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Reminds me of an old saying. "No matter how fine she is somebody somewhere is sick of her sh*t".
Great shots BTW Rich.
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Great shots BTW Rich.
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Got a chance to head out to a local nature preserve today. I started shooting with my Minolta glass but ended up with the speedbooster and Yashicas. Here are some of the better shots with the Series 2 Yashica ML 50/1.7. The pseudo macro shots are with the Minolta Close Up lens No.2 as well.
at work
a ragged weave
loosening trestle
departure (a self portrait)
leaf me alone
an adornment
closed for your inconvenience
and 1 from the ML 28/2.8
beside the trail
at work
a ragged weave
loosening trestle
departure (a self portrait)
leaf me alone
an adornment
closed for your inconvenience
and 1 from the ML 28/2.8
beside the trail
All great shots......these two are my favs.Got a chance to head out to a local nature preserve today. I started shooting with my Minolta glass but ended up with the speedbooster and Yashicas. Here are some of the better shots with the Series 2 Yashica ML 50/1.7. The pseudo macro shots are with the Minolta Close Up lens No.2 as well.
at work
loosening trestle
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Vivek
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where have the thumb-up gone?, but anyway....both thumbs up!loosening trestle
leaf me alone
and 1 from the ML 28/2.8
beside the trail
Thorkil
Does anyone have any experience using a Nikkor 85mm f2 AI(s) lens with the Speed Booster?
On the same note, what's everyone's recommendations for an (relatively) small sized 85mm lens that's f2 or faster? I have an EF 85mm 1.8 that needs repair, but it's rather large when mounted on an NEX-6. I have a bunch of smaller manual lenses, so I'd like to keep things that way. The Nikkor 85mm f2 seems like a nice size.
Danny
On the same note, what's everyone's recommendations for an (relatively) small sized 85mm lens that's f2 or faster? I have an EF 85mm 1.8 that needs repair, but it's rather large when mounted on an NEX-6. I have a bunch of smaller manual lenses, so I'd like to keep things that way. The Nikkor 85mm f2 seems like a nice size.
Danny
There quite a few out there that are including some Russian clones. The Konica Hexanon 85 f1.8, Olympus 85 f2, Nikon H or HC 85 f1.8 (HC is multi coated), Pentax S-M-C Takumar in M42 screw mount. Of course there may be more choices in the future as new versions of the SB are released.
I have the Takumar and will never part with it. The version I have is very hard to find.
I have the Takumar and will never part with it. The version I have is very hard to find.
I too, can vouch for the Asahi Pentax 85/1.8 SMC Takumar......it's an elegant handling lens and balances well on the SB. Mine didn't like the brightest sun (older coatings, I guess), but I just got in a VERY deep metal tele-hood for it and it made a big difference.
Prices skyrocketed for these lenses a few years back but the prices are drifting down again.
The Contax 85/2.8 Sonnar is nicely priced, small and very sharp.
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Rich, Thorkil, thank you both for the compliments and (invisible) thumbs up. I am very pleased you liked the photos.
Crono I am not sure what your budget is but you might want to check out the Voigtlander SL Color Heliar 75/2.5. I came across it while researching C/Y mount lenses and it seems to be a nice performer, if on the pricey side. On the speedbooster it would become a 1.8.
There is always the C/Y mount Zeiss Sonnar 85/2.8 and 85/1.4, the latter being much more expensive.
I am very pleased you liked the photos.Crono I am not sure what your budget is but you might want to check out the Voigtlander SL Color Heliar 75/2.5. I came across it while researching C/Y mount lenses and it seems to be a nice performer, if on the pricey side. On the speedbooster it would become a 1.8.
There is always the C/Y mount Zeiss Sonnar 85/2.8 and 85/1.4, the latter being much more expensive.
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Great captures of youth at play Slingers.
I've been playing with a S-M-C Takumar 50mm 1.4 with the SB, and there's a good bit of vignetting. I haven't used this on full frame before, but I'm guessing it's a combination of the lens' character and the SB. It's a very sharp lens and has great contrast and OOF rendering. The vignetting can be fixed in post, but it's still annoying. It's not as subtle or gradual as some other lenses I've used with the SB. The Series E 50mm 1.8, in comparison, doesn't really have any noticeable vignetting.
I've been spending so much time Googling up 50mm's and checking them on eBay. I'm going nuts with all the options out there, but at least I've been able to keep the trigger finger in control.
What's everyone's favorite 50mm to use with the SB? And what are your thought on its properties such as vignetting and OOF rendering?
I've been spending so much time Googling up 50mm's and checking them on eBay. I'm going nuts with all the options out there, but at least I've been able to keep the trigger finger in control.
What's everyone's favorite 50mm to use with the SB? And what are your thought on its properties such as vignetting and OOF rendering?
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Vivek
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My fav is the 50/1.8 EF II. OOF rendition isn't too smooth but is very sharp and a very fast lens (faster than f/1.3 with the SB!).
Next the Summicron R 50/2. Near perfect!
Then the OM 50/1.2. Simply awesome!
I do not like the OM 50/1.8 at all.
The 50/1.8 AF Nikkor is unremarkable. It isn't used much.
Next the Summicron R 50/2. Near perfect!
Then the OM 50/1.2. Simply awesome!
I do not like the OM 50/1.8 at all.
The 50/1.8 AF Nikkor is unremarkable. It isn't used much.
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Huh....thats weird. I thought I responded to your question days ago Crono. I was rather sleepy and probably didnt actually hit the post button. Oh well...
