I tried out a new camera while on the lake Saturday. My other two cameras are in the shop. They had a good run, one is over 6 years old and the other 4. Unfortunately I had not set up this new camera. It has a feature that buffers shots before you snap a picture. That combined with another feature of 120 shot per second, created more material than I could ever wish for. I ended up deleting over 20,000 raw files. Over 500 gigs of material. Thinking I was taking one shot was a burst at the smallest duration 30 shots. I always tend to overshoot, but I have met my match. I knew it was taking more shots than I wanted but didn't know how extreme it was... Plus side the camera clears the buffer awfully fast. Sunday was spent deleting files. Total rookie mistake. Now it is set up correctly. Here are a few pictures I didn't delete. All from a kayak on Willow Lake.

Recently a couple of Chinese companies have come out with 9mm full frame lenses. The first was Laowa, but now Seven Artisans has also come out with their version which is considerably cheaper. I picked up the 7 Artisan version for a couple of prime time documentaries I will be shooting this summer, as I will be doing some tight interiors and thought this might be helpful. This lens is not only wild but is of extremely high quality. I have the version sold under the label "Brightin Star", which includes a removable back ND filter, but is otherwise identical to the 7 Artisans. The lens is VERY sharp, from corner to corner, has excellent contrast and hardly any flares or comets working against the light. Downside is only that it is relatively slow (f5.6) and has quite a bit of light falloff, which is inevitable in a rectilinear lens this wide, but which is easily corrected. Here are some shots. The look is extreme and obviously not for everything, but it can easily be cropped if desired. Shots are in a famous old abandoned mansion near Lake Como and in Venice

Recently a couple of Chinese companies have come out with 9mm full frame lenses. The first was Laowa, but now Seven Artisans has also come out with their version which is considerably cheaper. I picked up the 7 Artisan version for a couple of prime time documentaries I will be shooting this summer, as I will be doing some tight interiors and thought this might be helpful. This lens is not only wild but is of extremely high quality. I have the version sold under the label "Brightin Star", which includes a removable back ND filter, but is otherwise identical to the 7 Artisans. The lens is VERY sharp, from corner to corner, has excellent contrast and hardly any flares or comets working against the light. Downside is only that it is relatively slow (f5.6) and has quite a bit of light falloff, which is inevitable in a rectilinear lens this wide, but which is easily corrected. Here are some shots. The look is extreme and obviously not for everything, but it can easily be cropped if desired. Shots are in a famous old abandoned mansion near Lake Como and in Venice