I don't do portraits - just street type work.
With people it softens faces and can make them appear to 'glow'.
However any thick arteries or veins near the skin's surface will come out dark. Not really an issue on faces.
Bare legs on a hot sunny day can be very freaky looking and not flattering at all.
Tattoos render very dark with huge contrast so are always a target for me.
Most of these were taken with my D7100 crop sensor IR camera from a few years ago.
With the advances in LR I could probably do a better job processing these if I cycled back and re-edited them.
rafaelcasd wrote:
I thought to shed a little light on my observations about the performance difference between the 5cm 1.4 S.C and the 50mm 1.4 S.C.
]pbraymond wrote:
Great comparison. Must be what is referred to as character in many instances. Right circumstances for the right lens would apply, though I usually just have one lens of a particular focal length with me, and the shot is taken with whatever is available. Nice demo Rafael, thanks.
rafaelcasd wrote:
That character is what frustrates me with the RF 5cm, it is almost a throw of the dice, some photos have a wow factor from the lens rendering while others are outright ugly.
The F 50mm are more predictable, they are all good and relatively well behaved. (and inexpensive used)
Feel obligated to post samples of the 50mm 1.4 F fully open.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 MarkII + adapter + Reflex-Nikkor C 1000mm f/11F, + tripod, ISO 2500, f/11 at 1/400s. 55% cropped (11/20MP). An effective 2000mm lens on the M4/3 sensor. These guys and girls are becoming unbelievably common here in the big city!
Wow James, great results with the 600mm f5.6 and tc-16a.
I never had so good results like yours with this combo. Are you using the mod semi-AF or the unmodded TC16A?
