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p.5 #1f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Sebboh - Thanks for this thread! So many of us wonder how these fast lens perform and this has some great examples and comparisons.
Here is my contribution with the MC Rokkor 58mm PG f/1.2. Both shots are at f/1.2. The flower is shot with a 12mm extension tube and the handheld (which is not easy with this lens wide open) portrait is a normal shot wide open. Dave
http://www.pbase.com/dbehrens/image/142695597/original.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dbehrens/image/140514661/original.jpg
Here is my contribution with the MC Rokkor 58mm PG f/1.2. Both shots are at f/1.2. The flower is shot with a 12mm extension tube and the handheld (which is not easy with this lens wide open) portrait is a normal shot wide open. Dave
http://www.pbase.com/dbehrens/image/142695597/original.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dbehrens/image/140514661/original.jpg
Apr 15, 2012 at 07:14 AM
p.5 #2f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Olympus 50 f1.2. Retrospectively a very nice lens and certainly the smallest SLR f1.2 lens I'm aware of. It is astounishly sharp wide open (and also stopped down), without a doubt sharper than my Rokkor 58mm f1.2 wide open. I never used it that much and sold it because I don't liked its bokeh that much. Maybe a wrong decision. Here are a few test shots I did when I had the lens (with a 5D classic), all wide open and without much PP I think.
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/oly50f12_01.jpg
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/oly50f12_02.jpg
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/oly50f12_03.jpg
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/oly50f12_04.jpg
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/oly50f12_01.jpg
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/oly50f12_02.jpg
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/oly50f12_03.jpg
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/oly50f12_04.jpg
Apr 15, 2012 at 07:34 AM
p.5 #3f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
hi all,
nice thread !! Great pictures !!
.... the rokkor 58mm 1.2 on 5D2. For me the rokkor is sharp enough, i love it
here some of my favorites of last year...
... sorry for reposting, but i noticed, that i already know several pictures posted in thread - but i still enjoyed watching it.
- L.
nice thread !! Great pictures !!
.... the rokkor 58mm 1.2 on 5D2. For me the rokkor is sharp enough, i love it
here some of my favorites of last year...
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... sorry for reposting, but i noticed, that i already know several pictures posted in thread - but i still enjoyed watching it.
- L.
Apr 15, 2012 at 08:19 AM
p.5 #5f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
crazeazn wrote:
love these photos
+1
love these photos
+1
Apr 15, 2012 at 09:25 AM
p.5 #7f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
That Rokkor just does it to me with every single pic I see taken with it!
Apr 15, 2012 at 01:16 PM
p.5 #8f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Bif, all of your 85/1.2 and Zeiss 50/1.4 flowering tree shots are just great!
Apr 15, 2012 at 01:17 PM
p.5 #10f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
LeadyGonzales wrote:
hi all,
nice thread !! Great pictures !!
... sorry for reposting, but i noticed, that i already know several pictures posted in thread - but i still enjoyed watching it.
- L.
Ya, I'm not sure why some folks are nervous about reposting their images. I can't see any reason why not to myself.
<shrug>
I mean as long as the person isn't insanely reposting the same few images over and over daily or weekly - WTH, it's all good! I like seeing them a second and third time! And if not my scroll wheel works just fine thank you very much.
Hehe...
Dang nervous photographers...
<shrug shrug>
hi all,
nice thread !! Great pictures !!
... sorry for reposting, but i noticed, that i already know several pictures posted in thread - but i still enjoyed watching it.
- L.
Ya, I'm not sure why some folks are nervous about reposting their images. I can't see any reason why not to myself.
<shrug>
I mean as long as the person isn't insanely reposting the same few images over and over daily or weekly - WTH, it's all good! I like seeing them a second and third time! And if not my scroll wheel works just fine thank you very much.
Hehe...
Dang nervous photographers...
<shrug shrug>
Apr 15, 2012 at 02:30 PM
p.5 #11f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Hey there, Downfall. Nice to see you over here.
Apr 15, 2012 at 03:04 PM
p.5 #12f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
genji wrote:
Pen F 42/1.2 on NEX-5N
sweet! i knew i wasn't the only one who had one.
LeadyGonzales wrote:
... sorry for reposting, but i noticed, that i already know several pictures posted in thread - but i still enjoyed watching it.
- L.
lovely shots as always.
don't worry about reposting. i wanted this to be a centralized reference thread for anybody interested in superfast lenses, so it's totally cool to put some of your favorites here that are already posted in other threads. i think you did a comparison of like four different f/1.2 lenses in either the rokkor thread or canon FD thread? that'd be something cool to repost here as well.
