Photography
- [Micro review]All hail the Tamron 150-500
Pros:
- Sharp
- Nice construction
- Effective VR/OIS
- Fast and accurate AF with good tracking. I've used it for a mix of birds, bugs, and youth sports. It's never failed to disappoint
- It's not white and collapses somewhat small for a longish FF lens. I like to believe the lens didn't stand out that badly when I use it to shoot youth sports. At least I had multiple parents tell me they appreciated the photos. The hood adds a decent amount of visual mass and it's probably not needed 95% of the time
- Decent pseudo macro, but only at the wide end (1:3.1 aka 0.32x)
- 500mm is 25% more reach than 400mm and is enough for my needs. I'm on e-mount and this lens combo is faster than Sony's 100-400 with a teleconverter
- Good price to performance ratio
- The lens has a focal length lock that uses a clutch like mechanism to lock the lens at any focal length. It seems a bit gimmicky, but I find it useful
- My copy appears fairly well centered, so yay
Cons:
- Stiff zoom action and somewhat front heavy when fully zoomed. There's no manual focusing this lens when it's fully zoomed unless you're using a monopod or tripod
- It's a bit heavy, but is on par for this focal length on a FF lens. If you only need 400mm, get a 400mm lens to save some heft. I use this lens exclusively hand held, but I'm also reasonably fit. I have sat on the ground and used a knee as a makeshift monopod at times though
- Somewhat slow aperture, but this also on par for the focal length. I only use this lens outdoors, so it's never been an issue. As far as consumer lenses go, there's not much faster out there at this focal length
- If you need a long lens you're going to need something longer than 500mm. There's obviously more reach here than a 400mm lens, but it's not that much more. This isn't a real con about this lens, just know what focal length you need and go from there
- No teleconverters on e-mount
Bottom line:
- If this focal length is your jam, this could be your lens
- If you don't need the reach, get something lighter and more compact
- If you don't mind walking around with a massive lens and you're on e-mount, Sony's 200-600 zoom action is really hard to beat
- Dragonfly hung out with me at the lake
Went to the lake when spring weather started to set in. There were four of these guys hanging around me keeping the mosquitos at bay. They sat with me the entire time I was there occasionally flying over to the water to drink and coming back.
- Today I discovered extension tubes
I've been interested in photographing bees recently. Rather than buy a macro lens, I spent $32 on a 10mm and 16mm Meike extension tube. Photos are with an A9II + Sigma 35mm f/2, which normally offers a 0.18x magnification. All four are taken as close as the lens will focus. I'm very happy with image quality, especially given that this lens doesn't have a super flat focal plane at its minimum focal distance.
For anyone who tries an extension tube for their first time: you won't be able to focus very far in the distance (beyond about 1 foot in my case). Be ready to get up close and personal.
- [OC] Venus in Blue 1
Finally found out what kept me from uploading photos directly to lemmy so hopefully it will work this time.
This is part of a series that I shot in 2020 and now I’ll finally have the chance to show them in an exhibition on Berlin later this year.
- I modded a scanner to into a camera, this is 'Eik'
The last shot I posted gained some traction, so I felt like sharing some more of what I’ve done with my scanner camera. The scan is done from top to bottom in about 2 minutes, the model did a great job of staying still throughout.
While scanning motion is definitely eye-catching and spectacular, there are other qualities to appreciate. The gorgeous soft, yet tack sharp aesthetic of large format photography is easily available with a scanner.
Usually I fight the IR-super sensitivity of the sensor, but this time it made her skin iridescent against the rock in the background.
- Cardiff - Retro Escapade [OC]cara.app Madalin Vlad (@mvlad) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
Cardiff 2024 - Retro Escapade
Hi all, let me know if Cara posts are not allowed :)
- The juggler
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16177288
> Pearl St, Boulder CO, USA. Spring 2024
- Nitro Photo Editor: new app for Apple devices from the dev of RAW Power
Since I discovered RAW Power thanks to Lemmy and used it happily since, I thought I post the availability of this more advanced app recently released. With the uncertainty around Affinity Photo after the Canva acquisition, maybe it of interest to some :)
- Good sideloading backpack?
