Getting sidetracked by my vintage HELIOS lens
Come along for a calm photo walk in the woods where I get seriously sidetracked by the wonderful Helios lens on my Lumix S5 IIx. I just love the way this lens renders and can’t resist taking photos with it, even when that really wasn’t the plan!
In this video I also make field recordings with my Clippy Mics of bird calls at a river delta and record footage and take pictures of the birds too with my Canon EF-S 55-250 f/3.5-5.6 IS. This wasn’t the plan either, but life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans and I was very happy with what I found on my photo walk.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:49 POV starts here!
1:28 Helios 44 pictures
4:40 What my actual plan was
6:16 Magnetic filter interlude
7:51 A few more Helios pictures
8:39 Field recording the birds at the lake
9:35 all the many bird calls
10:03 A word from our sponsor
10:34 Reflections on the field recording session
12:13 wild life photo/videography with the Canon EF-S 55-250mm
14:03 Heading back to the studio
15:18 Reflections after seeing the pictures
16:01 Why I had the 55-250mm with me
16:53 Why I shoot landscapes now
18:06 Why I’m considering wild life photography too
18:24 Reflections on the 55-250mm
20:11 What’s next
21:00 Outro
21:29 Channel update
Music
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