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Andreq
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:43 pm Post subject: Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.4 T* Y/C mount |
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Andreq wrote:
I finally had time to test this baby
Most shot are f2.8. I find f1.4 to be a bit soft. I didn't need it with that bright sunlight  .
In camera Jpeg, resized with picasa 1600px width. No PP. I always shoot with cloudy WB.
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Body : Canon 5d Mark II, Canon 50d
Lenses : Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.4 T*, Tamron 17mm f3.5, Rexagon 28mm f2.8, Rikenon 55mm f1.4, Prakticar Pentacon 135mm f2.8, Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.7 T*, Promaster Spectrum7 70-210mm f4, Bell and Howell 28mm f2.8, Yashica Yashinon-DX 50mm f1.4, Nikon Series E 50mm f1.8, Vivitar 90-230mm f4.5 Close Focusing, Super-Takumar 55mm f2, Yashica 75-200mm f4.5 Macro 1:4, Canon "kit lens" 18-55 |
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patrickh
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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patrickh wrote:
One of my "take everywhere" lenses.
patrickh
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M42: Vivitar 28/2.5, Tamron 28/2.5, Formula5 28/2.8, Mamiya 28/2.8, Pentacon 29/2.8, Flektogon 35/2.4, Flektogon 35/2.8, Takumar 35/3.5, Curtagon 35/4, Takumar 50/1.4, Volna-6 50/2.8 macro, Mamiya 50/1.4, CZJ Pancolar 50/1,8, Oreston 50/1.8, Takumar 50/2, Industar 50/3.5, Sears 55/1.4, Helios 58/2, Jupiter 85/2, Helios 85/1.5, Takumar 105/2.8, Steinheil macro 105/4.5, Tamron 135/2.5, Jupiter 135/4, CZ 135/4, Steinheil Culminar 135/4,5, Jupiter 135/3.5, Takumar 135/3.5, Tair 135/2.8, Pentacon 135/2.8, CZ 135/2.8, Taika 135/3.5, Takumar 150/4, Jupiter 200/4, Takumar 200/4
Exakta: Topcon 100/2.8(M42), 35/2.8, 58/1.8, 135/2.8, 135/2.8 (M42), Kyoei Acall 135/3.5
C/Y: Yashica 28/2.8, 50/1.7, 135/2.8, Zeiss Planar 50/1.4, Distagon 25/2.8
Hexanon: 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 40/1.8, 50/1.7, 52/1.8, 135/3.2, 135/3.5, 35-70/3.5, 200/3.5
P6 : Mir 38 65/3.5, Biometar 80/2.8, Kaleinar 150/2.8, Sonnar 180/2.8
Minolta SR: 28/2.8, 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 45/2, 50/2, 58/1.4, 50/1.7, 135/2.8, 200/3.5
RF: Industar 53/2.8, Jupiter 8 50/2
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Attila
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Nice presentation , PP makes it even better, but usually not much.
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pdccameras
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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pdccameras wrote:
I find this lens to be one of the sharpest 50mm f/1.4 I have used - even wide open. Did you focus using use "liveview"? If not this could have been the root cause of your wide open sharpness issue. At f/1.4 your depth of field is so small that even minor deviations between your focus screen and sensor plane could result in enough error to cause some out of focus results at max aperture. Your results look great!
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Andreq
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Andreq wrote:
| pdccameras wrote: |
I find this lens to be one of the sharpest 50mm f/1.4 I have used - even wide open. Did you focus using use "liveview"? If not this could have been the root cause of your wide open sharpness issue. At f/1.4 your depth of field is so small that even minor deviations between your focus screen and sensor plane could result in enough error to cause some out of focus results at max aperture. Your results look great!
Paul |
I only tried the viewfinder for now. It's quite hard to get something in focus even at distance.
I'll try to do some more test using a tripod.
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Body : Canon 5d Mark II, Canon 50d
Lenses : Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.4 T*, Tamron 17mm f3.5, Rexagon 28mm f2.8, Rikenon 55mm f1.4, Prakticar Pentacon 135mm f2.8, Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.7 T*, Promaster Spectrum7 70-210mm f4, Bell and Howell 28mm f2.8, Yashica Yashinon-DX 50mm f1.4, Nikon Series E 50mm f1.8, Vivitar 90-230mm f4.5 Close Focusing, Super-Takumar 55mm f2, Yashica 75-200mm f4.5 Macro 1:4, Canon "kit lens" 18-55 |
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Andreq
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Andreq wrote:
Today I had little fun with lightroom and the Zeiss. Let me know what you think.
#1 f2.8
#2 f1.4
#3 f2.8
#4 f2.8
#5 f2.8
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Body : Canon 5d Mark II, Canon 50d
Lenses : Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.4 T*, Tamron 17mm f3.5, Rexagon 28mm f2.8, Rikenon 55mm f1.4, Prakticar Pentacon 135mm f2.8, Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.7 T*, Promaster Spectrum7 70-210mm f4, Bell and Howell 28mm f2.8, Yashica Yashinon-DX 50mm f1.4, Nikon Series E 50mm f1.8, Vivitar 90-230mm f4.5 Close Focusing, Super-Takumar 55mm f2, Yashica 75-200mm f4.5 Macro 1:4, Canon "kit lens" 18-55 |
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Gerris2
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Gerris2 wrote:
Your shot of the blue Veronica flowers (#4 in the last series) knocked my socks off, awesome!
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woodrim
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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woodrim wrote:
Did I see a MGB?
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Attila
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
I think it is miss PP, not looks better than any third party fast lens. I have this lens too, but not really touch my heart yet.
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Andreq
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Andreq wrote:
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| Did I see a MGB? |
I must admit I have no clue. That car was parked being me on the ferry boat. I was shy to ask the driver so I waited for him to get far from this nice little car and took so shoot in "spy" mode. I got some more shot, looking trough them I see it's a "MG" something  . You got me interested, I went on Wikipedia and I think it's a MG midget of some sort.
Pretty nice car if you ask me!
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| I think it is miss PP, not looks better than any third party fast lens. I have this lens too, but not really touch my heart yet. |
I did PP on my 2nd set. I see the power of PP now! It's a nice 1.4 lens, but I still like my Rikenon and Yashica 1.4. I still find the Planar "soft" (or crazy hard to focus) wide open.
I do like the Zeiss "3d pop" that everyone seem to be writing about. I got some nice shot of my GF... she's too shy to let me publish here but the "3d pop" is crazy nice 
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| Your shot of the blue Veronica flowers (#4 in the last series) knocked my socks off, awesome! |
Thanks for the kind comment, I did lot of PP to get that blue/purple a bit over saturated.
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Body : Canon 5d Mark II, Canon 50d
Lenses : Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.4 T*, Tamron 17mm f3.5, Rexagon 28mm f2.8, Rikenon 55mm f1.4, Prakticar Pentacon 135mm f2.8, Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.7 T*, Promaster Spectrum7 70-210mm f4, Bell and Howell 28mm f2.8, Yashica Yashinon-DX 50mm f1.4, Nikon Series E 50mm f1.8, Vivitar 90-230mm f4.5 Close Focusing, Super-Takumar 55mm f2, Yashica 75-200mm f4.5 Macro 1:4, Canon "kit lens" 18-55 |
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