I know this is quite personal, but does anybody know of a good sideloading backpack? I have a wandrd prvke 31l, and while I like all the organizing I'm unsure of the looks and it's quite heavy. I have a fjallraven Ulvo 23l and I really like it but it's maybe a bit too small and it's a pain to dig up my camera cube/sling underneath from my coat, drinks and food. The Peak Design Everyday pack is expensive and doesn't look like it works well with the dividers and such.
So I thought maybe there's a hiking or daypack with side loading option. Those are usually less expensive, have good build quality and with a camera cube can function fine as a gear bag. Is there such a backpack?
- I modded a scanner into a camera. This is ‘drake V’
Taken on a small group of Islands in the Oslo fjord, called Hvasser. A 15 meter peice of fabric playing in the wind, scanned right to left in 21 seconds. Got really lucky with the clouds this time, allowing a single beam of sunlight in as a highlight.
- Life is blooming
I'm cross-posting this here to draw attention to this awesome community that has been inactive for a while. I hope we can help it grow!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16061925
> Shot last Sunday by me. I'm hoping we can revive this community!
- [OC] American crow feeling the breeze of a quiet day in the Flatirons
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15701029
> Sometimes all you find are common birds and you can't always get close to them to get a good framing. This is my experiment on minimalism.
- The mountains are stern today
I saw the clouds starting to cover the mountain top and thought this might give a good photo.
Bear Peak - Boulder, CO, USA
Pixelfed post: https://pxlmo.com/p/buffy/698711443393578831
- Barn swallow knows it is cute
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15626300
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15626250 > > > Seen today in Boulder, CO, USA. > > > > More pictures on pixelfed! > > > > https://pxlmo.com/p/buffy/698309706997654046
- Recommended focal length for outdoor youth sports?
I think I'm going to lean into the FF E-mount world, which means giving up my D5300 + Nikon AF-S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR (115 - 450 FF equivalent). Before kids, I used this lens for motorsports/landscape/travel. Post kids we don't do a ton of that, so I've been getting along well with a pair of 35mm and 50mm primes.
My kids are pretty young and are starting to play outdoor sports like T-ball and soccer. This has brought my D5300 + 70-300 out of retirement. I'm missing the conviences of my A9, so I'm trying to figure out what lens I should get for sports duty. At this point, everything is outdoors during the middle of the day so there's no need for a fast lens. It was pretty drizzly last weekend and my current (slow lens) setup still kept ISO below 1k most of the day with a 1/640 shutter. I figure I can comfortably double ISO and halve my shutter speed on the A9 while still getting a lower noise image than I have today, so I don't think I need fast glass.
Looking through EXIF data from the previous few games on the D5300 + 70-300 it looks like I use the full range of focal lengths, but the vast majority of shots are under 400mm FF EQ and above 150mm FF EQ. I'm a little wary of wanting more reach in a few years when the kids are on bigger fields, but they'll also be bigger so maybe it will wash out. Who knows if they'll still be interested in playing either.
So what do you think?
- Third part lens that stops at 400? This means no teleconvertor in the future, but this seems like it would work well for today
- First party 100-400? Adding a 1.4 teleconvertor makes this a 140-560, but it also makes the f-stop at the long end f/8 which might not be great for sports
- 500mm? Tamron's 150-500 seems decent and doesn't call too much attention to itself, but it is heavier
- 600mm? These lenses are all fairly bit/shouty visually, but are potentially more future proof....
- Colorblindness and editing in Lightroom (or other software)
So I've got a bit of color blindness going on (a bit blue and yellow, a bit more red and green (not to mention some colors are painful but that's a different story lol)) and I had a question about editing pictures to show what different colorblindness looks like. My friends keep asking me how I see things and I'd love to show them.
I've been editing pictures for years but I'd say I still have a lot to learn in the color grading and color space departments (not like it's easy for me lol)
Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I primarily use Lightroom but I've been learning Dark Table recently. So either would be fine.
- Aurora borealis (northern lights) self portrait
As seen from Colorado, USA close to midnight (May 11th, 2024).
