A themed thread for your older shots. Post your pre- Sony photos here.

[Uncle Kevriano]

Something I and a few others have noticed is a few non Sony shots creeping in to threads, which we aren't supposed to do, so, if Tim allows, I thought I'd start a thread for people to post shots from their pre-Sony days. Please include EXIF if possible. I will start with one from my early shooting on the Nikon D7500 and Tamron 150 600 G2. This was shot through a window too, something I can't get away with on the RIV.

• NIKON D7500
• 150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 250

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

With a point and shoot, I pointed and shot. And got reasonably lucky.

And, I guess, it launched my current hobby (unpaid career!) of photographing carnatic (South-Indian classical) music concerts, leading to an a6000, then an a6500, now an a7iv. And a bag full of lenses and stuff.

• DMC-TZ10
• 45.7 mm
• ƒ/4.8
• 10/1600 sec
• ISO 800

Later I was able to give a framed print to the senior lady vocalist. Proud to say that it hangs on her wall.

 

[spudhead]

one from Olympus e-m5 mk2 handheld 10/th of a second with the excellent 12-40 2.8 pro

• E-M5MarkII
• OLYMPUS M.12-40mm F2.8
• 12.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/10 sec
• ISO 200

 

[Landshark99]

a few from the big cameras

• Leaf AFi-II 7(LF13317 )/Leaf AFi
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 100

• Leaf Aptus 75S(LF9803 )/Hasselblad H1
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 100

• IQ3 100MP
• 1 mm f/1
• 210.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 50

 

[Landshark99]

on the street with small cameras, India, Italy and Spain

• Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 400

• X-T1
• XF16mmF1.4 R WR
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 10/5000 sec
• ISO 250

• E-M5
• LUMIX G VARIO 7-14/F4.0
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 1000

• E-M5
• LUMIX G VARIO 7-14/F4.0
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[tman]

one from Olympus e-m5 mk2 handheld 10/th of a second with the excellent 12-40 2.8 proView attachment 49772

Is this in Vegas ?

 

[Unframed Dave]

When a floodgate gets opened!

Antarctica - My last Nikon trip

• NIKON D500
• 350.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 10/10000 sec
• ISO 1000

• NIKON D500
• 150.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 10/5000 sec
• ISO 1000

• NIKON D500
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 10/10000 sec
• ISO 1250

• NIKON D500
• 230.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 10/25000 sec
• ISO 800

• NIKON D500
• 150.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 10/5000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[spudhead]

Is this in Vegas ?

Yes Tony

 

[tman]

Street Art …

• iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 6.86mm f/1.78
• 6.9 mm
• ƒ/1.78
• 1/6623 sec
• ISO 64

• iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 2.22mm f/2.2
• 2.2 mm
• ƒ/2.2
• 1/1887 sec
• ISO 50

Look at the colour of that sky, was only a few weeks ago

• iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 2.22mm f/2.2
• 2.2 mm
• ƒ/2.2
• 1/6897 sec
• ISO 50

He couldn’t do a worse job

• iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 2.22mm f/2.2
• 2.2 mm
• ƒ/2.2
• 1/303 sec
• ISO 40

 

[tman]

A few I quite like

• iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 2.22mm f/2.2
• 2.2 mm
• ƒ/2.2
• 1/99 sec
• ISO 200

• iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 2.22mm f/2.2
• 2.2 mm
• ƒ/2.2
• 1/99 sec
• ISO 80

Fly close up ... YUK modwtmk by Tony Mancini, on Flickr

• Canon EOS R
• EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/14
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 2000

• Canon EOS-1D X
• MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo
• 65.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Tim Mayo]

Cheers for starting this Kev. I agree that we need somewhere for non Sony + mobile shots old or new. It would save me a lot of admin work. We did have such forums but they were barely used so I got rid of them recently in a bit of a decluttering and forum simplification spree. I think what I will do it setup a new forum for them in a more obvious hard to miss spot rather than a thread in this forum or at the bottom of the forum listings. With a dedicated forum it's easier for me to stop the posts coming up in the new thread notifications as I'd prefer them to not be so prominent. I'll move this thread there once it is setup. Here's a couple from the R5

• Canon EOS R5
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 640

• Canon EOS R5
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 250

 

