I believe I've mentioned this before, but the light we experienced on the voyage was simply fantastic. This pink / purple colour in this image was typical of early morning (early morning means mid-morning normally) light and the scene is typical of the views seen all day every day. When I had the 18-55 kit lens on I used AF exclusively. It did come in handy because of the difficulty in holding the camera still long enough to get accurate manual focus. My eyes were streaming most of the time from the wind which made manual focus extremely difficult.
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04/08/12  Sony Nex Cameras1186
NEX-5N Focal Length: 22 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/60 sec ISO: 250 04/07/12  Sony Nex CamerasGreat sunset again. It was difficult to descern between sunrise and sunset. Really, it seemed to be all in one. The sun popped up over the horizon for a short time and, just as quickly, it was gone again. Dark at three in the afternoon.
Most of the images taken on the voyage were of course costal shots. Stops at each port varied between 15 minutes and 4 hours. Not a lot of time to do something when leaving the ship to see something alse. Having said that the weather was bitter at this time of year, very icy and the wind was very cold. 1080
NEX-5N Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/200 sec ISO: 100 04/06/12  Sony Nex CamerasAgain taken with the kit lens. We experienced some wonderful light on the way down again to Bergen. The only hindrence being the lack of it for most of the day. 1112
NEX-5N Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/100 sec ISO: 200 04/05/12  Sony Nex CamerasAnother one of my favourites from the Norway trip and taken with the 18 - 55 kit lens. I hear so much moaning about this lens but I find very good. This was the only zoom I took with me on the journey, the rest being primes ranging from 15 to 135. Strangely enough I didn't touch the 135 at all. I didn't think I could hold it in the cold and strong wind. Remember, the Nex cameras don't have IBIS. 931
NEX-5N Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/100 sec ISO: 125 04/04/12  Sony Nex CamerasI was out on deck trying to find something to photograph as two crew members came out and went directly to the lifeboat. Now, this is when I started to get worried as the water temperature isn't that warm in the Arctic Circle. Luckily for me, it was just being serviced, but it's at times like this that you make sure you know where the life jackets are etc.
Thew crew members on these ships are really hardy people. The guests were running around looking like Michelin men, and the crew in just a shirt and tie or just a t-shirt. 913
NEX-5N Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/100 sec ISO: 3200 04/03/12  Sony Nex CamerasThis is one of my favourite images from the whole trip. I've left the blue in the image attempting to give the impression of cold it really was out on deck. Many a time I had to go back inside too warm my fingers and the camera. As a side note, I didn't once have a problem with either the Nex-7 or the Nex-5N during the whole trip, and that was in temperatures reaching -25C. I don't think the cameras will experience those temperatures again. 964
NEX-7 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/8 sec ISO: 200 • Sony • Nex-7 • Voigtlaender • 15 f4.5
04/02/12  Sony Nex CamerasThe 18-55 kit lens was stuck on the Nex-5N for the first half of the voyage. I swapped it over to the Nex-7 for the second half as I wanted some wide angle shots that weren't spoilt by colour problems. The Nex-5N doesn't show this problem. I'm still impressed by the kit lens however and will not be getting rid of it, especially as the lens selection for the Nex cameras isn't all that great right now.
The scene above is typical for Norway this far north. The towns seem to be strung out along the cliff face, just hanging on to a bit of land between the sea and the mountains. Really amazes me how people can live up there, but then I don't suppose they know any different. They're used to it. 917
NEX-5N Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/5 sec ISO: 400 • Sony • Nex-5N • Voigtlaender • 18-55 • kit lens
04/01/12  Sony Nex CamerasWe had some terrible weather heading north. This image is typical of the low cloud cover we had with some very heavy rainfall. I converted this to B&W in SFX2 to better show the clouds that were just rolling over us. Nex-7 with the CV 15 f4.5. 956
NEX-7 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/200 sec ISO: 400 • Sony • Nex-7 • Voigtlaender • 15 f4.5
03/31/12  Sony Nex CamerasHaving to post process the purple colour out of these photographs was a lot of work. Very time consuming. It was well worth it though. This is a squall that we were sailing parallel to. I'm glad I wasn't in it. It was freezing and I'm sure the rain was also. 936
NEX-7 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/40 sec ISO: 200 • Sony • Nex-7 • Voigtlaender • 15 f4.5
03/30/12  Sony Nex CamerasAgain with the Nex-7 and CV 15 f4.5. We noticed that quite a few houses were built on rocky islands out in the middle of nowhere. I couldn't for the life of me think why except that it may be a summer house. I don't think anyone could live there in the winter. 1133
NEX-7 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/30 sec ISO: 200 • Sony • Nex-7 • Voigtlaender • 15 f4.5
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