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By: - 27th August 2014 at 15:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great pictures Brian, whatever you are using! Thanks for posting, haven't been there for about 50 years.
Regards
Bill
By: - 27th August 2014 at 20:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Beautiful pics. You can be my photographer any day
By: - 27th August 2014 at 20:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The place looks deserted.
By: - 27th August 2014 at 21:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I didn't understand any of the technical dissertation on cameras but the "pics" of some great aircraft were good.....
By: - 28th August 2014 at 09:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Excellent pictures Brian. I know it's the Science museum but haveing some airframes completely 'bare'
is strange. Part covered, part exposed is more informative.
mmitch.
By: - 29th August 2014 at 01:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
When it comes to cameras anything beyond "put film here" goes right over my head. That said, some great pictures. Thanks for sharing. JT
By: - 29th August 2014 at 01:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
What I first found quite astonishing is the very clear and detailed background (hangar roof or wall). It seems to me those details quite far away are much sharper as in pics taken with other cameras, or is it just my imagination? The range of detailed objects seems to be really great.
Michael
By: - 29th August 2014 at 07:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Michael
Without putting on my anorak and boring people :D it has something to do with the smaller 12mp sensor size which apparently means it has larger sized 'pixels' on the sensor which can take in more light and information. According to the reviews ISO 6,400 on the A7s is the about equivalent of ISO 1,600 on other full frame cameras and you can go up to 12,800 before 'digital noise' starts putting in an appearance and then you really have to look for it. As I said they were taken in Jpeg and would probably be better in RAW. The A7s is also being marketed as a 4K (no idea what that means) video camera rather than a stills camera.
Brian
By: - 29th August 2014 at 08:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Brian, have you tried it at Hendon yet?
By: - 29th August 2014 at 08:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The A7s is also being marketed as a 4K (no idea what that means) video camera rather than a stills camera.
It's Ultra High Def video format...
By: - 29th August 2014 at 09:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Lovely photos - that is an impressive camera. A small question if I may, what is the first pic of?
By: - 29th August 2014 at 10:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It's the gondola from Airship Beta II, 17
Moggy
By: - 12th August 2020 at 08:26 Permalink
It appears that this forum is becoming an open house with no obvious policing. How long will it be before the fake viagra and the Nigerian scamming advertisements start to appear?
By: - 12th August 2020 at 08:32 Permalink
Key: if, as you have said so often, you actually follow these threads, why do you let this spam thrive? Some of us remain faithful to this forum, so please look after us. Also, please acknowledge this post.
Laurence
By: - 12th August 2020 at 18:41 Permalink
I suspect, Laurence, that Key Publishing only looks at the list of thread titles, rather than the posts within the threads, which may explain why the 'feed me children' thread disappeared but 'pirate' posts on this thread remain - which probably will also go to explain why, if it proves to be the case, you don't get the acknowledgement that you've requested of Key Publishing!
By: - 12th August 2020 at 19:47 Permalink
But as someone recently pointed out in one of the other threads...the moderating on the old, good, forum could be heavy handed.
I'm thinking of a particular mod who thought he was God, forcing his opinions on all and insulting anyone he disagreed with...
Anyway, if you want a good forum on this sibject, try WIX, even if it is...well...gasp...American!
By: - 12th August 2020 at 20:40 Permalink
..... point taken, but it worked and the forum thrived - which is more than can be said of today!
By: - 13th August 2020 at 11:40 Permalink
We should soon find out if you're right in suspecting Key only look at the thread titles, AA. The "feed me children" post now appears within the Service Updates thread! Posted yesterday morning.
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By: Pen Pusher - 27th August 2014 at 15:27
Nothing that hasn't been seen before but as my Sony A7s (s = 'special' as in taking photos at very high ISO numbers with nil to minimum digital noise) Compact Systems Camera finally arrived, I was itching to try it out before the dark, frosty, moonlit winter nights arrived. With it's dark blue painted ceiling, the aeroplane gallery in the Science Museum was a natural choice to try out a camera that shoots in the dark. If it can cope with that colour, it can cope with anything. The Auto Focus on the A7 & A7s is a bit pedestrian compared to that on the Sony Alpha SLT but as I'm not using them for 'action' shots, that's not a problem. A plus point on the A7s is a silent shutter. You can stand in the middle of a crowd and no one knows you are taking photographs. The photos are all hand held (tripods are not allowed in the Science Museum), in the order they were taken in Extra Fine Jpeg and with a view to the lighting conditions rather than the exhibits on show.
ISO 3,200-f6.3-1/13sec
ISO 4,000-f7.1-1/10sec
ISO 5,000-f7.1-1/13sec
ISO 16,000-f5-1/30sec
ISO 6,400-f5-1/10sec
ISO 6,400-f5.6-1/8sec
ISO 5,000-f5-1/6sec
ISO 5,000-f7.1-1/15sec
ISO 3,200-f6.3-1/3sec
ISO 3,200-f7.1-1/5sec
ISO 3,200-f7.1-1/6sec
ISO 6,400-f8-1/15sec
ISO 6,400-f8-1/15sec
ISO 4,000-f5-1/6sec
ISO 4,000-f5.6-1/15sec
Brian