More evidence that Portra does not age well... this 2008 400NC ended up having the colors of Ultramax on steroids. After a badly needed black and white conversion, it looks a bit like T-MAX P3200. This was a test of a newly acquired monopod for handholding the heavy Sonnar lens. I really was pushing it at 1/30 with the teleconverter, most of the shots had some shake.

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As seen from the northern shore of lake Buttermere.

Linhof Technikardan S45

Fujinon A 9/240

36mm front rise

f25

1/15th second

Kodak Ektar 100

Gitzo GT3532LS

Arca-Swiss Z1

Lab development

Digitised using 16-shot pixel-shift capture with a 99 CRI light source.

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Swiped from a bouquet - it's starting to wilt a little.

72 focus stacked images in a single stack. Pentax K1, DFA 100 macro lens, pixel shift resolution.

MCCP2637-MCCP2709_DP_tu7

I walked up the slope and round a corner and stopped... This recumbent beech tree, wood bare exposed or covered in moss and lichen, great old boughs contorted and gnarly, was quite the eye-catcher.

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Pentax K70

HD PENTAX-DA 4.5-6.3 55-300mm ED PLM WR RE

Industrial area in Kawasaki, Japan

The Peak District, Derbyshire.

Linhof Technikardan S45

Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Symmar 5.6/110 XL

LEE ProGlass 0.6 hard GND

10mm front fall

f27

1/8th second

Fuji Velvia 50

Lab development

Digitised using 16-shot pixel-shift capture with a 99 CRI light source and an IT8-calibrated custom profile.

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Photo taken with the new Pentax K-1. Testing the PIxel Shift feature with the moon... Finale image cropped to 1:2. See next image for comparison with the K-3II

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Noctilucent Clouds, around 1am - Crieff across Strathearn from Auchterarder

This shot is wide open and focused on the center of the image, the base of the rightmost group of branches. The actual focus is about 4-6 cm towards the camera. This lens design experiences focus shift, with a close image like this focusing about 2 cm toward infinity for each f-stop closed. That implies that it will focus accurately somewhere around f/2.8 to f/4. Which may be pretty good, as the lens should be sharp there. However, when using it wide open I'll need to remember to step forward a couple inches after focusing. Further testing is required, I didn't use f/2-f/4 on this roll. Everything is great at f/5.6.