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**Ed Hurst** · 02-19-2022, 08:40 PM - **7 Likes**

Situated north of Sydney, NSW, the Hawkesbury River flows about 75 miles before reaching the sea near Broken Bay. It's a beautiful waterway that has long presented a barrier to journeys north from Sydney. Back when the railways were the main way to move people and goods about the country, a bridge was built here in 1889. That first structure always had issues, and in the 1930s it was found to have severe cracking. Work to replace it with the current structure began in 1939 but it was delayed by the Second World War and didn't open until 1946. It's a remarkable and beautiful thing that still carries the main line north...

Here it's seen from Kangaroo Point, coincidentally next to the old road bridge (which featured in a picture I took in 2020). The light trails of passing trains help the structure to stand out in the scene, which was lit by the moon.

GFX100S with Pentax 645 90mm DFA lens.
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**Ed Hurst** · 02-20-2022, 04:23 AM - **6 Likes**

Melbourne ephemera

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itshimitis · 02-21-2022, 03:46 AM - **1 Like**

Another from the waterfall:

GFX100s GF 23 f/4

Storm Franklin is in full flow - this was as it started crossing Swansea Bay

GF35 - 70 12 shot handheld pano

**TDvN57** · 02-21-2022, 04:39 AM - **1 Like**

Weather is still bad here in Hong Kong, so the cats are patiently posing all day long.

645z + P67 165mm 2.8 @ 38k ISO and 1/20s - And for those that like tripods with the 645z: Handheld. No IBIS.....

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**RICHARD L.** · 02-21-2022, 09:30 AM - **1 Like**

The P67 165 mm f/2.8 is one of the lenses that impressed me the most on the 645Z. It gives the FOV of a 135 mm lens on Full-Frame and is super easy to focus due to its large wide-open aperture. It starts performing splendidly at f/5.6 and you can extract multiple framings from the same original picture so high its native resolution is.

@ 165 mm

Cropped to approximate the FOV of the 645 FA 400 mm f/5.6.

**TDvN57** · 02-21-2022, 10:22 PM

Originally posted by RICHARD L.

The P67 165 mm f/2.8 is one of the lenses that impressed me the most on the 645Z. It gives the FOV of a 135 mm lens on Full-Frame and is super easy to focus due to its large wide-open aperture. It starts performing splendidly at f/5.6 and you can extract multiple framings from the same original picture so high its native resolution is.

@ 165 mm

Cropped to approximate the FOV of the 645 FA 400 mm f/5.6.

I also like the P67 165mm f2.8 lens. For far-scape shots I find it is great but a little less sharp in the finer details than the P67 55-100mm, despite having a smaller magnification. See the pictures below:

#1: 645z + P67 55-100mm at f/8. From the mountain towards the town.
#2: Pic #1 with 700% crop at about 3km

#3: 645z + P67 165mm f/2.8 @ f/8. Looking back at the mountain.
#4: Pic #3 with 400% crop at similar distance to #2.

The 55-100 is much sharper over long distances, if you are prepared to spend the extra time to focus this lens. The focus throw from 8m to infinity is very small and very sensitive. Stopping down to f/8 helps to overcome this problem with an increase in DoF.

The 400% crop of the 165mm is really excellent but would not withstand an enlargement to 700%, which the 55-100mm could, regardless of pixilation.

**TDvN57** · 02-22-2022, 12:38 AM - **1 Like**

645z + P67 55-100mm @ f/4.5 & 100mm

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**RICHARD L.** · 02-22-2022, 06:00 AM

Originally posted by TDvN57

Fat Cat Watching645z + P67 55-100mm @ f/4.5 & 100mm

WOW ! A cat with "an attitude" ... lol !

Regards

w2ck · 02-22-2022, 02:59 PM - **1 Like**

Hi,

Catitude, I call it!

Stan

**TDvN57** · 02-22-2022, 05:01 PM - **1 Like**

He is quite a character, very vocal too and has a range of "words" to express himself, ranging from friendly to p!$$ed off. I am more of a dog guy, but the universe decided to change this and gave us two cats, mommy cat delivered the the kittens on our patio on a Sunday afternoon and left permanently. A year later the pandemic arrived...

Here is a sunrise from near Cologne, Germany in 2017. 645z + 28-45mm plus tripod :-)

tuco · 02-23-2022, 09:58 AM - **7 Likes**

Pentax 6x7, 67 55mm, Ektar 25

Altoona by tuco, on Flickr

texandrews · 02-23-2022, 02:41 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by tuco

Pentax 6x7, 67 55mm, Ektar 25

Altoona by tuco, on Flickr

{whistling sound} My Ektar never looked that good....

**RICHARD L.** · 02-23-2022, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by tuco

Pentax 6x7, 67 55mm, Ektar 25

Strange. My Ektar always looked that good ... Processing and printing, maybe ...

Regards

tuco · 02-24-2022, 01:27 AM

Originally posted by texandrews

{whistling sound} My Ektar never looked that good....

Thanks some turn out better than others.

tuco · 02-24-2022, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by RICHARD L.

My Ektar always looked that good ...

I have only shot a small amount of this in roll film plus some in 135 canister film. I think I like it better than Ektar 100 of today.

02-19-2022, 08:40 PM - 7 Likes	#18031
Ed Hurst Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,657	Situated north of Sydney, NSW, the Hawkesbury River flows about 75 miles before reaching the sea near Broken Bay. It's a beautiful waterway that has long presented a barrier to journeys north from Sydney. Back when the railways were the main way to move people and goods about the country, a bridge was built here in 1889. That first structure always had issues, and in the 1930s it was found to have severe cracking. Work to replace it with the current structure began in 1939 but it was delayed by the Second World War and didn't open until 1946. It's a remarkable and beautiful thing that still carries the main line north... Here it's seen from Kangaroo Point, coincidentally next to the old road bridge (which featured in a picture I took in 2020). The light trails of passing trains help the structure to stand out in the scene, which was lit by the moon. GFX100S with Pentax 645 90mm DFA lens. [IMG][/IMG]

02-20-2022, 04:23 AM - 6 Likes	#18032
Ed Hurst Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,657	Melbourne ephemera [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

02-22-2022, 05:01 PM - 1 Like	#18040
TDvN57 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Berlin Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,149	He is quite a character, very vocal too and has a range of "words" to express himself, ranging from friendly to p!$$ed off. I am more of a dog guy, but the universe decided to change this and gave us two cats, mommy cat delivered the the kittens on our patio on a Sunday afternoon and left permanently. A year later the pandemic arrived... Here is a sunrise from near Cologne, Germany in 2017. 645z + 28-45mm plus tripod :-) Attached Images

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tuco Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pugetopolis Posts: 11,026	Originally posted by RICHARD L. My Ektar always looked that good ... I have only shot a small amount of this in roll film plus some in 135 canister film. I think I like it better than Ektar 100 of today.