- Photoshoot with my pals
Hi guys, made the jump to lemmy today and wanted to share a few pictures of my cats I've taken. I bought the camera a couple years ago for macro photography, primarily surveying moth populations, and busted it back out recently.
Any comments on the photography, or anything really, is welcome!
Also, I couldn't figure out how to add multiple photos, so any advice on that would be great
- I don't understand the price of the EOS M10
I currently own two canon cameras, an EOS M10 i bought around 2017/2018 new for around £150 and a secondhand EOS 1300d i bought last week from a second hand electronics shop for £110 (body only, i already had lenses from an old EOS 200d)
Spec wise they seem to be extremely similar cameras just with the 1300 being larger with better lenses and more manual features
My dad mentioned that he was thinking of buying a new camera as his one was bought way back in like 2010 and wasn't a particularly up to date model at the time so i am considering selling him my M10.
looking at ebay though they seem to be going for £200-400 which i find a bit strange for a camera that first hit the market back in 2015 and is way more than i paid new (although reduced to clear) from John Lewis.
Am i missing something? How much is the M10 worth? and is it really worth more than it's newer (2016) DSLR counterpart?
- New gear acquired
Just got my hands on an OM-1 MKII and an m.zuiko ED 100-400. No bird will be safe from me ever again!
- Chipping sparrow admiring the sunny day
Pixelfed post: https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/692562477489803431
- I love the Spring and its colors
Refreshing day trying to capture things that I find pretty. Not worried about shooting an awesome photo, just focused on capturing something I find beautiful and pleasant to look at.
- The Frigatebird and the Diamond Ring
This is "The Frigatebird and the Diamond Ring" by Liron Gertsman, shot on a Canon EOS R5.
Source: https://liron-gertsman-photography.myshopify.com/products/the-frigatebird-and-the-diamond-ring
Article: How a Photographer Captured His Spectacular Dream Eclipse Photo (lots more pictures here)
- Help me understand why rolling shutter effect happens
Hi,
I'm trying to wrap my head around the rolling shutter effect, specifically why it happens.
I'm having a hard time understanding how the readout speed affects the image. If I understood correclty, when in electronic shutter mode the pixels are exposed as indicated by the shutter speed (e.g. at 1/1000 each pixel is exposed for 1/1000 of a second).
If the readout takes 1/100 s to scan the entire sensor, what happens exactly when I take the picture? Do the pixels start firing sequentially as the shutter speed dictates (i.e. 1/1000 s each, sequentially)? If that is the case, do they wait for the readout to catch up or do they continue firing? If the latter, by the time the readout reaches the second pixel, the eleventh pixel is firing, so there are 10 pixel between the one firing and the one being read. Does it work like this?
If the pixels are exposed for 1/1000 s and then turned off and their value stored, wouldn't that mean that the image should not be affected? I mean, they saw the subject for 1/1000 s and the motion should be frozen, they are just waiting for the value to be read. Just like if you asked 10 people to open their eyes for 1 second (shutter speed), one after the other, and draw what they see. They saw if for one second each, so at most the difference in the position of what they saw should cover 10 seconds. Then they can take hours to draw what they saw (readout speed), but what they saw specifically wouldn't be afftected by how long it takes them to draw it. Am I wrong here maybe?
Also, in general, why is mechanical shutter not as affected (if affected at all) by the rolling shutter effect? Does the sensor capture light differently when in mechanical shutter mode?
I just don't get it. I feel like I'm close to understanding why, but I still don't.
I know I'm probably weird for focusing so much on something technical like this, but it just bugs me so much.
Any help is greatly appreciated, really.
- Looking for linux workflow ideas
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/11308547
> Linux photogs, help me out. What does your workflow look like? What apps do you use? > > I've found that digikam is really good for managing my keywords and metadata, and organising photos post shoot, but the image editing is limited. > > And using separate image editing software leads to problems, because my camera's raw files (.cr3) aren't very well supported. > > I can make it work, by using Lightroom online, but it's not exactly an integrated system due to its cloud based design. > > I've tried running Lightroom in a VM, but ran in to trouble giving the VM access to my GPU... > > So those who have made it work, what does it look like for you?