 and then to Capture One( several years before their conversion to the 'Cloud' as Sony colours and processing were/was better in my opinion). C1's annual upgrade fee doubled in the last year so I opted for Capture One Sony instead. I have copies of both Luminar 3 (I prefer the latter to ON1, and ON1 (I really thought that ON1 would replace Lightroom for me), but Raw shots had colour fringing while the otter apps did not, so I am sticking with C1 Sony for my Catalog, while processing as needed with Luminar 3 and Aurora 19 (more so than with Topaz).
www.flickr.com/photos/justinwkern/11593358096/in/photolis...
28.07.19: Decision time fast approaching, whether to travel ( by air & sea ) with the ILCE-7M2 & 24-105 (f/4.0 - heavy) or the RX1 [f/2.0 - light] - ( along with the RX100V [24-70 f/1.8] & iPhone Xs Max [f/1.8) + Moment 18mm lens. Either way both cams have Peak Design straps, as well, I will attach a Peak Design Cuff.
17.08.19: After much back and forth, settled on less weight and bulk. RX1 it is for this trip.
15.09.19: Regreted somewhat not taking the ILCE-7M2. The RX1 viewfinder kept falling off in crowded conditions, tour buses, security etc..
8.09.20: Camped up island over the long labour day weekend. I wavered between traveling with the new (for me) iPhone 11 Max Pro + Moment lenses alone or also with the RX1. The RX1 won out, and did not disappoint (as usual). Processed the latter's shots first, and now the iPhone will be reviewed.
20.01.22: Planning to RV this year (the Island, B.C. Interior and Alberta's National Parks. My planned kit will be the Tamron 70-300, RX1, and the 24-100. The iPhone 12 Pro Max is always with me.
Sony version updates, nowhere near as convenient as Olympus - IMO. RX1 remains on version 1.0. Tried to update the ILCE-7M3, and the roadblock this time, is the latest Apple Mac OS Monterey. Wonder how long it will take them to update?
27.03.22: Updated. Next RX 1 & any lens updates.
Lens creep: re-reading some of me earlier notes - RX 1 solo & no other lenses required. Well that did not last long did it!
D750 feels like great successor for my trusted workhorse, D700. This camera with small prime like 50mm is compact, has great grip ergonomics (something that should have been in Df) and feels FUN. It is great camera for both studio & event photography. List of first impression below after using the camera for about two months and having multiple outdoor & studio shoots.
Photo taken with D700, 24-70mm & SB-800
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First impressions (updated 24.1.2015)
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Firmware update C1.01 is available.
High ISO quality compared to D700 looks to be something like stop better or even more. ISO 12800 with moderate noise reduction and downsampling the file smaller results usable files. Nice!
Top 1/4000 shutter speed shouldn't be that big issue because of base ISO of 100 that can be pushed down to 50. Same with max sync speed of 1/200. In practise I found out 1/200 to be too fast sometimes resulting curtain to be captured in photos. 1/160 shutter speed seems to be safe shutter speed.
Battery grip's button & dial ergonomics clearly worse compared to D700's grip. Its good that shutter button in grip is not oversensitive like it was in D700's grip but it still lacks the good feedback compared to camera's own shutter button. Same with dial wheels, where especially the front one is hard to turn. It looks to be placed deeper in the grip which makes it difficult to rotate. Maybe this was made to prevent accidental wheel turns when hanging the camera from shoulder (happened me multiple times). Even with the problems the wheel were usable when used gloves on.
Otherwise ergonomics in camera and battery grip are excellent.
Auto ISO. Can be turned on/off from the front dial when ISO menu activated. Much better than before when it required own menu item for fast auto ISO setting access.
Top LCD. I miss the image format info and showing WB choices when WB key pressed and dial rotated. On the other hand, ISO value being always visible as big improvement.
Back LCD. Info view. There could have been area to see active focus point like in D700. I used that quite often to change focus point before raising camera to the eye. I also preferred the info view's layout in D700. Otherwise bigger screen with higher resolution is another improvement. Not sure how the LCD without plastic cover can withstand scratches and tilting mechanism in the articulated screen can be prone to break or suck dirt inside. I have already noticed that screen starts to lift when hanging the camera from shoulder. Time will tell how durable it is. I guess I would have preferred D750 to have non articulated LCD with plastic screen protector :)
Shutter sound. Much quieter than with D700. Quiet mode however feels unnecessary. There is no audible difference between normal & quiet mode.
Sometimes there is delay (hourglass shown) when pressing play icon for reviewing the photos. This was also case with D700 but I was expecting better response for 3 years newer camera model. Update: looks like multiple people are reporting same delay when reviewing photos. Hopefully fixed by software update.
