If you would be interested in such a workshop for your community, non-profit group or company, please feel free to contact me at jokeefe at jamesokeefe dot org and I would be happy to setup a time or help find other members of the Somerville Cryptoparty group to teach.
I ended up using two lenses I already had: an 18-35mm and a 105mm, one f/1.8 and the other f/2.8. The 18-35mm didn’t work in the end and I used the 105mm for most of the photographs. Using burst mode, I took over 700 photos, which did help with the editing and it took a bit to cull them down to the 25 I felt were good enough.
All photographs are CC BY-SA 3.0, except for Kristin Hersh, Fred Abong, Rob Ahlers and ONCE Somerville who can use them however they wish.
I tried using my Sigma 105mm macro lens at f/4.0. The ISO was higher than I would like and there were far too many blurry photographs. Hopefully the clarity correction in Lightroom helped them.
I was in the back of the theater when some of the performers appeared prior to coming back on to stage via the aisles. This gave me an opportunity to get some silhouettes of the performers.
The other APS-C camera (which I’ll call Za) is missing two dotted squares with curved front corners on either side of the shoe that are on the APS-C camera that Nikon Rumors mentioned (which I will call Zb). Update: Just noticed that camera Za is also missing the microphone next to the top dial in camera Zb.
Za Top View
Zb Top View (note the two dotted squares with curved front corners on either side of the shoe)
Za Front View
Zb Front View
Za Back View
Zb Back View
Not sure what the dotted squares are intended to be, though guesses are:
a small digital display as with the Z6/Z7
popup flash
popup EVF
Looking at the back view for both cameras, there is a port between the hot shoe and the top dial for both cameras that could be a port for an EVF that also hooks into the hot shoe. Just to the left of the hot shoe in the Zb is an rectangle with rounded corners. Could be a port of some kind.
Za Back View
Zb Back View
Both cameras have:
the same button layout
top dial
front grip dial
back grip dial
two function keys as in the Z6/7
tilt out screen which, without the EVF, could rotate upwards ala Sony-series cameras
one compartment for the memory card(s)
Both cameras seem to lack compartments for:
USB port
HDMI port
Audio in port
Headphone port
It is possible that the USB port is hidden in the memory card compartment.
Above the memory card compartment is a rectangular shape that could contain access to a USB port and/or audio in port:
It seems unlikely that one of the two dotted squares with curved front corners on either side of the shoe in camera Zb slides out to reveal such ports, but it is possible.
The third camera looks very much like the Z6/7 and might be just the Z6/Z7:
The design does not indicate what size sensor it uses. It could be anything from the Z6/7, the rumored high megapixel Z8, a lower end full frame Z5 or a high end APS-C Z4.
If it is a new camera and considering that the Z6/7 have the same body, it would make sense for Nikon to use the same body for the full frame/high end APS-C camera bodies. The Z8 might be a stretch if only because of the greater heat such a sensor generates. Keeping the number of distinct bodies to a minimum would help Nikon keep costs down especially with declining camera sales.
Every week I plan to post the best pictures from a manufacturer of the latest crop of 1/2400 modern warship miniatures pictures I have gathered. There are about eight months more of pictures.
This week the miniatures are from Viking Forge. Painters are included in the description. You can find the whole archive at When Imagination Fails.
German DDG Lutjens by gak8346PRC LPD Yuzhao (Type071) by gak8346PRC DDG Guangzhou (Type052B) by gak8346PRC DDG LuyangII (Type052C) by gak8346PRC FFG Ma’anshan (Type054) by gak8346PRC FFG JianghuI (Type053H) by gak8346Soviet SSGN OscarI by gak8346US Coast Guard Cutters by Tabin BeckettUS LSD Whidbey by gak8346US LPD Nashville by gak8346US LSD Portland by gak8346US CGN Truxtun by gak8346US CGN Texas by gak8346US CGN California by gak8346US CG Belknap by gak8346US DDG Burke I by gak8346US DDG Adams by gak8346US DDG Coontz by gak8346US FFG Brook by gak8346US FF Garcia by gak8346US AOE Sacramento by gak8346US AD Samuel Gompers by gak8346
Every week I plan to post the best pictures from a manufacturer of the latest crop of 1/2400 modern warship miniatures pictures I have gathered. There are about eight months more of pictures.
This week the miniatures are from Superior. Painters are included in the description. You can find the whole archive at When Imagination Fails.
ESSO Tanker by Bill WrightFrench CV Clemenceau by Dan AruteRandom Ships by sulaksfzooSpanish FFG Baleares (Knox-class) by gak8346Soviet Assorted Ships by bootsbootscollectables44Soviet CG Slava by thingz.u.want4Soviet CVH Moskva by Steve JollySoviet FFG KrivakII by dethkorSoviet LST Alligator by gak8346MS Atlantic Causeway (SD14MS) by Bill WrightUS CVA Kitty Hawk by gak8346US CVN Enterprise by gak8346US CV Forrestal by gak8346US LHA Tarawa by gak8346US LST Newport by thingz.u.want4
I am going to be at the Kristen Hersh Electric Trio concert at ONCE later in the month and I need to decide what lens to bring.
I have two square posters of the cover art from the Throwing Muses Hips & Makers album that I have framed and which I want to hang with the above picture of Tanya Donelly (I realize she isn’t on the album, we do with what we have) and a new picture of Kristen Hersh.
I photographed the Tanya Donelly concert there back in 2016 and I looked at the focal length, f-stop, shutter speed and ISO setting of the photographs I shared:
I used my Nikon 55-300mm and tended to take pictures from the back or the front sides. Most of the pictures I shared had a focal length of between 55mm and 120 mm. Must suffered from slow shutter speeds and high ISO settings.
I need to use a faster lens to get the shutter speed up and ISO down for sharper pictures. I have two possibilities. One is a wide angle zoom lens outside of the range of focal lengths I used. The other is a telephoto prime within the range of focal lengths I used. Neither is ideal and having to swap between them would be a pain. Another possibility would be to rent a fast zoom lens.
I may go to another show at ONCE before and test our how my lenses work, as well as try some composition ideas, before deciding which option to choose.
Every week I plan to post the best pictures from a manufacturer of the latest crop of 1/2400 modern warship miniatures pictures I have gathered. There are about eight months more of pictures.
Last weekend we visited the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, specifically to see the Gender Bending Fashion exhibit. We also visited the Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular exhibit which is at the MFA until June 19, 2019. The Gender Bending Fashion exhibit, which I will post pictures from later in the week, ends on August 25, 2019.
Here are a number of Frida Kahlo‘s paintings the exhibit displayed such as Two Women (Salvadora and Herminia) – 1928:
Self-Portrait with Hummingbird and Thorn Necklace – 1940
Still Life with Parrot and Fruit – 1951
Girl with Death Mask (She Plays Alone) – 1938
The Suicide of Dorothy Hale – 1939
The exhibit displayed works of her contemporaries as well such as this painting by María Izquierdo: Cupboard – 1947
Gabriel Fernández Ledesma: Girl – 1925
There were personal items of Frida Kahlo’s as well as articles of clothing that matched those she wore:
Photo of a photo of her pain medicine:
Finally, on the way out I came across this Picasso:
Or if you want it without the frame:
My whole photo album of the exhibit including a few pictures that are not displayed here:
I alternated f-stops between f/1.8 and f/5.6. In general, f/3.5 to f/4 is probably ideal considering the circumstances of limited time in front of each work of art and lighting conditions.
The musings of Jamie O'Keefe: pirate party activist, geek, father and gamer.
