Allen, nice pattern.
Charles, the first one is great! Love it.
Mike, enjoy both set. great skill, love the color and composition.
Gary, such a beautiful view!
Ryan, nice BW set, #1 for me.
Adam, love that process, color looks special.
Michael, thank you very much Excellent B&W tonality and very interesting compositions.
Mike, love this series!!!
Gary, very nice! The 50 Lux Pre is one of my favorites in rendering.
Shots with M240 and 21 SEM this evening at Elephant rock
Ryan, love the bike shot!
Adam, nice photos and interesting PP, especially on the bicycle shot.
Mike, great documentary photos as usual. What was the event?
Gary, the first and last shots are superb!
Zhangyue, I really like the 1st two. There is something about the face expressions. Nice moments!
Charles, lovely images, like them all!
Allen, psychedelic b&w!
Ryan, nice b&w set where the two first are my favorites. I also liked the photos processed with VSCO 4 from previous pages, I'm far from an expert on film rendering but I really like the colors in your examples.
Adam, very nice 50 APO examples. Color and tonality looks great.
Gary, looks like a great hike and very good photos to.
Michael, I completely agree with Edward.
Charles, you're really making good use of the 21 SEM. Favorites are the first and last of this last set.
Mike, great set. Very good triangle formed composition in the b&w photo
Thank you very much Edward and Joakim The 21 SEM combined with the LV with the M240 is great. No external VF, and wysiwyg. I know with my cheaper CV 21/25 VF, I did manage some interesting compositions
Edward, excellent set. I love the lighting just before the rain storms in Bangkok The WB is perfect for the feel of the shots.
Two more shots from last night. M240 21 SEM, dark now with only moonlight. 21 SEM wide open at ISO 3200. The PP'ing I pushed about 1 stop, and some horizontal banding was present in the sky. Ran it through Dfine 2.0 via CS6. Turned down all the noise reduction to minimal amount, other than leaving the debanding on.
KatieInTexas wrote:
Too many wonderful images to possibly comment on all of them - fantastic work everyone! Edward, Charles, Mike, Ryan, Zhangue, ... I love this thread!
So - questions:
Took a test shot tonight with the CV 15:
1) How do you all fix the corner color shift? This is at ISO 1250 - will it get better when I use a reasonable working ISO?
2) What lens profile do you guys use for this lens?
Thanks Katie
With regards to your CV15, I don't have experience with this lens, but if you use C1 Pro, rather than Lr/CS6, it is very easy to take some blank WB shots with the CV15 and use the LCC in C1Pro to correct for the magenta shift. I had used this before there were firmware upgrades to the M9, and used this on a number of WA's then. It works incredibly well as it is calibrated to your lens.
There are many others here, who are more qualified with the CV15, so I am sure they will assist
So I just picked up the 21 SEM for the Australian coastal drive.... Then we had a last minute change of plans and I'm now leaving from Australia to New Zealand for skiing instead.
Have a day in Sydney, then head out. On the way back I'll have another couple days in Sydney.
Btw, shame on those individuals that have tempted me into buying the SEM.. You know who you are.
Oh and Edward n Charles, nice shots.. I'm on an iPad so sorry if I'm missing shots the next two weeks..
Charles - nice high ISO work. Looks pretty decent to me...
Katie - I have the CV15 as well and it has real bad magenta shift. I think it actually could be worse with my M240 than the M9 shots I have seen. I use Cornerfix but it is a bit of a pain and extra work.... My experience is that the ISO did not effect the strength of the magenta color cast issue. I would use it more often but I like to avoid any extra PP work if possible. Having said that, it is such a good performing lens.
Adam - As I have mentioned to Charles, it was only a matter of time.
Joakim, Allen, Charles, Katie, thank you very much for your comments, and thanks for the likes too!
Charles, beautiful moonlight shots! Too bad you don't carry a tripod (I never do )
Katie, nice self portrait! As for the Italian flag, other than the excellent cornerfix, there is also a free plug-in from adobe for LR. I think it works equally as well, but it's easier to make profiles than cornerfix. As far as I'm concerned, I consider the mechanical vignetting and Italian flag as a fact of life. I never try to remove it neither use the in-camera lens profiles. If the corner shift is too annoying, I just crop it out, but I have to mention that I rarely get it with the lenses I have.
CVickery, nice shot!
Gary Clennan wrote:
Charles - nice high ISO work. Looks pretty decent to me...
Katie - I have the CV15 as well and it has real bad magenta shift. I think it actually could be worse with my M240 than the M9 shots I have seen. I use Cornerfix but it is a bit of a pain and extra work.... My experience is that the ISO did not effect the strength of the magenta color cast issue. I would use it more often but I like to avoid any extra PP work if possible. Having said that, it is such a good performing lens.
Adam - As I have mentioned to Charles, it was only a matter of time. ...Show more →
Haha, I'm a sucker for pretty images shot with m lenses..
Thank you Gary, Adam and Edward
Gary, you are right The 21 SEM hooked me, and now Adam!
Edward, I rarely carry a tripod! I know it would be great, but just love the ease of only carry one M and lens for an evening shoot.
Adam, congrats on the 21 SEM!!! You will love it.
Mike, great documentary photos as usual. What was the event?
Thanks! This year Nick Vujicic contracted me out to shoot photos and take notes and blog on his World Outreach Tour. It's an incredible opportunity - really blessed to have it. I actually leave for the second leg of it tomorrow.
Edward - nice series before the storm. I like the DHL 'vehicle'
Charles - magnificent 3200 shots with the 21 SEM. They look much better than I would have expected...the shot of the fisherman I wouldn't think twice about hanging!
Katie - if you want to avoid the magenta corners without using cornerfix (pain in the ass if you ask me) the lens works best as b/w. It is an EXCELLENT b/w lens
Excellent B&W tonality and very interesting compositions.
