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rji2goleez wrote:
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Phantastic night shots! Which camera?
Thank you Morpheus. Shot with the 5D Mark II.


thanks. My 5dII must have a problem then. With ISO 6400 I get a lot of noise and it is amazing how little your images seem to have. If you don't mind I would love to see a 100% crop from a darker area of one of the images.
Jan 21, 2011 at 04:10 PM
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p.267 #2ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Been MIA for a while.
Here is saying hello from Toronto..


Toronto Skyline
Jan 21, 2011 at 07:07 PM
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p.267 #3ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Great shot, MJWong. I really love it. I am thinking about getting 2/35 ZF version but I need to know how the new 1.4/35 performs first. Just wondering whether you added vignette for the image in your post? Thanks.
Jan 21, 2011 at 09:00 PM
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p.267 #4ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
mshi: yeah, added a tad of vignetting in there using LR. I shoot a 7D so that doesn't happen naturally.
Jan 21, 2011 at 09:04 PM
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p.267 #5ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Here are some recent shots taken with a M6, Tri-x and the Zeiss ZM 50 1.5
Please let me know what you think


UtahFilm003 by KyleR., on Flickr


UtahFilm004 by KyleR., on Flickr


UtahFilm009 by KyleR., on Flickr


UtahFilm015 by KyleR., on Flickr


UtahFilm016 by KyleR., on Flickr


UtahFilm017 by KyleR., on Flickr

Thanks,
Kyle
Jan 21, 2011 at 10:00 PM
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p.267 #6ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
sandmarc wrote:
Phliber, I used to find most of your posted pictures interesting and enjoyable, but since you went the NEX way I am almost always untouched by them. Can´t put my finger on why, but they just feel a kind of.....boring maybe. Don´t want to be ruud, just wanted to express my perceived differences in your work.

kind regards,
Marcus


Markus, I am afraid that I agree with you. After being accustomed to the 5DII, learning how to use the NEX has been a less-than-instant process. Learning the camera, then each lens. And, because I am one of the early users on this forum, displaying my progress (I call it that, you and others may disagree) for others to see. That type of display involves shots that exhibit certain features rather than prioritizing picture quality. I am sorry if this proves boring to you and others. I shall keep this in mind and refrain from such posts, as much as I can. And I shall post NEX pics on the NEX thread only.
Jan 21, 2011 at 11:20 PM
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philber wrote:
sandmarc wrotePhliber, I used to find most of your posted pictures interesting and enjoyable, but since you went the NEX way I am almost always untouched by them. Can´t put my finger on why, but they just feel a kind of.....boring maybe. Don´t want to be ruud, just wanted to express my perceived differences in your work.

kind regards,
Marcus
Markus, I am afraid that I agree with you. After being accustomed to the 5DII, learning how to use the NEX has been a less-than-instant process. Learning the camera, then each lens. And, because I am one of the early users on this forum, displaying my progress (I call it that, you and others may disagree) for others to see. That type of display involves shots that exhibit certain features rather than prioritizing picture quality. I am sorry if this proves boring to you and others. I shall keep this in mind and refrain from such posts, as much as
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Philippe - on the contrary I find the experimentation with the NEX to be interesting and I look at those images to learn what the camera lens combination can do. This thread need not only be a showcase for Zeiss but also one of experimentation!
Jan 22, 2011 at 12:35 AM
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p.267 #8ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Morfeus wrote:
rji2goleez wrote
Morfeus wrote@rji2goleez

Phantastic night shots! Which camera?
Thank you Morpheus. Shot with the 5D Mark II.
thanks. My 5dII must have a problem then. With ISO 6400 I get a lot of noise and it is amazing how little your images seem to have. If you don't mind I would love to see a 100% crop from a darker area of one of the images.


I'll gladly post one later (I am out today) but I use the following technique to soften the noise in Lightroom. First I sharpen but use the masking slider holding down the 'Option' key focusing on sharp edges and not smooth areas of the image. Then the noise reduction in Lightroom I can use lightly to remove it a bit. I don't like to over use the NR in Lightroom and this technique has worked well.

