Lens Test!

I really didn't like the 28-200 when I got it, focusing was just so slow and only hit about 1/4 shots for what I wanted to focus on. Not sure why that is, could purely be human error.

Anyway; did some tests today after I discovered what the LIMIT/FULL switch does. Focusing time halved on things 2ft to Infinity. Apparently due to the gearing on the thing it takes just as long to focus from min distance to 2ft as it does 2ft to infinity, and cycled through the WHOLE range when trying to focus. The limit switch just cuts off min to 2ft.

Anyway; it's pretty darn sharp, albeit a bit slow on shutter speed. Negated with flash though. :D

These shots were both taken at minimum focusing distance, at 28 and 200mm respectively. Flash bounced off ceiling. 

Megawide.

Thanks to the internet hero known as "Marc", I have a .45x wide angle adapter for my camera! :D

Haven't had much of a chance to use it yet, but did get one or two good shots out of my first test.

The first is Luigi having a day in the sun, wide angle adapter and I was lying on the grass, this is a mix of a few different exposures, without getting much of that super fake HDR feel.

The second I was sitting by the river; about to take a shot of the city. Heard he flapping of wings behind me and guessed where it would come through. Got a pretty good one. :D Slightly photoshopped to get rid of the distortion caused by the adapter. Just by eye so I'm not sure it is correct. And looking at the thumbnail now I need to rotate it a bit.

Third is another pano stitch shot, using the adapter. Photoshoop did a pretty good job of fixing the distortion on the fly and then stitching. Pretty happy with the options this could provide later. :D

Still, should be a lot of fun over the next few weeks! :D And having a wide angle lens, however fake, is good fun. :)

Brenizereffic!

Discovered a new way to stitch shots together to get impossible depth of field/FoV out of a standard 50mm lens taking shots at f2.8 to f1.8

Some of the equivalent lenses/fstops needed to take these shots ranged from:

22mm, f1.2
20mm, f0.7
15mm, f0.5

I know these lenses don't exist. But if they did, they would have taken these kinds of shots. :D

I am excited about the possibilites of this kind of photography! :D And very happy with how these turned out.

Inspired by Ryan Brenizer. http://www.ryanbrenizer.com/

Easter at Pomona

Went up to Pomona, west of Noosaville, to my friend's parent's place for Easter.

It's my friends' wedding in October and I have been asked to do some of the photography, which is pretty exciting.

So, what better way to practice than at the venu itself! Also a good test run on the camera. I think everyone got preeeeetty sick of my taking photos by the end of the weekend. But I learnt a lot about my camera and taking different kinds of shots. Also found out that one zoom lens doesn't work, and the other focuses waaay toooo slooooow.

Really happy with how a few of these shots came out.

All in all, best weekend? Best weekend.

All photos resized, but otherwise straight from the camera.

Light-painting with a Nightlight.

 So I have this little Tricerotops nightlight thing. Pretty handy when I don't feel like switching on the lights and blinding myself silly in the middle of the night. It changes colour every few seconds while it's on, and I decided to use this to do some light painting of sorts.

First shot was moving the light around like a halo over the camera. The second was the same for the first few seconds, Then I started doing vertical passes behind the bottle. Turned out pretty awesome I think. :D