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Cool shot and glad to see that the lens can resolve one finger at 15 feet, always a key benchmark!I assume it would, but the Mrs. adopted a new policy in regards to lens testing earlier this year...
History has shown that this policy applies to other areas too... Fortunately we have dogs - and they love cameras, literally, and readily show their affection by licking the front element... LOL
Seriously though, the only challenge a foresee with the Mamiya 150mm F3.5 is having enough light for sufficient DOF. F3.5 at portrait distances (say 10 to 15 feet) would most likely be too thin. F5.6 would be right (IMO) and here wasn't anywhere near that much light yesterday (at ISO 50).
This weekend I have time to use the lens some more. It'll probably be awhile before there's a true portrait image; I need to pick up a Metz flash for some fill.
Part of the aggressive look you're noticing is the chromatic aberration characteristic of the 150mm f/3.5. This CA draws red and green around the fence and trees which gives the entire image a slightly more sinister look. The 150mm f/2.8 eliminates almost all of that aberration and IMO has overall a more medium-format feel to the fall-off.Cool shot and glad to see that the lens can resolve one finger at 15 feet, always a key benchmark!
THe bokeh looks kind of aggressive though?
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Isaac Newton? :ROTFL:OK, who is to say she was not floating?
-bob
I just hate masking trees... But Little Fluffy Clouds can be interesting...And CS has a nifty little filter, "render clouds." Here is a 30 second application, and I am not proficient with it as I never use it. I suspect if one spent a few minutes they could do far better, but at least it's an idea: