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Fun with Contax G lenses on m43
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seakayaker
Active member
Naked
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 90mm f2.8 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/30
Life is Grand!
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 90mm f2.8 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/30
Life is Grand!
Dan
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seakayaker
Active member
Crosses, Steeples & the Crescent Moon
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 90mm f2.8 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/500
Life is Grand!
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 90mm f2.8 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/500
Life is Grand!
Dan
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Great stuff seakayaker. You are really just having a ball with your Contax G lenses.
I took just a few quick run of the mill Philly landscapes at f/8 with the 21mm lens. I think it holds up pretty well. There's a tiny bit of fall off and vignetting when I look and compare all my pics using photoshop to examine in more detail but over all edge to edge sharpness is really nice. I again was expecting not so great results but was surprised to see how well the sharpness held up.
Just for kicks I attached my Raynox HD-6600PR055 wide angle adapter and I was pretty shocked at how well it held up too. When I pixel peep, theres a difference obviously and you can see vignetting and softness but I was expecting far worse. Still very useable to me.
Philly Skyline & Schuylkill River Contax G 21mm f/8 & Raynox HD-660PRO55 & GH1
Philly Skyline & Schuylkill River Contax G 21mm f/8 & GH1
Fairmount Water Works Contax G 21mm f/8 & Raynox HD-660PRO55 & GH1
Fairmount Water Works Contax G 21mm f/8 GH1
I took just a few quick run of the mill Philly landscapes at f/8 with the 21mm lens. I think it holds up pretty well. There's a tiny bit of fall off and vignetting when I look and compare all my pics using photoshop to examine in more detail but over all edge to edge sharpness is really nice. I again was expecting not so great results but was surprised to see how well the sharpness held up.
Just for kicks I attached my Raynox HD-6600PR055 wide angle adapter and I was pretty shocked at how well it held up too. When I pixel peep, theres a difference obviously and you can see vignetting and softness but I was expecting far worse. Still very useable to me.
Philly Skyline & Schuylkill River Contax G 21mm f/8 & Raynox HD-660PRO55 & GH1
Philly Skyline & Schuylkill River Contax G 21mm f/8 & GH1
Fairmount Water Works Contax G 21mm f/8 & Raynox HD-660PRO55 & GH1
Fairmount Water Works Contax G 21mm f/8 GH1
seakayaker
Active member
Very nice shots gmoe!
I have the Contax G 45/2 & 90/2.8. I would not be confident enough to buy the 21 & 28 and start cutting. Perhaps the 35mm some day . . . . .
Congratulations on the successful surgery and seeing the positive results!
Keep 'em coming!
Life is Grand!
Dan
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I have the Contax G 45/2 & 90/2.8. I would not be confident enough to buy the 21 & 28 and start cutting. Perhaps the 35mm some day . . . . .
Congratulations on the successful surgery and seeing the positive results!
Keep 'em coming!
Life is Grand!
Dan
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seakayaker
Active member
Cruise ~ Sail ~ Fish
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contax G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f4 -- 1/3200
Pier 66 - Seattle - Cruise Ships Dock, go for a parasail, and the local Native American's have a couple of fishing boats tied to the docks.
Life is Grand!
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contax G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f4 -- 1/3200
Pier 66 - Seattle - Cruise Ships Dock, go for a parasail, and the local Native American's have a couple of fishing boats tied to the docks.
Life is Grand!
Dan
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seakayaker
Active member
Confident Seagull
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contax G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f4 -- 1/2000
Life is Grand!
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contax G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f4 -- 1/2000
Life is Grand!
Dan
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seakayaker
Active member
Rock Rose & Bee
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contag G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- 4 -- 1/640
Life is Grand!
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contag G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- 4 -- 1/640
Life is Grand!
Dan
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U
uusunn
Guest
GF1 + Metabones
My only complaint with the Metabones adapter is that it's too big.. ordered a steadicam and the adapter is often too big, so that limits your choices on quick release mounts and accessories. Other than that it works nicely.
seakayaker
Active member
. . . . . they never stop running.
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contag G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/2000
Life is Grand!
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contag G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/2000
Life is Grand!
Dan
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seakayaker
Active member
Trolling for Flying Fish
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contag G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- 2.8 -- 1/3200
Life is Grand
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contag G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- 2.8 -- 1/3200
Life is Grand
Dan
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seakayaker
Active member
Cargo Vessel Tian Du Feng 'Taking on Grain' with Cruise Ships along Seattle Waterfront
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contax G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/2000
Life is Grand!
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contax G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/2000
Life is Grand!
Dan
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seakayaker
Active member
Roses in the Front Garden
GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contax G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2 -- 1/1300
Life is Grand!
Dan
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GF1 with Carl Zeiss Contax G Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2 -- 1/1300
Life is Grand!
Dan
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scho
Well-known member
We took a drive over to the 3rd finger lake to our west (Keuka Lake) to visit some wineries on this most beautiful of all the finger lakes. Used the G1-IR with Contax G 28mm f/2.8 Biogon and a G2 with Lumix 14-45 kit lens.
Keuka Springs on the east shore
A lunch stop at a little lakeside cafe
Bully Hill vineyard on the west shore
Hay for mulching the vines
Heron Hill vineyard
and of course some grapes
Keuka Springs on the east shore
A lunch stop at a little lakeside cafe
Bully Hill vineyard on the west shore
Hay for mulching the vines
Heron Hill vineyard
and of course some grapes
Owen_Coors
New member
Carl, are these IR images cropped, as I can't find any smearing in them, at all, even in the corners. The 21mm images, back up the page, show obvious smearing. Still haven't bought a 35/2, yet, but may decide to go with the 28mm after seeing these.
scho
Well-known member
Owen,
Some of these are cropped, but here is a link to the full size, un-cropped version of the hay bales image above. I have not seen any edge smearing in the 28 images, but there is some slight corner softness, particularly at wider apertures. I normally shoot at about f/8 so I don't have any problems. The 35 is a bit sharper across the frame at all apertures.
Hay Bales FULL SIZE
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Owen_Coors
New member
Thanks, Carl! The fullsize image is just great! That's all the quality I could hope for, in a 28mm RF lens on m4/3.
Carl,
For someone who has been shooting ir for 4+ years, I love your photos in post #95, especially the first (my favorite), second, and the grapes --all three are excellent. Some day when I upgrade my G1, I'll convert my G1 to ir, until then I will continue shooting IR with my converted Canon G9. Keep posting those wonder IR photos.
Howard
For someone who has been shooting ir for 4+ years, I love your photos in post #95, especially the first (my favorite), second, and the grapes --all three are excellent. Some day when I upgrade my G1, I'll convert my G1 to ir, until then I will continue shooting IR with my converted Canon G9. Keep posting those wonder IR photos.
Howard
scho
Well-known member
Thank you Howard. I think you will enjoy using the G1 as an IR camera.