Wednesday
Feb222012
Above the Water
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 8:10 ;)
Megablock │ NEX-7 + Sony E50mm F1.8 OSS │ 50mm F5.6 1/3200s ISO100
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Miniature City │ NEX-7 + Sony E50mm F1.8 OSS │ 50mm F4.0 1/1000s ISO100
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 8:10
Reader Comments (12)
Bjorn, really, really like the 2nd shot...Did you try it verically?
More reflections and less on the sides...It looks quite surreal with what looks like painted windows on the sides....That is my type of picture.
Can you just confirm if you received the other email with (huffman compression) attachment ok, so I know it didn't go off into cyberspace.
Cheers Barry
Hi Barry,
Thanks! I like surreal or abstract photography as well; anything where the viewer is left wondering what he's looking at. I didn't actually try this one vertically. I take very few vertical photos. In the days of film it was easy to just turn a print in your hands, but with large, fixed screens, vertical photos don't have much impact. Maybe that will change again if everyone starts viewing photos on tablet computers.
But you're absolutely right, I should have at least tried a vertical shot and compared the two. The next time I'm at this location, I will do that, Stay tuned.
Bjorn, Likewise I much prefer to shoot in landscape format as opposed to portrait format. Laptops and PC Monitor's have educated us humans the way we should present our images...As you say with the advent of the iPad/tablets we might very well start rethinking the way we shoot in the future!
A few odd and funny ones from my old (2004) Pbase account...Film based
http://www.pbase.com/luxopaco/waves
http://www.pbase.com/luxopaco/bizarre
http://www.pbase.com/luxopaco/bridge
Cheers Barry
I fully agree on all counts. I'd like to see a vertical orientation of shot #2, too.
Great shot, it'd be a good candidate for one of my favourite Flickr groups, "Abstract Reality".
Did you get your feet wet, by the way? :) Ah, the advantages of a tilting LCD screen...
Another great set of photos Bjorn. I love the high contrast and exposed white sky. Really cool and my kind of photo.
Cheers for your compliment on the cycling photo as well. You should consider getting some of your stuff up onto 500px. They've just changed the site format and it's much nicer now.
All the best
Aaron
www.aaronupson.com
Corrado,
it seems that consensus is building and that I'll have to revisit this location. Funny you should mention getting my feet wet; my feet aren't so much of an issue. I was so low to the water that the camera might have come into contact with the water while I was concentrating on the screen. To avoid that, I let my left hand project below the camera. That way I can feel the water before the camera gets wet. Still pretty cold this time of the year.
Aaron,
Thanks for the compliment. High contrast B&W with a white sky is sometimes the only way to give photos enough punch this time of the year. It can be very gray around here, I suspect very different from where you are.
Barry,
They're all pretty cool, but I especially like the set of the looping bridge. Those are superb compositions and they work exceptionally well as a set.
Bjorn, Thanks for taking a look...Glad you liked them.
You might want to get one of these on your return visit
http://www.imaging-resource.com/press-releases/2011/12/23/innovation-underwater-nauticam-na-nex7-housing-for-sony-nex-7
Only joking!...Take care.
Cheers Barry
Hello Bjorn,
I am sure you are busy so I will not take much of your time. I wanted to say all that I really appreciate your website and your photography. As a photographer myself I am always seeking to improve my craft and expand my knowledge and your site is an excellent resource. After having read your impressions and looking at your cuba photos for the Sony Nex-7, I managed to purchase one in NYC, where I live and work. The camera is excellent, one of the best I have used actually for this type of small camera. Much better than the X100 which I loved, but developed an immense hatred for the terrible Auto Focus, nonexistent MF, buggy operation.
One thing that has been driving me mad with the Nex-7 is the delay between raising the camera to my eye and the switch between LCD and EVF. I have even noticed that if you switch the EVF to 'continuously on' it still remains off until you raise the camera to your eye. With the X100 I could tap the display button and switch between the LCD and EVF. This delay is simply too long and with no option to keep the EVF on, it makes the camera crippled for my type of work (journalism, street photography, weddings photography) Is this an insurmountable deal breaker? or is there some setting that I may have missed? or a workaround?
Provided there is no solution at the moment. Perhaps you know of a good contact at sony who I might contact regarding firmware concerns? The primary being the aforementioned and auto-iso in Manual mode.
Thanks for your time, I will continue to read your site with much appreciation.
-Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
I hate to disappoint you but I have just as much inside contact with Sony as you do. Or Panasonic for that matter, whose gear I've been using for a much longer time. In the end, there are always some imperfections to contend with. Ideally you can adapt to them or find workarounds. If the lag before the viewfinder engages is a problem for your type of photography, then it may end up being a deal breaker. I'm not aware of any way of eliminating it either. For my style of shooting, it's not much more than an occasional annoyance. If I need to start shooting instantly, I'll just start off using the screen. But then I feel equally comfortable composing with either the LCD or the EVF.
As to auto ISO in manual mode, one could argue that the NEX-7 already supports this. But it only works with legacy lenses in shutter speed priority mode: you set the aperture on the lens barrel and the shutter speed on the camera (manual mode) while enjoying the benefits of auto ISO. Of course you now also have to focus manually. I have no idea why auto ISO works with adapted lenses in what is essentially a manual mode while it doesn't work in the real manual mode. But I'm thankful for any step in the right direction. Panasonic G bodies didn't even offer auto ISO with adapted lenses. I guess they were trying to be consistent.
By the way, I really appreciate your kind words about my blog. Learning has certainly been a two way stream though, and I've profited a lot from the exchanges here. It's fantastic how like minded souls can communicate with each other from most anywhere in the world.
Barry,
Now there's a practical solution for turning my nice, compact camera into something that has the bulk of the DSLRs I fled from years ago ;-) Cheers