More With the 28mm Pancake

I'm not using the 28mm lens exclusively but here are some shots from the past week using it with both the R6 and the R8. I did create a gallery for photos made with this lens here.

R6, RF 28mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

R6, RF 28mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

R6, RF 28mm f/2.8, f/11, 1/350 sec., ISO 200

R6, RF 28mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/4000 sec., ISO 200

R8, RF 28mm f/2.8, f/2.8, 1/3000 sec., ISO 100

R8, RF 28mm f/2.8, f/2.8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 100

R8, RF 28mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

Amber Waves of Grain

After returning the RF 35mm f/1.8 IS STM lens I saw that B&H was discounting the RF 28mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens. It cost less than half the price of the 35mm lens I returned. While it doesn't have image stabilization, I can use it with the R6 which has its own stabilization.

I tested it out at the Neilson Farm this afternoon.

EOS R6, RF 28mm f/2.8 STM, f/11,1/350 sec., ISO 100

EOS R6, RF 28mm f/2.8 STM, f/11,1/250 sec., ISO 100

EOS R6, RF 28mm f/2.8 STM, f/8,1/180 sec., ISO 100

EOS R6, RF 28mm f/2.8 STM, f/11,1/180 sec., ISO 200

EOS R6, RF 28mm f/2.8 STM, f/8,1/750 sec., ISO 200

July Fourth at the Battlefield

I had the opportunity yesterday to photograph at the citizenship ceremony held every year on July 4th at Saratoga National Historical Park in my capacity as a park volunteer. In doing so, the resulting photos belong to the National Park Service.

Post processing from RAW files, which I always do anyway, is a necessity in conditions like this in order to lower highlights and raise shadows. I used spot metering and bracketed three exposures to get an optimal file to work with. 

Most of the photos benefitted from cropping to a 4:3 aspect ratio. Here are some of the results, all with the Canon EOS R6 and RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.

72mm, f/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO 100

93mm, f/4, 1/750 sec., ISO 200

61mm, f/4, 1/3000 sec., ISO 200

105mm, f/4, 1/750 sec., ISO 200

105mm, f/4, 1/250 sec., ISO 200

105mm, f/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200

24mm, f/4, 1/6000 sec., ISO 200