Weekly X Series Photo Thread 25 NOV - 01 DEC

Vic Chapman · Nov 25, 2018

A stunning picture!

Vic

Vic Chapman · Nov 25, 2018

clifford37 said:
Ford

Commemorating first car to be driven to the top of Ben Nevis mountain in 1911.

No mention if it came down again

Fort William, Scotland.

Not only did it drive back down but ther is film of it doing so. What's more, in 2011 after permission was not given to fly a model T to the summit, a scale model was built, dismantled and carried to the summit where it was reassembled and later brought back down again.

Full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-44003271

Film of the descent: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-motoring-over-ben-nevis-1911-online

Vic

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Vic Chapman · Nov 25, 2018

Nice work Dave, particularly the church behind the Autumn leaves.

Vic

BobsYourUncle · Nov 25, 2018

Looked at this when I awoke this morning and gave it a "like." Upon further examination I think it deserves its own wall!

Bob

Vic Chapman · Nov 25, 2018

The 90mm is a perfect portrait lens. The first of those two pictures is better IMO. The 18-55 did well too.

Vic

Vic Chapman · Nov 25, 2018

All the lenses performed well but perhaps a smaller aperture for the 90mm? The 300mm with Fringer shows their capabilities together but I feel the shutter is too fast and the car looks static in that one. All the same, a successful day's shooting I'd say.

Vic

rwbaron · Nov 25, 2018

More from sorting through older files.

This area is about 3 miles from my home and sits along a bike path. On my return home (on the bike) I came across this and grabbed the X-T1/10-24 and returned just before the Sun set.

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Vic Chapman · Nov 25, 2018

I was going to ask what the red was! You don't run out of light with that setup Gil. Have you shot action with it yet and how happy are you with that camera/lens setup?

Vic

dloop · Nov 25, 2018

SigmaChrome said:
Stunning shot!

Thanks for posting.

Thanks Vitée. Dave

Vic Chapman · Nov 25, 2018

Really good set, especially the first.

Vic

Vic Chapman · Nov 25, 2018

It looks very sumptuous Dave especially the last two with warmer light.

Vic

dv312 · Nov 25, 2018

Vic Chapman said:
Sharply captured images. It looks like the X2.0 TC works better with the 50-140mm f2.8 than it does with the 100-400mm.

Vic

Thanks Vic

Not sure what you meant by better but AFC is still quite adequate in terms of performance, and I saw less CA; IQ is not diminished by much

With the 100-400 of course the AF struggles a bit more due to the dim aperture

With the TC 1.4, things tend to be on par with the native lenses

Chris Dodkin · Nov 25, 2018

Sorry about the lack of surf in the first shot Vic!

You can see some 4-6ft sets coming ashore in the background on this shot

The background... to the left of the model... the blue and white bits!

The GFX50S continues to make me very happy - the transition from X-Series has been seamless, and I think there will be many more MF shooters with the new GFX50R body launch.

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GilBarib · Nov 25, 2018

Jerry-astro said:
Nicely captured... great shots. My owling buddy and I have been looking for one of these little guys for a couple of years now here in the Northwest woods... so far, no luck, but we keep hoping.

Thanks Jerry !

So I guess I was quite lucky then ! As these were shot in one of Québec City parks, just a couple of kilometers from downtown on one of my first outing with the T3 + XF200 combo.

And I have to admit that I'm not the one who spotted the little fellow, nope, half a dozen birders and photographers were already busy taking turn for the best shooting spots.

Here's one more from another angle