I think you are too easily swayed. He's shooting with a 36 MP $2,800
Nikon full frame with no anti-alias filter. The lens is certainly very
good and it ought to be for $4,500. But I don't see the "stunning
detail" in his shots. I think most of what you're responding to is color
and contrast. With the exception of a couple of 100% crops the images
he's posted are mostly about 800x530... or 0.4 megapixels. That's only
2.5 % of what your own camera is capable of.
I you're going to envy anything envy the process... always on a tripod
and heavily Photoshopped. Yours would look just as good if you did the
same.
And I had to chuckle a little bit when I saw the comments about this
photo: <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mingthein/14790666877> He says:
"Tree and mountain – shot wide open at f1.4, the stars are slightly
blurred because the plane of focus is the tree." He apparently knows
nothing of astronomy since he has blamed the elongated star trails on
the stars being out of focus since the tree was the focus point. In fact
the star trails are the product of a long exposure and rotation of the
earth. I guesstimate a 20-30 second exposure.
If you follow the process recommendations that Moose has given you you
can do just as well with what you have. And if you have need of even
more pixels building a pano with multiple shots at a longer focal length
is the way to go.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/25/2016 8:52 AM, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Ming Thein has just paid a visit to my neck of the woods and has
posted some photos with a new len (that's singular for 'lens')
and
shows some details of landscapes only 50 or so km away from where I sit.
Apparently it is quite a good portrait len, and I wondered if AG had
used one for that purpose.
The stunning detail in his shots makes me
envious.
https://blog.mingthein.com/2014/09/09/lens-review-zeiss-zf-2-1-4-85-otus-apo-planar/
Cheers, Brian
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