Fuji GFX 100 II and new lenses - Pre-order / Shipping Thread
p.7 #1Fuji GFX 100 II and new lenses - Pre-order / Shipping Thread
BrandonSi wrote:
Gonna shoot this on the GFX. Only have not decided if I'm taking two or three bodies - y'know - before I sell off the third one.Which wagon are you taking to carry all that gear in?! Radio Flyer? 
A Radio Flyer would be perfect, especially if it had cupholder slots for every lens. To be honest, I haven't quite figured it out yet. I've shot there a bunch of times in the past and there's not a lot of room to maneuver, and even less when it's sold out. But the more I think about it, the more it might be a Lowe-Pro backpack plus a small Pelican or SBK that can also do double duty as a low stool and sometime to stand on to gain a few inches. And I won't have an assistant on this one either. Whatever I do I have to have it figured out by Friday afternoon. It's so tight in there that often the drummer has to climb over his kit to get to his throne. And when there are two drummers and a Hammond B3, it gets real crowded on stage. The baked potatoes, however, are to die for. Most excellent, and of course, they make you buy a dinner in addition to your ticket.
Peter Figen wrote
I've been testing lenses today for a CD cover shoot at The Baked Potato jazz nightclub (well, it's not 100% jazz because Val McCallum plays there with his band JackShit often) Since it's a tiny club with okay lighting, going for fast-ish lenses and the Sigma 50 ART is one of them. What I'm seeing with that lens is that it has huge amounts of reddish color fringing wide open and sort of double imaging toward the corner wide open but as soon as you stop it down to f/2, all the bad stuff seems to disappear. The other two Sigma ART lenses going with me Friday night are the 105 1.4 and the 135 1.8, both of which are just fine any way you want to use them, and also the Canon 85 1.4 which is also fine wide open plus the Canon 200mm 2.8 and the Fuji 250. If I have room I'll take the 32-64 but we'll see on that. Anyhow, I seem to be revising my take on the 50mm ART from my initial testing a year and a half ago. Usable wide open but much much better a stop down. And yes, the great guitar player Val McCallum, who also plays with Jackson Browne, is indeed the son of the his recently deceased more famous dad, David McCallum.Gonna shoot this on the GFX. Only have not decided if I'm taking two or three bodies - y'know - before I sell off the third one.
A Radio Flyer would be perfect, especially if it had cupholder slots for every lens. To be honest, I haven't quite figured it out yet. I've shot there a bunch of times in the past and there's not a lot of room to maneuver, and even less when it's sold out. But the more I think about it, the more it might be a Lowe-Pro backpack plus a small Pelican or SBK that can also do double duty as a low stool and sometime to stand on to gain a few inches. And I won't have an assistant on this one either. Whatever I do I have to have it figured out by Friday afternoon. It's so tight in there that often the drummer has to climb over his kit to get to his throne. And when there are two drummers and a Hammond B3, it gets real crowded on stage. The baked potatoes, however, are to die for. Most excellent, and of course, they make you buy a dinner in addition to your ticket.
Oct 03, 2023 at 04:27 PM
p.7 #2Fuji GFX 100 II and new lenses - Pre-order / Shipping Thread
Makten wrote:
not bad. sigma art 50 at f1.4 with ef=gfx adapter shows same sharpness with far better bokeh at f1.4?If you think more = better and if you ignore curvature of field and vignetting, sure. Personally I seldom shoot wide open even as close as in the example. I want a large aperture to isolate stuff at several meters distance, and then all the adapted lenses suck really badly.
correct. im buying fast lens for use wide open mostly. but sometimes and closed apertures.nowadays lens shines open wide vs older ones. this time im skip 55/1.7 as happy wide shotting from my GF63
leonasj wrote
Makten wrote
Bokeh at a little bit closer distance, but still pretty far. Now it's getting pleasing, and I love the character.correct. im buying fast lens for use wide open mostly. but sometimes and closed apertures.nowadays lens shines open wide vs older ones. this time im skip 55/1.7 as happy wide shotting from my GF63
Oct 04, 2023 at 05:12 AM