jonpais Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 @JordanWright I traded in the Nocticron so never had an opportunity to do any side-by-side tests. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinad Amir Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Looks more contrasty @jonpaiscompare to noc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 @Rinad Amir Could be, or maybe just the lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noone Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I find it funny how we keep looking for lenses to try/use but sometimes forget or dismiss what we already have. I have an ancient Promura 28 2.8 lens in m42 mount and it spends its days as a "plug" on an old Pentax Spotmatic I have not used for 15 years or so. I was reminded of it when I saw it while looking for something the other day and thought I would take the lens for a walk. Just a jpeg as taken still but for a pretty much give away lens, I don't mind it now at all (I used to think it was crap and only good as a body cap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Wow the old A7s comes through. Nice shot with a crap lens LoL. It is showing a -1 exposure?? On purpose? I can sort of see why with the sun, but. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noone Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Thanks. Yeah, on purpose. It is actually an as taken in camera HDR. The -1 to bring up the cloud reflections from the sun and the HDR to bring some of the rest back (this was the first early morning cloud of any sort I have had for a couple of weeks). I took quite a few in various combinations 0 to -1 and HDR and not and I tend to like it a bit darker. I have HDR to be switched on/off with two button presses and am having a bit of fun with it at the moment. I have looked at it on a few computers and it is too dark on some but I like it on others (including my home computer). webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mercer Posted April 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2018 Here’s a quick screengrab from an outtake of my film. I don’t really love the shot but it shows what a fast wide angle can do on FF. It was shot on the Canon 28mm 1.8 ... pretty cool little lens. webrunner5, Adept, BTM_Pix and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanWright Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 So ive decided my sigma zooms are waaaayyy to big and heavy for when i'm shooting casually. Im looking to purchase an additional set of primes to compliment. Im currently looking at maybepicking up a set of Leica R's (35,50,90 Crons) any suggestions or experiances with these or any other suggestions? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I think @TheRenaissanceMan and @Zak Forsman have a set of LeicaR. I briefly had the 35-70mm f/3.5 but I kinda liked it too much and couldn’t see myself affording many primes to go along with it. @JordanWright JordanWright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 After a weird winter of weather, some family health issues and some financial issues, I am finally ready to resume production on my film. The financial issues forced me to sell off the two lenses I was using. After a few months of digging through my closet and testing almost every lens I had, I finally settled on two lenses I didn't have but cost me a fraction of what my original lenses cost. Here are a couple examples from a final lens test I did the other day with my lead actor. The first two are from the Canon EF USM 28mm f/1.8... And the next two are from the Canon 50mm f/1.4... Both are great lenses that cost me a lot less than one of the lenses I was using before. JordanWright, kye and Adept 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I guess lenses aren't forever after all. The Olympus 45mm f/1.2 PRO is rocking my world, and I don't regret for an instant trading in my Nocticron. Some may still prefer the Nocticron for dual IBIS, but I've never encountered a situation with non-stabilized lenses where the camera's own IBIS, or that of a brushless gimbal, wasn't good enough. I've even shot with the Veydra 85mm with ETC mode enabled and the GH5's IBIS allowed me to shoot handheld with no camera shake. Some still believe that the Leicas have a magical 3D pop, which may be a combination of color rendering, the way it renders out-of-focus areas and micro-contrast, as well as high resolution, but I'm not seeing it - or rather, I don't see it as exclusive to any one brand. Practically any good lens today, whether it's Zeiss, Fujinon or Sony, can deliver exceptionally three dimensional images. Sigma's 16mm f/1.4 has also displaced my seldom used Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95. From f/1.4 onward, it pretty much kills the Voigtlander in virtually every regard, and not only in resolution. I do like fast primes, but when we're talking f/0.95, it's a case of seriously diminishing returns. Wide open, the Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 loses as much as 68% of it's brightness at the corners due to vignetting, the Sigma, 24% at the edges wide open. And both the Sigma and the Olympus render out-of-focus areas beautifully. Perhaps the one word that comes to mind when thinking about the Noktons is 'character' - but I believe the Sigma 16mm has plenty to go around. Which is probably one of the reasons why it was on the list of many photographers' best-of lenses earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonim Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Nokton for fun today at my place, stills grab from clip 1 hour after midnight - f0.95, iso 1600 (or rather 3200), for my eye everything around was completely in the dark, but not for the eye of mr Nokton JordanWright, mercer and kidzrevil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonim Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 11:46 PM, mercer said: Wow, what a nice clasic balance of tonality - blue with pale face and creamy pastel of compounding colors in the background! And glance down to the side - immediately composition angle reminiscence of La Vergine Annunciata by Antonello da Messina (sadly reproduction is bad)... mercer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, anonim said: Wow, what a nice clasic balance of tonality - blue with pale face and creamy pastel of compounding colors in the backgroung! And glance down to the side - immediately composition angle reminiscence of La Vergine Annunciata by Antonello da Messina (sadly reproduction is bad)... That’s exactly what I was going for... not really but I like your smarter reason better than my contemplation reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanWright Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Im thinking a set of Leica R's will pair well with the Pocket4K, might miss IS... anyone know of any or a good set of IS lenses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidzrevil Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Voigtlander 28mm f2.8 The voigtlanders + the canon 5d raw is becoming my go to street photo/video setup. The focus ring on this thing is smooth as hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Billingham Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 13 hours ago, JordanWright said: Im thinking a set of Leica R's will pair well with the Pocket4K, might miss IS... anyone know of any or a good set of IS lenses? Im interested in the Tamron sp f1.8 35mm/45mm with ef speedbooster. Anyone know if the IS is working with these on a booster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonim Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 10:36 PM, JordanWright said: So ive decided my sigma zooms are waaaayyy to big and heavy for when i'm shooting casually. Im looking to purchase an additional set of primes to compliment. Im currently looking at maybepicking up a set of Leica R's (35,50,90 Crons) any suggestions or experiances with these or any other suggestions? cheers I had set of Leica R lenses... anything special that interested you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshimo Garcia Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Hey guys, I was just browsing some Texas craigslist for some nice prime lenses and came upon this: Anyone have experience with this particular lens? Zeiss Planar 50 1.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Not sure this has been posted? https://***URL removed***/news/6301101985/nisi-jumps-into-lens-game-unveils-five-full-frame-cinema-prime-lenses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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