Photography

[Rhino]

FYI: I am switching to mirrorless cameras and will be selling my Nikon DSLRs and lenses if anyone is interested.

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[Sam7sf]

I already have the Z6ii and want the Z7ii with the 105mm micro (macro) lens.
What camera did you get again? I don't recall.

Z50.

 

[Army 1911]

Z50.

None of my for sale stuff will work for you with out the FTZ adapter.

 

[Sam7sf]

None of my for sale stuff will work for you with out the FTZ adapter.

correct. At some point I want to play with the prime lens for it.

 

[Younggun]

I used to use elements back in the day. Gave up web design in the early 2000’s.

I will use my wife’s iMac for a while then get my own.

I got everything I needed except memory cards. Completely forgot when I ordered all my filters and hood.

I can say the step up to the subscription based photoshop definitely adds a lot of features. The only real drawback is that it doesn’t hold your hand nearly as much as elements. The UI is geared a lot more towards someone who spends enough time editing to really learn the program.

It does have a pretty good help feature and built in tutorials. Plus there’s YT.


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[Sam7sf]

Once I start playing with it I’ll upload samples. I also want to scan my dads old pictures of our adventures and share those with y’all.

 

[Sam7sf]

As an art student I had an instructor who told me to master B&W, then learn to use color. Much of my art and photography was monochrome.

Feel free to share.

 

[Sam7sf]

Did some playing around with my telephoto lens. Camera on manual. Not much range with the fstop. Iso a bit high for the day at 320. Shutter 1/250 for the wind. No post editing.

 

[Army 1911]

Interesting. With bright sun and an iso of 320, I would expect the exposure to be 1/320 second at f16. Or 1/250 at about f20 or so. Are you using live view to see what the image will look like?

Looks like this was taken between 10 and 2 based on the shadows.

 

[General Zod]

This is a crop of a wider picture, so it loses a little bit of focus. But I'm still pretty proud of this catch. Like the rest of mine, this was taken using my cellphone camera.

 

[Dingo]

sun setting over the lake on my place, taken with my phone

 

[Sam7sf]

Interesting. With bright sun and an iso of 320, I would expect the exposure to be 1/320 second at f16. Or 1/250 at about f20 or so. Are you using live view to see what the image will look like?

Looks like this was taken between 10 and 2 based on the shadows.

Not using live view. Z50 on manual and I’ll have to see how much I have turned off again but my camera is set to as manual as it can get. I just use my view finder. Time of day was 5:30pm or so. Filter used was a 20 dollar Maybe 98 percent uv.

I’m trying to get better about good raw pictures that may only need some highlights adjusted.

 

[Army 1911]

This is a crop of a wider picture, so it loses a little bit of focus. But I'm still pretty proud of this catch. Like the rest of mine, this was taken using my cellphone camera.

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Good catch.

 

[Glenn B]

 

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[Sam7sf]

Awesome photography Glenn!

 

[Army 1911]

This blue flower is actually a weed and is about the size of a dime. Taken with a 600 watt second flash and beauty dish coming from 45˚ behind.

These next two are new oak leaves the first hasn't turned totally green and the second is green.
As usual (like 90% of my work) a tripod was used.

It's not accepting the last one for some reason

 

[Sam7sf]

What do you guys like to adjust in post editing? So far I’m seeing improvements with highlight and shadow changes. But overall I’m happy with the z50’s image quality.

 

[Glenn B]