My favorite 50 for the SB is the Yashica ML 50/1.7. It is one of the main reasons I decided to go with the C/Y version instead of the EOS version. Well, that and the price. I had every intention of shooting with a Zeiss Planar 50/1.7 but the three I tried just didnt match up to my ML.
The ML line was made by Tomioka which Yashica had purchased some years before. Tomioka was previously a third party manufacturer that made all of Yashicas lenses anyway (as well as lenses for many other makes). So it was a good investment at the time for Yashica to take them in house. When Kyocera bought Yashica years later they of course inherited Tomioka as well. It is my understanding that even today the remnants of Tomioka exist in Kyoceras massive holdings.
The reason I mention all of this is that there is something about the rendering of a Tomioika lens that I have always found to be pleasing and somewhat unique. Dont ask me to explain it because I cant. Bokeh is a very subjective and personal thing and one mans beauty is another man harshness. I have often thought on this very subject and I cant for the life of me find a word to describe it. The only thing I can come up with, and this is so silly it misses the mark entirely, is that Tomioka lenses have a 'cartoony' bokeh. Which completely fails, even as I type this, to convey what I mean.
Anyway, ML lenses are solidly made, most of them all metal (except some of the later cheapy ones). They have the wonderful Tomioka traits and the match up very well with the NEX. My experiance has been that the 50/1.7 is sharper then the 50/1.4, but that could be just the sample variation I have been exposed to. The 1.4 does have a 8 bladed aperture (while the Zeiss 50/1.4 only has 6) which I always thought was nice. The thing is on the SB the 1.7 becomes a 1.2 which for me is plenty narrow for a DOF. The 1.4 would be even more narrow. And of course somewhere out there in The Land of Rare and Expensive Lenses lives the ML 50/1.2. I have never even seen this lens on ebay or anywhere else for sale.
Having said that, I just checked ebay for the lens and while there were none available for sale there was a Contax Zeiss 55/1.2 with a Buy it Now for only $13,000.00
I actually laughed out loud.
My favorite 50 for the SB is the Yashica ML 50/1.7. It is one of the main reasons I decided to go with the C/Y version instead of the EOS version. Well, that and the price. I had every intention of shooting with a Zeiss Planar 50/1.7 but the three I tried just didnt match up to my ML.
The ML line was made by Tomioka which Yashica had purchased some years before. Tomioka was previously a third party manufacturer that made all of Yashicas lenses anyway (as well as lenses for many other makes). So it was a good investment at the time for Yashica to take them in house. When Kyocera bought Yashica years later they of course inherited Tomioka as well. It is my understanding that even today the remnants of Tomioka exist in Kyoceras massive holdings.
The reason I mention all of this is that there is something about the rendering of a Tomioika lens that I have always found to be pleasing and somewhat unique. Dont ask me to explain it because I cant. Bokeh is a very subjective and personal thing and one mans beauty is another man harshness. I have often thought on this very subject and I cant for the life of me find a word to describe it. The only thing I can come up with, and this is so silly it misses the mark entirely, is that Tomioka lenses have a 'cartoony' bokeh. Which completely fails, even as I type this, to convey what I mean.
Anyway, ML lenses are solidly made, most of them all metal (except some of the later cheapy ones). They have the wonderful Tomioka traits and the match up very well with the NEX. My experiance has been that the 50/1.7 is sharper then the 50/1.4, but that could be just the sample variation I have been exposed to. The 1.4 does have a 8 bladed aperture (while the Zeiss 50/1.4 only has 6) which I always thought was nice. The thing is on the SB the 1.7 becomes a 1.2 which for me is plenty narrow for a DOF. The 1.4 would be even more narrow. And of course somewhere out there in The Land of Rare and Expensive Lenses lives the ML 50/1.2. I have never even seen this lens on ebay or anywhere else for sale.
Having said that, I just checked ebay for the lens and while there were none available for sale there was a Contax Zeiss 55/1.2 with a Buy it Now for only $13,000.00
I actually laughed out loud.
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Havent been able to shoot much recently. Been itching to use the Yashica ML Macro 55/4 some more and while the rain really kept me from getting out and shooting I did a few in house shots and managed to find a snail outside the front door. The snail shots also use the Minolta Close Up lens No.2 and Minolta Close Up lens for Auto Pak 8.
Snails, by the way, are incredibly hard to shoot since their freaky body shape has bits and parts going all in and out of the DOF.
the thing wot lived in the garden
with stately grace
cant you hear me stalking to you?
the descent
cursed with an angry countenance that belies the child inside
draw the blinds on the coming night
Snails, by the way, are incredibly hard to shoot since their freaky body shape has bits and parts going all in and out of the DOF.
the thing wot lived in the garden
with stately grace
cant you hear me stalking to you?
the descent
cursed with an angry countenance that belies the child inside
draw the blinds on the coming night
Michiel Schierbeek
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Some from the dependence Louvre Museum in Lens, Northern France.
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Vivek
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Lovely, Michiel!
Michiel Schierbeek
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This is the captain's Saint Bernhard on a boattrip today.
(This lens starts vignetting on the tele side with the booster)
(This lens starts vignetting on the tele side with the booster)
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Vivek
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You really are on a roll, Michiel!
Here is a snap of my latest camera and a favorite film.
NEX-6, Speed Booster, Olympus OM 50/3.5, f/16, avaliable light
Here is a snap of my latest camera and a favorite film.
NEX-6, Speed Booster, Olympus OM 50/3.5, f/16, avaliable light