Let's continue the creativity. Post your best photo that has come from your alternative blended gear. It would be nice to found out something about your set-up and equipment used. This is a great learning experience and a great way to experiment with alternative lenses and gear. Think outside the box!

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The link to the previous AIT can be found below:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/385342

Okay, I'll be the first.

1Ds (now sold in favour of a 5D), Contax 35-70/3.4 @ 70mm, f/8 or 11 (favourite lens), reversed Cokin GND 2 stop to kill the city lights a bit and better expose the sky. Such a small size does not do the pic justice at all.

one more for keeping this new thread going. Cheers

I'm joining in. Contax 35-70 3.4 Macro

To start the new alternative image thread off, here is an image when I first started using altenatives. This was shot in 2003 using an EOS D2000 and a Leica 400mm f2.8.

Grateful for the preservation of the thread.
5D with Zeiss N 100mm Makro-Sonnar, f5.6 and 1/250 sec.

CZ 100/2 & 1Ds2 -

zhangp, wonderful tones!

Cambo 4x5 body, Schneider 240 G-claron lens, I forget the exposure on the first one, but the 2nd one was 1 minute at F32 I believe. Both on Tri-X with a full regular develop. Good amount of front rise on both photos.

Great thread, Fred

Leica M8, 50mm Summicron, and just a touch of PS.

EOS 5D + Contax N 24-85mm

weekh, great shot! Nice colours. This lens is in the mail to me right now. Can't wait to get it!

Nikon D200 with Canon 35mm T/S @ f/5.6 Kept this one over the 35mm f/1.4 AIS. Much sharper and has T/S movements.

Daniel Buck wrote:
zhangp, wonderful tones!

Cambo 4x5 body, Schneider 240 G-claron lens, I forget the exposure on the first one, but the 2nd one was 1 minute at F32 I believe. Both on Tri-X with a full regular develop. Good amount of front rise on both photos.


Love the first one - but it screams to be shown without the white borders...

5D and CZ 85 1.4

Maybe not my best, but my current favorite:




5d with zuiko 24mm at f11, plane not added in photoshop but actually in the capture :-)

Some great shots here, love the 85mm planar...

A few from my favorite alt lenses;

Another from the 35 FD TS, this one with an EOS mount

I am sorry that for the past few months I have been mainly shooting stuff around the city.

For some reason I really like this image. It makes me smile every time I look at it.

5D C/Y Zeiss 50 F1.7 @ F2

Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire. 5D + CZ 24-85 N.

Hello. I'm not sure if this is in the spirit of the thread but this was taken with my Nikon D80 fitted with a Sigma 70 - 200mm f2.8. Tell me if I misunderstood please: 160mm at f2.8.



Regards

Phil

@ Mike:
35-70 CZ at 70mm


May I ask how you focus with that lens? Normal focussing glass in the 5d, or maybe a confirm adapter? I have a Contax to EOS confirm adapter, however with the 30-70 it is not working because it hits the mirror, well, the mirror of course hits the lens.

I find exact focusing with just the normal viewfinder difficult in the 5d, viewfinder is large enough to compose well, but not large enough to focus well, for me...

thanks
Bernie

Bernie,
To focus I always use a C-angle finder and I don't have the focus confirm adapters (I use one of Son's).

The CZ 35-70 can hit the 5d mirror. Remove the small rectangular-curved block on the side of the rear lens shroud. I did this on 2 versions of the lens I have and it solved my problem on a 5D that I had (the 1ds2 has always been OK). It should be noted that for a few people this did not work....it's been mentioned a number of times with different responses.

Good luck,

Mike

xt, cz 35-70 at 70mm

great pictures guys!!!

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