The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
p.55 #1The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Jason_Brook wrote:
Opinions on what I should do, please. A third option is to stuff down the desire to try out a Hasselblad, but you gearheads understand how hard that would be
Dump the 24/1.4 and your 35, get the 28/1.8G. It gives you a wide sense, but can easily replace the 35. The 28 makes a lot more sense when a normal 50-60mm prime is often used, 35 is too close in perspective.
I had the 28/1.8, but don't like the focal length; for me, it's either too wide or not wide enough. I'm a huge fan of the 35mm focal length so that lens isn't going anywhere.
shujert wrote
Posting this here since you fine folks understand the virtues of this lens. I have Hassey GAS pretty bad, but to satisfy it, I would have to give up my 24/1.4 or the 58/1.4. I do have a 50/1.8G, but don't have anything wider than a 35mm if I give up the 24.Opinions on what I should do, please. A third option is to stuff down the desire to try out a Hasselblad, but you gearheads understand how hard that would be
I had the 28/1.8, but don't like the focal length; for me, it's either too wide or not wide enough. I'm a huge fan of the 35mm focal length so that lens isn't going anywhere.
Oct 30, 2014 at 07:03 AM
p.55 #2The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Let me tell you, it was a one angry pissed off dawg 
Oct 30, 2014 at 05:50 PM
p.55 #4The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
shujert wrote:
Posting this here since you fine folks understand the virtues of this lens. I have Hassey GAS pretty bad, but to satisfy it, I would have to give up my 24/1.4 or the 58/1.4. I do have a 50/1.8G, but don't have anything wider than a 35mm if I give up the 24.
Opinions on what I should do, please. A third option is to stuff down the desire to try out a Hasselblad, but you gearheads understand how hard that would be
I have the 58 and pairing it with a 35 makes perfect sense really for portrait sessions. besides there's always the 20mm if u need wider after
Posting this here since you fine folks understand the virtues of this lens. I have Hassey GAS pretty bad, but to satisfy it, I would have to give up my 24/1.4 or the 58/1.4. I do have a 50/1.8G, but don't have anything wider than a 35mm if I give up the 24.
Opinions on what I should do, please. A third option is to stuff down the desire to try out a Hasselblad, but you gearheads understand how hard that would be
I have the 58 and pairing it with a 35 makes perfect sense really for portrait sessions. besides there's always the 20mm if u need wider after
Oct 30, 2014 at 08:32 PM
p.55 #5The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Here's an impromptu wide open shot with the Nikon 58g and D4.
f1.4 1/800 iso1600
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Oct 31, 2014 at 01:02 AM
p.55 #6The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
_DSC8115fb by b4rb3cue, on Flickr
_DSC8024-2fb by b4rb3cue, on FlickrOct 31, 2014 at 03:58 AM
p.55 #8The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
swifty168, nice shots, but you need to correct your WB
Oct 31, 2014 at 11:51 AM
p.55 #9The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Iluxa007 wrote:
swifty168, nice shots, but you need to correct your WB
Those are big words coming from Mr Film-Look
WB is subjective
swifty168, nice shots, but you need to correct your WB
Those are big words coming from Mr Film-Look
WB is subjectiveOct 31, 2014 at 12:05 PM
p.55 #10The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
The 58 is awesome at shooting humans but I think I'm getting the hang of it to shoot objects and exploiting 3d pop.
3d bokeh insanity by PYKtures' Life, on Flickr
So hard to make it look like a not-50mm (50mm being a "general purpose" lens)... Any suggestions of distance to subject/composition in bg?
Thank you
3d bokeh insanity by PYKtures' Life, on FlickrSo hard to make it look like a not-50mm (50mm being a "general purpose" lens)... Any suggestions of distance to subject/composition in bg?
Thank you
Oct 31, 2014 at 04:15 PM
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p.55 #11The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
swifty168 wrote:
A couple of night ones.
http://swifty.smugmug.com/photos/i-Ppx35NF/0/XL/i-Ppx35NF-XL.jpg
http://swifty.smugmug.com/photos/i-9sTPpjG/0/XL/i-9sTPpjG-XL.jpg
http://swifty.smugmug.com/photos/i-Z75k75b/0/XL/i-Z75k75b-XL.jpg
http://swifty.smugmug.com/photos/i-GpDNJRL/0/XL/i-GpDNJRL-XL.jpg
I love it. You captured the scene in its purest form.
A couple of night ones.
http://swifty.smugmug.com/photos/i-Ppx35NF/0/XL/i-Ppx35NF-XL.jpg
http://swifty.smugmug.com/photos/i-9sTPpjG/0/XL/i-9sTPpjG-XL.jpg
http://swifty.smugmug.com/photos/i-Z75k75b/0/XL/i-Z75k75b-XL.jpg
http://swifty.smugmug.com/photos/i-GpDNJRL/0/XL/i-GpDNJRL-XL.jpg
I love it. You captured the scene in its purest form.
