Photograph and Camera talk

[JDelage]

@louisbosco  The 24-70mm (great lens!) will give you an idea if you want to invest more. Note that the Rokinon lens is very reasonably priced: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VSGQPG/

I would have bought it but I decided to take my camera at the last minute and I couldn't find a way to get it on time.

(It also exists as a premium lens f/2.4, twice as expensive.)

[louisbosco]

@JDelage  yeah, i fell in love with the versatility of the gen1 24-70 f/2.8 that when i got my 6d many years later, i went with the gen2 of the same lens.

tbh, in most situations, the 24 is wide enough for me. something to do with it's lens grouping that makes it seem wider than it is at 24mm. i've never really encountered a situation where i needed more space to frame a shot. if i do, then i'm probably not in the right spot for it.

honestly, right now, i've highlighted 3 key lenses for my kit that i need. 1 multi purpose, 1 prime and 1 telephoto, in which the 24-70 and sigma 50art fill 2/3 roles. i shoot a lot more on holiday than local so taking those 2 lens is an ease. i've been looking now at the 70-200 f/2.8 as my tele ever since i tried to go round shooting f1 when i was in singapore. with that said, i'm still currently unsure how a wide angle of 16-35 will fit in my arsenal just yet..

[JDelage]

The 24-70 is my "every day" lens. It's great.

[f12]

From a recent trip to Mammoth Lakes, Ca

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[AdamJ]

This camera belongs to @Steve so he can give you the details, all I know is that it's older than me

[Steve]

in fairness @AdamJ most things I own are older than you!

Its an old Russian camera I picked up for £20 about 15 years ago. The film in there needs to be developed still (been in there for a couple of years now)!

[organisys]

Amazing what Smartphones can do now, compared with 10 years ago.

[Dishelveled]

Thats pretty fvcking great–camera phone or not!

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[organisys]

Thanks. Considering the tiny sensor and optics, the level of detail and the exposure control is getting very clever, a lot of it is in the software of course, and a purist would still say shooting RAW on an SLR with a good lens will of course give a much better result, but a Smartphone goes with you everywhere…..

[Jett129]

Been doing surfing photography as of late…

[RoxRocks86]

Great action shots. Telephoto lens @Jett129 ?

[Jett129]

Thanks,Shot from the shore with a 100-400 lens,pretty much maxed out all the time. Shot at ISO 1600,f16 and about 2,000 of a second, so I can freeze the action,and still have some depth of field. The images are pretty heavily cropped,because I’m so far away,

[neph93]

Lovely quality to the images @Jett129. There is a touch of grain, which I guess is a result of the distance, cropping and possibly the light, It gives them an authentic, soft texture. At the same time the definition of the waves and spray and the action of the surfers gives a feeling of immediacy and movement. Very nice.

[Giles]

I like the last one most….

[neph93]

@Giles:

I like the last one most….

I'm guessing it was the pier in the distance and breakwater in the mid-ground, that give the shot a sense of depth and perspective, that especially caught your eye? 

[Giles]

What pier?

[Jett129]

@neph93:

Lovely quality to the images @Jett129. There is a touch of grain, which I guess is a result of the distance, cropping and possibly the light, It gives them an authentic, soft texture. At the same time the definition of the waves and spray and the action of the surfers gives a feeling of immediacy and movement. Very nice.

.      In the last image I intentionally added old school analog film grain, as it was kind of hazy anyway.

[Jett129]

Sometimes the wave wins!   

[neph93]

Amazing shot. Never has a Wipeout looked so cool.

[Jett129]

The lifeguards were off duty so I climbed up onto the stand and shot from there. Pretty good vantage point. I spoke to him after he got out of the water,and he wanted to know if I had gotten any pictures of him. At the time neither one of us knew that I had gotten this one.