Bob - I love the parking lot shot with ZE35 and the waterfront ZE50 shot. From the wonderful Urbex series - #1 and #2 are quite beautiful, and the broom.
Makten - love the composition.
Hugo - Those aerial photos are Amazing.
So, while I have to figure out how to send in ZF21 for repair, I bit a bullet and got ZF100. It was a hard decision as I have been swinging between planar 85mm and makro planar 100 for a while. I played with both of them at B&H, and really liked both, which did not make it any easier. In the end, I chose ZF100, and I am quite blown away by it. It will take a while to get acquainted with this beauty.
akul wrote:
Bob - I love the parking lot shot with ZE35 and the waterfront ZE50 shot. From the wonderful Urbex series - #1 and #2 are quite beautiful, and the broom.
Makten - love the composition.
Hugo - Those aerial photos are Amazing.
So, while I have to figure out how to send in ZF21 for repair, I bit a bullet and got ZF100. It was a hard decision as I have been swinging between planar 85mm and makro planar 100 for a while. I played with both of them at B&H, and really liked both, which did not make it any easier. In the end, I chose ZF100, and I am quite blown away by it. It will take a while to get acquainted with this beauty.
Very nice truly Zeiss (sharpness and 3D) pictures akul.I especially like the bowman (the hunter?) against well blurred background formed by yellow maple leaves I guess.
@Peire: Please watch where you put your comments when you quote someone -- you shouldn't write inside the tags, but below them. Also, it's not necessary to include the pictures again if you quote a on the same page. Now we have two subsequent posts with the same 6 pictures.
Makten wrote:
The problem is that you see ~f/2.5-5.6 (depending on the focusing screen) in the viewfinder, regardless of what stop you intend to take the photo at. At least if you have a camera that sports auto-stopdown. So the focus shift isn't apparent before you release the shutter.
The inaccuracy of the focusing screen DOF isn't the problem, because even with a perfectly accurate screen you would see the focal point of f/1.4 all the time, which will not be the actual focal point when you stop down.
I don't know how the auto aperture works on Nikons, but with a ZE you're always focusing wide open, unless you keep the DOF preview button pressed, which is very uncomfortable unfortunately. If you use a ZF on Canon, then it's easy to focus at the working aperture (not considering the darkening of the focus screen).
Peire, Hugo, Philber, Denoir,
Thank you all very much !! I am quite excited with 100MP. First thing I noticed was its insane sharpness and contrast, then also noticed how 'sensitive' this lens is not only for focusing, but in terms of exposure and WB. I also noticed its 'spectacular' tendency, which is great but tough.
This thread has given me so much inspiration, and It is truly everyone to 'blame' for getting me hooked to wonderful Z lenses
There are a lot to learn, which is exciting, very exciting
AhamB wrote:
@Peire: Please watch where you put your comments when you quote someone -- you shouldn't write inside the tags, but below them. Also, it's not necessary to include the pictures again if you quote a on the same page. Now we have two subsequent posts with the same 6 pictures.
Great use of your new MP100, akul!
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YES! Please, people, STOP quoting posts with images. We don't need to clog the speed of this thread with redundant images. You can quote, but then remove the image tags.
AhamB wrote:
@Peire: Please watch where you put your comments when you quote someone -- you shouldn't write inside the tags, but below them. Also, it's not necessary to include the pictures again if you quote a on the same page. Now we have two subsequent posts with the same 6 pictures.
Great use of your new MP100, akul!
Gracious and respectable AhamB,
Thank you so very much indeed for your precious and useful ,as usual, piece of advise. Your wisdom and authority is so huge,so absolutely great, that I'm really impressed down here,I can tell you.For sure I would not know without you what is right and what is wrong.What is necessary and what is not.Just like a kid in the mist.
Sarcasm aside, Peire, Aham is absolutely right on both counts. It is totally annoying to scroll down a long page, populated with the same images again and again. At least you figured out how to get your text white so we don't just skip it.
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philber: Wonderful sfinx!
rji2goleez: love all the different colors in no2
teh_rebel: wonderful backlit portrait (4), fantastic colors!
rji2goleez: no 3 is my favourite, simple and the ultimate feel of abandoned (do you know this guy: http://www.abandoned-places.com/ a pilot, he gets around...)
Diploneis: last one is stunning! very strong lines with the dead tree breaking the composition and making it much more interesting
dubaiphil: excellent composition with the sun in the eye
akul: mystery no 2, intriguing, great colors and texture
teh_rebel: 2,3 & 6!, pretty cool, that no 6!
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blueshadows: love the mesh, simple, elegant, and part 2 no 1
alba63:wonderful atmosphere in all, 2 is my favourite
Diploneis: no 2 is just stunning! You have really set it apart from "standard landscape"
fracas: congrats on your 17-40; played with one and didn't like it at all. The difference with Zeiss is sometimes subtle (I compared Canon 100 L macro with Zeiss 35, I know, it can't be done... but I did and they are awfully close). Nevertheless, your 17-40 example looks "cold" to me. It depends on you which style you like (plus price and convenience of a zoom).
Jeffrey: nature photography at it's best
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rji2goleez: that last is just overwhelming, would love to see that printed really large!
Mast3rChi3f/Hugo: time to visit Madeira (?) again! Very dramatic! (but such is Madeira, isn't it?)
rji2goleez: love no 2, again, the colors!
rji2goleez: I absolutely love the simplicity and beautiful composition of 1 and 2!
akul: congrats on the '100, I see you love doors and tree bark as well! The statue is very powerfull!
And much more great work, also on the previous pages!
AhamB - Thanks for your comment. You put two posts while I was typing one !! I just noticed there was your post before mine.
Karelg, fracas - thanks for the comment
Bob - Yet another spectacular set of urbex. The amount of detail you can see is quite amazing. Love the fire extinguisher. BTW, what happened to your border ??
fracas - Congratulation on your decision to keep 21 over Canon ( from my perspective, of course. ) I like the first shot. Jaxtaposition of trees to signage, color makes the shot for me. Are you in the northern part of Italy ?
My sentence began with the word please. If you feel offended by the words "you should", I'm sorry -- I was just trying to explain how the quote function is supposed to be used.
Since you say you still don't understand: write your comment after the last quote closing tag which looks like this: [/ quote]
I was supposed to visit Åbo Castle for a history class I'm attending, so I took some shots on my way there. The castle is down in the harbor, so I walked alongside the river. I don't usually visit that part of town, so it was really nice, especially when the sun showed up between the clouds.
All images with Ze35 on 5D
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4 The sign says something like"The killing of aboriginal people must be stopped" in Finnish.
5 Boring wall, but i liked it.
6 Here's the bailey of Åbo Castle seen from the outer courtyard. The castle is quite beautiful and also historically significant. Maybe I'll devote some time to photograph it sometime.
