Love these kind of shots 😁
Maybe remove the distortion visible down the left hand side?

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This is SOOC. I took it when the camera's digital converter was 80mm; it is still nearly a 9MB file. I kind of liked the camera but not enough to keep it, so I will sell it. It offers very little over my Leica Q2 and lacks many features like OIS and a faster lens. If anyone is planning to buy the GFX100RF, can contact me 😎

Good contrast between the two buildings. I presume you were on a boat. I also like the way the apartment block juts out of a forest.

Good timing in both these shots. I presume these are two old Soviet planes, even though onee is monikered Red Bull instead of having a red star.

D90, what a classic camera. I jumped from the D70 to the D300, but these cameras seemed brilliant back then.

Love the abstract effect of this shot. Maybe a tighter crop to remove the dark sides?

Loved this set, with all that dated stuff on display, as well as the "characters" at the event.

I was pretty amazed to see that the film OM2 was about the same size as the new OM3. My old EM5 seemed pretty small compared to an old Nikon FM2 I have up in the loft.

Simple but restful.

Nice atmosphere in this.

Tons of detail and a good comp. But I'm not planning...

A really nice semi abstract here.

I have wondered about Medium Format, and old bodies are getting cheaper SH. But then adding in a new set of lenses, would be too costly. For my photography HDR probably makes up for the small quality difference between my Z8 an MF.

Interesting contrast between buildings. With my limited knowledge of languages from roman origin it seems like classy building is military high school, does it mean that this apartment building is related to it, being dormitory or something like that?

Interesting image, I guess the face below feet is depicting Adam? Usually scull seems to be used there.

Thanks.
It seems to me that film cameras are quite cheap nowadays compared to what film and its processing costs. Here roll of BW film goes about 10€, processing and scanning adds another 10, so few rolls of film and it comes more expensive than camera itself. With digital cameras it's opposite: initial price is high but after that you have basically unlimited shooting possibility.

Yes, OM-3 is quite hefty camera, considerably more than OM-5 (and E-M5, I presume), it's even wider than OM-1 and about same height, on other hand film OM cameras were quite compact so that's where OM-3 meets them. But if I look at bottom of camera then it seems like third of inner volume is occupied by big BLX battery, so it's quite feat to put all the electronics, sensor and shutter into remaining space.

An Evening On The Moors

Well, technically, two evenings on the moors as the sunset shot at the end was taken earlier in the week. That one aside, these shots are from an evening wander on Anglezarke Moor in search of the Anglezarke Moor standing stone, a potentially ancient artefact I've only recently heard about. It didn't look like it would be a particularly tough hike to reach it, so I decided to bring the Z8 along with both the 24-70 f/2.8 and 70-180 f/2.8.

All images taken handheld and processed from single raw files in Capture One Pro 23.

Partially Digested

A long dead tree being swallowed by the grass on the far bank of Black Brook. I take a shot of this every time I pass it. At some point, I'll have to gather them together to see if there's any obvious signs of its gradual disintegration.

Stoned

The standing stone. It's technically, not a long or steep walk to reach this from White Coppice (the entire loop was just 2.74 miles, with a mere 541ft of ascent), but it lurks amidst a pathless sea of heather (definitely not the lucky variety if you're unfortunate enough to find yourself wading through it) which made it a bit more challenging to reach than I expected, requiring many stops to catch my breath for photography. This view is looking North West towards the coast.

The Micro Megalith

A closer view, looking North East towards Great Hill. Not much is known about the stone or its origins. It stands about two feet high above the surrounding ground on the Northern flank of Hurst Hill, reminiscent of Spinal Tap's Stonehenge set in its diminutive stature, but it is suggested that it may have at one time been much taller (3ft?). Given the presence of various recognised Bronze age artefacts on these moors (Round Loaf and Pikestones are both nearby - one of the shots I took that evening includes the former in the background, but there's nothing remotely impressive about that image unfortunately) it's tempting to think it was put in place at a similar time, but it's also possibly the remains of a way marker from more recent times.

