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p.85 #1f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
joakim wrote:
sebboh, you surely know how to bring out the best of the Minolta Rokkor 58/1.2.
thanks! as far as f/1.2 lenses go, that one seems to require the least care to get an attractive image.
sebboh, you surely know how to bring out the best of the Minolta Rokkor 58/1.2.
thanks! as far as f/1.2 lenses go, that one seems to require the least care to get an attractive image.
Nov 15, 2015 at 03:22 PM
p.85 #3f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
sebboh wrote:
thanks! as far as f/1.2 lenses go, that one seems to require the least care to get an attractive image.
I know it's the most forgiving lens I own. When I'm focusing it, I can almost hear it saying, "Just get me close, I'll handle the rest."
joakim wrote
sebboh, you surely know how to bring out the best of the Minolta Rokkor 58/1.2.I know it's the most forgiving lens I own. When I'm focusing it, I can almost hear it saying, "Just get me close, I'll handle the rest."
Nov 15, 2015 at 11:21 PM
p.85 #4f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Sony A7 and EF 85mm f1.2 L II @ f1.2
Nov 16, 2015 at 07:05 AM
p.85 #6f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
A first shot after getting the Canon 85mm F1.2L. A wonderfully narrow depth of field can isolate so well.
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Nov 21, 2015 at 03:32 PM
p.85 #7f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Cross post from the Sony FE thread:
Canon 50mm 0.95 wide open on a A7rII:
Canon 50mm 0.95 wide open on a A7rII:
Dec 03, 2015 at 09:22 AM
p.85 #8f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Canon 85/1.2L v1 on Sony A7II. With the latest firmware on both the Sony and the Metabones adapter, the 85/1.2 can AF reasonably quickly and quite accurately. The combination (the vertical grip is mandatory here) is large and heavy enough that I'd rather be using a 1D-body, but it DOES work.
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Dec 03, 2015 at 10:04 AM
p.85 #9f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Panasonic GX7 and Nocticron 42.5mm f1.2 at f1.2
Dec 03, 2015 at 11:57 AM
p.85 #13f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Is anybody using the samyang rokinon 50mm 1.2? I have not seen too many reviews and examples?
Feb 11, 2016 at 11:05 PM
p.85 #15f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
A7+Canon nFD 50/1.2L
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454868922.SEQ.1.jpg
A7+Canon FD SSC 85/1.2 Aspherical
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454695351.SEQ.0.jpg
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454868920.SEQ.0.jpg
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454868922.SEQ.1.jpg
A7+Canon FD SSC 85/1.2 Aspherical
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454695351.SEQ.0.jpg
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454868920.SEQ.0.jpg
Feb 13, 2016 at 03:14 AM
p.85 #16f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Peire wrote:
A7+Canon nFD 50/1.2L
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454868922.SEQ.1.jpg
A7+Canon FD SSC 85/1.2 Aspherical
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454695351.SEQ.0.jpg
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454868920.SEQ.0.jpg
Lovely shots!
A7+Canon nFD 50/1.2L
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454868922.SEQ.1.jpg
A7+Canon FD SSC 85/1.2 Aspherical
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454695351.SEQ.0.jpg
http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1454868920.SEQ.0.jpg
Lovely shots!
Feb 15, 2016 at 07:02 AM
p.85 #17f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Some of these photos are so fantastic. Back in the film days I had for a while the Canon 50 F1.0, two copies in fact, but I did not get along with the lens. I would miss focus, often by just a little, but that small degree showed. I sold them and never looked back. Back then I shot with a 630 RT, a camera I loved due to its speed ( it was the first pellicle mirror in a camera, I believe) but I like the camera more than the lens so away the 50 went. NOw I look at some of these shots and want to cry because I could never afford a copy now. What a gorgeous number of photographs - and unlike mine, all in focus. 
Feb 15, 2016 at 01:09 PM
p.85 #18f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Nice portrait!! I'm struggling with an adapter for Zuiko lenses. They all seem to have fit issue. Which one do you use?
kindakaa wrote:
Sony A7 with Olympus 50mm 1.2
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/15507/58819296.7/0_c801d_b6ca20b8_XXXL.jpg
kindakaa wrote:
Sony A7 with Olympus 50mm 1.2
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/15507/58819296.7/0_c801d_b6ca20b8_XXXL.jpg
Feb 15, 2016 at 01:19 PM
p.85 #19f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Some of these photos are so fantastic. Back in the film days I had for a while the Canon 50 F1.0, two copies in fact, but I did not get along with the lens. I would miss focus, often by just a little, but that small degree showed. I sold them and never looked back. Back then I shot with a 630 RT, a camera I loved due to its speed ( it was the first pellicle mirror in a camera, I believe) but I like the camera more than the lens so away the 50 went. NOw I look at...Show more →
Pavel, don't feel too bad. I have to say my success rate of nailing the focus with my FD 55mm f1.2 + X-Pro1 is about 10-20% . But digital just makes the missing shot not as expensive.
If you don't mind MF, you can get one of these MF 1.2 lenses at a fraction of the cost of a 50L f/1.0. I got my FL 50mm f/1.2 for 150 locally.
With 50L, I think I have a better chance of nailing focus (about 50%) though it also depends on the camera as well. (My 1Ds2 does a much better job than my stone-age 1Ds.) I don't think the image quality is 5-6 times better either.
Pavel, don't feel too bad. I have to say my success rate of nailing the focus with my FD 55mm f1.2 + X-Pro1 is about 10-20% . But digital just makes the missing shot not as expensive.
If you don't mind MF, you can get one of these MF 1.2 lenses at a fraction of the cost of a 50L f/1.0. I got my FL 50mm f/1.2 for 150 locally. With 50L, I think I have a better chance of nailing focus (about 50%) though it also depends on the camera as well. (My 1Ds2 does a much better job than my stone-age 1Ds.) I don't think the image quality is 5-6 times better either.
Feb 15, 2016 at 04:49 PM
p.85 #20f/1.2 or faster lenses wide open
Here is one of our cats at 1.2.
Canon 50mm f/1.2L
Canon 50mm f/1.2L
Feb 15, 2016 at 04:56 PM