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**** This Week Through Your µ4/3 (2/20/2011) ****

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Shot from the Jacksonville Beach Pier.

All images processed from RAW on Panasonic G1 with Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-200mm f/4.0-5.6.

Thanks for viewing!

-- Bruce Jones
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1/1600s f/8.0 at 67.0mm iso400



1/1600s f/8.0 at 72.0mm iso400



1/2000s f/8.0 at 200.0mm iso400



1/4000s f/8.0 at 184.0mm iso400



1/1600s f/8.0 at 200.0mm iso400

 
Wow, VERY impressive action shots. Did you have any trouble locking focus with that setup from what I presume was a moving boat? Even if there were a number of missed shots, those 'hits' are very very impressive.

-Ray
 
My experience -- with the Pany 45-200 -- is that AFC is very slow to make the initial "lock." From that point, it might behave as it should . . . but then again, maybe not. It is just too unreliable.

All of the above shots were taken in AFS in single-frame advance mode (continuous-frame advance causes the buffer to fill up too quickly). I simply kept my finger busy acquiring and reacquiring the subjects. I haven't found a better way to do this with the G1.

Thanks for your generous comments.

-- Bruce
 
Bob Tullis said:
Oh, it was such a nice two days of mild temperatures. Just tried to get out in it, this being Thursday's time 'in the neighborhood'.
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Very nice set of Central Park shots, Bob... At least they look like CP to me! :))
 
Bruce Jones said:
Shot from the Jacksonville Beach Pier.

All images processed from RAW on Panasonic G1 with Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-200mm f/4.0-5.6.

Thanks for viewing!
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Terrific action shots! Just goes to show it's all about skill and picking the right location (which is also skill :))

Right now I'm debating whether to get a Pany 100-300 or a Canon 400/5.6 (heavier and a couple of times the price) for some surfing shots later this year. But maybe I just should do my homework better (find a better spot) and practice more with what I have.

Thank you for posting!
 
Bruce Jones said:
My experience -- with the Pany 45-200 -- is that AFC is very slow to make the initial "lock." From that point, it might behave as it should . . . but then again, maybe not. It is just too unreliable.

All of the above shots were taken in AFS in single-frame advance mode (continuous-frame advance causes the buffer to fill up too quickly). I simply kept my finger busy acquiring and reacquiring the subjects. I haven't found a better way to do this with the G1.
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Yeah single shot AFS is what I was wondering about. When I've used the long end of the 45-200 with the epl1, ep2, or gf1, I found myself missing focus more often than I got it. Maybe because the AF was slow enough that any movement of the lens would cause it to lock on the background rather than the intended target. And that was when both the target and I were both pretty static, not when we were both moving! Now I'm using the GH2 and its MUCH better - not quite a 100% hit rate, but somewhere well north of 75% when shooting moving objects. I was just really amazed how well you did with a G2 under those conditions. Then again, I didn't see all of the files that DIDN'T come out so well. ;) Of which I assume there were at least a few... Regardless, that's some fine stuff, no matter how much you had to shoot to get it...

-Ray
 
They were all 20mm f/1.7.

Thanks
 
Very cool. Thanks for posting.
 
Clayton Jones said:
Very nice work, I really like these. Can you describe your PP technique? For example, did you add grain as part of the PP or is that luminance noise? Did you use raw files, etc.
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Thanks very much Clayton. These are all done in RAW, initial processing (basically just an import default setting) in Aperture 3, and all converted to B&W in Silver Efex Pro. The grain is added in Silver Efex Pro, which has incredible controls for both size and texture of the grain - I've been known to overdo it, but I grew up with really grainy B&W film and sort of love being able to control it so well! This lens does exhibit some weird bokeh effects at the long end when the background is well beyond the subject. Pretty ugly really, but I'm not sure how much it hurts the photo overall - the third photo is the only real example of this in this set - that's just the lens, not PP.

-Ray
 
first one = gh2







 
I have no idea what's up with that first one but I love it. Beautiful impressionistic. I guess there's a window and something like a ship's wheel and that's all I get. But its wonderful.

-Ray
 
These are all exceptional action shots. I've also ended up using AFS for flying birds with a GH2.
--
Steve Barnett
 
Seeing the first image, "Quite provocative!" ran through my mind.

Seeing the second, it was "Delightfully provocative!"

Like you're daring one to get it (or you), and I think I do. If I'm wrong, I don't want to know. ;)

--
...Bob, NYC

'Well, sometimes the magic works. . . Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

http://www.bobtullis.com
 
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