Mescalamba wrote:
I hope I will have some decent gear for shooting these more often in the future.
Depends of course size of mushroom, but I have liked most Contax Distagon T* 2.8/28 for mushroom photos. Not sure if I like new Zeiss lenses for mushrooms - Makro-Planar T* 2/50 isn't bad, but if going to that long focal length then I guess I would anyway prefer Contax S-Planar T* 2.8/60.
Not mushrooms but few "vertical landscapes" inspired by twoeye's shots on various threads.
Contax S-Planar T* 2.8/60 @ f/8, 1.3s, ISO 100, Carl Zeiss T* Circular Polarizer
Contax S-Planar T* 2.8/60 @ f/2.8, 0.6s, ISO 100, Carl Zeiss T* Circular Polarizer
Contax S-Planar T* 2.8/60 @ f/8, 4s, ISO 100, Carl Zeiss T* Circular Polarizer
Have you done any Macro with that lens, meaning insects or similar and if so is it a good lens for such things?
Thanks. I don't shoot much macro stuff. Many years ago I did and as far as I remember long lens would be good for insects etc. Back then I shoot insects with Canon 180L and Canon 100mm (old and L-versions). With 60mm one would need enormous skill and patience. So if you try to do something like this, then I think 100mm and longer lenses are better choices.
Example (apologies for reposting, I'm pretty sure I posted this at 2011) with S-Planar T* 2.8/60 @ f/4:
Technically at 1:1 this is clearly best lens I have ever had (Canon non-L & L 100mm, 180L, ZE MP 2/100&2/50 with tubes and/or extender, Pentax 100mm f/4, and maybe some others did go to 1:1). Contrast is never as deep as with ZE/ZF-lenses, but as far as I see it's just matter of post processing slider positions to fix. However I personally rarely want to shoot such big magnification, the DOF is so narrow that it's very hard to present anything well.
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Samuli
Samuli I like that first vertical panorama.. pretty realistic, almost can touch and feel that cold..
rji2goleez Dont know where it is, but very nice landscape you have.. (and pretty sharp lens ).
Not sure how my butterfly catching last bits of sun fits into this, but here it is.. (my usual moment when long zoom would be handy .. or wider lens .. or both).
Carl Zeiss S-Planar T* 2.8/60 close to 1:1 (first one) and about 1:2 (last two) with Carl Zeiss T* Polarizer. I'm not huge fan of this big magnification because the DOF is way to shallow for what I would like to present:
f/11 (f/11 & 1:1 magnification - diffraction is pretty harsh, would need to tweak some sliders in RAW-processing to make it more contrasty)
After a long torturous pondering, I picked up RX100. ( instead of Ricoh GR) As it is still 'zeiss' I assume it is ok, to post here Carsten? ( cross posted )
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
Carl Zeiss S-Planar T* 2.8/60 close to 1:1 (first one) and about 1:2 (last two) with Carl Zeiss T* Polarizer. I'm not huge fan of this big magnification because the DOF is way to shallow for what I would like to present:
You should try focus stacking. Not the most fun job to do in the freezing cold though.
A C/Y to EOS adapter arrived in the post just before lunch time today, so I took the bargainous C/Y 85mm f/2.8 that I bought last week out for a spin on my 5Dc.
