Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

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Picked up a gently-used A-mount Zeiss 50 1.4 SSM for just over $600 shipped.

Lots of deals to be had on e-mount as well.

Happy hunting!

Lee , I’ve noticed that with your images and meant to ask you about it. I upload a 2048 to Flickr then post bbcode for a 1600 here and never get the filesize warning. It’s a strange one and I don’t know why it would be happening

Probably one to ask Pekka in the Amass sub forum

xpfloyd wrote in post #18695222
Lee , I’ve noticed that with your images and meant to ask you about it. I upload a 2048 to Flickr then post bbcode for a 1600 here and never get the filesize warning. It’s a strange one and I don’t know why it would be happening

Probably one to ask Pekka in the Amass sub forum

Perhaps the file size cannot exceed 1.4MB like on FM.

navydoc wrote in post #18695170
This is just an observation and isn't meant to single out Vinze's great portraits but sometimes I think too much texture is visible in portraits. Perhaps it's my poor eyesight or the fact that I don't normally study someone's face with as much scrutiny as I might here but I don't see that much skin texture when I see someone face to face while conversing for example. To my eye, smoother would be more attractive. Just how much smoother probably depends on the person doing the viewing.

noted Gene.

How about this? is this smooth enough?

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29sj​V13

LeeRatters wrote in post #18695097
16th Century Holford Silk Mill.

Lots of local history but probably most famous for being the location for filming the video for Bryan Adams' hit Everything I Do........

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29rT​XgA
*** by Lee, on Flickr

EDIT - does anyone else find that a 1600 wide image is too big a filesize for here or is it just me....??

I do. Heck even 1024 lol. When I post portrait mode I do 600x800 something like that.

vinmunoz wrote in post #18695370
noted Gene.

How about this? is this smooth enough?

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29sj​V13 _A730089-Edit by timobong, on Flickr

Personally, I like it better like this with a bit smoother look Vinz but the real question is, do you like it better...or if she were a client, would she like it better?

Apples and oranges but I find that I sometimes tend to sharpen birds to the point that their feathers could be lethal weapons. Not because I should but because I can.

Point Reyes

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/LMQi​7V

navydoc wrote in post #18695180
Interesting, I don't recall ever having that problem. When I upload to Flickr, I've already sized my image to be 2048px on the long side but save as a jpg at full quality (12) in PS CC. That puts the file size around 2mb. When I want to share, I click on the curved arrow that opens the dialoge where I select BBCode and choose the Large image size. If I open my "Download this Image" and select the 1600 x 1280 preset, the downloaded image is in about the 756kb range, give or take.

xpfloyd wrote in post #18695222
Lee , I’ve noticed that with your images and meant to ask you about it. I upload a 2048 to Flickr then post bbcode for a 1600 here and never get the filesize warning. It’s a strange one and I don’t know why it would be happening

Probably one to ask Pekka in the Amass sub forum

I upload to Flickr at 1600 so I paste the 'original' link. Maybe the 1600 'large' link is a smaller file size for the same size image....!??

It's not a problem as such but when it displays in the preview as you are typing, then you 'post' and find it isn't displaying..... Reopening Flickr, copy the other link, edit the post on here.... Like I say, not the end of the world, but a pain none the less

LeeRatters wrote in post #18695519
I upload to Flickr at 1600 so I paste the 'original' link. Maybe the 1600 'large' link is a smaller file size for the same size image....!??

It's not a problem as such but when it displays in the preview as you are typing, then you 'post' and find it isn't displaying..... Reopening Flickr, copy the other link, edit the post on here.... Like I say, not the end of the world, but a pain none the less

Yeah could be something to do with “original” vs “1600” even though they are both the same pixel size

With the 12-24 Fe

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29aQ​M68

vinmunoz wrote in post #18695370
noted Gene.

How about this? is this smooth enough?

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29sj​V13 _A730089-Edit by timobong, on Flickr

I am probably in the minority on this, but I much preferred the original. This one looks like a mannequin or CG...too smooth and makes her not look real, and she is stunning in her own skin, so why make it look fake?

Maybe Gene, the new monitor is exaggerating texture?

original is better imho. I always felt texture to be good in woman

xpfloyd wrote in post #18695126
Great shots over the last few pages everyone. Heres a couple from earlier in the month.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/27Mw​yP5 Isle of Man - 08.08.18-2 by xpfloyd, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29rX​PQW Isle of Man - 08.08.18 by xpfloyd, on Flickr

Love your Milky Ways Eddie.
I've got that same lens, EOS right? I need to use it someday on one of the Sonys.