Every time I use the Mitakon 65/1.4 I remember how much I hate it, because it's only (almost) sharp in the middle of the frame, while the rest is a total mess. This forces me to adapt my compositions after the optical flaws instead of how I want. Still I manage to forget about this and bring it out again even though I should have sold it long ago.
Fuji GFX 50s w/ Pentax 645 120mm f4 @ f/4, 1/170th, ISO 320 ~90mm f/3.2? in 35mm form (noting 0.78 or something crop to FF)
That's our boy, Siri pouting asking me to do some tennis ball fun. Decided to buy a Kipon P645 to GFX adapter, after realizing how good the Kipon EF to GFX was. Very impressed with fitment and performance - noting that the EF to GFX has auto-focus and f-stop power. The Kipon P645 is just a dumb tube, but its a nice fitment overall.
For anyone who isn't in the know - the Pentax 645 120mm f/4 Macro is considered one of the sharpest lenses ever produced from that era in the Pentax line. It does NOT disappoint.
Makten wrote:
Every time I use the Mitakon 65/1.4 I remember how much I hate it, because it's only (almost) sharp in the middle of the frame, while the rest is a total mess. This forces me to adapt my compositions after the optical flaws instead of how I want. Still I manage to forget about this and bring it out again even though I should have sold it long ago.
I don't know if you just have an "ok" copy or if you've found the sweet spot. Here's a 50s with the 65mm f/1.4 at like f/11, 1/13th, ISO 160 (on a tripod)
Buffalonian wrote:
I don't know if you just have an "ok" copy or if you've found the sweet spot. Here's a 50s with the 65mm f/1.4 at like f/11, 1/13th, ISO 160 (on a tripod)
I have only seen other users shoot it much closer than I do, and/or mostly having their subject in the middle of the frame, so it's really hard to compare to what I'm seeing. I also got the 63/2.8 which is better (I know, subjective) at every aperture from f/2.8, so I never shoot the Mitakon stopped down more than ~f/2.2 or so.
Edit: I actually think your image is the first I see where someone doesn't use it for maximum background blur. Hard to tell anything about the general performance at f/11 though. Especially at that tiny size.
Boring shot, but tonality from the GFX on the back of a Graflex Speed Graphic 4x5 w/ a Kodak 127mm f/4.7. Hate to say it, but the Canon TS-E 24mm f/2.8 L might find its way to the marketplace.
Unedited shot, with the exception of I think the ACROS Fuji film sim.
One of the most iconic Richardson career achievements here in Buffalo, NY with respect to his architecture examples. COVID nuked the barely viable site as a cultural hub, but it really is an amazing building both inside _and_ out.
Buffalonian wrote:
I don't know if you just have an "ok" copy or if you've found the sweet spot. Here's a 50s with the 65mm f/1.4 at like f/11, 1/13th, ISO 160 (on a tripod)
Buffalo Station is a such a neat building. I would hate to see it fall to the wrecking ball.
I was working from home and then saw these cloud formations so skipped my nightly meeting and went for a shoot near by. I don't have easy accessible vista points close to my home. So used one the local wineries as my foreground.
