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G1X + Cross Filter (PICS) + Milky Way test

Started Mar 21, 2012 | Discussions thread
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Marco Nero
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G1X + Cross Filter (PICS) + Milky Way test

Since my wife sold her old Canon SLR camera and its lens, I've been sitting on some 58mm filters which are useless on the larger diameter L-Lenses she now uses. One of these lenses is the HOYA 58mm Cross Screen (Star) Filter. This is normally used for photographing city-scapes but can be applied to portraits (it often softens the lens, making it appealing to models with coarse skin) where it can produce attractive highlights on the eyes of on background light points.

I got around to using it today with the Canon G1X and applied it simply as a creative filter.

  • You'll still need one of these... a Filter Mount (FA-DC58C) that allows you to mount any 58mm filter to the camera lens.

  • Morning Traffic.

1/50s f/5.8 at 60.4mm iso250 + HOYA 58mm Cross Screen (Star) Filter.

  • Waiting for my wife near the Station at night.

1/20s f/5.0 at 30.9mm iso1600 + HOYA 58mm Cross Screen (Star) Filter.

The next two photographs show a portion of the Milky Way overhead as I rested the G1X on the roof of my car with the flip screen out so I could change the settings. Even before I purchased this camera, I suspected that it would have the ability to capture very nice night shots of the Milky Way so I quickly ran a couple of test shots to confirm that it most certainly can.

I can assure you that my G11 cannot. And my s95 cannot. My 60D can, but was unable to capture a starlit sky although it was a little noisy. These shots are taken in a city of nearly 5 million people so you can be assured that the sky is full of pollution and I was shooting near strong lighting. Imagine what the G1X can do in a clear, country sky?! This is great news for those who like to shoot timelapse.

  • Shooting the sky with the camera laid down on the roof of my car - just a random experiment to see what the light gathering abilities of the G1X's CMOS chip are. I like the small 'starlight/cross' effects on the stars from the Hoya filter on the stars.

30s f/2.8 at 15.1mm iso800 + HOYA 58mm Cross Screen (Star) Filter.

  • Same as above but with a longer exposure - should have used a lower ISO with a 30 second exposure.

60s f/4.5 at 15.1mm iso640 (No filter)

  • Yet another cat photograph. No Cross-Filter used. Just the 500D.

1/60s f/3.5 at 19.9mm iso1600 + 500D Closeup Filter used.

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