Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

in an effort to make my pictures look a bit less "snapshotish" I did a bit of cloning out of what I thought might be distracting lights and random garbage on the street..
the light on the left was left(above the car ) over from a series of lights , but its the one I couldn't get rid of without leaving very obvious hints .
also, its a blend of two photos , using what I consider was the best of both in terms of streaking lights but also exposure in certain parts.

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First image from this morning's photoshoot from way up high at Mission San Jose.

Canon 24mm TS-E shifted down slightly.

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digital_AM wrote in post #18676888
First image from this morning's photoshoot from way up high at Mission San Jose.

Canon 24mm TS-E shifted down slightly.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29Mx​XGc Mission San Jose Bird's Eye View by Alfredo Mora, on Flickr

Nice point of view. And that's some flash too.

navydoc wrote in post #18676901
Nice point of view. And that's some flash too.

Thank you Gene. The building was already nicely lit. I see some weird fringing along the horizon that is not there in my full size image.

Some macros from my garden

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I was originally going to get the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art but considering its size and weight, I decided against it. I've been more and more curious about the upcoming Batis 40mm f/2 and I think this will make a much better native lens for me to get.

Hopefully the price is reasonable and it's a decent size and weight!

I'm going to shoot wedding next weekend and I'm planning to just shoot in compressed raw. I don't wanna buy another UHS-II SD card as they are still expensive.

Is compressed raw not bad for wedding?

I have the Sony UHS-II 128GB and sandisk 128GB UHS-I on slot 2 as jpeg backup. I'm shooting simultaneous Raw+Jpeg.

testing my 16-35F4 that I might use in the ceremony.

look how clean when you do ETTR

shot at Aperture Priority @ F4 handheld and +3EC on the EC Dial. turns out 1/40sec ISO25600

I went -2 on lightroom's exposure slider

very clean

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vinmunoz wrote in post #18676986
I'm going to shoot wedding next weekend and I'm planning to just shoot in compressed raw. I don't wanna buy another UHS-II SD card as they are still expensive.

Is compressed raw not bad for wedding?

I have the Sony UHS-II 128GB and sandisk 128GB UHS-I on slot 2 as jpeg backup. I'm shooting simultaneous Raw+Jpeg.

I shoot everything in compressed raw. Cant really see the difference between compressed and uncompressed

Dlee13 wrote in post #18676958
I was originally going to get the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art but considering its size and weight, I decided against it. I've been more and more curious about the upcoming Batis 40mm f/2 and I think this will make a much better native lens for me to get.

Hopefully the price is reasonable and it's a decent size and weight!

It’s slightly smaller in length than the batis 85 and light too. Whilst bigger than I expected a 40mm to be the batis 85 isn’t exactly massive

vinmunoz wrote in post #18676986
I'm going to shoot wedding next weekend and I'm planning to just shoot in compressed raw. I don't wanna buy another UHS-II SD card as they are still expensive.

Is compressed raw not bad for wedding?

I have the Sony UHS-II 128GB and sandisk 128GB UHS-I on slot 2 as jpeg backup. I'm shooting simultaneous Raw+Jpeg.

I’ve never used uncompressed raw. Granted i don’t ahoot weddings or for clients but never noticed an issue with compression

xpfloyd wrote in post #18677010
It’s slightly smaller in length than the batis 85 and light too. Whilst bigger than I expected a 40mm to be the batis 85 isn’t exactly massive

For me weight is more important than size and even if it's the same weight as the 85mm, it will still be good for carrying around.

Are you interested in getting one?

vinmunoz wrote in post #18676986
I'm going to shoot wedding next weekend and I'm planning to just shoot in compressed raw. I don't wanna buy another UHS-II SD card as they are still expensive.

Is compressed raw not bad for wedding?

I have the Sony UHS-II 128GB and sandisk 128GB UHS-I on slot 2 as jpeg backup. I'm shooting simultaneous Raw+Jpeg.

Why not shoot raw to both slots? And why only use the most expensive cards? The regular UhS-I cards are plenty fast, I never had an issue with them being too slow.

Rayfo wrote in post #18676791

Thanks
Seems like variants all round.
Dad made molds out of large jam tins that connected with a 4" nail slipped through a formed roll on the ends.
That sat on a flat tray and the pie formed up inside it.
We still hav the molds.
My wife took up the pie making too, but we stopped a while back - all that lard aint good for the system so they say
Didn't kill mum or dad. Well not until they were in 90's. Oh well. Mm. Might have to get that mold out,