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ManualFocus-G
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 Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:26 pm Post subject: My 2nd best buy of the year (after the Flek!) - in the snow! |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
I've been looking for one of these for a while now, and it was delivered today, along with a bucket load of snow! 
So here it is, a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar, almost mint for £10.50 
Here's a few shots taken today (the weather was horrific and I had an "interesting" drive to the park!  I just absolutely LOVE the bokeh this thing produces!! It's so creamy you could almost eat it with your pie.
Shooting snow was very difficult in the poor conditions for an amateur like me, so any tips would be much appreciated! I left Adobe's default RAW sharpening on, as I was a bit shakey shakey out in the field
Snowman
Crop
Icycle thing
Crop
Branch with girlfriend about 5 metres behind (I love the bokeh!!)
Orange thingys
Bigger branches!
Orange arty thingy
Log in front of orange arty thingy  Look at that creamy bokeh...
Not as good as Luis Algeria's, but...
The Bird
Crop
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sichko
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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sichko wrote:
Nice shots and a bargain at £10.50. The "orange thingys" are a Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) of some kind.
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Sven
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Sven wrote:
I can't understand how you can get such good bargains. Didn't you get the Flek very cheaply as well?
Last Sonnar I saw on Swedish ebay went for about 100 USD.
Nice shots as well.
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cilinderman
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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cilinderman wrote:
Absolutely excellent lens . I have it, even if I didn't got them for that price (50 GBP), and it's quality is excellent .
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Mal1905
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Mal1905 wrote:
These are lovely first shots from your bargain lens - they've made me want to go out into the snow here with mine...except it's nearly 19:00, quite dark and very cold out there
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ManualFocus-G
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
Thanks for the kind words chaps Ooh and the witch hazel detail
This lens was from a dealer...like the Flek...and was offered via email (he'd literally just aquired it) as a replacement for the Pentacon 135 I was after (which he'd just sold).
I'm absolutely stunned by it! Great fun!
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GrahamNR17
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
Brilliant lens, absolutely superb. I just got a zebra version from Oliver on here, and it's stunning. I am taking it out with no other lenses at the weekend for a really thorough play  |
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Rob Leslie
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: My 2nd best buy of the year (after the Flek!) - in the s |
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Rob Leslie wrote:
| Shrek wrote: |
I've been looking for one of these for a while now, and it was delivered today, along with a bucket load of snow!
Shooting snow was very difficult in the poor conditions for an amateur like me, so any tips would be much appreciated! I left Adobe's default RAW sharpening on, as I was a bit shakey shakey out in the field
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The only problem with photographing snow is exposure but it is easy with a modern camera. If you don’t already shoot with spot metering switch over and meter off a neutural tone and lock exposure. If you allow the camera to ‘Evaluate’ the exposure it will over underexpose by up to two stops, a disaster for your quality and especially the dynamic range, any degree of underexposure will kill digital DR.
If your in a total white out and can’t find a nautural object use your hand ( A very good 18% grey card substitute) for the reading.
Nice shots. Looks like you had more snow there than I did.
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LucisPictor
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LucisPictor wrote:
Yep, if sou shoot a snowy scene, overexpose!
The meter is tricked by the large amounts of "white". 
Nice shots and what a great bargain! Congrats!
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onesurvive
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onesurvive wrote:
How can you get such amazing deals!? You're good.
Mine should arrive this week. Bought it from GrahamNR17. Can't wait to try it out. |
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GrahamNR17
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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GrahamNR17 wrote:
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How can you get such amazing deals!? You're good.
Mine should arrive this week. Bought it from GrahamNR17. Can't wait to try it out. |
You mean it is not there yet? That's terrible! Airsure is supposed to be only three or four days  |
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ManualFocus-G
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
| Rob Leslie wrote: |
| Shrek wrote: |
I've been looking for one of these for a while now, and it was delivered today, along with a bucket load of snow!
Shooting snow was very difficult in the poor conditions for an amateur like me, so any tips would be much appreciated! I left Adobe's default RAW sharpening on, as I was a bit shakey shakey out in the field
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The only problem with photographing snow is exposure but it is easy with a modern camera. If you don’t already shoot with spot metering switch over and meter off a neutural tone and lock exposure. If you allow the camera to ‘Evaluate’ the exposure it will over underexpose by up to two stops, a disaster for your quality and especially the dynamic range, any degree of underexposure will kill digital DR.
If your in a total white out and can’t find a nautural object use your hand ( A very good 18% grey card substitute) for the reading.
Nice shots. Looks like you had more snow there than I did. |
Ahhh, I had it on multi-segment! Lesson learnt there then, thanks! I was generally switching between overexposing by 1.3 steps to about 0.5 steps. That's a great tip about using your hand as well. Great stuff. Although you can bet your bottom dollar we won't get snow here for another 10 years now
| LucisPictor wrote: |
Yep, if sou shoot a snowy scene, overexpose!
The meter is tricked by the large amounts of "white".
Nice shots and what a great bargain! Congrats! |
Thanks
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estudleon
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: My 2nd best buy of the year (after the Flek!) - in the s |
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estudleon wrote:
| Rob Leslie wrote: |
| Shrek wrote: |
I've been looking for one of these for a while now, and it was delivered today, along with a bucket load of snow!
Shooting snow was very difficult in the poor conditions for an amateur like me, so any tips would be much appreciated! I left Adobe's default RAW sharpening on, as I was a bit shakey shakey out in the field
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The only problem with photographing snow is exposure but it is easy with a modern camera. If you don’t already shoot with spot metering switch over and meter off a neutural tone and lock exposure. If you allow the camera to ‘Evaluate’ the exposure it will over underexpose by up to two stops, a disaster for your quality and especially the dynamic range, any degree of underexposure will kill digital DR.
If your in a total white out and can’t find a nautural object use your hand ( A very good 18% grey card substitute) for the reading.
Nice shots. Looks like you had more snow there than I did. |
The snow should be a zona 7/7,5 (slide) 7/8 (negative). Spot to the snow will give zona 5. Open 2, 2,5 or 3 apertures.
Do you use incident meter? Well, use the aperture that give the meter, without change it.
Use new doit it all cameras? Well, point and shot.
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But it is pretty to have the total control of the image that we obtain and to know why, isn't it?
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onesurvive
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onesurvive wrote:
| GrahamNR17 wrote: |
| onesurvive wrote: |
How can you get such amazing deals!? You're good.
Mine should arrive this week. Bought it from GrahamNR17. Can't wait to try it out. |
You mean it is not there yet? That's terrible! Airsure is supposed to be only three or four days |
It might be in my mailbox today, but I didn't have time to go check. |
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Kriengsak
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: |
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Kriengsak wrote:
Yesterday I left one CZJ 3.5/135 pass me by, the price is around 8-9 GBP when it closed.
Sadly it not shipped worldwide, so I have to watch it gone. |
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ManualFocus-G
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:43 am Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
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Yesterday I left one CZJ 3.5/135 pass me by, the price is around 8-9 GBP when it closed.
Sadly it not shipped worldwide, so I have to watch it gone. |
Maybe next time post up a message and someone in the UK could buy for you and post on?
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Kriengsak
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Kriengsak wrote:
look like CZJ 2.8/50 zebar just passed me by for 4.99 GBP because it not ship worldwide
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280307169648
Not very regret of it, I already have 2, but none of them come to me at this price |
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nemesis101
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nemesis101 wrote:
The picture of the bird should be added to the '3D' thread as it is startling how the branch upon which it sits stands out from BOTH foreground and background?
Well done, nice pics and great buy!
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