crazeazn wrote:
love the last one..."DAD YOU TAKE YOUR TRIPOD EVERYWHERE!"
I only bring tripod with mind that if I need to be in a picture sometime I should have used it more often for serious shooting than causal stuff I mostly do.
Come here buddy, we going in the special acetone store )) After that you will be always with ideal rubber ring on your 180/2 and all bokeh photo here will be feeling minimum as well in the Hermitage. Acetone - cool thing ))))))))
zhangyue wrote: Forget about MTF, Enjoy your Leica Lens
Ditto! Well said.
I mean, this is a photography forum where many proud members share their best shots taken with well performing and measuring gear, but once in a while you come across some sets of photos on Flickr or alike, and you get glued to raw, uninhibited images taken by a young talent with lesser gear and the last thing on your mind is what lenses were used, MTF and all that jazz ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/mffphotography/ )
So, again, 'Forget about MTF' and enjoy photography!
So, after the acetone (or shower gel), it's a cat fur buff for the finishing touch?
Michael - gorgeous photos! Also proves tripods are actually useful for something after all, like drying off wet clothes/towels. Did you by chance run a film emulation plug-in on any of those?
Someone mentioned 303 Aerospace Protectant for cleaning rubber rings, etc.. I've also tried it and it works well for that, as well as car interiors, etc...
rscheffler wrote:
So, after the acetone (or shower gel), it's a cat fur buff for the finishing touch?
Michael - gorgeous photos! Also proves tripods are actually useful for something after all, like drying off wet clothes/towels. Did you by chance run a film emulation plug-in on any of those?
Someone mentioned 303 Aerospace Protectant for cleaning rubber rings, etc.. I've also tried it and it works well for that, as well as car interiors, etc...
Ron, good eyes, nothing can trick you. I bought VSCO, and starting trying it for some photo I took a well back. I also try some for my Leica M9 at low light. I think it works well with Low light, BW, and Portrait. Good software, but not so good price
But I feel it is very good for learning how to process photo. I will investigate it more once I have time. The good thing about it is it give me a good starting point quick and I can edit a little bit more based on my mood.
Just back from a week in Northumberland in North East UK.
Used the R35-70/4 heavily and seem to have some nice results from this lens.
As you may know the lens becomes recessed at certain focal lengths so I have a chunky B+W filter, 60-62 step ring then standard Lee 62mm adapter, well what can I say.............this combo causes heavy vignetting at 35mm, need to find another solution. Maybe a slimmer UV filter or a proper Leica E60 Lee adapter to avoid using the stepping ring, or even keep the current config and use a 62mm wide angle adapter. hmm, lots of possibilities to try out.
crazeazn wrote: i feel like michael's kids stage the photos for him!
Why do you think he moved closer to Hollywood?
Heck, his photos are great, kids are cute; good luck to them.
Seriously, zhangyue made it clear that he prefers fast, manual lenses for his type of photography and he excels in his goal. He may post few shots with the latest plastic/fantastic auto focus wonders, but I hope he won't!
johnahill: that's some 'Kind of Blue'!
I got 1 hour of a visible sunlight after nearly one week of pis***g rain. Sent wife shopping (which is as bad as buying a new lens) and drove around with my latest fave, Elmarit-R 28.
Thanks for all your kind comments and encouragement. Appreciate.
Yes, I enjoy the whole process with use manual focus glass. I might be slower, but I don't get disturbed by decide/move AF point around or focus too much on 'focus' than picture itself. I think you guys summarize it right like motion picture capture, See through my subject in focus with frame already there is a joy. I am a observer of their life, in that sense, they are stage for me in real life, I wish I can do that until my grandchildren
johnahill, beautiful picture with well defined focal point.
Jako, you have great skill for both capture the scene and process after, just about right. Like #1 and #4 a lot.
Andrew, "Metabones speedbooster" does seem to provide OK bokeh (I'm not familiar with 28-90 bokeh, so my comment doesn't have much weight). I would have assumed that kind of device to cause some bokeh quality issues.
Some weird bokeh studies - APO-Elmarit-R 180mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8
I had a lot of problems with a non name adapter and the 180mm F/2.8 APO. In the end, I bit the bullet for a Rayqual, and its bang on. What camera are you shooting?
The metabones seems to be ok with wides, but I am getting quite a bit of vignetting on the longer tele's and zooms.
I had a lot of problems with a non name adapter and the 180mm F/2.8 APO. In the end, I bit the bullet for a Rayqual, and its bang on. What camera are you shooting?
The metabones seems to be ok with wides, but I am getting quite a bit of vignetting on the longer tele's and zooms.
Andrew
It's understandable to have issues with large exit pupil lenses. In dpreview review they said even EF85/1.8 caused vignetting. Aperture in 85mm f/1.8 lens is 85mm/1.8=47,2mm, so no wonder 180mm f/2.8 causes issues (64,3mm aperture). For wide angle lenses it should cause no issues since for example 35mm f/1.4 lens has aperture of 25mm. Naturally things are not as simple as it may seem based on above since the exit pupil size + angle of rays coming from end of the lens is not determined only by aperture of the lens.
I think that the small lens mount puts limitations for these large aperture lenses with this kind of "reverse teleconverter", or should we call it "wideconverter". Good thing is that one can focus wide open even there is some vignetting.
I'm currently shooting with 5DmkII bodies, so I don't need this kind of adapter, but technologically very interesting component.
Andrew, those 28-90 shots are Bokehlicious. More! I wonder how it performs once slow down for Landscape type shot with SB?
Samuli, your images always give a sense of realness. perfect exposure and accurate color.
I should have used it more often for serious shooting than causal stuff I mostly do. 
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