Oct 31, 2014 at 04:22 PM
p.55 #13The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
I just got my 58mm today and was just shooting with it for the first time. wide open I am noticing a lot of green CA. Is this common with this lens?
Oct 31, 2014 at 06:32 PM
p.55 #14The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
mysh wrote:
I just got my 58mm today and was just shooting with it for the first time. wide open I am noticing a lot of green CA. Is this common with this lens?
It's common if you're front focusing
Remember, green = front, purple = back.
I just got my 58mm today and was just shooting with it for the first time. wide open I am noticing a lot of green CA. Is this common with this lens?
It's common if you're front focusing
Remember, green = front, purple = back.
Oct 31, 2014 at 07:08 PM
p.55 #15The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Elijah, this is proof of how much you've posted in here; I....I...think I've switched to the filmish look I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.
Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom new
I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom new
Oct 31, 2014 at 07:49 PM
p.55 #16The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Jason_Brook wrote:
Elijah, this is proof of how much you've posted in here; I....I...think I've switched to the filmish look I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.
Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom new
I’ll be honest; I actually thought you don’t even edit your photos. Most of the images you’ve posted here seem like they’re SOOC.
I like the edit, but... Focus on the skin tones.
I use the fuji 400h VSCO preset and I modify it, almost all the time. I hate the gran, so I bring down the slider almost all the way down. I play around with the tone curve as well as the green primary slider in the camera calibration section.
I did not learn this from anyone, I just found this trick on my own. Keep it simple and keep the skin tones filmy
And I swear, the shot below was mean to be shot at 1.4
I gotta admit, my finger tends to slip the aperture dial
Elijah, this is proof of how much you've posted in here; I....I...think I've switched to the filmish look
I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom new
I’ll be honest; I actually thought you don’t even edit your photos. Most of the images you’ve posted here seem like they’re SOOC.
I like the edit, but... Focus on the skin tones.
I use the fuji 400h VSCO preset and I modify it, almost all the time. I hate the gran, so I bring down the slider almost all the way down. I play around with the tone curve as well as the green primary slider in the camera calibration section.
I did not learn this from anyone, I just found this trick on my own. Keep it simple and keep the skin tones filmy
And I swear, the shot below was mean to be shot at 1.4
I gotta admit, my finger tends to slip the aperture dial Oct 31, 2014 at 08:02 PM
p.55 #17The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Iluxa007 wrote:
I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.
Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom newI’ll be honest; I actually thought you don’t even edit your photos. Most of the images you’ve posted here seem like they’re SOOC.
I like the edit, but... Focus on the skin tones.
I use the fuji 400h VSCO preset and I modify it, almost all the time. I hate the gran, so I bring down the slider almost all the way down. I play around with the tone curve as well as the green primary slider in the camera calibration section.
I did not learn this from anyone, I just found this trick on my own. Keep it simple...Show more →
I could say all of yours look unedited because they all have the exact same look. It's just whatever recipe each of us whips up, ya know what I mean? I do bare ass editing, usually WB, tweak contrast a tiny bit, and sometimes throw on a radial filter to make people pop. That's not to say I didn't work for hours on end cooking up a good "default" recipe in LR. I'm just tired of chasing it.
This new recipe is something like Kodak Portra 400 settings, but with a fuji color profile driving it.
Another example, old on top, new on bottom.
Jason_Brook wrote
Elijah, this is proof of how much you've posted in here; I....I...think I've switched to the filmish look I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom new
I like the edit, but... Focus on the skin tones.
I use the fuji 400h VSCO preset and I modify it, almost all the time. I hate the gran, so I bring down the slider almost all the way down. I play around with the tone curve as well as the green primary slider in the camera calibration section.
I did not learn this from anyone, I just found this trick on my own. Keep it simple...Show more →
I could say all of yours look unedited because they all have the exact same look. It's just whatever recipe each of us whips up, ya know what I mean? I do bare ass editing, usually WB, tweak contrast a tiny bit, and sometimes throw on a radial filter to make people pop. That's not to say I didn't work for hours on end cooking up a good "default" recipe in LR. I'm just tired of chasing it.
This new recipe is something like Kodak Portra 400 settings, but with a fuji color profile driving it.
Another example, old on top, new on bottom.
Oct 31, 2014 at 08:21 PM
p.55 #18The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Jason_Brook wrote:
I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.
Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom newI’ll be honest; I actually thought you don’t even edit your photos. Most of the images you’ve posted here seem like they’re SOOC.
I like the edit, but... Focus on the skin tones.
I use the fuji 400h VSCO preset and I modify it, almost all the time. I hate the gran, so I bring down the slider almost all the way down. I play around with the tone curve as well as the green primary slider in the camera calibration section.
