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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.
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. Mar 01, 2013 at 02:06 PM
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carstenw wrote:
Wanna buy some acetone?
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 ))))))))
Wanna buy some acetone?
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 ))))))))Mar 01, 2013 at 02:52 PM
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Shower gel, huh? I'm now picturing Alex giving his lenses Old Spice sponge baths.
Lovely shots (and subjects), Michael.
Lovely shots (and subjects), Michael.
Mar 01, 2013 at 05:29 PM
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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!
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!
Mar 01, 2013 at 06:05 PM
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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...
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...
Mar 02, 2013 at 01:28 AM
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rscheffler wrote:
So, after the acetone (or shower gel), it's a cat fur buff for the finishing touch?
No, no... for cats valerian better
So, after the acetone (or shower gel), it's a cat fur buff for the finishing touch?
No, no... for cats valerian better
Mar 02, 2013 at 01:34 AM
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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.
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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.
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Mar 02, 2013 at 02:02 AM
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Michael - I truly enjoy your kid pics. You are very good at capturing the moment in an unstaged manner. Well done.
Mar 02, 2013 at 08:12 AM
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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.
Anyway here's one from Alnmouth with R35-70/4
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.
Anyway here's one from Alnmouth with R35-70/4
Mar 02, 2013 at 04:18 PM
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i feel like michael's kids stage the photos for him! 
Mar 02, 2013 at 05:19 PM
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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.
Lee filters: 0.75NDG soft + .9ND
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.
Lee filters: 0.75NDG soft + .9ND
Mar 02, 2013 at 09:37 PM
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Test shots on a 28-90mm with the Metabones speedbooster
More to come.
Andrew
More to come.
Andrew
Mar 03, 2013 at 02:13 AM
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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.
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.
Mar 03, 2013 at 02:18 AM
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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
1. "last leaf"
2. no name
3. no name
Samuli
Some weird bokeh studies - APO-Elmarit-R 180mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8
1. "last leaf"
2. no name
3. no name
Samuli
Mar 03, 2013 at 04:15 PM
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Samuli,
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
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
Mar 03, 2013 at 08:56 PM
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Andrew Gough wrote:
Test shots on a 28-90mm with the Metabones speedbooster
Andrew
That is cool. Speedbooster will let you have FF fov on an APS-C camera.
Test shots on a 28-90mm with the Metabones speedbooster
Andrew
That is cool. Speedbooster will let you have FF fov on an APS-C camera.
Mar 04, 2013 at 12:03 AM
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Andrew Gough wrote:
Samuli,
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.
Samuli
Samuli,
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.
Samuli
Mar 04, 2013 at 04:23 AM
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Bring this to top from 2nd pg
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.
35cron R from weekend
FC is very interesting. look the Dish. f2, 1/8000. vignette is very strong under this setting. I used ND filter in LR4 to bring down the sky.
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.
35cron R from weekend
FC is very interesting. look the Dish. f2, 1/8000. vignette is very strong under this setting. I used ND filter in LR4 to bring down the sky.
Mar 06, 2013 at 12:42 PM