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Olivier
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 Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject: Samyang 1.4/85 portrait |
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Olivier wrote:
I tried the samyang 1.4/85mmm for what it is reckoned for : portrait.
Wide open at f1.4 with the 5D MkII.
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Attila
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| Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Excellent! I love this lens!
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Ivo
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Ivo wrote:
Interesting to see a picture with this lens, I'm considering buying it (especially for concert photography). |
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hexi
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:33 am Post subject: |
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hexi wrote:
Fine result, this lens seems very good.
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Olivier
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
Thanks 
Ivo, a search on this forum will lead to very good samples.
I bought it new in Eos mount and glued a programmable AF chip, as Henri did (aka hinnerker).
It's very good, sharp even at f1.4.
Only one thing ennoyes me : the mini focusing distance is too long fot me with 1 meter. It doesn't bother at all for portrait or walkarounf, but for proxi-photo and flowers shooting, I prefer to be closer.
PS : @ Attila : it seems that I'm not always warned when a new message comes in in a topic I'm watching at. Is it a known issue ?
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poilu
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
great portrait, impressive wide open!
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heartcat
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heartcat wrote:
Very nice!
With such a narrow depth of field, I would have prefered to see the focus fall on the eye that has contact with the camera though.
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Olivier
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
| heartcat wrote: |
Very nice!
With such a narrow depth of field, I would have prefered to see the focus fall on the eye that has contact with the camera though. |
It was shot on the catch.
I agreed with the focus on the left eye.
Then I noticed I got the right one in focus through the hair and decide to keep it. It makes this shot original to me.
Poilu, I agree with you. Wide open at 1.4, this lens is very good.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Nikos wrote:
Very nice photo! Love it!
I don't know how much you paid for it.
My solution for a 1,4 85mm lens was:
Get a used Contax Zeiss from eBay. Excellent condition, 500 Euros.
There are a lot of copies for sale, many of them in really good condition.
I also got the original leather pouch, in the same condition it left the factory.
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Olivier
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
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Very nice photo! Love it!
I don't know how much you paid for it.
My solution for a 1,4 85mm lens was:
Get a used Contax Zeiss from eBay. Excellent condition, 500 Euros.
There are a lot of copies for sale, many of them in really good condition.
I also got the original leather pouch, in the same condition it left the factory. |
I got it there :
http://www.missnumerique.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=samyang
This is a well known online shop here in France. Maybe they have international deliveries, as I can see few flags in the upper right corner : Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Karabud have one or too on sale at Marketplace I really tempted...
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Great portrait. Is this manual aperture as well?
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Olivier
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
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| Great portrait. Is this manual aperture as well? |
Sorry Martin, if I don't understand your question.
It is a MF lens, entirely manual and I added a chip which gives AF confirm and the ability to enter in the chip the max aperture and the focal length of the lens.
By this way, in full manual mode, I am able to set the speed and the aperture using the 5D² body's rings and have them in the exifs.
I have to open the lens at f1.4, then choose the aperture on the camera's body so that exposure is measured, then I close the lens' ring to the aperture chosen.
http://forum.mflenses.com/samyang-85mm-f1-4-aspherical-if-some-samples-t19479,highlight,samyang.html
http://www.photozone.de/canon_eos_ff/483-samyang_85_14_5d
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martinsmith99
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Ok, you've answered my question. To put it simply I was asking if you can set the aperture in-camera, but I see you cannot.
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Olivier
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:44 am Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
| martinsmith99 wrote: |
| Ok, you've answered my question. To put it simply I was asking if you can set the aperture in-camera, but I see you cannot. |
Well, in fact with this programmable chip I can set the aperture in the camera, which I can't with other AF confirm chips preprogrammed for only a given aperture.
So, I can meter the light like an Eos AF lens.
This is how I set things :
- set the lens diaph ring wide open, so here f1.4, by turning the ring on the lens
- choose the speed and the aperture in camera
- memorize the exposition measure
- set the lens ring to the aperture choosen in-camera by turning the ring on the lens.
Cheers
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poilu
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:14 am Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
| Olivier wrote: |
| martinsmith99 wrote: |
| Ok, you've answered my question. To put it simply I was asking if you can set the aperture in-camera, but I see you cannot. |
Well, in fact with this programmable chip I can set the aperture in the camera, which I can't with other AF confirm chips preprogrammed for only a given aperture.
So, I can meter the light like an Eos AF lens.
This is how I set things :
- set the lens diaph ring wide open, so here f1.4, by turning the ring on the lens
- choose the speed and the aperture in camera
- memorize the exposition measure
- set the lens ring to the aperture choosen in-camera by turning the ring on the lens.
Cheers |
this procedure is unusable for me, it only generate mistake and bad exposure
I don't understand why this chip cannot just measure when I push the shutter
to open aperture, measure then keep button pushed while setting back aperture... is Chinese for me
with the EMF chip, I let the aperture at the min on body and set the aperture on the lens
it doesn't record aperture but at least I get correct exposure
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