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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
07-13-2020, 04:59 AM
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I've just returned from a short family trip to Dunsborough, Western Australia (about a 3 hour drive south of Perth) and on Friday night we had nice clear skies and I tried my hand at some astrophotography.
I'm regularly stunned by the quality of astro images the skilled members of the forum are able to obtain...I was just pleased to get something I was happy with :)
Panasonic G85 with Lumix 12-35mm f/2.8 shot at 14mm and f/2.8 for 20 seconds at 1600 ISO and processed in Lightroom.
Cheers
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
03-12-2019, 02:24 PM
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Thanks for the follow up, I’ll be interested to see what you find.
Cheers
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Thanks for adding your questions...it’ll be good if we can get this straightened out :)
I don’t use manual flash, but based on my issue experienced I would assume the standard view in the viewfinder would be dark, based on your manual settings and having exposure preview mode on, then when zooming to focus the magnified image will brighten to a calculated ‘correct exposure’.
The good news for you is that you can disable exposure preview mode and the camera will display the calculated correct exposure irrespective of your manual settings, while displaying an over/under exposure bar/indicator/warning on the screen.
As to the rear LCD and EVF question, my experience on mirrorless is that they are treated identically by the camera, what you see in one you’ll see in the other. So, magnified view dipsplays in both, the exposure preview issue discussed occurs in both, you can use both to review photos, etc.
The half-press does bump you back from magnified view to standard view on the G85, so likely it will on most/all bodies. I haven’t looked for an option to disable this, but I haven’t noticed one when trawling through menus either.
I hope that helps some? Please let me know if I have explained anything poorly or can clarify?
Cheers
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
03-12-2019, 01:58 AM
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Hmmm...thanks @WPRESTO , but no joy with either suggested solution. I first tried adjusting the monitor luminance (from a choice of *1, *2, *3 and *A) and though it does (of course) adjust the overall luminance, it doesn't maintain that luminance level when 'punching in' to focus...the camera display adjusts back to an automatic exposure level, brightening as if the camera were in 'iAuto' or similar, rather than fixed ISO and M mode.
I also tested this behaviour using a non-mirror lens...in this case a Pentax FA 50mm f/2.8 Macro :) While the field of view was wider, and the image produced noticeably sharper than the mirror lens ;) the display exposure behaved the same as when the mirror lens was mounted. No matter how underexposed the image was when the standard display is shown, once the zoom in focus aid is engaged the image reverts to an auto exposure level.
To confirm, the captured image is of course as per the camera settings...it is only the 'exposure' of the displayed image when zooming in to focus.
Still not sure if this is just me or if others, either with G85 or other Panasonic bodies, experience this?
Cheers
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
03-11-2019, 11:21 PM
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Thanks for that :) ...some good thinking and tips to try. I’ll have a go and feed back. I’ll also have a look with other all manual lenses to see if there is a difference in their operation in comparison to the mirror lens.
Cheers
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
03-11-2019, 06:25 AM
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Hi everyone,
I'm hoping one of you knowledgeable folk here may be able to help :)
The question: Is it possible to maintain the 'Live View' exposure on the monitor when zoomed in to assist in focus?
I have a 500mm mirror lens attached to the G85, playing with some moon shots. I'd like to be able to use the zoom in to assist with accurate focus. However, even though I have the Monitor Live View mode enabled and it operates correctly when not zoomed, once I zoom in the zoomed area seems to revert to a non-Live View exposure level, so I get a magnified view of a very over exposed moon :)
Am I missing something? Is this correct operation that every experiences, or is there a trick I'm missing? Did I even explain that so it made sense? :)
Please let me know if anyone has any input...and my apologies if this is not really an appropriate question for this thread.
Cheers, Dean.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
03-08-2017, 06:30 AM
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I took this photo on 03 March 2017, in Perth, Western Australia. I like to try and grab a moonshot now and then.
The photo was taken using a Panasonic G85 with a K mount to Micro Four Thirds converter on a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 at 200mm, on a Sigma 2x teleconverter...and then on a Sigma 1.4x teleconverter :)
Processed in Lightroom and I was reasonably happy with how this one turned out.
I'm quite new to micro four thirds, only having had this camera since December...the commentary and images from this thread helped convince me it was worth trying this format, so thanks everyone :)
Cheers
Dean
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