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*** August 2024 Image and Video Thread ***

Here are a few late afternoon photos taken not far from where I live south of Sydney.

A few kilometres from home is Bass and Flinders Point, where the Hacking River meets the Pacific Ocean. There is a small monument there to Matthew Flinders and George Bass, two English naval men who sailed past this headland in a small boat named Tom Thumb II in 1796. Flinders was a Captain and a cartographer who later went on to circumnavigate Australia.

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  • Panasonic DC-S9
  • ƒ/4.5
  • 24mm
  • 1/100s
  • ISO 100



There is a ferry service that runs from the north side of Port Hacking across to the small township of Bundeena. It is oldest timetabled ferry service in Australia having started in 1939. The company that runs the service has two ferries, one of them named Tom Thumb III.

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  • Panasonic DC-S9
  • ƒ/4
  • 90mm
  • 1/320s
  • ISO 100
 
These are the last + final images I took with the 50mm 1.8 before I passed it on to my brother. I was being sarcastic in a video / title about being a "nature photographer" and if the S9 was capable of it, and this is what I got. I by no means consider myself a nature photog but, I do really love the outdoors and I hike a ton. A nice zoom would have served me well on this day but, the 50mm did a nice job regardless. I'm on the Sigma 45mm 2.8 right now and I love it for the form factor, but I can't lie...I do miss the 50mm 1.8 because there was just something about it. I don't know what it is.. I dunno, maybe I'll buy a used one. We'll see.
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  • Panasonic DC-S9
  • LUMIX S 50/F1.8
  • ƒ/2
  • 50mm
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO 200
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  • Panasonic DC-S9
  • LUMIX S 50/F1.8
  • ƒ/2.5
  • 50mm
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO 200
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  • Panasonic DC-S9
  • LUMIX S 50/F1.8
  • ƒ/2
  • 50mm
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO 100
 
TOPSHELFJUNIOR said:
First portrait images I've taken on the S9.. With the Sigma 45mm 2.8 on board. Was a test shoot but, I see what I had hoped !
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Gorgeous photos, TSJ! Beautiful light and I really love the film-like look of the shots and SOOC too! Very nicely done man.

The S9 and Sigma 45mm is a really great combo.
 
I spotted this old Volkswagen Type 2 (split window Kombi / Microbus) while out walking this afternoon.

I should have taken the shot using Leica Monochrome given the overcast conditions but didn't think to do that at the time. So I post-processed the raw with DxO's Filmpack using the Ilford XP2 film simulation with a bit of grain added.

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  • Panasonic DC-S9
  • ƒ/8
  • 45mm
  • 1/60s
  • ISO 100
 
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Pete_W said:
I spotted this old Volkswagen Type 1 (split window Kombi / Microbus) while out walking this afternoon.

I should have taken the shot using Leica Monochrome given the overcast conditions but didn't think to do that at the time. So I post-processed the raw with DxO's Filmpack using the Ilford XP2 film simulation with a bit of grain added.
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Aw, I kinda wanted to see what color it was. :)

Like the little 'eyebrows' over the headlights.
 
Travis Butler said:
Aw, I kinda wanted to see what color it was. :)

Like the little 'eyebrows' over the headlights.
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Ha ha! It was a golden poo brown colour, which I didn't like much to be honest.

My favourite kombi colour would be the sky blue/white version.
 
Pete_W said:
Ha ha! It was a golden poo brown colour, which I didn't like much to be honest.

My favourite kombi colour would be the sky blue/white version.
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Huh... kinda like this one?

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20210320-P3206460 copy by Travis Butler, on Flickr

It's not bad... though I think I like the darker blue a little better:

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20230226-SDIM3785 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

(The owner was pretty happy with the work he'd done on it, though he knew there was still a lot to do. :) )
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20230226-SDIM3783 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

This maroon one was quite nice:
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20230226-SDIM3787 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
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20230226-SDIM3789 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

And this Beetle reminded me of my first car, a 1966 model that was Tardis blue. :)
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20230226-SDIM3793 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

(It was VW month at the auto museum, so there were a bunch more. ^_- )
 
Travis Butler said:
Huh... kinda like this one?

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20210320-P3206460 copy by Travis Butler, on Flickr
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Yes! That's the colour. I really like that shade.

