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p.48 #1f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
sebboh wrote:
fantastic shots! what trouble?
Nothing really specific to this lens but just the usual challenges with shooting a legacy f1.2 50mm gets frustrating sometimes. Lots of chromatic aberration wide open and it really needs just the right light. I've also never had much luck with critical sharpness at focal points past about 6 feet. I have a late Zuiko 50 1.4 that is much more forgiving wide open so it's hard to justify that extra half a stop sometimes. No one shows their failures in this thread and I have many! But of course there's a look only a 50 1.2 gets you and there really is no substitute. The Zuiko might be harder to work with due to compromises in optical quality to keep it small - it's amazingly tiny for such a fast SLR lens.
Couple more shots:
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Tarocco wrote
Here's a few wide open portraits with the Zuiko 50 1.2. Just when I think this lens isn't worth the trouble...Nothing really specific to this lens but just the usual challenges with shooting a legacy f1.2 50mm gets frustrating sometimes. Lots of chromatic aberration wide open and it really needs just the right light. I've also never had much luck with critical sharpness at focal points past about 6 feet. I have a late Zuiko 50 1.4 that is much more forgiving wide open so it's hard to justify that extra half a stop sometimes. No one shows their failures in this thread and I have many! But of course there's a look only a 50 1.2 gets you and there really is no substitute. The Zuiko might be harder to work with due to compromises in optical quality to keep it small - it's amazingly tiny for such a fast SLR lens.
Couple more shots:
Edited on Oct 07, 2013 at 10:36 AM · View previous versions
Oct 05, 2013 at 11:08 PM
p.48 #2f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Failures? I can do that 
If you are looking for the look only an f1.2 can produce, there it is. I missed focus by a hair though. Ok, missed focus by a good 2 ft
Nikon 55 f1.2 S.C Ai´d on Nikon D300
Aperture f1.2
shutter speed 1/500th
ISO speed 400
If you are looking for the look only an f1.2 can produce, there it is. I missed focus by a hair though. Ok, missed focus by a good 2 ft
Nikon 55 f1.2 S.C Ai´d on Nikon D300
Aperture f1.2
shutter speed 1/500th
ISO speed 400
Oct 06, 2013 at 08:07 AM
p.48 #5f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
yashica C/Y 55mm 1.2 on nex 5n with eos speedbooster
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Oct 07, 2013 at 07:42 PM
p.48 #7f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Fujinon-X 50/1.2 on cheap film with even cheaper lab-scan
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Oct 13, 2013 at 09:11 AM
p.48 #8f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Ais-Nikkor 50/1.2 on a Fuji X-Pro1, 1st try
Silberling von georgsfoto auf Flickr
Silver Dollars, locally known as "Judas-Silberlinge"
Framing sucks, I wasn't brave enough to clear neighbors garden for a better view ;-)
Silberling von georgsfoto auf Flickr
Silver Dollars, locally known as "Judas-Silberlinge"
Framing sucks, I wasn't brave enough to clear neighbors garden for a better view ;-)
Oct 14, 2013 at 01:09 PM
p.48 #9f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Although I love optical viewfinders I must admit a shot like this of a fast moving toddler would probably be easier with an EVF....(Canon 6D / OM 50 1.2). The Sony A7 is increasingly tempting. I just wish they'd upped the resolution on the EVF.
Oct 15, 2013 at 04:55 PM
p.48 #10f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Tarocco wrote:
Although I love optical viewfinders I must admit a shot like this of a fast moving toddler would probably be easier with an EVF....(Canon 6D / OM 50 1.2). The Sony A7 is increasingly tempting. I just wish they'd upped the resolution on the EVF.
Nice capture!
Cosina 55mm [email protected] on the Canon 5DC
Although I love optical viewfinders I must admit a shot like this of a fast moving toddler would probably be easier with an EVF....(Canon 6D / OM 50 1.2). The Sony A7 is increasingly tempting. I just wish they'd upped the resolution on the EVF.
Nice capture!
Cosina 55mm [email protected] on the Canon 5DC
Oct 18, 2013 at 10:16 AM
p.48 #11f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Nice shot Jako and Georg
Great shot Niklas
Great shot Niklas
Oct 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM
p.48 #12f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Some shots with a Nikon D600/ 58mm f/1.2 Noct Nikkor
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Oct 18, 2013 at 11:07 AM
p.48 #13f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Thanks Ronny!
Good ones with the Noct there fun
Good ones with the Noct there fun
Oct 19, 2013 at 10:17 AM
p.48 #14f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Autumn cemetery, Noct-nikkor on D3s wide open:
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http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3698/10363882304_27a838c20a_b.jpg
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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/10364069083_72673c08c0_b.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3698/10363882304_27a838c20a_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/10363875375_b3168430f3_b.jpg
Oct 19, 2013 at 01:40 PM
p.48 #15f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
funwithlight - great portraiture!
'When I'am f/64'
http://www.kozera.ca/photos/images/_D8E5663_640.jpg
'When I'am f/64'
http://www.kozera.ca/photos/images/_D8E5663_640.jpg
Oct 19, 2013 at 11:56 PM
p.48 #16f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Thanks. JaKo and _downfall_
Nice colours in your cemetary shots, Francis!
Nice colours in your cemetary shots, Francis!
Oct 20, 2013 at 12:12 AM
p.48 #17f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
My final shot with the D600
D600/Noct Nikkor
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
D600/Noct Nikkor
Untitled by funwithlight, on Flickr
Oct 21, 2013 at 02:47 PM
