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mo
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:29 am Post subject: Astronar 300/5.5 Fuji 400 Xtra superia |
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mo wrote:
Not sure I like this lens I may need a heavier tripod to stop vibration or be more patient
#1 resting the lens on a towel on the car roof,it was a very overcast day and the sun was shining on this cliff face.
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#4 Still having trouble with the backlight I did adjust exposure but need the flash I think?
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Ricoh Singlex TLS,KR-5,KR-5Super,XR-10
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Auto Rikenon's 55/1.4, 1.8, 2.8... 50/1.7 Takumar 2/58 Preset Takumar 2.8/105 Auto Takumar 2.2/55, 3.5/35 Super Takumar 1.8/55...Macro Takumar F4/50... CZJ Biotar ALU M42 2/58 CZJ Tessar ALU M42 2.8/50
CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2.8/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8 Tamron SP350/5.6 Tamron SP90/2.5
Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5017 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:26 am Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
***Still having trouble with the backlight I did adjust exposure but need the flash I think?***
....or just only take shots when the parrot is in full sunshine against a deep blue sky. _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
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mo
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:33 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
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***Still having trouble with the backlight I did adjust exposure but need the flash I think?***
....or just only take shots when the parrot is in full sunshine against a deep blue sky. |
Maybe the easiest solution
Here is one with a medium sized tube attached
Testing infinity seems to work ok here
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Fuji XE-1,Pentax K-01,Panasonic G1,Panasonic G5,Pentax MX
Ricoh Singlex TLS,KR-5,KR-5Super,XR-10
Lenses
Auto Rikenon's 55/1.4, 1.8, 2.8... 50/1.7 Takumar 2/58 Preset Takumar 2.8/105 Auto Takumar 2.2/55, 3.5/35 Super Takumar 1.8/55...Macro Takumar F4/50... CZJ Biotar ALU M42 2/58 CZJ Tessar ALU M42 2.8/50
CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2.8/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8 Tamron SP350/5.6 Tamron SP90/2.5
Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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Excalibur
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
erm well very professional using a seperate exposure meter....too much hassle for me, I just want to take shots and let my cameras do the work...of course you have to help the camera out now and again with difficult lighting conditions, and all you need is a small bit of experience. _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
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marty
Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 767 Location: Italy
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:12 am Post subject: |
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marty wrote:
Use self timer or cable release for minimize shake. Try to find a better point of view,or use flash,or expose a bit more, use a hood when shooting against sun. Then pay attention to your posture if shooting hand held: take you legs apart to gain more stability, elbows against chest, camera rested on your cheek, one hand below the lens barrel, the other holding the body and releasing the shutter. Take a deep breath and trip the shutter while breathing out. This often works for me, if I manage to have the speed at its faster setting (And, no, I'm no big guy... ). That said, good compositions. I like the heron (?) caught at mid fly.
Cheers, M.- _________________ Canon FD
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Lenses: nFD 20mm f2.8, 24 f2.8, 28 f2.8, 35 f2, FD 50 f1.8 S.C., 85 f1.8, 100 f2.8, 135 f2.8, 200 f4, 300 f4
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mo
Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 8979 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:06 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
Thanks again Marty I will take note next time of body position.
The last 2 were with the Ricoh TLS so the meter was helping me work out if the cameras meter is working properly as it can be a pain at times it also helped me work out whether the hand held meter was working as well $2 special from ebay nice soligor selector CDS meter
Univer traded with me and gave me some extension tubes so I was playing with those as well.... they are a lot of fun _________________ Moira, Moderator
Fuji XE-1,Pentax K-01,Panasonic G1,Panasonic G5,Pentax MX
Ricoh Singlex TLS,KR-5,KR-5Super,XR-10
Lenses
Auto Rikenon's 55/1.4, 1.8, 2.8... 50/1.7 Takumar 2/58 Preset Takumar 2.8/105 Auto Takumar 2.2/55, 3.5/35 Super Takumar 1.8/55...Macro Takumar F4/50... CZJ Biotar ALU M42 2/58 CZJ Tessar ALU M42 2.8/50
CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2.8/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8 Tamron SP350/5.6 Tamron SP90/2.5
Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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Excalibur
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
Looking out of my window I saw similar conditions as your parrot shot...it was pinky white cherry blossom in sunshine against a pale blue whitish sky. Well the camera would have got the exposure wrong by two stops.
When you have the neg film developed and put onto a CD or prints the machine would have compensated for the error and the shot would probably look ok, but the difference between a correctly exposed one would be at least.......the grain would be for optimum results and it would be sharper. _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
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peterqd
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 7448 Location: near High Wycombe, UK
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:23 am Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
Nice shots, Mo-Fo! Using a 300mm hand-held, even resting on the car roof, is never easy. I think you did very well. I don't think fill-in flash is going to help a lot at the distance you were from the subject.
