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testing my lenses - part 78 - Minolta MD 50mm/1.7
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:18 pm
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:50 pm
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Nice images.

The rose looks a bit on the soft side.


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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:57 pm
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:57 pm
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revers wrote:
Nice images.

The rose looks a bit on the soft side.


it was shot wide open and it was very sunny day, so that might be the cause of that


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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:28 am
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Very nice shots. I always find "any" shade of red the most difficult to get a nice clear/sharp focus. Not quite sure why that is.


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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:45 pm
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The rose looks tack sharp to me but the contrast is very low in the sharp parts (all highly saturated colours).

Anyway, nice samples.


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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:20 pm
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In fact i like your work. But i have to say this. All you prove is: THIS lens is working and capable to produce usable results. But using a lot of post production, closed apertures and cropped image everything just looks very much the same. 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 100mm, 135mm, 200mm, it's all the same. F1.2, F2.0, F2.8, F4. F5.6 it really doesn't count. Uncoated, Single coated, MC all just the same. Suggestion: try to include one shot wide-open. And maybe one shot at infinity. Keep one shot for fixed WB to compare color reproduction.


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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:49 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:49 pm
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new samples using E-M5









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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:37 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:37 pm
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I just keep reaching for this lens, on the NEX it's superb. It's a 'guaranteed shot' lens - if I get it right. Wink


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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:42 am
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:42 am
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Some images are very beautiful.

Subtle ones. Not excesive contrast, please. Something into the real world, delicate world.

No more that awful and vulgar contrast.

Please, something of art.
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