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p.7 #2Alternative Image Thread
Here's one taken with a Tamron 400/4 SP - another manual focus lens that performs very well but you don't see here much.
Osprey Nest at Sunrise (Tamron 400/4 SP w/dedicated 1.4x TC - for 560/5.6 - taken wide open at f/5.6):
100% crop
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Osprey Nest at Sunrise (Tamron 400/4 SP w/dedicated 1.4x TC - for 560/5.6 - taken wide open at f/5.6):
100% crop
:May 04, 2006 at 11:39 PM
p.7 #3Alternative Image Thread
Btw, here is my current "alternative" kit: 5D, Leica 50/2, 90/2, 135/2.8. A 35/2 and a Zeiss Jena 20/2.8 are on the way... Do any of you others have pics of your "alternative" kits?
Paul, you've got some serious dust bunnies on your sensor :)
http://www.realityblur.com/photography/fm/leica-kit.jpg
Paul, you've got some serious dust bunnies on your sensor :)
http://www.realityblur.com/photography/fm/leica-kit.jpg
May 05, 2006 at 11:22 AM
p.7 #4Alternative Image Thread
carstenw wrote:
Paul, you've got some serious dust bunnies on your sensor
Yep; I normally would have taken those out before posting, but I was up too late getting that pic posted last night
Paul
Paul, you've got some serious dust bunnies on your sensor
Yep; I normally would have taken those out before posting, but I was up too late getting that pic posted last night
Paul
May 05, 2006 at 12:01 PM
p.7 #5Alternative Image Thread
Another really Alternative Image taken with (dare I say it?) a PowerShot S70. It's the sharpest P&S camera I've yet come across.
Milano seen from the Duomo.
Milano seen from the Duomo.
May 05, 2006 at 02:18 PM
p.7 #6Alternative Image Thread
Speaking of P&S, here is one from Albi, France, taken with the excellent "prosumer" Olympus C-8080.
The building to the right (with the eye-sore crane behind it) is the magnificent cathedral.
The building to the right (with the eye-sore crane behind it) is the magnificent cathedral.
May 05, 2006 at 03:31 PM
p.7 #7Alternative Image Thread
I recently tested a series of normal lenses with wide apertures. I wanted one that I would only use for selective focus, ie wide open. Here are a couple of shots and a link to the whole gallery. This was a very unscientific test, all handheld, most on different days. The only thing I tried to do was to take several of the images from the same viewpoint.
All on a 1ds2, the file name tells which lens;
OM50 = 50/1.2
SMC50 = 50/1.4
55 = OM 55/1.2
50 CZ = 50/1.4
I didn't test the Nikon 50/1.2 or the rather expensive 58/1.2, and I kept the SMC and the OM 50/1.2.
Lastly, I noticed that excessive use of adaptive controls on RSP make bokeh look worse, having said that most of the conversions on the gallery do use RSP
Mike
http://www.pbase.com/mike_broomfield/around_ptown
http://i.pbase.com/g3/63/551663/2/55217900.55XC7A3817_prem01.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/g3/63/551663/2/58139408.XC7A4835_prem01.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/g3/63/551663/2/56948631.XC7A4599_prem01.jpg
Edited by mcbroomf on May 10, 2006 at 03:29 PM GMT
All on a 1ds2, the file name tells which lens;
OM50 = 50/1.2
SMC50 = 50/1.4
55 = OM 55/1.2
50 CZ = 50/1.4
I didn't test the Nikon 50/1.2 or the rather expensive 58/1.2, and I kept the SMC and the OM 50/1.2.
Lastly, I noticed that excessive use of adaptive controls on RSP make bokeh look worse, having said that most of the conversions on the gallery do use RSP
Mike
http://www.pbase.com/mike_broomfield/around_ptown
http://i.pbase.com/g3/63/551663/2/55217900.55XC7A3817_prem01.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/g3/63/551663/2/58139408.XC7A4835_prem01.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/g3/63/551663/2/56948631.XC7A4599_prem01.jpg
Edited by mcbroomf on May 10, 2006 at 03:29 PM GMT
May 07, 2006 at 11:43 AM
p.7 #8Alternative Image Thread
Time for something different. Here are some shots from my first camera - A Hassleblad 2000FC. Loved that camera. Damn, why did MF backs have to be so expensive!
