The Flickr Innocentii Image Generatr

Rome, Italy, July 22 2017, The elaborate tomb of Pope Innocent II, sculpted by Vespignani, lies in the Santa Maria in Trastevere basilica, Rome.

I picked up a second time my old Konica-Minolta Dynax 5D (an APS-C DSLR see details below) for an extra tour of the warm-humid tropical green houses at the Botanical Garden of Lyon, France.

This time I fitted to the camera its dedicated macro lens Sigma 1:2.8 DG f=50mm (equivalent to 75mm full-frame 24X36 format) . For this tour, I used a CF card 16GB giving almost unlimited number of possible RAW files (1694 !) .

I also used a fix 200 ISO sensor sensitivity. I had in mind to limit the session to 36 images as a regular 35mm film cartridge, but I finally did about 60 … The lens was equipped with a generic Anti-UV protective 55mm filter and its original Sigma shade hood.

Whenever necessary in low-light conditions, I used the build-in small flashlight (NG 12 at 100 ISO) to complement the ambient light and to restore vivid colors. The camera was used either in the manual « M » mode or the aperture-priority « A » automated mode.

Nidularium innocentii - Bromeliaceae (Brazil)
Petites Serres Tropicales Chaudes, December 16, 2024
Jardin Botanique de Lyon
Parc de la Tête d’Or
69006 Lyon
France

After the session, the RAW files were transferred to the computer using a USB multi-memory cards reader and processed in the latest version of Adode Lightroom Classic (LrC version 14.1.1) that uses the external module Adobe Camera Raw version 17.0.1 for the RAW files development. The files were then processed as usual using the regular functions of Lightroom. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full-size JPEG's.

About the camera :

I bought my Konica-Minolta Dynax 5D (an APS-C DSLR see details below) brand-new in the winter 2005-2006 after using intensively a Minolta Dimage 7 that was a futuristic early mirrorless digital camera. I got the camera as a bundle kit including a AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm / f3.5-5.6 (D) lens, a tele zoom lens AF 75-300 mm / f4.5-5.6 (D) lens, and a very nice macro lens Sigma 1:2.8 f=50mm DG that I used principally for documenting small horological objects.

The Konica Minolta Dynax 5D is a Digital SLR camera announced by Konica Minolta on July 15, 2005. It is also known as Maxxum 5D in the USA and (Alpha) αSweet Digital in Japan. It became available from September 2005 and was bundled with the AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm / f4.5-5.6 (D) lens.

The camera features a 6 megapixel CCD sensor. Image files are created at a maximum resolution of 3008 x 2000 pixels and recorded in JPEG (STD, Fine, EX-fine), RAW and RAW+JPEG formats. It uses CompactFlash for storage. The back has a 115,000 2.5" TFT color display.
Main differences between the 7D and the 5D are:
* Less buttons and dials
* Fibre plastic body, as opposed to a magnesium alloy on the 7D, camera is almost 200 g lighter (970g in workin order with the AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm)
* White balance bracketing
* Newly added colour modes, including black and white

The Konica-Minolta was the last DSLR camera engineering before the cession to Sony of the whole photo camera activities of the company.

I picked up a second time my old Konica-Minolta Dynax 5D (an APS-C DSLR see details below) for an extra tour of the warm-humid tropical green houses at the Botanical Garden of Lyon, France.

This time I fitted to the camera its dedicated macro lens Sigma 1:2.8 DG f=50mm (equivalent to 75mm full-frame 24X36 format) . For this tour, I used a CF card 16GB giving almost unlimited number of possible RAW files (1694 !) .

I also used a fix 200 ISO sensor sensitivity. I had in mind to limit the session to 36 images as a regular 35mm film cartridge, but I finally did about 60 … The lens was equipped with a generic Anti-UV protective 55mm filter and its original Sigma shade hood.

Whenever necessary in low-light conditions, I used the build-in small flashlight (NG 12 at 100 ISO) to complement the ambient light and to restore vivid colors. The camera was used either in the manual « M » mode or the aperture-priority « A » automated mode.

Nidularium innocentii - Bromeliaceae (Brazil)
Petites Serres Tropicales Chaudes, December 16, 2024
Jardin Botanique de Lyon
Parc de la Tête d’Or
69006 Lyon
France

After the session, the RAW files were transferred to the computer using a USB multi-memory cards reader and processed in the latest version of Adode Lightroom Classic (LrC version 14.1.1) that uses the external module Adobe Camera Raw version 17.0.1 for the RAW files development. The files were then processed as usual using the regular functions of Lightroom. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full-size JPEG's.

About the camera :

I bought my Konica-Minolta Dynax 5D (an APS-C DSLR see details below) brand-new in the winter 2005-2006 after using intensively a Minolta Dimage 7 that was a futuristic early mirrorless digital camera. I got the camera as a bundle kit including a AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm / f3.5-5.6 (D) lens, a tele zoom lens AF 75-300 mm / f4.5-5.6 (D) lens, and a very nice macro lens Sigma 1:2.8 f=50mm DG that I used principally for documenting small horological objects.

The Konica Minolta Dynax 5D is a Digital SLR camera announced by Konica Minolta on July 15, 2005. It is also known as Maxxum 5D in the USA and (Alpha) αSweet Digital in Japan. It became available from September 2005 and was bundled with the AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm / f4.5-5.6 (D) lens.

The camera features a 6 megapixel CCD sensor. Image files are created at a maximum resolution of 3008 x 2000 pixels and recorded in JPEG (STD, Fine, EX-fine), RAW and RAW+JPEG formats. It uses CompactFlash for storage. The back has a 115,000 2.5" TFT color display.
Main differences between the 7D and the 5D are:
* Less buttons and dials
* Fibre plastic body, as opposed to a magnesium alloy on the 7D, camera is almost 200 g lighter (970g in workin order with the AF DT Zoom 18-70 mm)
* White balance bracketing
* Newly added colour modes, including black and white

The Konica-Minolta was the last DSLR camera engineering before the cession to Sony of the whole photo camera activities of the company.

Not as much of the pizazz, but more of the deep richness.

Tomb of Pope Innocent II (d. 1143) inside the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Tomb of Pope Innocent II (1160 or 1160-1216)
He was originally buried in San Giovanni in Laterano, but was moved here after that basilica was damaged by fire in 1308. However, he had to wait until the 1860 restoration to get a tomb, ordered by Pope Pius IX

Nidularium innocentii var. striatum

I had planned, to stay over night in the priory, a place for pilgrims since the 12th century, when Pope Innocent II granted privileges to the monastery. Premonstratensians, founded by Bernard of Clairvaux´s friend St. Norbert, built this cloister in the early 17th century.

All doors of the priory were open - but nobody was at home.
I did not want to wait - and walked on.

The large structure seen in the village of Sarance is "Notre Dame de Sarrance" a place of pilgrimage since early times. This may be the oldest place of pilgrimage, dedicated to Maria, within the Pyrennes, the most visited one is of course Lourdes (70kms west).

In 1140 Pope Innocent II granted privileges to a monastery here, that probably cared for the pilgrims. The foundations of the buildings seen to date back to that time. The last five monks left monastery after the French Revolution, when the buildings were sold as "national property". The church became parish church in 1797.

When you will come to Sarrance, stop at the Charcuterie "Casteignau Etablissements". The best pâté is produced there - and walking up to the Somport, you will need the extra-calories.