Wet morning

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/9205/wetmorncj8.jpg

Planar 1.4/85 on EOS 5D

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Wow, now I see power of Planar ! Excellent!

Katastrofo · Expire: 2013-11-19

Well, we certainly haved "turned over a new leaf" haven't we? Laughing

Great shot, Orio! Let's see a pic of that lens! Cool

Bill

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Here's the lens, held in my hand to give idea of proportions:

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/6328/planar1485ap5.jpg

Quite heavy, lots of glass inside.
Pic taken with my faithful and beloved Volna-9 on the 400D.

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Himself · Expire: 2013-05-30

Excellent colour rendition Orio.
That lens is a gem.

Sorin

Ballu · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject:

wow...

As I said earlier (During your quiz Twisted Evil

), Planar is very different for leaves capture (I think you used the correct term, organic matters). You can tell with first site. And this picture is saying straight forwardly...
Dont know the technical reason...

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Yes Ballu, I remember when you said that Smile

you had a good eye.

Well I'm no technician either but like you, I like what I see. It's the Zeiss look, pages and pages have been written about that.

It does not result from any scientific test. Actually, Zeiss lenses are often humiliated by Leica lenses when it comes to line resolution (although to be fair, one also has to note that Zeiss is the only company who makes MTF tests from production lenses, not from prototypes like all other companies do)

Fact is that Zeiss lenses have a 3-dimensional look that many other excellent lenses don't. The reason of this is widely debated. There is even a thread going on about this subject on the Fred Miranda forum. Some say it's the macro-contrast, some say it's the bokeh, some that it's the combination of sharpness+zeiss bokeh.
What every body agrees about is there is something about these lenses that produces such results. I can see that with my eyes.

Zeiss lenses are not perfect under all respects. Some show some CA, others are soft wide open, like the PLanar 1.4/50mm. Yet, it performs with such a "airness", that it was elected best 135 format standard lens, over the Leica Summicron-R 50.

I think in the end it's a matter of character over perfection. If one wants the perfection, he has to shop for Leica lenses, that is for sure. I own some Leica lenses myself and I can see that they are the best, technically wise.

But I believe that at Zeiss they are no idiots, and that they could make lenses like Leicas if they wanted to. Instead, they have chosen to stay with their "secret recipe", their character and their shortcomings all included.
And I approve their choice. I hope they will never change. We need lenses with their own personaliy even in the 21th century. Because if you look at the major Japanese lenses of today, they are all perfect, but they also look all the same.

Heck, I think that most often than not, I would be able to tell a picture shot with a Zeiss lens from one that was not. But who could seriously today tell a picture of a Canon AF lens from one of a Nikon AF lens?

God bless Carl Zeiss!

hacksawbob · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1293 Location: LANCS UK

Like he said Orio Wow! is there any PP on that?

Bob · Expire: 2011-12-08

Fantastic, that photo just jumps out at you. Cool

Katastrofo · Expire: 2013-11-19

Yes, 'tis a great shot. My only niggle is there seems to be some hot spots
from using a flash (?) If so, some flash diffusion would've been nice. Also
try focusing next time. I mean, the first time I opened the link the image
was so sharp it nearly cut my eyes! Laughing

Just kidding and it's still a superb shot! Wink

Bill

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

TDN · Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 321 Location: Belgium

holy **********! that's sharp!

Katastrofo · Expire: 2013-11-19

Orio, I just noticed that there's that staircase thing around the leaves!
Nevermind, those are serrations..huhuhuhuhuhuh Razz

Yep, it's a stunner! Surprised

Bill

ps looking at it today, those high spots add to the gleaming quality of
the leaves.