_downfall_ wrote:
Very interesting shots here! Thought I would contribute, here are some from today shot with Canon 5DII and Cosina 55mm f1.2
nice!
do you know if that lens is rebranded under any other names?
also, still no shots from the pentax 50/1.2 yet?!? i know a couple people have one, and it's supposed to be one of the sharpest f/1.2 lenses. lets see some shots with it!
Pen F 42/1.2 on NEX-5N
sweet! i knew i wasn't the only one who had one.
LeadyGonzales wrote:
... sorry for reposting, but i noticed, that i already know several pictures posted in thread - but i still enjoyed watching it.
- L.
lovely shots as always.
don't worry about reposting. i wanted this to be a centralized reference thread for anybody interested in superfast lenses, so it's totally cool to put some of your favorites here that are already posted in other threads. i think you did a comparison of like four different f/1.2 lenses in either the rokkor thread or canon FD thread? that'd be something cool to repost here as well.
_downfall_ wrote:
Very interesting shots here! Thought I would contribute, here are some from today shot with Canon 5DII and Cosina 55mm f1.2
nice!
do you know if that lens is rebranded under any other names?
also, still no shots from the pentax 50/1.2 yet?!? i know a couple people have one, and it's supposed to be one of the sharpest f/1.2 lenses. lets see some shots with it!
Apr 15, 2012 at 03:36 PM
p.5 #13f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Here's the pano that other shot is from:
nFD 85/1.2
nFD 85/1.2
Apr 15, 2012 at 04:46 PM
p.5 #14f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
M9 Noctilux F1
M9 Noctilux F1
5D2 Rokkor 58/1.2
Apr 15, 2012 at 05:33 PM
p.5 #15f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Man...bokeh porn. Great images - thanks for sharing.
Apr 15, 2012 at 09:49 PM
p.5 #16f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
More 50/1.2 Ai on the D700 (guest starring the Pentax-A 50/1.2):
Apr 16, 2012 at 12:07 AM
p.5 #17f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
efgm wrote:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/cleardayout/L1008226.jpg
M9 Noctilux F1
awesome!
nixland wrote:
I have one sebboh ... Two actually, the K and the A, but currently too busy to take some good shots
Here is the old one I posted on FM Pentax thread. Pentax-A 50/1.2
I haven't done a comprehensive test yet for all my f1.2 (Pentax-A & K, Canon 50 FDL, Nikon 50 Ais, Olympus 50, Canon FD 55, Rokkor 58) but from couple of test shots, I observed that Pentax-A is significantly sharper then the Pentax K. For close distance, Pentax-A is significantly sharper than Nikon 50 Ais. From long distance, Nikon is the winner. Hope I could find...Show more →
thanks, you were the one i was thinking of who had done a little comparison.
decided to try tubes with my rokkor at f/1.2 today on the worse possible subject (it's twin) since i was stuck indoors:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5238/6937043726_8beb9a8511_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6937044176_19860479c0_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7095/7083120159_a66df678a8_o.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/cleardayout/L1008226.jpg
M9 Noctilux F1
awesome!
nixland wrote:
I have one sebboh
... Two actually, the K and the A, but currently too busy to take some good shots Here is the old one I posted on FM Pentax thread. Pentax-A 50/1.2
I haven't done a comprehensive test yet for all my f1.2 (Pentax-A & K, Canon 50 FDL, Nikon 50 Ais, Olympus 50, Canon FD 55, Rokkor 58) but from couple of test shots, I observed that Pentax-A is significantly sharper then the Pentax K. For close distance, Pentax-A is significantly sharper than Nikon 50 Ais. From long distance, Nikon is the winner. Hope I could find...Show more →
thanks, you were the one i was thinking of who had done a little comparison.
decided to try tubes with my rokkor at f/1.2 today on the worse possible subject (it's twin) since i was stuck indoors:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5238/6937043726_8beb9a8511_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6937044176_19860479c0_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7095/7083120159_a66df678a8_o.jpg
Apr 16, 2012 at 01:24 AM
p.5 #19f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
crazeazn wrote:
we love rokkor!?
well yes, but i actually just traded the one that took those pictures away. my last picture of it:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/7083119573_91fb0164ba_b.jpg
and an old comparison of it versus the canon FL 55/1.2:
rokkor:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3288/5792172607_5f81e4b603_o.jpg
canon:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2021/5792172655_5042d0c374_o.jpg
we love rokkor!?
well yes, but i actually just traded the one that took those pictures away. my last picture of it:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/7083119573_91fb0164ba_b.jpg
and an old comparison of it versus the canon FL 55/1.2:
rokkor:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3288/5792172607_5f81e4b603_o.jpg
canon:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2021/5792172655_5042d0c374_o.jpg
Apr 16, 2012 at 02:27 AM