This is a test shot with my new bridge camera!

Test of an inexpensive Neewer LED Macro Ring Flash FC100. The subject is about 3cm across and is a tricky one - shiny brass. At this distance the flash works well with a shutter speed of 1/160th, f8, ISO 200 but the flash lacks power. If I move away to a distance of half a metre I can't get a decent shot at ISO 200 even at f2.8, the flash isn't powerful enough. But for the money it's very good for real macro work.

Ok so first off I know this isn't a fair comparison but just in-case anyone cares this is the difference between a cheap consumer lens (on the right) and a pro grade lens (on the left)

Both pictures were taken at F5 1/60s iso 200 with a SB600 on camera bounced off ceiling set to 1/4

Between lens changing I had a piece of string on the ground to mark where he was standing and where I was shooting from.

So the test is pretty much as accurate as I could make it. Both pictures were shot Jpeg (which I NEVER shoot jpeg but wanted fair results) sooc

So the Image on the left is the:

Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm F2.8G FX

The image on the right is:

Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm VR F4-5.6G DX

The amount of detail in the eyelashes should be enough to demonstrate the difference. But for some reason the DX lens is under exposed.

All that said I know which lens I will always reach for!!!

I sent Daisy to the kitchen for some selfie-practice on New Years Day. I think this must be the testing phase. 😉

I just wanted to see what the capabilities of the different cameras we have here at home are like.

First is the camcorder from 2004, a Canon ZR85, in the middle is the Canon Powershot A620 from 2005, and last is the 2008 Samsung NV24HD.

I was a little surprised just how bad the Samsung did in this test, and how well the Camcorder did. I really can't get over the amount of detail it pulled out at high zoom. I think the optics, certainly more designed for zoom than wide angles, must have more to do with it than the digital sensor, which just doesn't give very good quality images or videos, otherwise.

The camcorder has taken maybe 30 hours of video in its lifetime, and maybe 100 still photos, the A620 has taken well over 200,000 photos, mostly failed nighttime timelapses with chdk, and the Samsung hasn't taken more than a thousand shots, but if you want a truly pocket-sized camera that can take an interior shot, or a high definition video, without having to ask everybody to keep backing up, and standing closer together, the 24mm-wide (equivalent) lens on the Samsung is the only way to go, and its video quality is actually superior than the camcorder, at least it seems like it on a TV screen.

Too bad she-who-used-to-be-obeyed will be taking it with her when she goes.

Test Roll of Lomography CN 400 in my new Lomogrpahy Konstruktor DIY SLR.

Overall the pictures are okay. I don't think I'd be using it that often, the 1/80 shutter speed is just a bit too slow unless you stop and stand still.

Also it likes to eat film.

Fuji X-T20 & Helios 44-2.

Test

Test pushing the camera to 6400 ISO.

Areas of the continental United States crossed by more than one nuclear cloud from above ground detonations

From:

Under the Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing

Richard L. Miller

Page 444

This thing is just a WIP.

Samsung NX10, JPG OOC, original size 4592 × 3056 (14,0 MP)

This odd sectioning allows the rear cylinders to fit snugly against the rear gun body

Test Olympus E-PL2 Micro Quattro Terzi con 14-150mm e Panasonic 20mm

Test

Gold Level

[TEST] Pentax K-5 18-135

Testing out my new Nikon Z5ii

Testing a new panorama workflow.

Zeiss 21mm test shots.

Canon 1Ds II.

Pilatus brought the prototype of their PC-24 bizjet to Cranfield this week for water ingestion trials. There's an area of the runway that they flood with water and then drive through it at high speed, making a very big splash!

Sadly, I didn't have time to get in a better position for pictures so had to put up with this long range shot as she turned off the runway after one such run.

Test Shot with my new (second-hand) baby: Nikon D200

NGR707 approaches Carseldine station on a test run to Caboolture.

set-up: www.flickr.com/photos/vincentriemersma/5413637333/

All hot wheels cars are tested in case they do too much damage to legomen

Efekt Diorama

did not use a tripod

43299 heads the network rail train through Settle

Anthotype coating test sheet

Dye is spirulina powder diluted in iso-alcohol, 1:2 ratio.

I recently became aware of major differences in viewing on Flickr. I have an iMac and use Safari as my browser. When I view it using Firefox the contrast is lost, as is the resolution and a changed color balance (reduced reds). I have no idea what it looks like on a PC. I've submitted this one which is way "cranked" regarding contrast, saturation (especially the reds), and sharpening (high pass filter plus USM).

I'm submitting this so I can again check out how it appears on the web using a "universal" browser. However, I still won't know what it looks like on a PC. So..................

If you like it, enough to comment, please note the computer and browser you used to view it, and how much "pop" it has. Is there any cyan in the sky? Is the bark too red? Is shadow detail preserved? (Also, if you do have a Mac, please add any tips, settings etc., you use in preparing material for the web.)

This is a test shot.

I've never used this new computer before, not shot a photo to edit up in a few years (I'm getting back to this camera thing), Canon's DDP and Photomatix have really improved since I used them about 10 years back.

I'm working on getting me sea leg again,so to speak.

A loop around the neighborhood and testing out the Canon 80d with 10-22 lense that I have in for rental.

Doing circuits in Wichita.