#80-200mm

[thisismiggels-blog]

[radioradio]

The newest member of the team. The AF Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D. The Excellent samples of this one are hundreds less than the BARGAIN 70-200s. About to take it out to play for some Pittsburgh skyline night shots.

[kojiarakiartworks]

July 2024 JAPAN HOKKAIDO SAPPORO

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Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[guerrerense]

Cranmore Somerset por Anthony Plowman Por Flickr: 5786 was built by the Great Western Railway in 1930 and, unlike many of its siblings, didn’t get scrapped by British Railways, but was sold on to The London Transport Passenger Board. 5786 is one of over 800 57xx Pannier Tank locomotives built. They were used mainly for heavy shunting, short-distance goods and branch line passenger duties. Built at Swindon, 5786 entered service in January 1930 at Aberdare shed. 5786 remained in South Wales throughout its life with the GWR and BR(W). Its last depot was Cardiff Canton. In 1958 it was overhauled at Swindon and transferred to London Transport where it was painted Maroon and numbered L92. The next eleven years were spent working maintenance trains, goods traffic and shunting from Lille Bridge and Neasdon Depots.

[mirith]

Bug butt!

So I have a micro four thirds camera, as of last week. And a vintage telephoto zoom lens. And a compatible extension tube. Obviously I stuck them all together and did some macro.

Camera sandwich below the cut:

If it looks silly, but it works, is it actually silly?

This is, surprisingly to me, kind of great for macro. This zoom lens has a stupid long minimum focus distance (usually). Extension tube addresses this, but I've still got an insane macro working distance. The photos above were taken from a couple feet away.

The mft sensor automatically "doubles" the focal length, so I've actually got a 160-400mm macro-ish capable lens right now.

I don't know what the reproduction ratio is, and I don't really care. I've never been a stickler for getting the "true" 1:1 reproduction ratio. But I can frame my subjects and can get some cool photos of small things (as long as they don't move!)

[hey-scully-itsme]

busts at the Huntington Art Museum

[ultralowoxygen]

the symphony of light by copley Via Flickr: july 2018 canon a-1 | canon fd 4/80-200 l | fuji pro 400h

[iaskeysan]

A single cloudberry. 🥺️✨

I so love the gentle swirl on the 80-200mm f2.8 Pentax FA* lens. 🤩 Is really perfect for these kinds of images. Used my Pentax K-1 II for this photo.

[foma-creature]

I really wouldn’t have to keep doing digital if color film and chemicals weren’t so expensive

Anyway, hummingbirds in the recent storm! Brought the LED panel out and now they look like they’re on a stage :)

Sony A7ii, Contax-Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 80-200mm f/4

[inyoureyes-415]

sorry if this has already been asked before, but what cameras do you use?

Hey yeah not a problem! I used to have my list as my pinned post

Digital camera:

📷 Olympus OM-D III

Digital lenses:

📸 Olympus M.Zuiko zoom 14-42mm f/3.5 (kit lens)

📸 Lumix G Vario 35-100mm f/4.0

📸 Lumix G Vario 12-60mm f/3.5

Film cameras:

📷 Konica Autoreflex T (1968-1970)

📷 Minolta XG 9 (1979)

Film lenses:

📸 Konica Hexanon AR 52mm f/1.8

📸 Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm f/2.0

📸 Tokina 80-200mm f/4.0

[sirfrogsworth]

Are you familiar with Jared Polin, aka 'Fro Knows Photo'? I'm not a pro like him, nor do I aspire to be, but I can put his tips into practice, such as putting my money into 'glass glass glass glass glass' with the D600. Thanks to a miserable season, baseball tickets today are dirt cheap. Thanks to KEH, heavy artillery glass was a bargain. Plan on getting action shots with the 80-200mm at f/2.8, 1/2000 sec and letting the camera deal with the ISO. Beauty shots around the park 'f/8 and be there.' Hope you're well today. Let's Go Bucs!

I have mixed feelings about Jared. He can be crass and some of his photography opinions are old school and outdated. Though he has gotten better over the years and I actually enjoy his videos more now than in the past.

