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Hooper
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 Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:28 pm Post subject: Testing the Samyang 85mm @1.4 |
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Hooper wrote:
A bbq in the back garden this afternoon was a prime reason to test out the Samyang 85mm f1.4! Goodness I love this lens...and for £160 a right bargain!
All taken at f1.4 and no post processing at all apart from a resize. It's so sharp, and the way it separates the subject from the background is glorious 
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Hooper
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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stingOM
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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stingOM wrote:
Sharp, Sharp Sharp. May be too sharp for portraits!
BTW congrats with the purchase. It is indeed at bargain price. |
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Hooper
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Hooper wrote:
need to try some proper portraits under controlled lighting to see how it fairs in those conditions, but from what I have seen it makes a cracking prtrait lens! |
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Attila
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Stunning! Enjoy your new great lens!
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Hooper
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hooper wrote:
the more I use this lens, the more I love it!
so, so sharp....and the fact it's at 1.4... 
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gearsNcogs
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:59 am Post subject: |
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gearsNcogs wrote:
absolutely fantastic pictures! the more i see from this lens, the more i love it.
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Hooper
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:47 am Post subject: |
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Hooper wrote:
Thanks! I'be been deliberating about getting one for a while, now I just thnk about all the time I wasted while doing so ! |
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martinsmith99
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:26 am Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
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Sharp, Sharp Sharp. May be too sharp for portraits!
BTW congrats with the purchase. It is indeed at bargain price. |
Personally I don't understand this comment. I shoot mainly models and have yet to have a model complain that an image is too sharp, but they wont chose any images that are slightly soft.
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martinsmith99
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martinsmith99 wrote:
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the more I use this lens, the more I love it!
so, so sharp....and the fact it's at 1.4...
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Is it really as I hear it's really F1.6 or 1.7.
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Hooper
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Hooper wrote:
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the more I use this lens, the more I love it!
so, so sharp....and the fact it's at 1.4...
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Is it really as I hear it's really F1.6 or 1.7. |
shutter speeds are identical when shot side by side with a takumar 50mm at 1.4 |
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Hooper
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Hooper wrote:
a quick attempt at a portrait (of my lovely willing wife) with off camera strobe, again shot at 1.4
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gearsNcogs
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gearsNcogs wrote:
that portrait is absolutely stunning. fantastic job!
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Cine: 16mm: Krasnogorsk-3 (M42 mount) 8mm: Revere Model 88 Super 8: Bell and Howell 1235 XL Filmosonic
MF Lenses: M42: Meteor 5-1 KMZ 17-69mm 1:1,9 (Cine Only), Asahi Super Takumar 50mm 1:1.4, Focal MC 28mm 1:2.8, Tele-Lentar 135mm 1:2.8, Helios-44 KMZ 58mm 1:2, Helios-44-2 KMZ 58mm 1:2 M39: Industar-26M 50mm 1:2.8 F: Nikon Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 EF: Lensbaby Composer f2 w/Double Glass Optic, Rokinon 35mm 1:1.4 AS UMC, Rokinon 85mm T1.5 AS IF UMC
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tomasg
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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tomasg wrote:
Very nice pictures and a crative portrait. Absolutely a great lens, i have an AE version for Nikon wih UMC coating and as you i`am loving this lens too. |
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NikonD
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NikonD wrote:
very nice... I've had the first version of this lens, great lens |
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