This month through your adapted lenses -- July 2019

Had another chance to stop by on my way through St. Louis yesterday, and took the Oly OM Zuiko 24/2.8 out to play. The more I'm using it, the more I like it.


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8

The Dred Scott case got its start in this courthouse; the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation put up a statue honoring Dred and Harriet Scott in 2012. (Sadly the light didn't permit a good picture of their faces; the 24 copy I have is the H.Zuiko and apparently before multicoating, and you can tell.)




OM H.Zuiko Auto-W 24/2.8




Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8

The OM lens -


OM Zuiko 24/2.8

- doesn't compare half badly with the 12-40 M.Zuiko Pro (no PP beyond a bit of cropping):


M.Zuiko 12-40/2.8

Warmer, and maybe not quite as sharp. Still a great lens.


OM Zuiko 24/2.8

They recently finished a major renovation of the Arch/Courthouse and surrounding park area; so far, looking like they did a pretty good job.




OM Zuiko 24/2.8





This lens just clicks for me in a way that the OM Zuiko 28/2.8 hasn't.




OM Zuiko 24/2.8

The Mississippi River is definitely flexing its muscles right now; there's an entire set of parking lots flooded out here.




OM Zuiko 24/2.8

Still flowers, though!

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Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_prof67/ Warning: Heavy Learning in progress.

Beautiful shots, Travis. The OM 24 did very well, but you did better using it to advantage - but, darn, now I'll probably have to go out and get one.

Peace.

John

Travis Butler said:

Had another chance to stop by on my way through St. Louis yesterday, and took the Oly OM Zuiko 24/2.8 out to play. The more I'm using it, the more I like it.


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8

The Dred Scott case got its start in this courthouse; the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation put up a statue honoring Dred and Harriet Scott in 2012. (Sadly the light didn't permit a good picture of their faces; the 24 copy I have is the H.Zuiko and apparently before multicoating, and you can tell.)


OM H.Zuiko Auto-W 24/2.8


Pen-F, OM Zuiko 24/2.8

The OM lens -


OM Zuiko 24/2.8

- doesn't compare half badly with the 12-40 M.Zuiko Pro (no PP beyond a bit of cropping):


M.Zuiko 12-40/2.8

Warmer, and maybe not quite as sharp. Still a great lens.


OM Zuiko 24/2.8

They recently finished a major renovation of the Arch/Courthouse and surrounding park area; so far, looking like they did a pretty good job.


OM Zuiko 24/2.8

This lens just clicks for me in a way that the OM Zuiko 28/2.8 hasn't.


OM Zuiko 24/2.8

The Mississippi River is definitely flexing its muscles right now; there's an entire set of parking lots flooded out here.


OM Zuiko 24/2.8

Still flowers, though!

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Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_prof67/ Warning: Heavy Learning in progress.

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Excellent set! Thanks for sharing.

A6300 + Lens Turbo-II + Canon FD 20-35mm f3.5 L.




a6300 + Lens Turbo-II + Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 80-200mm F2.8 LD.



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kcdogger said:

Beautiful shots, Travis. The OM 24 did very well, but you did better using it to advantage - but, darn, now I'll probably have to go out and get one.

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Hah. Well, it's not a bad lens to have, that's for sure.

Went ahead and put some of the non-adapted pics from the same shoot at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmEWoN8v, if you're interested in more comparisons with the 12-40.

Guessing that's not fujifilm as the colours seem muted, nice though it's like a wedding cake

Travis Butler said:

The Dred Scott case got its start in this courthouse; the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation put up a statue honoring Dred and Harriet Scott in 2012. (Sadly the light didn't permit a good picture of their faces; the 24 copy I have is the H.Zuiko and apparently before multicoating, and you can tell.)

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OM H.Zuiko Auto-W 24/2.8

If you could have got the Sun behind the building (perhaps by waiting half an hour or by shooting a little lower), you might have then got better illumination on the faces with fill flash. Or perhaps that's asking too much of a little flash.

Regards,

Alan

Alan WF said:

If you could have got the Sun behind the building (perhaps by waiting half an hour or by shooting a little lower), you might have then got better illumination on the faces with fill flash. Or perhaps that's asking too much of a little flash.

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Excellent point! In fact, fill flash might have changed exposure enough to make the flare less relevant.

This is one of the little downsides to using FF bodies: very few have built-in flash, and a separate flash is bulky enough to rarely make it into my bag....

Alan WF said:

Alan WF said:

The Dred Scott case got its start in this courthouse; the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation put up a statue honoring Dred and Harriet Scott in 2012. (Sadly the light didn't permit a good picture of their faces; the 24 copy I have is the H.Zuiko and apparently before multicoating, and you can tell.)

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Alan

If you could have got the Sun behind the building (perhaps by waiting half an hour or by shooting a little lower), you might have then got better illumination on the faces with fill flash. Or perhaps that's asking too much of a little flash.

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Sadly, I was stopping through on a drive from Nashville to Kansas City, and didn't have a half-hour to wait; as it was, I didn't get home until just before midnight.

I did try shifting position, and this was about the best spot I found; putting the sun behind that chimney didn't work.

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Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_prof67/ Warning: Heavy Learning in progress.

Sony A7II with E. Zuiko 3.5/100.


Sony A7II with E. Zuiko 3.5/100.

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Steve
Just an Armadillo on the shoulder of the information superhighway.

I tried to get a few shots of the rather energic horse. The neightbouring horse was very interesting it seems.















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Ulrik Christiansen

Travis Butler said:

kcdogger said:

Beautiful shots, Travis. The OM 24 did very well, but you did better using it to advantage - but, darn, now I'll probably have to go out and get one.

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Hah. Well, it's not a bad lens to have, that's for sure.

Went ahead and put some of the non-adapted pics from the same shoot at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmEWoN8v, if you're interested in more comparisons with the 12-40.

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Travis - Checked your Flicker page. Outstanding shots, and you seem to have a knack for manual focusing. Well done!

Peace.

John

Holiday weekend at the dad in-law's. Kept myself busy all Sunday morning in their lovely yard where there was a riot of color and wildlife happening.

Used the Minolta 35-70/3.5, Meyer-Optic Domiplan 50/2.8 on a macro extension ring, the Tamron 135/2.8 on a Tamron 2x adaptall TC, and the Tokina 100-300/4.

If you can tell me which images are from which lenses, that would be great, I have no idea! Just kidding - that's not entirely true, I do have a rough idea for most.























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"Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution" - Sol Lewitt

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Best regards,
Ulrik Christiansen

With Polaris 85 mm 1.8 @1.8

Wow - first one is really nice

dockil said:

With Polaris 85 mm 1.8 @1.8

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Very nice!

Next time you could try renaming the header. It makes it easier for the rest of us to find your wonderful photos...

dockil said:

With Polaris 85 mm 1.8 @1.8

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Excellent! If this forum ever needed a poster image to attract new members, that's it!

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Dave, HCL

My experiments with taking color infrared photos at night continues! Here are several of my latest results:







(DIY full-spectrum modified Samsung NX500 / Cambo Actus / C/Y lenses / Hoya R72 filter

dockil said:

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This one is absolutely superb. Great light, perfect focus, and a charming subject. Congratulations!

Regards,

Alan