tbpeur01 wrote:
Very pleasing to me without a hint of distraction. I feel like you are fighting the good fight for this lens, and I like it!
Dpreview in its review of the lens like the bokeh, describing it as "pleasing and uniform" which I think is a good description. It said the only problem it saw with the bokeh was a tendency to get harder edges in the corners.
My guess would yes. When I remember I'm usually not turning it off under 1/2000 sec. I will forever struggle with remembering to turn that on and off. Especially in a case like this when It was just a random grab not a planned shot.
Soooo my nephews wedding but I had to update to PS CC which i lost all my actions and cant find them in a backup to load them on the new Photoshop . So Im taking a stab at it . Watch EXIF
Its not the greatest Bokeh look but its not bad either
tbpeur01 wrote:
Very pleasing to me without a hint of distraction. I feel like you are fighting the good fight for this lens, and I like it!
I think I found out how to use it. It does that funky bokeh only when the background is brighter than the subject and / or has strong specular lights or bright details. In such cases you need to stop it down, 2.8 tames it and by 4 you're pretty safe. So I guess that between 1.8 and 2.8 it does over bright rendering of specular lights and bright details. With darker backgrounds you can shoot freely at any aperture, it will be pretty smooth.
The other good news is that the aperture shape is pretty circular at all stops, you won't see any nonagons or other funny stuff when stopping down. And it doesn't do double vision either.
Here are two examples with bright subject and darker background, the "bokeh" is as good as any. I'd actually dare to say "better than many" since it doesn't do double vision. I didn't use a tripod so the framing is slightly off between the two pics.
Guy, try ths route: C:Archivos de programaAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS6PresetsActions. Write it correctly (the editor of this page does not let me write it correctly).
vdo1 wrote:
I think I found out how to use it. It does that funky bokeh only when the background is brighter than the subject and / or has strong specular lights or bright details. In such cases you need to stop it down, 2.8 tames it and by 4 you're pretty safe. So I guess that between 1.8 and 2.8 it does over bright rendering of specular lights and bright details. With darker backgrounds you can shoot freely at any aperture, it will be pretty smooth.
The other good news is that the aperture shape is pretty circular at all stops, you won't see any nonagons or other funny stuff when stopping down. And it doesn't do double vision either....Show more →
It’s funny you say that bc i’ve felt there is this small category of circumstances responsible for most people’s criticism - i’ll keep your findings in mind and test similarly. If what we’re left with is “be conscious of xyz” which doesn’t represent the most common situations, this lens will keep its spot in my bag for a while.
Enri wrote:
Guy, try ths route: C:Archivos de programaAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS6PresetsActions. Write it correctly (the editor of this page does not let me write it correctly).
if you look carefully (beyond the model's charm lol) you can notice he is mostly going for darker and/or simpler backgrounds. In the few ones with bright foliage, the Sigma can show some not so pretty stuff too.
if you look carefully (beyond the model's charm lol) you can notice he is mostly going for darker and/or simpler backgrounds. In the few ones with bright foliage, the Sigma can show some not so pretty stuff too.
There are good and bad examples from both lenses, i think post processing has a lot to do with it also