With 50mm Distagon:
http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/whitbyharbour.jpg
With 80mm:
http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/babyv2.jpg
http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/hohenzollern.jpg
With 50mm Distagon:
http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/whitbyharbour.jpg
With 80mm:
http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/babyv2.jpg
http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/hohenzollern.jpg
May 07, 2006 at 01:58 PM
p.7 #9Alternative Image Thread
Beautiful child Graham. Yours?
Looking at these images makes me laugh that we work so hard to qualify various new cameras and lenses for our work. Your Hassy takes marvelous images and particularly considering its age. Just goes to show that the lenses of the past 50 years are really marvelous. Some of the older lenses actually create images that I think are potentially superior to the aspheric models of today. Depends of course on what kind of image you want to create of course. Some images really need the super sharpness of the asperical and exotic glass of modern creations but sometimes that sharpness gets in the way as well. Example would be portraits...........I would always prefer the look of the Contax 85 1.2 to the Leica 100 elmarit even thought the elmarit is a much sharper lens.
Anyway, I ramble on too much. The point is that older systems can hold their own even in these technology driven times
Thanks for the images Graham
Woody
Looking at these images makes me laugh that we work so hard to qualify various new cameras and lenses for our work. Your Hassy takes marvelous images and particularly considering its age. Just goes to show that the lenses of the past 50 years are really marvelous. Some of the older lenses actually create images that I think are potentially superior to the aspheric models of today. Depends of course on what kind of image you want to create of course. Some images really need the super sharpness of the asperical and exotic glass of modern creations but sometimes that sharpness gets in the way as well. Example would be portraits...........I would always prefer the look of the Contax 85 1.2 to the Leica 100 elmarit even thought the elmarit is a much sharper lens.
Anyway, I ramble on too much. The point is that older systems can hold their own even in these technology driven times
Thanks for the images Graham
Woody
May 07, 2006 at 05:10 PM
p.7 #10Alternative Image Thread
woodyspedden wrote:
Beautiful child Graham. Yours?
Looking at these images makes me laugh that we work so hard to qualify various new cameras and lenses for our work. Your Hassy takes marvelous images and particularly considering its age. Just goes to show that the lenses of the past 50 years are really marvelous. Some of the older lenses actually create images that I think are potentially superior to the aspheric models of today. Depends of course on what kind of image you want to create of course. Some images really need the super sharpness of the asperical and exotic glass of modern creations...Show more →
Thanks, Woody. No, not my child but a relative.
Beautiful child Graham. Yours?
Looking at these images makes me laugh that we work so hard to qualify various new cameras and lenses for our work. Your Hassy takes marvelous images and particularly considering its age. Just goes to show that the lenses of the past 50 years are really marvelous. Some of the older lenses actually create images that I think are potentially superior to the aspheric models of today. Depends of course on what kind of image you want to create of course. Some images really need the super sharpness of the asperical and exotic glass of modern creations...Show more →
Thanks, Woody. No, not my child but a relative.
May 08, 2006 at 03:11 PM
p.7 #11Alternative Image Thread
Just sharing my daughter's 4th birthday party here, shot with simple 400 Kodak Gold film on the Leica R8, used the 50 and 90 crons and my wifes Pentax P&S. I am sure you guys will pick the Pentax shots from this lot.
These were shot on Sunday, developed and scanned to CD on Monday. It is nice not to have to play in photoshop.
http://www.flytestrom.com.au/personal/Party_Jessica_4th/
These were shot on Sunday, developed and scanned to CD on Monday. It is nice not to have to play in photoshop.
http://www.flytestrom.com.au/personal/Party_Jessica_4th/
May 08, 2006 at 07:58 PM
p.7 #12Alternative Image Thread
Robert, I really like your series of images. Great job.
