ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
p.461 #1ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Crashing Waves by d[^.-]b..oO(MJWong), on Flickr
Oct 01, 2011 at 12:10 PM
p.461 #2ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
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Oct 01, 2011 at 12:26 PM
p.461 #3ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Lars Johnsson wrote:
Yes you are the only one 
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. At least I don't feel obliged to take pointless photos just to show off the bokeh and justify my purchase. In all honesty I prefer the Samyang 35mm more from what I have seen so far.
dimitris77 wrote
Am I the only one preferring the busier ZE35/2 bokeh?Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. At least I don't feel obliged to take pointless photos just to show off the bokeh and justify my purchase. In all honesty I prefer the Samyang 35mm more from what I have seen so far.
Oct 01, 2011 at 04:08 PM
p.461 #4ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
MJWong wrote:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6201165060_a90a16173f_o.jpg
Crashing Waves by d[^.-]b..oO(MJWong), on Flickr
Nicely Done.Monochrome was a good choice.
-Jim
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6201165060_a90a16173f_o.jpg
Crashing Waves by d[^.-]b..oO(MJWong), on Flickr
Nicely Done.Monochrome was a good choice.
-Jim
Oct 01, 2011 at 05:44 PM
p.461 #5ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
ZE 35 /2
Cats and their sleeping positions...
MP 100
Cats and their sleeping positions...
MP 100
Oct 01, 2011 at 05:51 PM
p.461 #6ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
This picture deserves to be seen one more time...
Very nice....!
MJWong wrote:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6201165060_a90a16173f_o.jpg
Crashing Waves by d[^.-]b..oO(MJWong), on Flickr
Very nice....!
MJWong wrote:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6201165060_a90a16173f_o.jpg
Crashing Waves by d[^.-]b..oO(MJWong), on Flickr
Oct 01, 2011 at 06:12 PM
p.461 #8ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Paul - nice reflection - I can tell you are really enjoying the Nex.
Flypenfly- Nice Light Trails and color.
Here are a few today
-Jim
100MP @f2
100MP @f2
35f2 @f2
35f2 @f7.1
Flypenfly- Nice Light Trails and color.
Here are a few today
-Jim
100MP @f2
100MP @f2
35f2 @f2
35f2 @f7.1
Oct 01, 2011 at 07:28 PM
p.461 #10ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thanks for the comments Jim and Paul.
Paul: Still treating your 100/2 very good. Its one of my favourite lenses to date. Thanks again.
Paul: Still treating your 100/2 very good. Its one of my favourite lenses to date. Thanks again.
Oct 01, 2011 at 10:03 PM
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p.461 #11ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Jim Schemel wrote:
35f2 @f2 http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6201475388_cb5b82fafe_b.jpg
Nice one.
35f2 @f2 http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6201475388_cb5b82fafe_b.jpg
Nice one.
Oct 01, 2011 at 10:04 PM
p.461 #14ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Absolutely love the colour and tone Jim
Oct 02, 2011 at 04:04 AM
p.461 #15ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
ZE 50 Planar. (Got a PC-Distagon 35/2,8 in the mail I am looking forward to, seeing all the great 35mm shots here)
Oct 02, 2011 at 04:11 AM
p.461 #16ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
@pingflood
thats great, it makes me sad !
well done
thats great, it makes me sad !
well done
Oct 02, 2011 at 04:13 AM
p.461 #17ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Wow quite a lot of beautiful shots in a few days. MJ, OneAnt, Jim, Lars, FlyPenFly, Paul,Jochen,Smridevan,R.Young, Fantastic work.
pingflood- Beautiful shot with Planar 50. Untold narrative of the photo makes it very strong. Great work.
pingflood- Beautiful shot with Planar 50. Untold narrative of the photo makes it very strong. Great work.
Oct 02, 2011 at 05:03 AM
p.461 #18ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thomas73 wrote:
Nice shots!
By the way, what is the trend for the ZE/ZF/ZF2 50/1.4? I often read it is a good performer but its 'bokeh' is not pretty... I am wondering to get one but am still hesitating.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.Hey, Thomas, thank you very much.
