Well, all the photos in this thread have inspired me... Therefore, I purchased a ZE 35/2. Will take it for a spin this weekend and was wondering if you can recommend a filter for this bad boy? I have UV filters on all my lenses mostly for protection and of course have nothing yet for this. I take that I would need a screw in filter looking at it. Can CPs be used with these? I have my eye on one in the BST. Thanks for any help you can give and love the photos by everyone. Very inspiring for a newbie like me to get out there and shoot!
bigkidneys wrote:
Well, all the photos in this thread have inspired me... Therefore, I purchased a ZE 35/2. Will take it for a spin this weekend and was wondering if you can recommend a filter for this bad boy? I have UV filters on all my lenses mostly for protection and of course have nothing yet for this. I take that I would need a screw in filter looking at it. Can CPs be used with these? I have my eye on one in the BST. Thanks for any help you can give and love the photos by everyone. Very inspiring for a newbie like me to get out there and shoot!...Show more →
The simple answer: Don't use a filter.
The complicated answer: Use a filter for occasions when it is likely that the front lens element will be exposed to rain, sand, mud or similar. With the hood on, it is very unlikely that you'd damage the lens under normal conditions.
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Rsolti13: Yes, all the B/W film shots are with the 35/2.8 C-Biogon ZM.
Samuli - lovely HDR's
Denoir - tractor shots are my favs, the read really stand out
sixby6ix -
Joakim - I like the last - nice perspective and depth
Philber - I can smell that pond
Makten - firts shot is great, you captured his character well and I like the light and the setting.
SKumar: Really nice shots with the 50MP. I know Adam will approve.
Philber, nice shots! I am not convinced about the ZE 28 now. My first choice would be the ZE 35, or maybe the 21.
Joakim: nice shots with ZE 28, as I mentioned above, I find the ZE 28 lacking in the depth of rendering of what the ZE 35 would achieve. I suppose different paint strokes, for different intents of rendering.
Makten: Brilliant shots. Particularly the second lot. Love the tone and rendering.
Makten wrote:
While M8/M9 are great for accurate colors and so on, there's no chance of getting the same B/W look as with film. There aren't enough bits. If you apply a curve (inverted Gamma plus strong S) to a RAW file from a digital camera to get the same tonality, you'll get strong posterisation and a noise from hell.
So, I see film as a more artistic way of photographing. With the D700 and ZF lenses, I tend to PP for something that looks "real". While the film is what it is, in its beaty.
I do agree with you that is quite impossible to achieve the look of B&W film with PP. Though I also do not agree that one or another way is more or less artistic. I think every media is interesting. A good artist can paint an impressive painting on usual canvas using an ordinary beaver hair brush or on pixel canvas with wacom pen (and is already a matter of subjective taste which one we will prefer). To call one or another more "real" is also a bit unfair - I would say "different" is the word.
Dead Horse Mill (CS4 conversion using two plugins and manual PS adjustments)
Amazing shot and PP, diploneis! I am not a great fan of massive PP to "transform" a picture, but, in this case, you make it work for me. Any chance to see what the scene looked like "as is"?
philber wrote:
Amazing shot and PP, diploneis! I am not a great fan of massive PP to "transform" a picture, but, in this case, you make it work for me. Any chance to see what the scene looked like "as is"?
Diploneis wrote:
I do agree with you that is quite impossible to achieve the look of B&W film with PP. Though I also do not agree that one or another way is more or less artistic. I think every media is interesting. A good artist can paint an impressive painting on usual canvas using an ordinary beaver hair brush or on pixel canvas with wacom pen (and is already a matter of subjective taste which one we will prefer). To call one or another more "real" is also a bit unfair - I would say "different" is the word.
I never meant to say that! I meant that film gives me a more artistic tool, which gives results that will never look as "real" as digital pictures can do. None of the methods are "better".
Dead Horse Mill (CS4 conversion using two plugins and manual PS adjustments)
Fantastic! But it does look "processed", which it probably wouldn't have if shot with film.
What stuff did you use? Camera, lens, PP...
philber wrote:
Amazing shot and PP, diploneis! I am not a great fan of massive PP to "transform" a picture, but, in this case, you make it work for me. Any chance to see what the scene looked like "as is"?
+1 Love it.
I shot it some time ago with 30D + EF-S 10-22mm + 3 stop ND @ F11, 1.5 sec
I have my recipe for converting - let it be a little secret... one of ingredients is Silver Efex Pro..
Philber, here is how it "really" looked on that gloomy day (took me some time to find original in my archives):
Nice shot - in BW or color. How was the road to the destination
Diploneis wrote:
Philber
sangdabom73
Makten
Thank you very much! Glad you like it!
I shot it some time ago with 30D + EF-S 10-22mm + 3 stop ND @ F11, 1.5 sec
I have my recipe for converting - let it be a little secret... one of ingredients is Silver Efex Pro..
Philber, here is how it "really" looked on that gloomy day (took me some time to find original in my archives):
charles.K wrote:
SKumar: Really nice shots with the 50MP. I know Adam will approve.
Philber, nice shots! I am not convinced about the ZE 28 now. My first choice would be the ZE 35, or maybe the 21.
Joakim: nice shots with ZE 28, as I mentioned above, I find the ZE 28 lacking in the depth of rendering of what the ZE 35 would achieve. I suppose different paint strokes, for different intents of rendering.
Makten: Brilliant shots. Particularly the second lot. Love the tone and rendering.
Hahah, yes thumbs up.
Oh and I've been trying to use the 50 1.4 on a daily basis, and although I've grown to like what it can do. I still think the 50 MP ZE is the magic 50...
Your first two 35/2 amazing. That's what I call 3D BTW, the lighting the lens the photographer all came together to produce images that you feel you can reach out and touch.
This is what I like about my 35/2 and although right now it's my least favorite lens, (FL wise), I still wanna hold onto it, as it happens to be exceptionally good at tricking me into thinking my computers a window.
Just wish I had the time to shoot that FL w/subjects it would shine with.
(Sorry, couldn't help myself)
