Fall and Winter, Toronto, GF3

[VidThreeNorth]

This is my Fall/Winter group. All photos in this group were taken using my Lumix GF3 and Yongnuo 42.5 F1.7 lens.
- Note: Colour mode is "Standard" with no adjustments. Now that I think about it, I don't recall ever using any other colour mode on this, or any other Panasonic camera. I like the results "as-is."


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- Nov 1, 2022, 17:24
Early evening Fall sunlight. I like the "sky" as-is. I might change my mind later.
f/9.0 1/160 sec ISO-160

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- Nov 4, 2022, 16:27
Yes, it's a cloud
f/3.2 1/3200 sec ISO-160

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- Dec 28, 2022, 12:25
Most people probably think this was a deliberate "lens test" picture, but, really, I was looking at the light. The sky is clouded over, but thinly enough that the sun is easy to find. So on the one hand there is a textured sky behind the trees, and the trees themselves add another texture. Note the surprisingly high compression needed to shrink the file size.
f/4.5 1/3200 sec ISO-160

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- Crop from 3999,0
- a detail crop of the previous picture
If I really wanted to test the lens, I have 16mp and 20mp cameras. The 12mp sensor in the GF3 is easy on the lenses.

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- Dec 28, 2022, 12:30
I am not sure how many times I have photographed this path, but I am sure that I have not uploaded such a picture often. This might have been the first time.

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- Jan 14, 2023 13:17
This group mainly features muted colours, which some people associate with the season. I included this photo with strong red and green to maintain perspective. Yes, this setup is capable of bright colors.
f/3.2 1/3200 sec ISO-160

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Finally, another technically surprising picture. The detail level in this picture forced me up to "C3" compression. Whereas the earlier ("C5") pictures had obvious complex detail, this picture is more subtle.
f/2.2 1/1600 sec ISO-160

 

[jeffashman]

Nice set!

 

[VidThreeNorth]

Thanks Jeff! I am hoping to get another trip out of this season, but it seems to be warming up too quickly. Actually, that would be nice. . . .

 

[VidThreeNorth]

I'm posting this using my Xperia phone. No problems and no delays through WiFi. Meanwhile, I have been waiting for over a half hour to login on my Windows 8.1 computer. Same Internet route. Clearly Microsoft is messing with my computer. A pity. I have pictures to post on the computer, if I get logged on later.

[09:21: I solved the problem by switching to the Firefox browser. The main OS seems to be working ok. The (Microsoft) Edge browser was the culprit. I will not comment further at this time.

 

[VidThreeNorth]

GF3: Winter - Spring Set

This group is mainly a set of "texture" images. I originally excluded the "water and rocks" picture "P1020436a-rsz1600-C2.JPG" since it was not essentially a single texture. It has two textures balanced. And besides, I have already posted a picture with splashing water recently. But I included it because these pictures are from the GF3 using "Standard" mode. After Apr 13, I will be changing to "Natural", so it would probably look too different from what I might post in the future.

These pictures were taken from the end of Winter to early in Spring. Lately I have been carrying a combination of a Lumix GF3 with Yongnuo 42.5mm F1.7 lens with my Xperia 10 iii. I am still getting used to this setup, so I have missed some good pictures. A challenge keeps things interesting.

Pictures have been reduced to 1600 pixels wide and re-compressed (C1 is minimum compression), but are otherwise unaltered.


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[jeffashman]

Some nice shots!

 

[VidThreeNorth]

Some nice shots!

Thanks Jeff! these "textures" are intended for use as wallpapers for cellphones. I thought that I would put together a group of about 6 for that purpose. I am using the "out of camera" sizes *3000 x 4000" but these reductions might be large enough for some phones. I don't know about that. . . .
[2023-04-26 corrected "size". The GF3 is a 12MP camera, not a 24MP camera.]

 

[VidThreeNorth]

Fall Pictures 2024

I actually have two 42.5mm lenses for M4/3. Both are F1.7. This set is from my GF3 using the Yongnuo 42.5mm. I hope to post a set from the Yi lens soon. I am not taking a technical chart, so any differences will probably not be obvious.

 

[jeffashman]

Nice! I do the same thing. Currently I have a hummingbird on my screen.

 

[VidThreeNorth]

First, I should correct that the Xiaoyi lens is not an F1.7 lens, but is marked as F1.8. Realistically, lenses are often not accurately marked and I tend to treat these two as the same. Construction-wise, the Xiaoyi is longer and has a macro switch, but no focus ring. The macro switch allows focusing down to below 9" and limits the aperture, I think, to F5.6 maximum (from its actual F1.8). The Yongnuo lens has a manual focus switch and a manual focus ring. The actual focusing is electronic.

I still have not done real "formal testing" for these lenses and body combinations, but my impression is that the Xiaoyi lens is less contrasty than the Yongnuo.

For today, I prefer the Yongnuo lens because of its apparently superior contrast and I like having the manual focus control, but realistically, I think of them as being about equal.

 

[Jeff15]

Some very nice shots ...

 

[VidThreeNorth]

It's getting late in the Fall, so this will probably be the last of this series for this year.

 

[jeffashman]

It's getting late in the Fall, so this will probably be the last of this series for this year.

I like the pattern the leaves left on the sidewalk.