BTW, this is the early version of the second generation microbus/kombi known as a "lowlight" because the indicators are just above the bumper. On the later version the indicators were moved up higher alongside the vent, like in your second photo.

Travis Butler said:
And this Beetle reminded me of my first car, a 1966 model that was Tardis blue. :)
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20230226-SDIM3793 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

(It was VW month at the auto museum, so there were a bunch more. ^_- )
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That is a gorgeous Beetle! Great colour and in such good condition!

I went to a VW show about three years ago and have a few shots in my Flickr account. There were Beetles, lots of Kombis and a few Karmann Ghias:

Classic Karmann Ghia by Peter Watters, on Flickr
 
My parents owned a series of VW buses & campmobiles when my 6 siblings and I were kids, so these vehicles are near & dear to my heart! Z04 Herz Thanks for sharing!
 
Travis Butler said:
Huh... kinda like this one?

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20210320-P3206460 copy by Travis Butler, on Flickr

It's not bad... though I think I like the darker blue a little better:

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20230226-SDIM3785 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

(The owner was pretty happy with the work he'd done on it, though he knew there was still a lot to do. :) )
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20230226-SDIM3783 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

This maroon one was quite nice:
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20230226-SDIM3789 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

And this Beetle reminded me of my first car, a 1966 model that was Tardis blue. :)
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20230226-SDIM3793 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

(It was VW month at the auto museum, so there were a bunch more. ^_- )
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Y'all are making me want to impulse buy a VW so bad lol
 
PJD said:
My parents owned a series of VW buses & campmobiles when my 6 siblings and I were kids, so these vehicles are near & dear to my heart! Z04 Herz Thanks for sharing!
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Glad they brought back some great memories!

Here's a few more they had... (all with the Sigma fp and Vivitar 28/2.5)

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20230226-SDIM3798 by Travis Butler, on Flickr (Think I've posted this one before, but it's worth posting again.)

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20230226-SDIM3839 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
(This was the shoot where I first tried the Kiron-made Vivitar 28/2.5 and fell in love with it.)

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20230226-SDIM3853 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

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20230226-SDIM3858 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

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20230226-SDIM3811 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

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20230226-SDIM3836 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

They also had the pickup truck version of the Bus...
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20230226-SDIM3827 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

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20230226-SDIM3930 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

And the pickup truck Golf...
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20230226-SDIM3924 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Even a Thing. :)
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20230226-SDIM3814 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
 
PJD said:
My parents owned a series of VW buses & campmobiles when my 6 siblings and I were kids, so these vehicles are near & dear to my heart! Z04 Herz Thanks for sharing!
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Apologies for the off-topic detour ...

Note the non-American license plate. Note also the duck! In 1972 my parents arranged to purchase a VW campmobile "long distance" from VW in Europe. My older brother and Uncle Joe took delivery of the VW during a European road trip vacation, and at the end of their vacation had the VW shipped to my family's home in NJ. In this photo, my parents pose with the brand new VW and 4 of my 5 sisters, and our family's pet duck Charlie. Our duck loved to travel in the VW with his head sticking out the window, like a pet dog, and startle drivers of cars passing us on the highway (our loaded-down VW always drove slowly). The photo was snapped at a property our family once owned in Tenants Harbor, Maine, where my siblings & I spent childhood Summers escaping the heat & humidity of our home in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.
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  • Canon LiDE 300


My Dad and one of my sisters using the VW in 1973 to remove a tree stump from our front yard in NJ. I'm surprised it worked!
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  • Canon LiDE 300


My youngest sister as a young child in 1965 posing with 2 VW buses ... an older model on the left, and the newer model which replaced it on the right. As kids say now, "Adorkable!".
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  • Canon LiDE 300


Yet another of my sisters in 1968 with the "new" VW (from the 1965 photo), on the car ferry Governor Curtis off the coast of Rockland, Maine.
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  • Canon LiDE 300


We now return you to our regularly-scheduled L-mount forum. :)

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Travis Butler said:
Glad they brought back some great memories!

Here's a few more they had... (all with the Sigma fp and Vivitar 28/2.5)
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Fantastic photos Travis. That first shot of the split-window bus with crown light windows would have to be my favourite model. Would love to own one but they go for crazy prices around here now. Someone in our local area has a few just like that first photo that can be hired out for weddings.
 
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