My main gripe is that he doesn't believe in cropping photos, which bothers me to no end. The beauty of having high megapixel cameras is the ability to crop in and almost get a "second lens" without having to actually buy one. As a disabled photographer who cannot always "zoom with my feet" sometimes I have to take photos knowing I will be cropping them later on.

The main reason for "not cropping" goes back to film and prints. Your photos would always end up the same size and aspect ratio. Also, 35mm film did not enlarge very well, especially with the low sharpness lenses from the past. That is not a constraint with presenting photos in a digital medium.

I also think he cranks the contrast up on his photos to a ridiculous degree. I want to re-edit all of his photos because anything in shadow gets lost. But that is more of a subjective complaint.

He is a great natural light, documentary style photographer. And I do think his real world testing of gear is a good perspective over some of the other camera reviewers that do nothing but lab tests. (Both have their place.)

In the end, he has a lot of experience and has some pretty stunning photos in his portfolio. And I do like that he isn't afraid of high ISO photography like some others can be. So as long as you ignore his advice about cropping, I do think he has a lot to teach.

If I could recommend one photographer to folks who are in the beginning of their photography journey, I think it would be French-Canadian wildlife photographer, Simon d'Entremont. (pronounced see-mon) Even if you aren't into wildlife shooting, his photography education/communication skills are fantastic. He breaks everything down into very easy-to-understand chunks and makes very few (if any) factual errors. He is a good balance of artistic and technical and gives very practical advice for getting better shots. And his work is absolutely stunning.

I also think you might enjoy Sean Tucker. He tends to be less about gear and more about the art and philosophy of photography.

And you are correct, lenses are far more important than any other piece of gear. They are the main thing that sets big cameras apart from smartphones. You can't break the laws of physics and certain things require more than a tiny plastic lens can do.

Also, I miss baseball. I really enjoyed watching games with my dad when he was sick and had trouble concentrating on shows with a narrative. But it has been hard for me to watch a game since he passed. So I just follow some baseball YouTube channels to dip my toe back into that world every once in a while. I think I just need more time and I will get back into baseball again. Also, the Cardinals seem to be struggling so this was probably a good time to step away.

Though I do feel like I am missing out on seeing Shohei Ohtani's career develop.

[thisismiggels-blog]

[radioradio]

Dawn and Golden Hour

This is what I set out to do two weeks ago, but the fog had other ideas.

I got to Downtown and the West End Overlook about an hour before sunrise, or the start of dawn. TIL there's three different dawns. I'm starting to take photos at the beginning of 'astronomical dawn.'

This one is wallpapered for your enjoyment.

And a few more. I swapped out between the 28-70mm f/2.8D and the 80-200mm f/2.8D here. I decided today's challenge would be to level the camera, keep the fountain center of the shot, and compose just wit the zoom.

Moving on to the Duquesne Incline overlook as dawn shifts to sunrise and the beginning of the Golden Hour. The 80-200mm lens isn't all that viable if I want to get the traditional DOWNTOWN shot. These are all the 28-70mm.

Again, camera is level, composing with just zoom and pan.

As previously, the autofocus started misbehaving again. I may need to have that lens serviced. So this last one at this spot is with the nifty 50mm f/1.8D.

FYI: everything to this point has been on the tripod at aperture priority f/5.6, ISO 200.

And finally, I move to the Grandview Ave. overlook. I've got the 80-200mm back on, and gone freehand at f/2.8, auto ISO with a minimum shutter speed of 1/125. That's about as slow as my 55 year old hands can do without camera shake. We're now well into Golden Hour.

The hardest part is it's an hour's drive each way to get here. So I spend more time traveling than I do taking the shots.

And the traditional shoutout to @sirfrogsworth for the inspiration.

[kojiarakiartworks]

July 2024 JAPAN HOKKAIDO SAPPORO

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[a-voltage]

The lovely @the-ghost-k1ng taking a photo of a spider.

Legit, one of the best photos on the roll!

2024 Lomography Purple 35mm Yashica FX-2 Yashica ML Zoom 80-200mm 1:4

[ablativephotography]

Somewhere on the East coast mainline, English/Scottish Border

1/75, ISO-800, F5.5, 80-200mm, Fuji X-T20

I like the blandness of this of this photo AK out