White Coppice

Heading back down towards Black Brook via a much more civilised path, well, just a path, but it felt like luxury after wading through all that Heather. The tree at the top of the hill marks the former site of Coppice Stile House, a familiar sight for hikers following the path that winds its way to the top of White Coppice, while the wall marks the boundary where Heapey Moor begins.

The Onset of Sunset

Looking towards Chorley North from the top of Black Coppice. An X-Pan crop seemed a bit tight here and I'm not a fan of 16:9 in general, but going cinemascope (2.35:1) seemed to work quite well in this instance.

Distant Dreaminess

Looking deeper into the view from Black Coppice. One of the nice things about this time in the evening is the mist that gradually forms across the distant fields and marshy flat ground leading out to the coast. At least the Irish Sea PermaFog™ seemed to be having the night off on this occasion.

Stretching Shadows

Looking closer to the front of the view, the growing shadows, gradually stretching across the field in the foreground caught my eye.

Dead and Dancing

A long dead tree beside the path on the way back to White Coppice. Despite its distant demise, it looks like it's having quite a good time dancing in the disco lights provided by the setting sun.

Sunset from Healey Nab. I wasn't expecting much from sunset on this particular evening, the sky was virtually cloud free when I set out, which typically leads to a pretty bland sunset as there's nothing to catch the colour. However, I was lucky to find a couple of interesting banks of cloud just above the setting sun to break up the monotony. The tower in the foreground is the Mormon Temple at Chorley North. The smaller one on the horizon is Blackpool Tower.

The trees here are a chaotic jumble, but this works quite nicely as an image, with the sunstar being an added bonus.

Correct, it is presumably a military school. No idea if the building behind is connected. It's an ugly building but those apartments would have a superb view over Guanabara Bay.

That's very true. Although I just want one as an obscure object of desire, not to use it. In the same way people buy classic cars, to own the car they couldn't afford as a kid.

The first is nice but the evening light is thee star of this set.

Just viewing this on my laptop it looks nicely detailed, despite being just a 20MP crop. The 100RF is an intriguing camera, but for me, I think the 35mm lens is a bit too wide and I'd have to be cropping in most of the time for the things I like to shoot, which sort of defeats the point of the 102MP sensor, although, in a way, they're using all of that base resolution to provide a quasi 28-80mm zoom without the bulk or weight and, as you've demonstrated here, still be capable of good images at the long end.

I think the lack of IS would put me off too. My GFX100S has IBIS, but even with that camera I don't think it's possible to consistently get all of the detail possible from the sensor at base ISO and typical shutter speeds (<1/100th with the chunky 45-100mm lens) without using a tripod, so if I'm planning to go handheld I'll switch over to the Z8 without any perceivable detail drop (compared to the GFX handheld).

I bought my GFX100S kit second hand despite already having a growing Z series kit at the time and I don't regret the outlay. Under ideal conditions there's a tangible increase in detail levels which can be quite addictive and opens the potential for some huge prints. I don't see much difference in terms of DR between the GFX100S and Z8, sure it's measurable, but in practical terms it's insignificant for the most part.

What I see as the main drawback of the GFX system is the size, weight and range of the lenses. None of the GF zooms I have cover more than a 2:1 ratio, while your standard 24-70 is approaching 3:1, this actually makes quite a difference as you need a 32-64 and a 45-100 to completely cover just that range. Both of those lenses are heavy and carried together are a pretty bulky proposition, becoming even worse if you want to throw in a wide or telephoto too. My usual compromise is to carry just the 20-35 and 45-100 as this covers most of what I do with that camera.

The other issue, as I've said elsewhere, is that in order to get that perceivable detail boost over the Z8, I feel I really need to be using a tripod for the GFX, which increases the weight and bulk even more.

I think each system has its place and I'm lucky enough to be able to use either as I think is appropriate for my purposes. I enjoy roaming the more hilly locations with the Nikon kit and also enjoy the more involved process of using the GFX kit on a tripod when pottering around in the woods.

The shadows here are very pleasing.