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And 50% more expensive. Slightly bigger and heavier but that's not by much.
Law of diminishing returns
And 50% more expensive. Slightly bigger and heavier but that's not by much.
Why is the 24mm better for astro?
It isn't
From a review of the Fuji X100V on DPR...
"And in an age where smartphones are rapidly approaching a level of image quality that we can expect from cameras with Four Thirds or even APS-C sensors,"
Is this true? Really honestly truly true?
Some people here must have high end phones, so what do you say? Are they that good?
As I've said may times, I often see pictures that look stunning on a phone screen but when I look at them on my pc they usually fall apart. It may be that I haven't seen pictures from the latest and greatest phones yet but so far nothing I've seen from a phone comes close to MFT for image quality if looking closely on a pc.
Why is the 24mm better for astro?
it isIt isn't
more light, also I said slightly better i.e. not day and night difference.
it is
more light, also I said slightly better i.e. not day and night difference.
it is
WoW!
Looking at the size of those storm troopers that camera must be massive! Is it a sculpture somewhere or an obscure Olympus very large format camera?
It isn't.
I was basing my comment on 24mm vs 20mm as that was what was asked. Not f stops.
Regardless of 1.8 or 1.4 you're going to be able to use a longer SS on 20mm so the difference will be basically nothing.
Ah, f1.4.
TBH f1.8 is good enough for anything I'll want to do. The main thing is to keep the noise down and keep the shutter speed within the range to stop stars stretching too much.
@woof woof and others, this is a 40MP RAW (DNG) from a P30 Pro, 76MB so theres a lot of data in the file. Id say its very impressive what phones can do these days.
https://we.tl/t-tZCPR7xTl7
Ok note to self, don’t use those zoom type inversion crystal balls in blazing sunshine as the act like a really powerful magnifying glass. Saw some smoke coming off my camera and realised I was burning the HDMI port cover and C3 button, gutted It’s not major by any stretch but I like my stuff pristine
yep
yes, I have shot astro with f2.8 quite successfully and even with f4. As I said above the return are rather small but if we are being pedantic I'd say 24GM has a slight advantage (in this area).
I took my very first Milky Way image with the Voigtländer 21mm at f/3.5 or f/4 - I like it more only because it was my first, I think it's pretty good and the sunstar from Jupiter is lovely. Don't get that with the Samyang 24.
I wouldn't worry about f/1.4 vs f/1.8 too much imo It's just one click of shutter speed and ISO to balance it out.
"And in an age where smartphones are rapidly approaching a level of image quality that we can expect from cameras with Four Thirds or even APS-C sensors,"
I know next to nothing about phones so I may be wrong but I think the comment on DPR is probably a bit too soon to be really truly honestly true. In a year/phone generation or two, who knows.
Nupe. Not for a second really.
I don't want to take anything away from the 24mm and it may well be the better lens and could be a more sensible FoV for many but me the FoV, bulk and weight and cost wise too the 20mm f1.8 was the thing to go for and may be worth a look especially for someone who's more.... careful... with money
it is.
You need go back and read the thread, I said 24GM was slightly better for astro (didn't say anything about other aspects)
longer shutter speeds isn't without its compromise. I'd take slightly brighter lens over longer shutter speed. At longer shutter speeds you end up nearing doubling you exposure time or halving it.
For the first time in many years I find myself with one camera body, in this case the A9. I like to do a whole range of stuff mostly birds/insects using the 200-600 or 100-400 I still have and macro using the Sony 90mm macro lens and also fiddling around with my FD lenses and adapters.
I'm really not that happy with changing lenses several times each day, I feel that I'm causing unnecessary wear to the body mount and increasing the risk of dirt on the sensor (I'm very good at this!).
Do some/most people here have 2 or more bodies they use for specific purposes like this? Maybe I'm just suffering from lockdown/boredom induced GAS!
I have been considering getting the "basic" A7 for this purpose.
For the first time in many years I find myself with one camera body, in this case the A9. I like to do a whole range of stuff mostly birds/insects using the 200-600 or 100-400 I still have and macro using the Sony 90mm macro lens and also fiddling around with my FD lenses and adapters.