I'm not sure about this lens. There seems to be a fair bit of flare in most of the pictures, reducing the contrast considerably. This also reduces the apparent sharpness.
I think the bird is an Ibis, the sacred bird of Ancient Egypt. We saw very tames ones in Hyde Park in Sydney, scavenging in litter bins and waiting for you to drop your sandwiches! _________________ Peter - Moderator |
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mo
Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 8979 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:33 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
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I think the bird is an Ibis |
Yes it is... these birds are everywhere,Is flare the whiteness you can see in the photos?From off the subjects ie the meter.
The sun was either behind or from the side on all pictures... late setting sun except the meter photo as that was afternoon by memory.No hood on the lens. _________________ Moira, Moderator
Fuji XE-1,Pentax K-01,Panasonic G1,Panasonic G5,Pentax MX
Ricoh Singlex TLS,KR-5,KR-5Super,XR-10
Lenses
Auto Rikenon's 55/1.4, 1.8, 2.8... 50/1.7 Takumar 2/58 Preset Takumar 2.8/105 Auto Takumar 2.2/55, 3.5/35 Super Takumar 1.8/55...Macro Takumar F4/50... CZJ Biotar ALU M42 2/58 CZJ Tessar ALU M42 2.8/50
CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2.8/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8 Tamron SP350/5.6 Tamron SP90/2.5
Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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peterqd
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:50 am Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
Mo-Fo wrote: |
Is flare the whiteness you can see in the photos?From off the subjects ie the meter.
The sun was either behind or from the side on all pictures... late setting sun except the meter photo as that was afternoon by memory.No hood on the lens. |
Well, I call it flare but I don't know if that's the correct term. I've had a couple of lenses that do it, my Jupiter-21M for instance is very bad. Could be internal reflections I think. Facing the sun or not doesn't seem to make much difference. A hood helps sometimes, but I had to make one about 20cm long out of a rolled-up sheet of card to make any difference to the J21M. Strangely it is often worse at smaller apertures:
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mo
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:54 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
Yes I can see it.I notice the only shot that does not have it is when it is aimed just about parallel with the ground,as in the duck photo,all the others are aimed up or down at steep angles. _________________ Moira, Moderator
Fuji XE-1,Pentax K-01,Panasonic G1,Panasonic G5,Pentax MX
Ricoh Singlex TLS,KR-5,KR-5Super,XR-10
Lenses
Auto Rikenon's 55/1.4, 1.8, 2.8... 50/1.7 Takumar 2/58 Preset Takumar 2.8/105 Auto Takumar 2.2/55, 3.5/35 Super Takumar 1.8/55...Macro Takumar F4/50... CZJ Biotar ALU M42 2/58 CZJ Tessar ALU M42 2.8/50
CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2.8/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8 Tamron SP350/5.6 Tamron SP90/2.5
Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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peterqd
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
Looking at the Cockatoo pic, I'm wondering if the mistiness is just down to the compensation for under-exposure. Did you just point the meter in the general direction? That would include a lot of bright sky in the reading and give a false value, so the tree would be under-exposed. Taking a reading close up to the tree or by using a spot meter would give a lower value - then the tree would be correctly exposed and the sky over-exposed.
Here's what the pic looks like after adjusting the middle Levels slider. I haven't touched the sharpness. Although the tree is a little dark, notice how the contrast and sharpness seems to be a lot better?
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fish4570
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
yes, exposure for the cockatoo was dead on. i think it is a lens-coating flare issue. a hood would be a necessity, i think, for this lense.
i, too, have trouble with dampening vibration. my tripod is much better with me sitting on the ground and only the heaviest leg segments extended. a small sandbag would greatly help your non-tripod shots, such as shooting off a cartop or your car window. just be sure the motor is turned off.
you can make sandbags of various sizes from old bluejeans legs ... _________________ Paul
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mo
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
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I'm wondering if the mistiness is just down to the compensation for under-exposure |
It is possible as I would have just metered in the direction of the tree....would have been impossible to climb the barbed wire fence,through the rubbish at the base of the tree to get a reading off of it...
But your copy does indeed look sharper....I may of +2 with the little exposure dial on the camera.Well you have given me some more pointers to try out ...which I really appreciate.
Good idea with the bean bag fish! _________________ Moira, Moderator
Fuji XE-1,Pentax K-01,Panasonic G1,Panasonic G5,Pentax MX
Ricoh Singlex TLS,KR-5,KR-5Super,XR-10
Lenses
Auto Rikenon's 55/1.4, 1.8, 2.8... 50/1.7 Takumar 2/58 Preset Takumar 2.8/105 Auto Takumar 2.2/55, 3.5/35 Super Takumar 1.8/55...Macro Takumar F4/50... CZJ Biotar ALU M42 2/58 CZJ Tessar ALU M42 2.8/50
CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2.8/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8 Tamron SP350/5.6 Tamron SP90/2.5
Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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