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p.71 #1f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Next to last shot of the little girl is adorable
Aug 05, 2014 at 09:08 AM
p.71 #2f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
alaskandood wrote:
Sony A7 & Canon FL 58/1.2 @ 1.2
Only had this lens for a few days after purchasing on the bay for $150. So far, I quite like it! Other than the literal radioactivity of the lens, I think it performs quite nicely. Wish the MFD were closer, but oh well. Seems decently sharp wide open to my amateur eyes.
Fireweed starting to bloom, winter will be here before we know it.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3899/14647623587_74265a40ec_b.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3921/14647443300_0e5e63cf6b_b.jpg
Daughter (showing her flare along with the lens)
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3847/14831085371_59a21d038a_b.jpg
Son getting excited
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5595/14647493930_932c3b68db_b.jpg
If you want to get closer, buy a short extension tube. The shot of your daughter is great!
Sony A7 & Canon FL 58/1.2 @ 1.2
Only had this lens for a few days after purchasing on the bay for $150. So far, I quite like it! Other than the literal radioactivity of the lens, I think it performs quite nicely. Wish the MFD were closer, but oh well. Seems decently sharp wide open to my amateur eyes.
Fireweed starting to bloom, winter will be here before we know it.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3899/14647623587_74265a40ec_b.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3921/14647443300_0e5e63cf6b_b.jpg
Daughter (showing her flare along with the lens)
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3847/14831085371_59a21d038a_b.jpg
Son getting excited
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5595/14647493930_932c3b68db_b.jpg
If you want to get closer, buy a short extension tube. The shot of your daughter is great!
Aug 05, 2014 at 09:21 AM
p.71 #3f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Grenache wrote:
Next to last shot of the little girl is adorable
+1
a few with the rokkor 58/1.2:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3914/14653400908_4918dc7f35_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3847/14653400708_7d8b52d9c0_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14653330600_25a03b7f4f_o.jpg
Next to last shot of the little girl is adorable
+1
a few with the rokkor 58/1.2:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3914/14653400908_4918dc7f35_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3847/14653400708_7d8b52d9c0_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14653330600_25a03b7f4f_o.jpg
Aug 05, 2014 at 06:23 PM
p.71 #5f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
kwoodard wrote:
If you want to get closer, buy a short extension tube. The shot of your daughter is great!
Excellent idea! I actually have a cheap set that I haven't even used yet. Still learning the basics. Thank you for the compliment!
Sebboh-- Looks like we both have some beautiful little girls in our lives. Especially like the one of yours kneeling down holding the flower. Beautiful young lady!
If you want to get closer, buy a short extension tube. The shot of your daughter is great!
Excellent idea! I actually have a cheap set that I haven't even used yet. Still learning the basics. Thank you for the compliment!
Sebboh-- Looks like we both have some beautiful little girls in our lives. Especially like the one of yours kneeling down holding the flower. Beautiful young lady!
Aug 06, 2014 at 05:58 PM
p.71 #6f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
NEX 5n + Rokkor 58 1.2:
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/nex_02.jpg
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/nex_02.jpg
Aug 07, 2014 at 03:49 AM
p.71 #7f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
alaskandood wrote:
Sebboh-- Looks like we both have some beautiful little girls in our lives. Especially like the one of yours kneeling down holding the flower. Beautiful young lady!
yew indeed. thanks!
Sebboh-- Looks like we both have some beautiful little girls in our lives. Especially like the one of yours kneeling down holding the flower. Beautiful young lady!
yew indeed. thanks!
Aug 07, 2014 at 09:09 AM
p.71 #8f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
GH4 w/ Nocticron @ f/1.2
P1030841-2 by DarrellC, on Flickr
P1030841-2 by DarrellC, on FlickrAug 10, 2014 at 12:11 AM
p.71 #9f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Cross post from Alt Images thread.
A few shots from tonight's walk with my dog, Xiao Fei Dao (Small Flying Knife - we didn't name her) !
My wife has just returned from a trip to visit our children in the UK/Belgium so it was a chance for me to stop the sale of my Cosina 55/1.2 in London and have her bring it back ! The PK mount not an issue with the A7 of course.
This lens does amazing things to specular highlights though it was really too dark even for a f1.2 lens, still I was eager to try, so these are the results. Looking forward to using it in better (well some) light ! Even in near dark the magnifying made focus relatively easy.
All shot at f1.2 (bar one - don't remember which one now - at f2 I think, when I knocked the aperture ring )
The dog was literally virtually invisible in the dark before bringing up the exposure in post processing.
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A few shots from tonight's walk with my dog, Xiao Fei Dao (Small Flying Knife - we didn't name her) !
My wife has just returned from a trip to visit our children in the UK/Belgium so it was a chance for me to stop the sale of my Cosina 55/1.2 in London and have her bring it back ! The PK mount not an issue with the A7 of course.
This lens does amazing things to specular highlights though it was really too dark even for a f1.2 lens, still I was eager to try, so these are the results. Looking forward to using it in better (well some) light ! Even in near dark the magnifying made focus relatively easy.
All shot at f1.2 (bar one - don't remember which one now - at f2 I think, when I knocked the aperture ring )
The dog was literally virtually invisible in the dark before bringing up the exposure in post processing.
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Aug 10, 2014 at 10:56 PM
p.71 #10f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
My guess is the car shot was at f/2, more DOF in the shot. Nice set.
Aug 10, 2014 at 11:12 PM
p.71 #11f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Fuji 56/1.2 from Saturday - shot a friend's son's bar mitzvah:
http://www.jordansteele.com/2014/daniel_outside.jpg
http://www.jordansteele.com/2014/daniel_outside.jpg
Aug 11, 2014 at 07:30 AM
Aug 14, 2014 at 07:38 PM
p.71 #16f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Here are a few from last night with the Minolta Rokkor 58 f/1.2. Reading before bed time is a lovely time each night. I am glad I could capture it.
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Aug 19, 2014 at 01:08 PM
p.71 #17f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Joan, you can send me that little Voigtlander whenever you're ready... 
(I have a small collection of cameras like this)
(I have a small collection of cameras like this)Aug 19, 2014 at 01:16 PM
p.71 #19f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
kwoodward, do you sometimes shoot the cameras in your collection? The Voigtlander light meter is broken, according to a salesman in a Munich used camera store where I bought camera, very common occurrence. I have shot a role of film or 2 thru mine. If you have a chance I would like to see a picture of your collection of cameras.
Aug 19, 2014 at 06:47 PM
p.71 #20f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Not in years, but I have a few shots on my Flickr page. I have my first 35mm still, a Canon Canonette GIII. I have a Kodak from 1876 (same year as the family bible), a medium format Zeiss Icon that I believe has DDR markings on it. My favorite vintage camera is Harold, my Nikon FTn. I have many others in storage. I used to have a very valuable Exacta with lenses and accessories in mint shape. I sold it and paid for my honeymoon to Europe. Oh, I have lots of Polaroid gear too.
Aug 19, 2014 at 08:08 PM