Welcome Robert. Nice bokeh.

I am always impressed by the quality of the images shown here. Very inspirational.

Another shot through a Yashica ML - this time a 135/2.8

I also like the bokeh of this lens. So maybe one more example?

Robert, if that is your daughter, you are going to have every adolescent male after her in about 10-12 years. She looks like a very young Paulina Porizkova.

Good luck!

Robert, what a beautiful girl and a nice portrait too.

cogitech wrote:
Robert, if that is your daughter, you are going to have every adolescent male after her in about 10-12 years. She looks like a very young Paulina Porizkova.

Good luck!

Indeed, this my my daughter (one of the two, in fact). I am aware that she is pretty, and I will have to do with a lot of admirers in a few years

foto-z wrote:
Robert, what a beautiful girl and a nice portrait too.

Thanks for your opinion. My daughter is really pretty and she often is my model, although sometimes she gest annoyed with my camera

AL Shooter wrote:
foto-z wrote:
Robert, what a beautiful girl and a nice portrait too.

Thanks for your opinion. My daughter is really pretty and she often is my model, although sometimes she gest annoyed with my camera

My daughters (5 & 6) used to get annoyed sometimes too, so now I pay them $1 per shoot and they change their tone

cogitech wrote:
My daughters (5 & 6) used to get annoyed sometimes too, so now I pay them $1 per shoot and they change their tone

Judging by the numbers of photos taken of my daugthers I would go bankrupt

M8 and 90 apo.

We got our first bit of snow today. Here's a quick shot from the deck.

Canon 5D and Zeiss ZF 50mm/f1.4, at f8.0

Nice shot Lotusm50, I hope you are happy with the ZF, I guess I have some responsability here

Nice shot, Lotusm50, I hope you are happy with your back yard !!!

Wow.

You're livin' my dream, man!

cogitech wrote:
Nice shot, Lotusm50, I hope you are happy with your back yard !!!

Wow.

You're livin' my dream, man!

Thanks. It's amazing what you can find when you run away from the city and keep driving...

...a couple belts of 0 celsius Remy and a dip in the lake, then a warm fire and a warm woman.

I can smell the air now...

Andi Dietrich wrote:
Nice shot Lotusm50, I hope you are happy with the ZF, I guess I have some responsability here

Yes, you did provide useful input into the decision. I now have 3 ZF lenses (50, 35, 25), but haven't been able to use them much yet. I'm still recovering from that broken collar bone I got when that stupid car hit me while I was cycling 3 weeks ago. I figure I'll be able to do more and get out more in a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, maybe I'll get that ZF - C/Y 50mm f1.4 Planar comparison together. Informally speaking from what I've seen from outside of strict side-by-side comparison, I don't see a lot of differences, except perhaps with the bokeh of the ZF being subjectively a touch nicer. The main advantage of the ZF may be that it is better positioned for a possible FF (I mean "FX") Nikon purchase. More later.

Ah, collar bones. They aren't much fun to break. Did it 3 times, myself. Fell off a bunkbed, moped accident (this is bad on so many levels), and hockey, of course.

I hope you feel better.

Some photos taken with Minolta MD W Rokkor-X at wide open on Canon 5D body. Pretty sharp corner to corner.





100% shot WARNIG: LARGE FILE

Thanks for the samples, Sam. I'll try to get time to post some sample from my two Rokkors (45/2 & 58/1.2) soon.