I'm really not that happy with changing lenses several times each day, I feel that I'm causing unnecessary wear to the body mount and increasing the risk of dirt on the sensor (I'm very good at this!).
Do some/most people here have 2 or more bodies they use for specific purposes like this? Maybe I'm just suffering from lockdown/boredom induced GAS!
I have been considering getting the "basic" A7 for this purpose.
Having spent some of today going through my Lightroom image archive I think I need to look at my workflow, especially as I now have an A9 (that’s going to make it even worst). My culling is nearly non existent as lightroom is far too slow to load previews. I think I need to cull prior to uploading to lightroom as otherwise Im going to end up filling hard drives with files I’m never going to process.
what does everyone else do? do you use other software to initially cull images prior to processing. I’ve heard of photomechanics but is there anything else worth looking at?
Ive previously had more than one body (actually I’ve still got a Nikon D700 in the cupboard that I should really get rid of). When I had two bodies they weren’t ever the same model which posed an issue. What I found was because one was better than the other I was still changing lenses or favouring using the better camera because it just felt the right camera to use. I initially considered keeping the A7R3 I had prior to getting the A9 but I couldn’t really justify the extra cost for the use it would get which would mainly be landscapes or remote wildlife wide angles. If I was ever to do it a gain it would have to be on par with my current camera or be for a specific use that I could justify the extra cost.For the first time in many years I find myself with one camera body, in this case the A9. I like to do a whole range of stuff mostly birds/insects using the 200-600 or 100-400 I still have and macro using the Sony 90mm macro lens and also fiddling around with my FD lenses and adapters.
I'm really not that happy with changing lenses several times each day, I feel that I'm causing unnecessary wear to the body mount and increasing the risk of dirt on the sensor (I'm very good at this!).
Do some/most people here have 2 or more bodies they use for specific purposes like this? Maybe I'm just suffering from lockdown/boredom induced GAS!
I have been considering getting the "basic" A7 for this purpose.
With the A9 at 20FPS and on silent shooting its easy to rack up a huge number when taking wildlife images without really noticing. I’ve found I’m only processing a small number of photos I’m taking and that’s just wasting space in Lightroom. Culling prior to uploading to lightroom may help me reduce the number of files in Lightroom and mean I actually process the images I’ve taken.I delete/cull from within Lightroom. But then I don't shoot hundreds of images per day out/holiday/etc
Having spent some of today going through my Lightroom image archive I think I need to look at my workflow, especially as I now have an A9 (that’s going to make it even worst). My culling is nearly non existent as lightroom is far too slow to load previews. I think I need to cull prior to uploading to lightroom as otherwise Im going to end up filling hard drives with files I’m never going to process.
what does everyone else do? do you use other software to initially cull images prior to processing. I’ve heard of photomechanics but is there anything else worth looking at?
@NewBeetle I really like the Tamar building shot.
I will have a look into it. The price looks much better than photo mechanic which is s plus.I recently bought FastRawViewer, and it lives up to the name in a way that Lightroom, On1 etc can only dream of. If you need to view and cull a lot of images then it's idea - almost instant image opening from an SSD, ability to brighten so you can view shadow detail etc. It's a bit old-skool in terms of appearance, but the speed is hard to beat.
I cull within LR too, dead easy. Just go through, press x to mark the images for deletion then batch delete marked images at the endI delete/cull from within Lightroom. But then I don't shoot hundreds of images per day out/holiday/etc
If it wasn’t already obvious that we are in the middle of the apocalypse I have been using my Samyang 45mm today.
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The process of marking rejects and batch deleting is what I (sometimes) do but it’s the time it take to render the images on the screen that slows the culling process down. I also think if I culled them before uploading to lightroom I’d end up with much less in lightroom to think about processing. I also need to work out a workflow for culling and processing images as I seem to get bored when editing and it just ends up in a mess.I cull within LR too, dead easy. Just go through, press x to mark the images for deletion then batch delete marked images at the end