sclamb Posted September 20, 2009 Share #1 Posted September 20, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was in the garden of my parents' house taking some pictures of the insects on the plants with my M9 and 75mm f/2.5 Summarit. In a couple I got lucky and a butterfly decided to take flight as I released the shutter, so I got two in-flight shots. Pure luck of course. Each of these is between 1/8 and 1/12 of the full frame, so the 18MP of the M9 really helps here. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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harald_ludwig Posted September 20, 2009 Share #2 Posted September 20, 2009 WOW, congratulation! I like your butterfly ones. Harald Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaimaui Posted September 20, 2009 Share #3 Posted September 20, 2009 I was in the garden of my parents' house taking some pictures of the insects on the plants with my M9 and 75mm f/2.5 Summarit. In a couple I got lucky and a butterfly decided to take flight as I released the shutter, so I got two in-flight shots. Pure luck of course. Each of these is between 1/8 and 1/12 of the full frame, so the 18MP of the M9 really helps here. Are these crops or the full files reduced. I especially like the second image. I don't think you could have gotten the focus better. Great shots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted September 20, 2009 Share #4 Posted September 20, 2009 I was in the garden of my parents' house taking some pictures of the insects on the plants with my M9 and 75mm f/2.5 Summarit. In a couple I got lucky and a butterfly decided to take flight as I released the shutter, so I got two in-flight shots. Pure luck of course. Each of these is between 1/8 and 1/12 of the full frame, so the 18MP of the M9 really helps here. Simon Not really. Those same size crops from a M8 would be the same. The M9 has the same number of pixels per inch/mm as the M8. Bigger sensor = more pixels not more pixels per inch/mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 20, 2009 Share #5 Posted September 20, 2009 Please remember that images to be posted here are meant to have a maximum llength of 960 pixels and a maximum size of 244k. If you link externally hosted files please keep within these dimensions. Also you'd be better posting these in the Photo forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasrancher Posted September 20, 2009 Share #6 Posted September 20, 2009 Congrats on the really outstanding butterfly shots, and thanks for posting on the M-9 forum so all of us contemplating this newest kid on the block can see what it can do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulrikft Posted September 20, 2009 Share #7 Posted September 20, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not really. Those same size crops from a M8 would be the same.The M9 has the same number of pixels per inch/mm as the M8. Bigger sensor = more pixels not more pixels per inch/mm. More pixels and equialent framing = better cropability. Why are people having such a hard time understanding this quite basic concept? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted September 20, 2009 Share #8 Posted September 20, 2009 More pixels and equialent framing = better cropability. Why are people having such a hard time understanding this quite basic concept? That's just it you can't get any closer to a subject with the M9 then you can with a M8 or any other M camera and you won't get a bigger image of any subject on a M9 then you do on a M8. The M9 has the same number of pixels per inch/mm (that should really be per SQ inch/mm) as the M8 has. It's just the M9 sensor is bigger. You can phrase it anyway you like but that is the truth. Really I'm not putting down the images posted or the fact that he got some good shots of bugs in flight, luckey is correct, but the premise that the 18MP helped in the clarity is just false. Those same shots taken with a M8 and the bugs cropped out to the same size would of produced the exact same image with the same number of pixels in each shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Thompson Posted September 20, 2009 Share #9 Posted September 20, 2009 Stunning images and extreme modesty ! Marvellous and I echo the comment that at this early stage of the M9 it's helpful to have some sample images to see here, especially when they're top notch like this!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted September 20, 2009 Share #10 Posted September 20, 2009 More pixels and equialent framing = better cropability. Why are people having such a hard time understanding this quite basic concept? What you seem to be forgetting in this case is these shots were taken at a very close range and then the bugs cropped out. Yes I agree that if you stood in one spot and took a image with a M8 and say a 28mm lens then switched to a M9 with the same lens and framed the subjects the same you would need to move in (closer to the subjects). In that case yes the M9 would have more pixels then the M8 for the same subjects. But that is not the case in these images. My understanding is very clear and in-depth of sensor size, pixel size and resolution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
echorec Posted September 20, 2009 Share #11 Posted September 20, 2009 Very cool, especially #3! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla Posted September 20, 2009 Share #12 Posted September 20, 2009 cool, #2 and 3 are terrific! markus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted September 21, 2009 Share #13 Posted September 21, 2009 All are great, #3 is stunning for micro-detail and color. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artichoke Posted September 21, 2009 Share #14 Posted September 21, 2009 you are too modest getting a butterfly in flight is no simple matter that its proboscis was curled for both of these is all the better fantastic!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted September 21, 2009 Share #15 Posted September 21, 2009 I think they are all outstanding, but Nos. 2 and 3 are really superb. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 21, 2009 Share #16 Posted September 21, 2009 Simon - Stunning all for moment, subject, light, color and detail, but the in-flight ones are astonishing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lotw Posted September 21, 2009 Share #17 Posted September 21, 2009 Yes, super! Something which was only held possible with a Canon until recently. Still you are too modest about this, this is not pure luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abelqv40 Posted September 21, 2009 Share #18 Posted September 21, 2009 Very very nice... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carylwithay Posted September 21, 2009 Share #19 Posted September 21, 2009 Good detail. I would prefer a bit more saturation on the color but then, I always like saturated colors. Caryl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclamb Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share #20 Posted September 22, 2009 I wasn't expecting so many responses, so rather than reply to you all individually I would like to thank you all as a group for your kind comments. I guess it wasn't all luck as I had to be there with the camera in the first place, but getting such an in-focus picture was lucky since the butterfly just happened to fly along the plane of focus. Thanks again for all your replies. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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