Its been a while since I’ve had a weekend off or even a full day outing. But I wanted to have a closer ‘look’ at the Zeiss 20mm f4 while at Minnamurra Falls. Some of these beautiful locations are hidden away in National Parks and require longer visits to explore that I could afford. So, I considered this a recon trip with a view to going back to do the job properly. I’m a fan of 5 x 4 format where possible and certainly if its a vertical image. Much more pleasing to the eye than a 3 x 2. This shot was taken with the Zeiss 20mm f4 Flektogon on a Sony A7III. It was handheld around 1/20 sec @ f11. I’ll return here with the A7RIII and a tripod in the coming weeks.

Below is an image of a vine taken with the Sirui 24mm Anamorphic lens on an Olympus EM5. I’m growing to like this combination more and more. The edge to edge sharpness is excellent and it makes a panorama style image after setting the camera to 9 x 16 format then adding an extra 1.28X factor to the width when the anamorphic image is expanded to its proper proportions. If you’re using a MFT camera this is an excellent option for wider landscape photos. I would rather describe this as intimate landscape as its more of a close-up rather than scenery at a distance.

…and finally a few roadside shots taken enroute. You can see how you need to be aware of how you’re filling the frame as it can easily appear that some cropping should have been applied.