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Oct 25, 2011 at 10:38 am #1794821
Jacob,
So how did the new camera, Sony Nex-5, work out for you.
What cameras did people use to shot their photos?
By the way, great looking photos posted….having been talking to Jacob recently, he has me seriously thinking of moving away from my pocket camera to something a little bigger, with better photo images.
-Tony
Oct 25, 2011 at 10:46 am #1794825Tony,
I think we had a total of three Sony Nex's on the trip (Jacob D., Kat P., and mine)
Jacob was rockin' a pretty sweet Voigtlander manual lens, I had my 16mm pancake and a Pentax-M 50mm/f2, and Kat had the 16mm pancake with her. Adam had a Pentax DSLR with a 90mm macro lens and a kit zoom? along with a very nice tripod for those night shots.
Edited for correctness
Oct 25, 2011 at 10:56 am #1794830I only brought the kit pancake lens on the hike. Left the 18-55 in the car.
Oct 25, 2011 at 11:05 am #1794832Kat needed a wide angle to get my entire gut in the pics she took of me……
Oct 25, 2011 at 11:16 am #1794835Eric, I think you're right on for the most part. I believe Adam's zoom was an older Pentax lens. By the way, I really liked some of those shots you took with the 50/2. Very pleasant rendering from that lens (and of course, nicely composed photos!).
I was hoping at least one of Adam's star trail photos would make it on here (holding out hope, hint hint, Adam) but the other night shots were really cool.
Tony, I'm sold on the NEX. The 5N is the latest and greatest in the "5" line, and to be fully honest it keeps up with my Canon 5D SLR as far as sensor performance, in some respects it surpasses it (and even the new 5D Mark II) – which is saying a lot IMO. Walking into camp and seeing 2 other NEX's right away, I knew I must have made a good choice if it was approved by other BPL'ers :) I was honestly a little surprised that I got as many keeper shots as I did since I only had the camera and lens a few days prior to the trip and was not working at my preferred focal length (35mm, I was shooting at 60mm most of the time). The 18-55 kit lens is also quite good as far as I'm concerned, and not heavy. With the strap that I made, the camera was always right there ready to go and never bothered me while walking.
I will post a full report on it later (not on this thread).
Oct 25, 2011 at 11:20 am #1794837I used what is a pretty good point-and-shoot in the Panasonic DMC-ZS7 (on auto the whole time) but the photos from the NEX users above are dramatically better! Aside from the fact that Kat, Eric and Jacob are just plain good photographers, the mirrorless cameras seem like amazing tools. I have to think about upgrading too.
Oct 25, 2011 at 12:26 pm #1794878Eric, Kat, & Jacob,
Jacob, I know you have given me some feed back on the reviews of the 16mm pancake lens, but I wanted to find out from the others of what they think of it.
(Glad that your strap setup worked out well for you….you should post a photo of it on BPL so others can see what you did…was it comfortable on hikes?)
I saw your shots too….those were with another lens, not the "stock" 18-55mm?
Kat & Eric,
Do you find that the 16mm pancake is a good enough "do all" lens for your outdoor needs?
Kat, you mentioned that you left the 18-55mm standard lens for the NEX-5 in the car….did you find any situations where you regretted that?
Saw your photos…how did you manage to have color in your black and white shots? Did you do that with the camera's built in software or did you do that after the trip on your computer via software like Photoshop?
Love the size of the NEX-5 with the pancake lens, which really makes it very nice and compact, but I am concerned that images closer up for shots around camp would be distorted.
You are all making the decision to get this camera sometime next year very EASY. :)
Steven…maybe you are like me and suffering from camera envy?
I see the clarity and vibrant colors in their shots and it makes me feel sad when I look at my old and faithful pocket camera….
-Tony
Oct 25, 2011 at 12:46 pm #1794884@Tony and others, photography talk can continue at a new thread.
Oct 25, 2011 at 12:50 pm #1794886@Tony
I missed the 18-55 a couple of times only. Low light shots and close ups on leaves. So no, the 16mm does not cover all my needs as far as outdoor photography, but if I had to choose one over the other, I would choose the 16mm.Oct 25, 2011 at 1:53 pm #1794906Kat,
Thanks for the feedback….helps alot.
Moving this discussion to the other thread.
Sorry for the highjack and going off topic.
-Tony
Oct 25, 2011 at 7:12 pm #1795036Steve, Doug and David on their way in.
Trail Scenery
Fall Colors
Again with the Falls
More Color
Morris Meadow
Kat and Chris Hanging Out (shoot me)
John and Ron Talk Tents
Cameron's DuoMid
Jay and Jacob
Steve and Adam above Sapphire Lake
Clean, Cold Water
Sheila, Marsha and Oatmeal
Oct 25, 2011 at 7:16 pm #1795040Great pics everybody, thanks for the eye candy.
Oct 29, 2011 at 8:25 pm #1796520Just a few quick shout-outs on my part:
First off I would like to thank Ken for putting together this trip. It meant a great deal to a lot of people – myself included. Without a doubt the most wonderful hike I have been on in 2011. It truly was one of those amazing hiking trips. Owe you big time!
To Ron Moakl, thanks for the surprise show-up, lively discussions, thumb-ride back to the road, 2 diet rootbeers, and a whole lot of things that will be dwelling in the back of my mind for a long time to come. It was an honor to meet you Sir.
To Humboldt Jim. Thank you for the hike in and conversations and stopping for me. Yes, I still hate hills and blackberry bushes, and on the way out, I discovered I hate a few other things as well. But on a serious note, it really was great getting to know you.
To the individual who brought the MLD Trailstar, thank you for lugging it up there and letting me have a chance to check it out. Seems way to big to be a solo tarp but man was it sweet!
To the individual who has my Halloween bandanna… the ghouls are going to haunt you until I get it back :-p
To the individual who hiked back to check up on Humbodlt Jim and myself – once again, thank you!!
To the individuals who I told I would give some gear too, contact me with whatever it was I said I would give you and I will get it into the mail for you.
Oct 29, 2011 at 8:56 pm #1796529Always good to see you, John.
It was great seeing the little UL tent city appear in that meadow and meeting everyone. I already have a bottle of Redbreast up on the shelf waiting for February.
Thanks always to Ken for putting these together.Oct 29, 2011 at 11:16 pm #1796552@ John Abela…
Hey…sorry we didn't get to hang out. Thought you looked a little familiar when you took a pic for us heading out onto the trail…..next time. :)Nov 6, 2011 at 9:12 am #1799085Took me a while to get to this.
Down the Stuart fork toward the lake
Alpine Lake
Nov 6, 2011 at 10:39 am #1799103Great to see you again Marc and to meet your brother. We will have to plan a trip this winter somewhere.
Nov 6, 2011 at 10:56 am #1799106Adam,
Ya that would be fun. I know Jack would like to get in on this cause he really likes the snow. I'll look for some likely places. -
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