*** July 2025 Image and Video Thread ***

[Nevyn72]

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I hardly use my 85mm for pictures like this, only interviews, portrait photos and photos at events. I now realise I also have to take this lens out more....

 

[CharlesH]

Uluru, or Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Australia

 

[The Rigger]

Third: ...was autofocus always that slow?

Yes. But in some other cameras it was even slower.

 

[Pete_W]

Uluru, or Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Australia

Great photo. The little 18-40mm clearly performs well on the S1Rii.

It's rare to see so much green out there.

 

[CharlesH]

Great photo. The little 18-40mm clearly performs well on the S1Rii.

It was pretty cramped in a small helicopter so I didn't want a large lens. The 18-40mm worked well.

It's rare to see so much green out there.

They've had lots of rain recently. But fortunately we had a nice clear day.

 

[RuleOfThirds]

We had a family visit in Hamburg (we have relatives there) and because many indoors with a newborn baby etc. we dit a walk also. Brought the 24-60 with me and the 35/1.8. Never used the 35, 24-60 was brilliant. Beter could have taken the 28-200 as an extra

my daughter playing at the fountain in Hamburg Altona. That 24-60 is very nice to use and I'm glad I chose this over the 28-70.

 

[CharlesH]

The back side of the Opera House

 

[RuleOfThirds]

 

[Nevyn72]

@CharlesH @RuleOfThirds please stop with such nice 24-60mm F2.8 pictures... I already have enough (To much? lenses).
@RuleOfThirds I love the Bokeh falloff on the beautifull picture with your daugther

 

[RuleOfThirds]

 

[xaviergut]

 

[RuleOfThirds]

@CharlesH @RuleOfThirds please stop with such nice 24-60mm F2.8 pictures... I already have enough (To much? lenses).
@RuleOfThirds I love the Bokeh falloff on the beautifull picture with your daugther

The 24-60 and 28-200 are a very nice supplement to each other ;-) speed+bit more wide-angle vs range.

 

[Nevyn72]

The 24-60 and 28-200 are a very nice supplement to each other ;-) speed+bit more wide-angle vs range.

Yeahh - But I already have the 16-28mm for more wide angle and speed. And also quite nice Bokeh, but not for portraits...
But than - I have the 35mm F1.8, 50mm F1.8 and the 85mm F1.8 for that...

 

[RuleOfThirds]

Yeahh - But I already have the 16-28mm for more wide angle and speed. And also quite nice Bokeh, but not for portraits...
But than - I have the 35mm F1.8, 50mm F1.8 and the 85mm F1.8 for that...

yes, but hour 16-28 doesn't go to 60 and it's only 1.5x times the weight of a single prime. And if we ask @dirk you probably get the answer that you can't have too many lenses anyway. I'm in a re-invent myself/photo kit phase kind a thing. It's not even really GAS (only the 100mm macro was). Or maybe I'm in denial.

 

[sergun80]

Different rivers / tributaries S9 Sigma 24/3.5

 

[sergun80]

24i

 

[xaviergut]

Very similar performance between the two lenses... But the second one was taken like 20 minutes later.

 

[Travis Butler]

Yesterday was first day of a MG treatment study I'm participating in, and there was a 3-hour gap between the first injections and the blood draw; the coordinator suggested I go down to the Plaza if I wanted to kill time with photos between the two sessions, so who was I to argue?

20250730-SDIM7298 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Konica Hexanon 40/1.8

I've shot this building before, but this time I got a rooftop parking garage perspective.

Up and Down:

20250730-SDIM7300 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20250730-SDIM7306 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Cloudy day with overcast drifting in and out of the lighting.

20250730-SDIM7331 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20250730-SDIM7350 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Hexanon 28/3.5

20250730-SDIM7358 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Clouds were really rolling in as I left. Never did get to full-on rain, though.

 

[Jonathan-Mac]

Taken in my kitchen with the S5 and Sigma 35/2

Sunrise in the kitchen by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr