Here are some of my shots taken with 70-180 APO.

Zeiss 28/2.8

Minolta MC Rokkor 58/1.2 wide open on 5D at ISO 100:

...and just to leave no doubts whatsoever...

Rokkor 58/1.2 wide open on 5D at ISO 100:

50% (which is how I judge how big I can print a photo...in this case, pretty damn large )

brainiac wrote:
This little fella loves to sit in the pub, drink beer, and take pictures...



Is that Hubsand?

brainiac wrote:
This little fella loves to sit in the pub, drink beer, and take pictures...

cogitech wrote:
...and just to leave no doubts whatsoever...

Rokkor 58/1.2 wide open on 5D at ISO 100:

50% (which is how I judge how big I can print a photo...in this case, pretty damn large )

Nice pics, but geez, are you guys on 30" monitors or something? It's hard to evaluate pis when I have to scroll in all directions to see something that smaller crops could communicate just as effectively.

Love the frost, Arne... Had the same yesterday when I returned home from Turku. Not in Turku, though - it adorned planes and runway in Munich and made for an abrupt end of the trip. Had to go home by rental car and still didn't get my luggage. The ice is stunningly beautiful, though.

Antje

OK. A little something for the holiday season. This features our new puppy. He's a Portuguese Water Dog who is currently about 12 weeks old.
Zeiss N 24-85mm Vario-Sonnar, 85mm at f8.0.

cogitech wrote:
Minolta MC Rokkor 58/1.2 wide open on 5D at ISO 100:



I still can't get over how bloody sharp this lens is, even wide open:

100%


And here's the original, un-cropped, colour version, just to show that this particular lens has absolutely no issue with colour and contrast wide open, either:



A jaw-dropper, no doubt. And a cute kid and dog. The dog looks very much like a teddybear I have. Adorable!

Antje

Takumar SMC Macro 50mm f4 + EOS 5D:

80mm f2.8 PQS lens on Rollei 6008 and Sinar eMotion22

Blue Mountain, PA - Leica R28/2.8 5D - Cheers

brainiac wrote:
cogitech wrote:
...and just to leave no doubts whatsoever...
Rokkor 58/1.2 wide open

wow that Rokkor rocks! I want one. Who can mod it for me? Does it even need a mod for 1D series?

I can do the mod. PM or e-mail me. (Yes, it needs a mod for any EOS body)

P.S. FM rocks now, thanks to you. Cheers!

Edited by cogitech on Dec 25, 2007 at 09:46 PM GMT

woodyspedden wrote:

I have just gotten the CV Nokton 58 1.4 for the D300 and will be doing serious testing with it. Between it and the 40 2.0 asph these two little beauties make a very small kit. Will be interesting to see the comparisons with the Rokkor 58. Wish I had one for comparison. (I have a 5D also so I could do both side by side.

Woody


PM me if you'd like to discuss getting one and having me convert it. I could even coach anyone through the conversion if they'd prefer.

StevenPA wrote:
Nice pics, but geez, are you guys on 30" monitors or something? It's hard to evaluate pis when I have to scroll in all directions to see something that smaller crops could communicate just as effectively.

Sorry about that. I tried a smaller version and it didn't quite have the impact that a 50% file does. I wanted to make sure there was no doubt how much detail and contrast this lens has wide open. I am simply overwhelmed by it. I'll keep them smaller in the future.

One more

Contax Zeiss 100/2.0 on a Canon 5D:

New camera...30D...gotta practice focusing with my 300/4.5 MF Nikkor on some moving subjects...this one kindly waited for me...(.66 crop)

Another CZ35-70/3.4 shot with 20D

Leica R90/2 5D (50% croped)

100% croped

Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik. 18mm f/3.5 Zuiko on Canon 5D for 44 seconds.

Wonderful image, Hrannar!