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能用Pentax67為你記錄這個畫面，實在有說不上來的感動，已經好一段時間沒有辦法正常運作，又懶得拿去修理的P67，竟然在這個重要的日子啓動了，或許是它也懂得我有多想拍下這張照片吧～一切都很好，你充滿勇氣得面對連我們都快沒有記憶的國小新生活，每天開開心心的回家、偶爾跟我們分享簡單的校園瑣事，你沒有像幼稚園一樣哭了好久，爹地看得出來你真得長大了。
PENTAX 67II‧SMC TAKUMAR105mm f2.4‧Kodak portra 400
Shooting handheld with the ISO ramped up to 800 ‘cause it’s gloomy and overcast, 36mm extension tube, ain’t gonna get no better for DOF and sharpness ‘cause I got a cheap kit lens that ain’t fast and the wind was blowing the spiderweb this morning to boot, and whereas yesterday the little booger was still this morning he was running all over creation; guess the thunderstorms last night spooked him…still, it ain’t bad enough to cuss at, eh? I hope this little booger hangs around for good light and calm breezes.
EXPLORE #204, Oct 26
Last night the sky was clear and when I got home from dinner I had to run and and grab a shot. This photo is handheld taken leaning on my husbands car in our driveway lol Imagine that? I know I know I've said it before and I'll say it again..It FREAKS me out when little 'ol me can get a shot of the moon with this much detail..unreal. I took this photo with my little Sony DSC-H50 with a 1.7x Tele Conversion Lens.
Have a great Monday everyone.
Best viewed LARGE. (Photo taken on Oct 25/09 in Mississauga, Ontario C A N A D A)
The Cíes Islands are an archipelago off the coast of Pontevedra in Galicia (Spain), in the mouth of the Ría de Vigo. They belong to the parish of San Francisco de Afora, in the municipality of Vigo. They were declared a Nature Reserve in 1980 and are included in the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park (Parque Nacional Marítimo-Terrestre das Illas Atlánticas de Galicia) created in 2002. In the year 2007, the British newspaper The Guardian chose the beach of Rodas, in the island of Monteagudo, as the "most beautiful beach of the world" (Wikipedia).
HDR from five bracketed exposures (1EV step), handheld.
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Las islas Cíes, pertenecientes al municipio de Vigo, forman un archipiélago situado en la boca de la ría del mismo nombre, en las Rías Bajas gallegas, en la Provincia de Pontevedra (España), formado por tres islas: Norte o Monteagudo, Del Medio o do Faro y Sur o San Martiño. Las dos primeras se encuentran unidas artificialmente por una escollera. Están orientadas según un sistema de fracturas paralelo a la costa en dirección N-S. Distan aproximadamente 14,5 km de la ciudad de Vigo. Fueron declaradas parque natural en 1980, y están incluidas en el Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia creado en 2002.
En febrero del año 2007 el periódico británico The Guardian eligió la playa de Rodas, en la isla de Monteagudo, como "la mejor playa del mundo" (Wikipedia).
HDR generado de un horquillado de cinco exposiciones (paso de 1EV), a mano.
handheld (braced)
several seconds exposure .
1930s voiglander bessa 6x9
1930s foggy nitrate film stock.
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II with Canon EF 300mm F4 L IS USM with K&F Concept Nano-X MRC CPL filter, handheld, SOOC
Handheld shot with an 18-70 kit lens.
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Dōtonbori (道頓堀), Osaka, Japan.
Handheld shot with FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM.
Couple of the best features of mirrorless are IBIS and a dual-gain sensor, a boon to handheld night photography.
In post-processing such images, my aim is to preserve the contrast of the bright vs the dark areas. All too often night images appear flat and lifeless from overzealous pushing of highlights recovery and shadow lifting.
Got the iPhone 15 Pro Max recently as my iPhone 11 Pro Max died abruptly after successfully completing an IOS update.
Just like cameras, there’s no need to buy into every newly released iteration, IMO skipping 3 or even 4 iterations is fine these days, less waste for the planet besides.
This is the 1st time I got to play with Apple’s ProRAW and in particular 48mp ProRAW Max. New stuffs in iPhone 15 Pro Max are; 1) 24mp photo mode, 2) 48mp HEIF Max and ProRAW Max, 3) Night mode in 16-bit color space, 4) 5x camera and 5) Action button.