I did not learn this from anyone, I just found this trick on my own. Keep it simple and keep the skin tones filmy
And I swear, the shot below was mean to be shot at 1.4 I gotta admit, my finger tends to slip the aperture dial I could say all of yours look unedited because they all have the exact same look. It's just whatever recipe each of us whips up, ya know what I mean? I do bare ass editing, usually WB, tweak contrast a tiny bit, and sometimes throw on a radial filter to make people pop. That's not to say I didn't work for hours on end cooking up a good "default" recipe in LR. I'm just tired of chasing it.
This new recipe is something like Kodak Portra 400 settings, but with a fuji color profile driving it.
Another example, old on top, new...Show more →
Oooo, Now I like the bottom one better!
Iluxa007 wrote
Jason_Brook wrote
Elijah, this is proof of how much you've posted in here; I....I...think I've switched to the filmish look I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom new
I like the edit, but... Focus on the skin tones.
I use the fuji 400h VSCO preset and I modify it, almost all the time. I hate the gran, so I bring down the slider almost all the way down. I play around with the tone curve as well as the green primary slider in the camera calibration section.
I did not learn this from anyone, I just found this trick on my own. Keep it simple and keep the skin tones filmy
And I swear, the shot below was mean to be shot at 1.4
I gotta admit, my finger tends to slip the aperture dial This new recipe is something like Kodak Portra 400 settings, but with a fuji color profile driving it.
Another example, old on top, new...Show more →
Oooo, Now I like the bottom one better!
Oct 31, 2014 at 08:24 PM
p.55 #19The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
Iluxa007 wrote:
I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.
Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom newI’ll be honest; I actually thought you don’t even edit your photos. Most of the images you’ve posted here seem like they’re SOOC.
I like the edit, but... Focus on the skin tones.
I use the fuji 400h VSCO preset and I modify it, almost all the time. I hate the gran, so I bring down the slider almost all the way down. I play around with the tone curve as well as the green primary slider in the camera calibration section.
I did not learn this from anyone, I just found this trick on my own. Keep it simple and keep the skin tones filmy
And I swear, the shot below was mean to be shot at 1.4 I gotta admit, my finger tends to slip the aperture dial I could say all of yours look unedited because they all have the exact same look. It's just whatever recipe each of us whips up, ya know what I mean? I do bare ass editing, usually WB, tweak contrast a tiny bit, and sometimes throw on a radial filter to make people pop. That's not to say I didn't work for hours on end cooking up a good "default" recipe in LR. I'm just tired of chasing it.
This new recipe is something like Kodak Portra 400 settings, but with a fuji color profile driving it.
Another example, old on top, new on bottom.Oooo, Now I like the bottom one better!
Same process as the one above with my wife.
The skin tone isn't there because she's like a freaking chameleon
Edit - I see where your SOOC comment comes from. I mimicked the SOOC look...sorta
Jason_Brook wrote
Iluxa007 wrote
Jason_Brook wrote
Elijah, this is proof of how much you've posted in here; I....I...think I've switched to the filmish look I'm so sick and tired of fiddling with pictures in LR, so I figured I'd do something completely different for me (film look) and not touch it...just bring it in, run the defaults and be done.Here's a before/after. I value the opinion of most of you in here, hence the off the wall post. Plus, it's the 58
Top old, bottom new
I like the edit, but... Focus on the skin tones.
I use the fuji 400h VSCO preset and I modify it, almost all the time. I hate the gran, so I bring down the slider almost all the way down. I play around with the tone curve as well as the green primary slider in the camera calibration section.
I did not learn this from anyone, I just found this trick on my own. Keep it simple and keep the skin tones filmy
And I swear, the shot below was mean to be shot at 1.4
I gotta admit, my finger tends to slip the aperture dial This new recipe is something like Kodak Portra 400 settings, but with a fuji color profile driving it.
Another example, old on top, new on bottom.
Same process as the one above with my wife.
The skin tone isn't there because she's like a freaking chameleon
Edit - I see where your SOOC comment comes from. I mimicked the SOOC look...sorta
Oct 31, 2014 at 08:31 PM
p.55 #20The 58mm F/1.4G Thread
I'm a sucker for color. I like both version you posted that pop with color a bit more. Not to say the more muted film look is bad, but I more often than not choose the more contrasty saturated look over the muted color look. Both are great and it just boils down to personal preference.
That said, I have tried VSCO.. Their new version looks good, but the others I have always been dissapointed.
I am really impressed with SLRlounge's presets. It is a very comprehensive preset package.....
http://www.slrlounge.com/recipes/
^if your interested....
I'm also not too concerned with skin tones. I'd rather sacrifice some skin tones for some wow factor when you first view an image... Did I mention I vignette the **IT out of my images .
That said, I have tried VSCO.. Their new version looks good, but the others I have always been dissapointed.
I am really impressed with SLRlounge's presets. It is a very comprehensive preset package.....
http://www.slrlounge.com/recipes/
^if your interested....
I'm also not too concerned with skin tones. I'd rather sacrifice some skin tones for some wow factor when you first view an image... Did I mention I vignette the **IT out of my images
.Oct 31, 2014 at 08:39 PM