Kurt
Kurt
May 08, 2006 at 08:44 PM
p.7 #13Alternative Image Thread
thanks Kurt,
great day, great food, great children.
great day, great food, great children.
May 08, 2006 at 09:00 PM
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p.7 #14Alternative Image Thread
Some more great photos here. Graham I hope you kept your hb 50mm, it is a great lens (speaking about the 50 fle)
Lotusm50, indeed a very nice shot, your dog seems to inspire you a lot
Here is one I posted already on the big thread, I made it while out walking my girlfriend ;-)
http://www.andidietrich.com/elements/privat/mai/_mg_0296.jpg
cz 35mm at f 1.4
Lotusm50, indeed a very nice shot, your dog seems to inspire you a lot
Here is one I posted already on the big thread, I made it while out walking my girlfriend ;-)
http://www.andidietrich.com/elements/privat/mai/_mg_0296.jpg
cz 35mm at f 1.4
May 09, 2006 at 01:25 AM
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p.7 #15Alternative Image Thread
and here two with the cz 1.2/85
http://www.andidietrich.com/elements/privat//mai/portrait_1.jpg
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http://www.andidietrich.com/elements/privat//mai/portrait_2.jpg
http://www.andidietrich.com/elements/privat//mai/portrait_1.jpg
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http://www.andidietrich.com/elements/privat//mai/portrait_2.jpg
May 09, 2006 at 01:49 AM
p.7 #16Alternative Image Thread
photoArne wrote:
Les Calanques, near Cassis, (just east of Marseilles) France.
Nikon D2x with old MF 2,8/24 mm Nikkor lens.
Great shot Arne. Love that place. Would really like to go back. I might get one of those lenses to. Looks really good. I wonder how it performs on fullframe...
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Les Calanques, near Cassis, (just east of Marseilles) France.
Nikon D2x with old MF 2,8/24 mm Nikkor lens.
Great shot Arne. Love that place. Would really like to go back. I might get one of those lenses to. Looks really good. I wonder how it performs on fullframe...
a
May 09, 2006 at 03:49 AM
p.7 #17Alternative Image Thread
carstenw wrote:
Btw, here is my current "alternative" kit: 5D, Leica 50/2, 90/2, 135/2.8. A 35/2 and a Zeiss Jena 20/2.8 are on the way... Do any of you others have pics of your "alternative" kits?
Paul, you've got some serious dust bunnies on your sensor
http://www.realityblur.com/photography/fm/leica-kit.jpg
Not as sexy as your kit... 5D and 35 1.4 ais, 50 1.2 ai and 105 micro ai.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/anden/IMG_0379.jpg
A
Btw, here is my current "alternative" kit: 5D, Leica 50/2, 90/2, 135/2.8. A 35/2 and a Zeiss Jena 20/2.8 are on the way... Do any of you others have pics of your "alternative" kits?
Paul, you've got some serious dust bunnies on your sensor
http://www.realityblur.com/photography/fm/leica-kit.jpg
Not as sexy as your kit... 5D and 35 1.4 ais, 50 1.2 ai and 105 micro ai.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/anden/IMG_0379.jpg
A
May 09, 2006 at 04:05 AM
p.7 #18Alternative Image Thread
The 50 1.2 has a konica rectangular hood. Great protection and shading.
May 09, 2006 at 04:08 AM
p.7 #19Alternative Image Thread
Posted in the nikkorthread too.
50 1.2 wide open.
http://www.fotosidan.se/obj/photo/c/cc18650d1cdacb4218821e9e7fa0e7f5.jpg
50 1.2 wide open.
http://www.fotosidan.se/obj/photo/c/cc18650d1cdacb4218821e9e7fa0e7f5.jpg
May 09, 2006 at 04:10 AM
p.7 #20Alternative Image Thread
Wonderful images guys. Man, everything that I've seen from the Zeiss 85/1.2 is killer.
Since we are looking at 50s, here is the Leica 50 wide open at f1.4.
Kurt
Since we are looking at 50s, here is the Leica 50 wide open at f1.4.
Kurt
May 09, 2006 at 04:41 AM