What started off as a damp and miserable morning in the beautiful village of Merthyr Mawr, soon turned to a not bad day with some sunny spells. The village of Merthyr Mawr is beautiful, but my main reason was to visit Saint Telios Church to try out the 14mm lens. We followed up by having a coffee break, and then going to Ewenny Priory.
Weather aside, it was a lovely 3 or 4 hours out and about. I only took my Nikon Z6ii with me, and I also took the 11mm fisheye, 14mm and 24-70mm Z lenses. I made a lot of lens changes! It is not like me to change lenses so much, and I wish I had brought my ZF with me.
Images were edited in Darktable.
I am amazed at the zero distortion of the 7Artisans 14mm (as mentioned in my review here). It is a lens that I have used extensively since having it, and one I know I will use a lot in the future, however, I do not wat to “over-use” it as it will all become boring too quickly.
One other thing that constantly surprises me is the low light capabilities of the Z6ii. The images in Saint Telios Church (first set of church photos) were taken around ISO10000 and they are so clean and there is so much detail! While in Ewenny Priory, it was brighter, and I opened the lens fully to F/2.8 (instead of F/4-5.6 from the previous church) just to see how things look wide open.
I did take a variety of other photos, such as flowering trees, berries and people on horses, but these will be shared elsewhere if I feel I need to share them. I might also do a couple of black and white edits of the insides of the churches when I feel the need to too.
I hope you enjoyed, and I look forward to any comments!
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Beautiful shots of the stain glass and architecture!
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Thank you very much 🙏
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Beautiful shot, Mark. Number 17 is my favorite – I could linger there for ages. I hate swapping lenses too, and half the time I don’t even get the chance. That’s why I always say two cameras are a must – unless you head out with just one lens, of course. 🙂 I did notice the 14mm stretches the corners a bit, sure, that’s the price of an ultra-wide on ff. But most of the frame is spot-on. Have a great day, Mark!
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Thank you Marc, I knew I should have taken 2 cameras yesterday! And it was wet out too. You live you learn!
Yes, ultra-wide lenses, even on APS-C (10mm for example) are so wide that you get perspective distortion which is a natural effect making foreground objects appear larger, the closer they are to the edge of the frame. I can’t wait to use the lens for portraits to really stretch the arms or legs on purpose (as opposed to keeping them centered and not protruding any limbs!).
The lens has really surprised me, other than fisheye lenses, it’s wider than any lens I had for Fujifilm (or my older APS-C Nikon cameras), where they were 10mm, which equates to just over 15mm full frame.
I’m enjoying your LUTs, I’ll get a blog up about them and more in the future.
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Thanks already in advance, Mark!
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