Hiking Glacier Canyon (Mt Dana) — Working on Examples

2021-10-07 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: Eastern Sierra, Mt Dana area, peak bagging, Sony, Sony A1, Sony mirrorless

See my previous post on my recent hike but the smoke that forced me to leave two days later.

I’ve been distracted by catch-up stuff at home (backups, a macOS crash on my Mac Pro, some server maintenance), but I intend to show some examples from hiking soon.

I never did get to evaluate the Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM for general purpose hiking use last year (due to my infirmity), but I can now say that the 12-24/2.8 GM is a fabulously useful lens for hiking, offering not only a super-wide end at 12-14mm (beating out every other mirrorless), but rivals or outperforms all prime lenses in its range that I have tested.

Dana Lake #3

f11 @ 1/80 sec handheld IS=on electronic shutter, ISO 100; 2021-09-30 12:39:06
Sony A1 + Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM @ 12mm
ENV: Dana Lake, altitude 11500 ft / 3505 m, 70°F / 21°C
RAW: LACA corrected, vignetting corrected, +20 Whites, +10 Clarity, diffraction mitigating sharpening

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Mt Dana summit, Dana Glacier

f5.6 @ 1/100 sec electronic shutter pixel shift null, ISO 100; 2021-09-30 16:43:27
Sony A1 + Voigtlander FE APO-Lanthar 35mm f/2 Aspherical
ENV: Glacier Canyon,Mt Dana, altitude 11600 ft / 3536 m, 55°F / 12°C
RAW: vignetting corrected, push 0.3 stops, +72 Shadows, -59 Highlights, +20 Whites, +20 Dehaze, +15 Clarity

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