[spudhead]

Yip ee we thought we were all getting the big heave oh, you could put it with captive animals no one will ever find it

 

[tman]

Those were the days Tim
I used to process slides, what a palaver

 

[iamdlewis]

Clearly my Casio needed a level meter

• EX-Z550
• 18.6 mm
• ƒ/5.9
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 64

• EX-Z550
• 9.3 mm
• ƒ/3.7
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 64

Also the greatest mascot in all sports at his Baseball HoF display (1 of 2 HoF he is in)

• EX-Z550
• 4.7 mm
• ƒ/2.6
• 1/25 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Landshark99]

I still have a freezer full of film, from 110 to 120, 35, 116, etc. If I had a place that I could leave my developing stuff set up, I'd still shoot film. Unfortunately I have to use the kitchen sink. I don't care about a darkroom, I just scan the negatives and end up with a RAW file to process.

Here's one from my 35mm Argus STL1000. Can't recall the settings, didn't record them.

P1031908 by telecast, on Flickr

I have a freezer full as well

 

[Tim Mayo]

What would make the most sense is to rename the A-Mount open talk forum to 'Gear other than E-Mount', with a dedicated A-mount forum and a dedicated other gear forum. A-Mount might get some more notice, as I suspect the other gear forum is going to take off like a rabbit.

The forums at the bottom of the list have never seemed to get much love, which is why I removed quite a few recently as most were using the open talk forum anyway to post stuff about accessories, lenses etc.. Members are welcome to post A-mount images or discussion in any of our forums, A-mount is still alive just about

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Cheers for starting this Kev. I agree that we need somewhere for non Sony + mobile shots old or new. It would save me a lot of admin work. We did have such forums but they were barely used so I got rid of them recently in a bit of a decluttering and forum simplification spree. I think what I will do it setup a new forum for them in a more obvious hard to miss spot rather than a thread in this forum or at the bottom of the forum listings. With a dedicated forum it's easier for me to stop the posts coming up in the new thread notifications as I'd prefer them to not be so prominent. I'll move this thread there once it is setup. Here's a couple from the R5

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Cheers Tim. Nice shots. Obviously I couldn't set it up like that, but it's got a good bit of traffic

 

[Landshark99]

A few medium format film images

 

[Landshark99]

Thanks, maybe but it could be a Burmese too, funny thing with this shoot with her was it was a last minute "let's shoot on South Beach and see what happens". The snake came from some guy just hanging out on the sidewalk, and she was game to hold it for the shoot. Fun times.

 

[Landshark99]

If I did not buy that Nikon F so many years ago, a Minolta SRT-101 was the second option.

 

[Landshark99]

My old roommate and I had a zoo in the old days, he had a huge fish tank and I had reptiles, lizards and snakes. the only larger ones were a 3-4' Boa constrictor and a 12' Reticulated python. the Boa was nice the retic not so much, she was beautiful but tough to handle. When I got married I was down to just a corn snake, which was son living in the zoo.

 

[Landshark99]

Reticulated pythons are a$$holes.

True, I could barely get the rat in the cage, the retic would strike as it dropped in the cage. Still they are among the most beautiful, with their iridescent scales but i would never recommend one to keep at home. My Boa on the other hand would do the normal snake thing and hang in the branch waiting for the mouse to cross in front. Because of that behavior she taught me a lesson in humility. I had for years thought I was smart and quick enough with my reptiles but one day she was letting the mouse hang out too long. One never wants to leave a live rodent in the cage with a snake that does not want to eat so that the rodent does not bite the snake. Well I made the foolish decision to help her find the mouse by putting my hand in the cage to encourage the mouse to run in front of her, before I knew it, i saw and felt her release my hand with a lot of little holes dripping blood. She thought my hand was the mouse but realizing the mistake she made let go before I even knew I had been bitten. It never happened again but I finally understood I was not that fast.

One other foolish idea of mine was after my wife moved in we discovered we had some cockroaches, so I came up with the brilliant idea of getting rid of them in a natural way. I bought maybe 6 geckos and let them loose in the house. The plan worked well for maybe a week the roach population went down but the geckos got bored and moved on. So the wife one and we called an exterminator, which solved the problem forever.

