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navydoc wrote in post #18021726
Yesterday, I spotted this vicious hummingbird harassing a poor defenseless hawk perched on a nearby lamp post.

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thats great!

vinmunoz wrote in post #18022202
is F4+A7RII combo not good enough for Astro-Milkyway stuff considering the RII ISO performance?

I asked because i'm thinking about the Canon 17-40L

Vin, just my personal take, but I'd actually avoid the 17-40 for astro. I'm no astro expert, but I have owned that lens, and I sold it shortly after moving to the A7Rii. It's a nice cheap L, but it's cheap for a reason. At least the copy I had, the lens couldn't even come close to the resolving power of the sensor. I felt like I couldn't get any shots that were really sharp

Canadian Rocky Mountains, Sony A7R2 and Zeiss 21 Distagon

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Banff - Saskatchewan River

Banff is about as close to heaven as I've seen. U coukd shoot the life span of the Sony and still not cover every thing there is to see there

bpaulette wrote in post #18022225
Great shot of P&L!

And wow, that ominous cloud shot is absolutely spectacular. It's been a nutty week for weather in KC. I'm a bit jealous - if I could scrape myself away from portraits and theatre, I'd love to give landscape shooting a go, but just never seem to have time for it. Anyway, great stuff as always

Thank you! When I was looking at the two-week forecast prior to our arrival in KC I was dismayed to see "60% Chance of Thunderstorms (or rain)" for every single day. Fortunately things are opening up just a little, so hopefully it won't be as dismal as I was expecting.

Banff is very high on my list of places to visit ASAP. I think we might try to do the train across the Canadian Rockies from Vancouver, finishing up with a few days in Banff. Just not sure when.

Carlo that is a beautiful woman and fantastic capture. Also great to see Vinz get some competition.

The drive between Banff and Jasper Nat. Parks is No.2 in the world of places where I've been that screams every 5 min's 'stop the car, get out the tripod'. I've been three times and would go again for Peyto alone.

davidfarina wrote in post #18017574
When i started reading your post i was immediately thinking of something less original where the X might be

Me too.

Still catching up on this thread. 12 more pages to go, yay...

So apparently the Batis 18 has been receiving favorable reviews. I checked out a review on Phillip Reeve's site. This lens is supposedly excellent for astrophotography along with architecture/interiors and landscape. Sounds like exactly what I've been looking for. The one negative I see is the fly by wire focus system. And the sun stars are good but not as good as the Loxia 21 which also has very nice manual focusing.

The Batis 18 is quickly rising to the top of my list. i must be patient though.

http://phillipreeve.ne​t …iew-zeiss-batis-18mm-2-8/

Yeah. Right now I'm planning to revamp my kit to something like this:

CV 10
Batis 18/2
Batis 25/2
Sigma 35 Art (later FE 35/1.4)
Batis 85/1.8

FE 24-70/2.8 for a versatile zoom
EF 70-200/4 (for now. Nothing better at that price range).

Lots of things to sell first though...

Yeah it's a pretty spectacular location. I was hoping for some good weather today however the conditions were changing so quickly from blue skies to snow and frozen pellets. It was snowing pretty heavily at Peyto, Moraine lake was overcast unfortunately. I waited about an hour at Peyto and it cleared up completely and was able to get some shots before the clouds rolled in again, I had been there once before but the water colour this year was absolutely spectacular.

Kananaskis

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Mickeyb this one's for you.
It wasn't much of a photo trip, way too rushed, and after 3 hours on the boat where giant waves we hitting way up at porthole window level, major listing as they'd hit, many turning green (not with envy)...I slept
Once there it was rush rush rush. 5 min's tops in each building and I ended up with very few inside pics, shooting the grounds as we walked non stop, and you really needed to stick with the mandatory guide with the big rifle (large animals have been seen there). Still a great experience just being there and my first time on Russian territory.
We're off on another (so far nothing) Walrus hunt...I'll get the staircase mural up when I get back-

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bpaulette wrote in post #18022263
Vin, just my personal take, but I'd actually avoid the 17-40 for astro. I'm no astro expert, but I have owned that lens, and I sold it shortly after moving to the A7Rii. It's a nice cheap L, but it's cheap for a reason. At least the copy I had, the lens couldn't even come close to the resolving power of the sensor. I felt like I couldn't get any shots that were really sharp

thanks for the headsup....