Bob
Jan 22, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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p.267 #9ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
rji2goleez wrote:
Philippe - on the contrary I find the experimentation with the NEX to be interesting and I look at those images to learn what the camera lens combination can do. This thread need not only be a showcase for Zeiss but also one of experimentation!


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Jan 22, 2011 at 01:46 AM
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p.267 #10ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
rji2goleez wrote:
I'll gladly post one later (I am out today) but I use the following technique to soften the noise in Lightroom. First I sharpen but use the masking slider holding down the 'Option' key focusing on sharp edges and not smooth areas of the image. Then the noise reduction in Lightroom I can use lightly to remove it a bit. I don't like to over use the NR in Lightroom and this technique has worked well.

Bob


thank you Bob. I am struggeling quite a lot with this noise problem on my 5DII. I am using LR almost exclusively, but also checked DxO recently, which seems to do a much better job than LR at NR. I will try your method though and see if that helps.

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Jan 22, 2011 at 01:50 AM
 


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p.267 #11ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Sunrise from this morning.





Jan 22, 2011 at 06:36 AM
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p.267 #12ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Morfeus wrote:
rji2goleez wrotePhilippe - on the contrary I find the experimentation with the NEX to be interesting and I look at those images to learn what the camera lens combination can do. This thread need not only be a showcase for Zeiss but also one of experimentation!
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Jan 22, 2011 at 07:02 AM
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p.267 #13ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Kyle - Great to see film shots here. I like the snow covered tree shot.

Hugo - specatcular shots. You really know how to use UW angle. The sun rise shot is amazing.

In support for diversity, here is a shot with ZF21 + Novoflex adapter on NEX



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Jan 22, 2011 at 08:09 AM
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p.267 #14ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
I like you telling Hugo that he knows how to use a UW angle, akul. Like you don't... Sorry I can't duplicate your highly sucessful experiment, but not with ZE lenses....
Jan 22, 2011 at 08:14 AM
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p.267 #15ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
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I like you telling Hugo that he knows how to use a UW angle, akul. Like you don't... Sorry I can't duplicate your highly sucessful experiment, but not with ZE lenses....


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I like UW. lool

Nice composition and DOF.
Jan 22, 2011 at 08:30 AM
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p.267 #16ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Hoping that my pics get less boring as I get more pratice under my belt, NEX 5 + ZM 50mm Planar f:2.0. I confirm my early impressions. This is a seriously good lens as far as colours, contrast and sharpness, better than the 35 C Biogon f:2.8, except it no longer looks that weak on the 3D side of things.

Philber - Great shot. You photos were never boring IMHO. Shooting with NEX, I have been feeling that NEX images can get a little flat at times, especially with total overcast grey day low / no contrast lighting situation. FF censor camera, in my case D700, has quite a bit of dynamic range, and it has surprised me when shooting in those dreadful situation, images still can look quite interesting. With NEX, it is not so forgiving especially with subtle texture, like wood plank, concrete, or stone. I can only imagine the sophistication of circuitry that need to be enclosed in such a tiny space for NEX, more compromise had to be made compare to larger cameras. A lot to learn, still trying to figure out when it shines and when it fails.

Akul

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Jan 22, 2011 at 08:34 AM
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p.267 #17ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Hugo, Philber
Thank you so much for your kind words. Seriously, UW is hard for me !! Especially, place like NYC, every 10 feet there is trash, 21 takes in sooo much and very hard to compose. Inevitably, I start to emphasize trash, because you can't avoid it anyway, ha ha. Also, with NEX, it was only about 30.5 mm, so that is no UW.

Akul
Jan 22, 2011 at 08:40 AM
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p.267 #18ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Nice Bob

some with the ZF 21

















Jan 22, 2011 at 12:31 PM
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p.267 #19ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Bob - love the deep color of the door. Texture of the door on the second one is very nice.

rsolti13 - First shot and second shot makes really strong connection. Dead leaves on ground vs leaves swallowing lamp post. Great color and composition on both.

Akul
Jan 22, 2011 at 02:58 PM
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p.267 #20ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Mast3rChi3f: Stunning captures! Well done!

Three more from London:

ZF 35 :


ZF 100 MP:

Jan 23, 2011 at 10:57 AM


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