 

[Landshark99]

Now all we have is a 24 year old male African Grey since he was a hatchling, and two red tri aussies and rat dog mix we inherited when my mother passed away.

 

[Doug Herr]

• R8 - Digital Back DMR
• ƒ/6.8
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 400

• R8 - Digital Back DMR
• 280.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 400

• R8 - Digital Back DMR
• 280.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 400

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[Uncle Kevriano]

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Fabulous. That Hare has incredible ears!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Thanks to everyone who has joined in with this thread so far, as expected some great shots included. Not had much chance to go back through mine yet, but getting some together, including this one from Richmond Park 8 years ago. He is the most magnificent Stag in the park. This would have been taken on a Sigma 120-400.

• PENTAX K-3
• 170.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Unframed Dave]

India 2018. These were taken with a Canon G5X, considering it fits in a shirt pocket, It's quite a thing. Smog was often an issue, colours in India are so vibrant, but often unseen because of it.

I'll come right out and say that the kids in the back of the tuk tuk, is probably the best photo I've ever taken.

We eat Indian food, three meals a day. I usually last around 6 days before I succumb.

• Canon PowerShot G5 X
• 17.2 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 125

• Canon PowerShot G5 X
• 36.8 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 125

• Canon PowerShot G5 X
• 8.8 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 200

• Canon PowerShot G5 X
• 22.7 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 250

 

[Landshark99]

Three from different trips to Africa for work, two on film one with a canon.
First one here was of a young actor, great kid, shot on the banks of the Mara river, Kenya. Getting this location ready led to one of the scariest moments in my life. after getting everything set up and leaving my assistant to watch over the gear, I walked back to the trailers checking on my actors, a distance of maybe a 1,000 meters. As I walked back, along the trail there was a a very large bush on my left, i noticed some movement behind the bush. A second later a very large hippo came out from behind the bush, he was so big and no more than 20 ft from me. Luckily he was a scared of me as I was of him and we both ran off in opposite directions, took a bit for my heart to calm down. After that we got the shot of our two leads in a very uneventful way. I was here to shoot the ADs for the film "Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone", the amazing thing about this project besides the fact we were really in the middle of the Masi Mara, this was one of the few projects i worked on where we shot in a location close to where the story took place. This was shot on Fuji transparency film with a Mamiya RZ 67

This shot was in a "Beer Hut" in a township out side of Cape Town. During the migration from rural life to the cities during apartheid women could not rally work so some setup these "Beer Huts" to make some income. The price was for the day not the glass and it is very much home made. They were happily surprised that unlike most tourists we said yes to the beer. This was shot on Tri-x film pushed a stop with my Contax camera. The wacky thing about this trip is that I was there to shoot ads for "Home alone 4"

This image was shot in the market at the Jemaa el Fna Square, Marrakech, Morocco, amazing place and maze of things. I was in Ouarzazate, Morocco to shoot ads for "Jesus and Judas". The studio in Ouarzazate is amazing, they leave all the sets they build out in the desert to be either reused or as tourist attractions. Image was shot with a Canon 1Ds MK II

• Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/3.5
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

One absolutely magnificent Stag at Bushy Park 5 years ago. We stood behind a tree 30 yards away while he threw water and weeds around. Staggeringly, some kids were trying to pat him on the back in the middle of it all. I was hoping for some prize winning gore shots... Sadly not to be (some people are idiots). Anyway, he's one of the lOne absolutely magnificent Stag at Bushy Park 5 years ago. We stood behind a tree 30 yards away while he threw water and weeds around. Staggeringly, some kids were trying to pat him on the back in the middle of it all. I was hoping for some prize winning gore shots... Sadly not to be (some people are idiots). Anyway, he's one of the largest and oldest Stags in the poark. Lens wa the Tamron 150 600 G2. A great lens.

• NIKON D7500
• 150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
• 190.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 400

• NIKON D7500
• 150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
• 190.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 400

• NIKON D7500
• 150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
• 160.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 640

• NIKON D7500
• 150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
• 240.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 640

• NIKON D7500
• 150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
• 240.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 640

 

[tman]

“Come on then lads, when ya ready I'll ave ya”

• Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
• 55.0 mm
• ƒ/14
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 200

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