I understand your sentiment. I might feel the same way if I were humiliated by the Dutch.
;-)
Don't worry. The Germans will take care of the Dutch for you.
vallejo wrote:
Just wrinting to express my dislike of football comments on this forum! We should stick solely to Zeiss discussion!!! Football is totaly unnimportant!!!
Andre
PS:btw, I happen to be brazilian...
adamdewilde wrote:
Wow, I don't think my 85 is that sharp wide open. Wanna upload a 100% crop for me? I'm just curious to see if there are sample variations, or if you're really good at sharpening for low res..
Adam,
yep, it's the downsizing, that makes those web-sized pictures look so sharp.
Here you can see, what really is in focus - screenshot from CaptureOne):
Another one from that series at f/1.4:
Focus:
100% crop with CO's default sharpening (180/0.8/1.0), which is a rather soft sharpening:
These were done with a D700. In my D3 I installed the Nikon E-Type screen which I feel is brilliant for manual focussing compared to the stock screen. With that screen I see what is in focus from f/2 on, but there is no way to really see, what is in focus at f/1.4. It's more feeling the focus by rotating forth and back, so that you see, where you are in front of it or behind, that rises your chances and this is what I do.
You also cannot rely on the focus dot. If you shoot from a tripod and make one shot when the dot has just begun to show focus and then rotate focus forth, the dot will still show focus. I guess that is related to the size of the AF-point. From the years I had the Nikon AF-D85/1.4 I also know that it's hit or miss, so AF is no alternative. You just hit or miss faster.
(With growing distance to the subject you focus on, of course the dot will be something to work with, because the dof get's bigger with more distance.)
Lotusm50 wrote:
Please forgive me. My last comment was totally our of line. I should have been more sensitive to the pain the Brazilian Nation must be going through.
Besides, with Brazil's premature exit, we have been denied to pleasure of seeing Germany beat BOTH Argentina and Brazil in the same World Cup!
;-)
You certainly sound full of remorse for your inconsiderate comments
I just came back from a couple of days of mountain hiking at mount Risnjak in Croatia and genrally exploring the Gorski Kotar region. I'm back in in Zagreb now but I'm a bit limited for image processing with a very underpowered Macbook Air - and an uncalibrated 1280x800 display isn't exactly brilliant either. So the bulk processing will have to wait until I get home to Sweden.
Anyway, this was my first proper field test of the Zeiss glass and I'm very pleased with the experience. Here are a few shots from the Devil's Pass - a beautiful canyon with striking waterfalls every few meters. Glass? Well, the 21 Distagon of course
Regarding that third picture, I see a green tint here as well but I think it's a fairly accurate representation of the light. The parts of the image that have not been overexposed is where the light has been filtered through the leaves on the trees - resulting in a green light.
Herisson: I like your shot - classic 100 MP bokeh.
WB adjusted (hoping that a rock is about 18% gray ). I think I got a slight purple cast though:
oldmiller wrote:
Adam,
yep, it's the downsizing, that makes those web-sized pictures look so sharp.
Here you can see, what really is in focus - screenshot from CaptureOne):
Another one from that series at f/1.4:
Focus:
100% crop with CO's default sharpening (180/0.8/1.0), which is a rather soft sharpening:
These were done with a D700. In my D3 I installed the Nikon E-Type screen which I feel is brilliant for manual focussing compared to the stock screen. With that screen I see what is in focus from f/2 on, but there is no way to really see, what is in focus at f/1.4. It's more feeling the focus by rotating forth and back, so that you see, where you are in front of it or behind, that rises your chances and this is what I do.
You also cannot rely on the focus dot. If you shoot from a tripod and make one shot when the dot has just begun to show focus and then rotate focus forth, the dot will still show focus. I guess that is related to the size of the AF-point. From the years I had the Nikon AF-D85/1.4 I also know that it's hit or miss, so AF is no alternative. You just hit or miss faster.
(With growing distance to the subject you focus on, of course the dot will be something to work with, because the dof get's bigger with more distance.)
Thanks for the post, yes mine's at about your sharpness. I guess I just need to learn how to process for web posts. it seems to make a heck of a difference.
I actually use liveview and a Z-finder v2, when shooting natural light stuff with my ZE lenses. I feel the z-finder really does help, as it gives me a place to put my eye and it blocks stray light. As well as brings the viewfinder closer to me. It's hard to explain but when you get really close to the viewfinder you'll notice your eye cannot actually focus so close, but with the zfinder you can get in close, because the lens is helping you close in.. It's really quite useful for photography with ZE lenses.
Working on a few fun shots, will post in a couple minutes.
Took these with continuous lighting gear in my studio. No processing, just using filters n w/b to get the colors to look that way. Doing some preliminary work for a video I'm going to start working on, so these are essentially production stills
