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Almost Walking

This past week has been crazy busy.  I’m currently lecturing at an AO Basics Course (teaching residents how to use implants).  On Sunday, I realized that I had to give a lecture that had not been given before, thus I worked night and day and got it done (gave the lecture about 2 hours ago).

Here is a recent picture of my baby girl.  She has successfully mastered standing with support and you can see from the picture she can easily do it with one hand.  In the past week we find her standing more and more without any support.  I don’t think she has realized that she can successfully do this.  When she does, I’m sure she will be walking all over the place.

ISO 800 1/60 f/.95 50mm noctilux

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Sony NEX-7 – Our Future @ 9 months

I recently posted pics of our baby girl on our couch at nine months.  The picture posted was taken with my Leica M9 and Noctilux.  I also took a few pictures with my Sony NEX-7 and Zeiss 24mm.  Because, Aperture does’t process NEX-7 RAW files currently, I’m using Capture One Express and finally got around to processing them.

I have to say the images in my opinion are comparable to my Leica M9.  The sharpness is dead on and the colors are great.  I even noticed that the Leica M9 output causes some red tones in her skin that is not seen on the NEX-7 (I’ve heard others comment about these red tones but I never really noticed other than when shooting at high ISO’s).  Let me know your thoughts?

P.S. If you want to see the full size images let me know and I can email them to you.  Last, even though I speak very highly of the Sony NEX-7, I still love shooting with my Leica.  There is something I find fascinating shooting with an all manual camera (I suppose I like the challenge).

 ISO 100 1/200 f/1.8 24mm zeiss

 ISO 100 1/200 f/1.8 24mm zeiss

ISO 160 1/1000 f/.95 50mm

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Our Future @ 9 months

Here is this months picture of our baby girl.  I know I keep saying it but it’s getting more and more difficult to keep her on the couch for the shot.

Our Future @ 9 months               ISO 160 1/1000 f/.95 50mm

Our Future @ 9 months 2               ISO 160 1/1000 f/.95 50mm

Our Future (birth)            ISO 160 1/360 f/2 35mm

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Sony NEX-7 & Zeiss 24mm f1.8 shots

I posted my first picture using my new Sony NEX-7 on Saturday.  I used my Leica 50mm summilux (80mm equivalent) lens and I had a few people inquire about pictures with the Zeiss 24mm f1.8 lens (38mm equivalent).  Today’s post includes pictures using the 24mm lens.

So far I’m extremely impressed with the quality of the camera and lens.  My previous camera experience includes “point and shoot”, Canon dSLR’s (including the 5D Mark II), and my Leica M9-P.  I’ve grown accustomed to shooting with manual focus and forgot how nice it is sometimes to just let the camera do it.  Most of the reviews out there will tell you the Sony NEX-7 autofocus is slower than other cameras in its class but acceptable.  I don’t have any other experience shooting with other micro 4/3 cameras but so far I have absolutely no complaints about the speed.  I think the speed is 100% acceptable and most would not be disappointed.

I use Apple’s Aperture for my camera raw processing and library and currently they don’t support the NEX-7 raw files.  I’m trialling Phase One’s Capture One software since it does support it (I actually like the software but unsure if I want to use it in my workflow).

The pictures today are jpegs converted from raw files in Capture One.  Little, to no editing was performed.

ISO 100 1/250 f/1.8 Zeiss 24mm

ISO 100 1/320 f1.4 Zeiss 24mm

ISO 1600 1/50 f/1.8 Zeiss 24mm

 

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Carrying the little one!

I’m sure some get tired of seeing me post pics of my baby girl all the time.  First, she’s very photogenic and second, she consumes almost 100% of my time right now outside of work.  Last, it’s my blog therefore I guess I can post whatever I want. LOL.

My family has been in Louisville for the past few days and while my wife works, my baby girl and I  have been walking the streets.  I should say, I’ve been walking the streets with her attached to my waist.

This second picture was taken at Maker’s Mark.  It’s a local restaurant that makes its on Bourbon.  I’m not a whiskey drinker but their food was fantastic (it’s seasoned with bourbon).

ISO 1000 1/45 f1.4 50mm summilux

ISO 320 1/30 f.14 50mm summilux

 

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Standing

Our baby girl is not only crawling now but standing.  In our family room we have large windows and we often times catch her climbing up to look outside.  These pics were taken after our last snow fall.  I think she was really interested in all the white stuff on the ground and window.

ISO 160 1/125 f1.4 50mm summilux

 

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Our Future @ 8 months

For the past 2.5 weeks I’ve been without my camera.  I had to have my M9-P repaired because the shutter release kept sticking.  Fortunately, it was fixed and delivered to me last week, just in time to get our baby girls 8 month picture.  It’s definitely becoming more difficult to get her to sit still.

Here is a link to last months picture.

ISO 400 1/60 f/4 28mm elmarit

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Our Future @ 7 months

Tomorrow is Christmas, the first for my baby girl.  We know she will not remember this Christmas (probably won’t remember the next).  It’s going to be more exciting for mom, dad, and grandma but I’m sure she will get some enjoyment playing with all the paper and ribbons.

Last week Lyla turned 7 months.  She absolutely loves posing for pictures and as always, taking this picture was very easy.

P.S.  This shot was taken with my new Leica 28mm elmarit.

 Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Here is the post from her 6 month picture.

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