1) 24mp photo mode
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From dpreview;
“Using Apple’s Photonic Engine technology, the camera captures multiple versions of a scene that are optimized for different things, such as light capture, noise removal, color fidelity, subject awareness and so on. It then compresses those images into a single layer. What the iPhone 15 series adds is another computational step, combining that optimized result with a 48MP image to add detail, resulting in the default 24MP image.”
This much advertised new 24mp mode, it’s limited ONLY to the 1x Main camera (ie not on 0.5x, 2x or 5x) with further limitations when using Night mode, Macro, Flash or Portrait Lighting which can only be saved at 12mp. Tapping on the 1x icon toggles to the 1.2x (28mm) and 1.5x (35mm) cropped modes. We do get 24mp with the 1.2x and 1.5x crop mode from the main 1x camera but 2x crop yields only 12mp. The greater the crop, the smaller the file size even as resolution remains unchanged.
I’m really not happy with the 12mp limitation for Flash and Macro shots even though I can understand this helps with better noise performance (pixel-binning) for Night mode. The current Sony A7SIII is still only 12mp even though A7RV is 61mp. iPhone cameras have no physical variable aperture control hence Macro shot are not stopped down for greater DOF (like in ILC cameras) which will result in loss of light so I can’t see why Macro mode needs to default to 12mp especially if focus stacking is used without the ability/need to stop down the aperture. My old iPhone 11 Pro Max could focus at close subject distances even though it did not have a “dedicated” Macro mode, in iPhone 15 Pro Max, at similar close distances, it can’t even focus until you invoke the Macro mode, what gives? Imagine your 48mp premium camera can only take 12mp images when you attach a Macro lens, how is this acceptable!? (See postscript (1) below).
2) 48mp output
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ProRAW files are in uncompressed 12bit DNG file format. ProRAW is unlike our typical camera RAW, this is an Apple creation in collaboration with Adobe. ProRAW is a demosiaced file that stores results of computational photography right inside the RAW. Apple avoids sloppy demosaic algorithms in third-party programs or apps by doing this step themselves, which makes Apple's DNG file already different from one you'd get out of a DSLR.
Unedited 48mp ProRAW Max files seem to look a little soft almost as if lacking critical focus, the files can be pushed quite a lot and do take (in fact require) a lot of sharpening compared to the HEIF files. These 48mp ProRAW Max files are around 60+mb (apparently can go up to 100mb!) vs 5mp HEIF Max, the size difference is more than 10x. High time Apple introduces lossless compression to their ProRAW files. The 61mp Sony A7R5 lossless compressed RAW is 83.1mb vs 133.7mb uncompressed. The 42mp Sony A7R2/A7R3 has lossy compressed RAW at 43mb vs 83mb uncompressed so 48mp ProRAW at 60-100mb is just ridiculous for a smartphone. Simple editing of 60+mb ProRAW Max files on the iPhone, clicking “save” has a bit of lag.
Fortunately there is also an on-screen HEIF Max=>RAW12=>RAW Max toggle.
In summary, 48mp ProRAW Max or HEIF Max or 24mp HEIF are only available to the 1x camera because only this main 1x camera has the quad-Bayer sensor. 1.2x and 1.5x cropped from the 1x camera will also produce 24mp HEIF but ProRAW is 35mp for 1.2x and 24mp for 1.5x. The 2x cropped only produces 12mp files. Apple up-scale the 1.2x and 1.5x photos to maintain the 24mp output. Quad-Bayer sensor first appeared on iPhone 14 Pro models.
3) Night mode in 16-bit color space
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I can’t see any difference indoors, will have to try some outdoors night shots soon.
4) 5x camera
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The new 5x (120mm) camera has 3-axis sensor-shift stabilization, I believe the 1x is stabilized at 2-axis only and the 0.5x has no stabilization? Sensor-shift stabilization first appeared in the iPhone 12 Pro Max, lens-based stabilization was the previous standard, just like DSLR to Mirrorless cameras.
This new 120mm equivalent tetraprism camera is useful, the screen appeared nicely stabilized to compose the shot and the results are crisp.
