Mirrorless Monday_June 13th, 2016

<p>Boat Painters, Breakwater Cove Marina, Monterey</p><div></div>

<p>#2</p><div></div>

<p>Sony A7rII, FE 90mm f/2.8 Lens</p><div></div>

<p>Sony A7rII, FE 85mm f/1.4 GM</p><div></div>

<p>That looks like a fine lens, Louis.</p>

<p>Traeth Dinlle (with camera movement to make judgement of lens quality impossible)</p><div></div>

<p>Old drum house, Chwarel Dinrowic. Used to lower wagons of slate from the quarry down long inclines; cable and axle visible, along with the 'wheels' that supported the wooden-faced drum the cables wound round.</p><div></div>

<p>The glasshouse and the heavy roller (West Dean Gardens).</p><div></div>

<p>solitary</p><div></div>

<p>Sony a6000 / Sony 55-210mm</p>

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<p>Nice work, as usual, Louis. It looks like you've launched down the Sony GM route. The 24-70/2.8 GM continues to amaze me. I'd be tempted by the 85, except I have the Batis 85 and Sony 90 Macro. How much overlap is too much?</p>

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<p>Mukul and Edward:<br>

Yes, the Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM is an extremely fine lens and my early pictures show very high resolution and contrast at wide apertures placed against a foil of creamy soft bokeh. Highlights stay round and pretty. It's no fly weight, but since I use a battery grip on my camera, it balances well. AF speed and accuracy is noticeably improved over my adapted Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 which had been my go-to portrait lens for years. The availability of Eye-AF is a nice plus though I don't use it all the time. </p><div></div>

<p>Helicopter doing some heavy lifting. Aerial crane?<br>

This was just two blocks from me on a windy day. The wind didn't seem to bother the pilot.</p><div></div>

<p>Zoomed all the way out to 600mm equivalent, 1/2000 shutter speed.</p><div></div>

<p>That's an excellent Bering Watch pic, <strong>Louis</strong>. Here's three from a Sony A7r, after fooling around with the 500mm Tamron SP f/8 Catadioptric (Model 55B). </p><div></div>

<p>Number 2</p><div></div>

<p>Number 3</p><div></div>

<p> fancy headdress<br>

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<p>Louis, nice portrait. Awesome lens. ;-) Sony is winning!</p>

<p>John, lovely shot. Nice contrast between the calm beach and the dramatic camera shake.</p>

<p>This is from a dress rehearsal for <em>Ancient Lights</em>:</p><div></div>

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Minnehaha falls, Minneapolis, MN, USA (Fujifilm X-Pro1, Fujinon, XF 18mm f/2 R, ND10 filter).</p>

<p>Taken while out walking along the James River near Richmond, VA. Both shots using Sony a6000 and 55-210 OSS.<br>

Old Man Turtle<br>

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Dragon fly (or its kin)<br>

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<p>If I'd had my senses about me I'd have set the lens to f/2.8 rather than f/5.6.</p><div></div>