As for the bokeh, Lars gave you an excellent example of what it is people complain about. It's got the right idea on light dispersion in the OOF areas, but it's global contrast is too strong to give it the smooth, watercolor-like performance of a lower contrast lens, like that of the Summilux-R or Nikon AIS, in a medium-to-high contrast lighting scenario with a busy background. In a studio setting with controlled lighting a solid-color or low-contrast painted backdrop, it's very well behaved wide open at close distances. It's not blazing sharp at that aperture, so it will even be kind to your older subjects.
Take it outside or shoot in less-controlled indoor conditions, I'd stop it down or give myself some working room. It's sharper wide open at distances of about 3m or so, and the bokeh isn't anywhere near so distracting (Martin has an excellent example of this). The nice thing about stopping down with the lens is that the shape of your bokeh doesn't deviate much at all from perfectly round, so even stopped down to f/2, the bokeh of the lens is much more comparable to a native f/2 lens shot wide open than that of most 50/1.4s stopped down to f/2.
Just my opinion based on my experience, of course. I hope it helps.
BradHi Brad,
Thanks a lot for your complete feedback. It helps definitely!
Vincent
It helped me so much that I purchased one yesterday!
I found a used ZF2 50/1.4 yesterday at my local Nikon dealer. It is like new, complete with the original package. The former owner probably did not use it!
I will test it soon when I pick up my D3 next week (it is currently at Nikon for a calibration of AF module : there was a slight defocus!).
freaklikeme wrote
Thomas73 wrote
freaklikeme wrote
Some snaps from my company's picnic today with the ZF 50/1.4 @ f/2 (first three) and f/4 (last one) on the 5D. I really dig this lens' rendering between f/2 and 8. After I unpacked it, I probably spent five minutes staring down the barrel, opening and closing to the aperture just to watch that near-pefect circle get smaller and then bigger, and then smaller again.By the way, what is the trend for the ZE/ZF/ZF2 50/1.4? I often read it is a good performer but its 'bokeh' is not pretty... I am wondering to get one but am still hesitating.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
As for the bokeh, Lars gave you an excellent example of what it is people complain about. It's got the right idea on light dispersion in the OOF areas, but it's global contrast is too strong to give it the smooth, watercolor-like performance of a lower contrast lens, like that of the Summilux-R or Nikon AIS, in a medium-to-high contrast lighting scenario with a busy background. In a studio setting with controlled lighting a solid-color or low-contrast painted backdrop, it's very well behaved wide open at close distances. It's not blazing sharp at that aperture, so it will even be kind to your older subjects.
Take it outside or shoot in less-controlled indoor conditions, I'd stop it down or give myself some working room. It's sharper wide open at distances of about 3m or so, and the bokeh isn't anywhere near so distracting (Martin has an excellent example of this). The nice thing about stopping down with the lens is that the shape of your bokeh doesn't deviate much at all from perfectly round, so even stopped down to f/2, the bokeh of the lens is much more comparable to a native f/2 lens shot wide open than that of most 50/1.4s stopped down to f/2.
Just my opinion based on my experience, of course. I hope it helps.
Brad
Thanks a lot for your complete feedback. It helps definitely!
Vincent
It helped me so much that I purchased one yesterday!
I found a used ZF2 50/1.4 yesterday at my local Nikon dealer. It is like new, complete with the original package. The former owner probably did not use it!
I will test it soon when I pick up my D3 next week (it is currently at Nikon for a calibration of AF module : there was a slight defocus!).
Oct 02, 2011 at 05:57 AM
p.461 #19ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Congratulations! Make sure you know what to expect, i.e. if you shoot close up wide open, don't expect sharpness. I am interested to see what you will do.
Oct 02, 2011 at 06:34 AM
p.461 #20ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Great examples and diverse subjects.
MJ, OneAnt, Jim, Lars, FlyPenFly, Paul,Jochen,Smridevan,R.Young, JimS,pingflood
- some very nice work on here, as usual1
MJ, OneAnt, Jim, Lars, FlyPenFly, Paul,Jochen,Smridevan,R.Young, JimS,pingflood
- some very nice work on here, as usual1
Oct 02, 2011 at 09:53 AM