[Postscript: The 5x camera’s native aperture is f2.8 but can be adjusted post shot to simulate f1.4 if “Portrait” mode is turned on.]
5) Action button
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IMO best use of the new “Action” button is to assign it to “Camera” which not only allows us to invoke camera in locked screen but also as shutter/record button, it’s a little more instantaneous then the camera icon in locked screen.
A couple of personal takeaways;
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1. Always backup your phone before updating the software and have it plugged in to a power source while updating,
2. ProRAW is great and in particular 48mp ProRaw Max enabled by the quad-Bayer sensor. This is a real step in the right direction to turn smartphones into viable cameras. Just like in cameras, RAW files will not look good compared to JPEG/HEIF. Apple ProRAW files do respond to edits well and can be pushed further than HEIF files, more importantly ProRAW can and should take a lot of sharpening to look like HEIF/JPEG from iPhones. Apple will need to upgrade its in-phone “Photos” app editor IMO to better exploit the 48mp ProRAW Max files.
Yet to try;
1. Portrait “faux-keh”,
2. Night mode with new 16-bit color space for outdoors.
Future evolution? I’m listing out important features I hope to see in future iPhone iterations, will skip each iteration until Apple makes the iPhone I desire, or until my current phone dies whichever comes first.
1. True optical telephoto zoom lens,
2. High-resolution photos in all modes including Macro and Flash modes at least on the main 1x camera,
3. High-resolution for the 0.5x ultra-wide camera,
4. Lossless compression for ProRAW Max files,
5. Manual settings allowing users control shutter speed, ISO, sensor-shift stabilization on/off. As it is, we already get EV control & AF/AE lock on iPhones,
6. 1 touch White Balance adjustment like the way Ricoh GR does it.
7. Tripod-based pixel-shift high resolution mode at Base ISO.
8. Better “Photos” app with selective post-processing capability.
9. Dual-slot backup; with external SSD, if file is large 48mp ProRAW Max, the phone should retain a 12 or 24mp HEIF file.
Postscript
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1) iPhone 11 Pro Max 1x main camera sensor size is 1/2.55” while the 15 Pro Max is 1/1.28” which explains for the worse minimum focus distance for the newest phone. iPhone 15 Pro Max has to switch to its 0.5x ultra-wide camera for Macro, this 0.5x camera sensor has the same size and resolution as the 1x in the iPhone 11 Pro Max at 1/2.55” 12mp hence Macro mode on iPhone 15 Pro Max drops to 12mp. IMO the so called “Macro mode” is kinda bogus!
2) Found yet another limitation to the 24mp and 48mp modes on the 1x (incl 1.2x & 1.5x) camera. If 16:9 widescreen format is selected, output resolution drops to 36mp from the original 48mp.
3) 5x camera with native f2.8 aperture can simulate f1.4 post shot when Portrait mode is turned on.
45 second exposure resting on a windowsill which is why it's not sharp. I don't care I like it anyways.
wanderlust travelwide 90
schneider-kreuznach angulon 90mm f/6.8
shanghai GP3
hc-110 dil. H (1+63), 15 min
1/50 sec. exposure at f/11, handheld, focused to 15m
EXPLORED ON 18 JULY 2009 - # 473
On a trip to Mahabalipuram, this week, I met this woman selling juicy mangos in the early hours of the morning. I was amazed at the colors that was on display and quickly went over to her to ask if I could shoot her.
She was not very open to it and said that she had not yet done any business that day. Hence she felt that by posing for me, it would bring her bad luck.
I thought about Don Corleone of The God Father fame, and offered her a deal that she could not refuse. I offered to buy a dozen mangos from her, if she would allow me to take her portrait. Her face beamed. She did her business first, then blessed the first income of the day and inserted into her money bag. Then gave me this gentle smile, signaling that now she was ready to be photographed. Click....and a few more clicks.
Happy Weekend my friends.
Photograph © Kausthub Desikachar
Photographed with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, and Leica R Summilux 80mm F1.4 Lens, with B+W UV + Haze Filter. Handheld.
The Leica Glass on a Canon body, combines the best of both worlds. Manual Lens with Digital body. Old school with new technology. It just rocks.
Because this is not a canon compatible lens, but has been used with an adaptor, the lens info will not reflect correctly in the EXIF data.
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