Loch Kinord Reflections

I finally went for a walk with my new camera. Lots of work to be done, getting to know it, but I'm liking it so far. I was a bit of a coward, and stuck with Canon, but I did venture out into the brave new world of mirrorless. I went for the EOS R7. I chose one new lens - 35-150, but will be using an adaptor for my other lenses, so we'll see how that goes.

This was taken at Loch Kinord on Wednesday - I took some time out for myself and the camera, just to potter and try stuff. As you can see, the water was like glass.

In other news, Qingdao is approaching the port of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, and is currently sitting in first place for this leg, with only 94nm to sail. It's going to be a tight finish as Unicef's yacht is only about 20nm behind. Is it the luck of the new Irish Skipper, or the fact that they are now in the Year of the Dragon? Go Qingdao - this has to be your race!

[Nick]

Your water looked as calm as mine :)

[Boxplayer]

Wonderful calm scene

[Casablanca]

Delightfully still. Enjoy your new camera! Great news about Qingdao :)

[Issi Bannerman]

@nickspicsnz I noticed that, especially as yours appeared on my feed just seconds after I'd posted mine!

[Suzanne]

The camera doing you proud!

[Diana]

Your new camera seems to love how you are treating it! Such a fabulous capture and scene!

As to Qingdao, I am so excited and hope they make it 🐉 xx

[Joan Robillard]

Well this is marvelous

[Brian]

Splendid

[Babs]

Wow I love this one. What a fabulous shot. huge fav. I can see your new camera is going to be a great success,

I posted a comment to you on Jennifer's page that gave a link to a programme called The Primitives of Photography 1850 - 1860.

Photoshop was around right from the beginning ha ha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGQITB9_dnk

Hope you enjoy it, I found it so interesting.

[Kathy A]

Wow, marvellous reflections!

[KWind]

Gorgeous! FAV.

[Dorothy]

I hate to admit I don’t know what a mirrorless camera is! ( I will investigate) but it certainly looks like you know how to use it! The quality of the foreground is amazing.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Looks like you made a great choice in cameras (I'm a Canon girl too and have toyed with the idea of going mirrorless for about 2 years now!). This is beautiful and the news is exciting- keep us posted on both the camera and yacht progress.

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful reflections, you seem to be getting used to your new camera, I have debated about a mirrorless but haven’t made my mind up yet,I will be interested in your opinion , I too am a canon girl!

[haskar]

Wonderful water with a mirror reflection. I was in the Canon team for many years. I changed it to Olimpus about 10 years ago. In fact, back then there was only a choice between Fuji and Olympus. The big gamers weren't interested in mirrorless cameras yet. I immediately bought an adapter so that I could use Canon lenses. And the only lens I use is Lensbaby. I exchanged the remaining lenses for new equipment.

[Kathy]

A quiet and peaceful view.

[Carole Sandford]

Wonderful reflections. Be interesting to know if using an adaptor for the lenses, loses anything, because that is probably the thing that would be most off putting, if you already have a collection of glass but can’t use it & if the adapter “works”.

[Judith Johnson]

Fabulous calm water and a beautiful scene.

[Sarah Bremner]

Nice photo. What fun to have a new camera to explore.
Always good to get updates on Qingdao ... I'm sure Mhairi is watching it all closely! 😊

[Tunia McClure]

I hope your mirrorless is smaller and lighter.

[Islandgirl]

Great reflections and smooth water!

[Phil Howcroft]

absolutely stunner issi , very much fine art style , faved

[Phil Howcroft]

...oh and congratulations on your new camera , being mirrorless you will be able to adapt old vintage lenses to it !

[John]

Interesting scene and reflections!

[Rick]

Great reflections and capture.

[eDorre]

Lovely shot. Congrats on the new camera! Enjoy

[Valerie Chesney]

Stunning & detailed capture Issi. FAV
Excited for Qingdao.

[Issi Bannerman]

@olivetreeann My decision has been at least 2 years in the making, Ann!

[Issi Bannerman]

@ludwigsdiana So very happy that they made it in first place! A great effort from them and so well deserved! It was very tight during the last few hours though!

[Issi Bannerman]

@phil_howcroft I'll need to think about that! ;-)

[Issi Bannerman]

@sarah19 Oh, she is! As are we, but probably not as closely as she is.

[Issi Bannerman]

@onewing Thank you! I will take a look at that when I've a peaceful moment.

[Renee Salamon]

Beautiful

[Issi Bannerman]

@carole_sandford Yes, that will be interesting. I'm assured it's fine, but it may well result in a gradual replacement of lenses for me. But I can do that over a period of time, if needs be.