Buffer size & speed emptying it with fast SD (95mb/s) cards. More than I ever need in studio photography but could have been faster for event, sports & nature photography. btw. Buffer size with 14bit lossless NEF + JPEG fine (backup to 2nd card) is 10 images.
AF speed & accuracy. Feels fast & reliable even when in dark. I have encountered cases where focusing goes bananas but they are usually linked to extreme cases. Usually in situations where there is not enough light to make decent photos in the first place.
Wifi. First obstacle. Finding IOS WMU software from store pretty much impossible without direct link. Connection to application changes to standard wifi too easily if there is short breaks while using the remote capturing. By default photos are transferred as medium sized JPEG. You can download NEF file via application but it is so slow that this doesn't feel as alternative for tethered shooting. Meh.
Video. FullHD videos recorded with flat profile looks really good. Automated time lapse video creation is also great to have. Some testing of D750 video recording from this link. Focusing mistakes in the video are totally only my fault :)
RAW developing & Lightroom. Using Camera standard profile is often recommended. Tones with Adobe standard are very desaturated. With D700, Adobe Stardard was often good starting point. This looks to be now changed with D750 files.
D750 RAW conversion examples.
One annoying thing I have noticed that flash mode (rear sync etc.) settings can't be accessed when using flash trigger like PocketWizard.
Reported dark band flare problem? Haven't noticed it on any of my photos or videos this far. I even tested pointing the camera on live view against studio light with modeling light on. Then took some photos with the same studio flash firing against the lens. Tried to keep the light source just outside of frame. Tested the setup with hood on &am and also with D700 and same 24-70mm lens. Only thing I could see was noticeable flare on the bottom of frame when light source was below it. This happened on both cameras. Maybe the light source wasn't bright enough or I couldn't reproduce the problem. Update: by the Nikon site, my camera is affected and needs repair by service center. Will take unknown amount of time. Crap :/
It was upgrade time for my phone last week so I got myself a nice new Samsung Galaxy S7, hopefully it doesn't self-combust like the Notes did. Like many people I used to go down the screen protector route but always mucked it up putting it on and had to live with air bubbles galore. So with my last phone I bought the Samsung wallet...you removed the back of the phone and this clipped to the back of the phone - this meant when you closed it, it turned off the phone...which seemed like a good idea, but in practice it became annoying when you closed it and suddenly realised you hadn't done what you meant to do and had to re-log into the phone.
So, this time I have invested in a very nice leather wallet from Shieldon. The phone clips into its holder very securely and the closure has a strong magnet that keeps the wallet closed. It also has spaces for credit cards and notes, should you wish to carry those with you. The big plus for me though is that it doesn't automatically turn the phone off, so I can open and close it as much as I like without having to log in again...unless it has been closed for a minute when the phone closes itself down.
So, if you're looking for a protective wallet for your phone you could do a lot worse than this - available on Amazon for a wide range of phones including the iPhone range.
I tripped. I fell. I scratched both legs, twisted an ankle (that was not doing so well before the rain to begin with…), scratched the palm of my hand, broke the screen protector on the phone… I got up and continued walking to my destination. Something like life after 35 after certain life situations. You fall, you get up, you thank God it’s not worse, and you keep on walking to your destination.
Shattered.
Is what I seem to be most of the time of late.
Cheeky double as promised here with a macro smashed screen protector swapped and a 50mm backlit hand.
Single long exposure lens swapping and all that Jazz 🎺🎺
GUM
My current X10 set up for city trips tested on more than 1200 shots is:
RAW + JPG medium Astia (700 shots on a 16Gb card)
P mode, but few times I switched to auto EXP and Panorama
Auto ISO 400 or Auto ISO 800 for night and interiors
AF still & area
Highlights low
Exposure -1/3, but I change it according to the situation
IS “ON” mode 2
DR 200
Screen brightness in +2 and grid on.
Hardware:
UV filter 40,5mm for protection and fast start up, no cap
An extra battery (it is a must for day long trips!)
Screen protector film cover (3.5”)
Hand strap
Plastic cup on the flash shoe
Dark Coffee Leather Bag Case w/ Strap
AC plug adapter if travelling abroad
My visit to Glasgow has coincided with some wicked wet and windy weather. While out walking I seen this phone screen protector on the pavement. The beaded raindrops and building reflection caught my eye and I thought it was a good impromptu catch for my 365.
Shot and edited on S6 mobile. Cropped, curves, contrast and slight sharpening done in PhotoEditor app.