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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:58 pm    Post subject: stradaliberatutti in Trastevere, Rome Reply with quote
during a recent visit to Rome I arrived at the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere late afternoon on a sunday. There was a manifestation of street artists fighting for their rights, here their facebook site http://www.facebook.com/stradaliberatutti
and a few photos I had taken then:

#1

#2

#3

#4


taken with "Pen-F" lenses on NEX5N, last two obviously at low light with high ISO, #1 to 3 with f1.5/60mm, last with f1.4/40

andreas


PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
#1 and #2 are my choices. Really nice street shots.
Is there any corner in the world that you have not visit? Very Happy


PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Last one very good!


PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are all good, but No. 3 and 4 are amazing!!


PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
what a great job! wondrrful composition, just perfect street shots. btw, great color and clarity as well. really enjoyed them, thanks.
tony


PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
#4 for me is magic.... Cool


PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
great lenses, are they easy to find ?


PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
the last one is magic.

Perfect work!

tf


PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I confirm, the last one is great!


PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
hoanpham wrote:
#1 and #2 are my choices. Really nice street shots.
Is there any corner in the world that you have not visit? Very Happy


haha Hoan, the list of places i don't know and would not only love to visit but be living at for a while.. is very long!

thank you very much everybody for your kind comments!
My favorites are the third and forth too. I am glad that I caught the moment of the girl passing, her expression and balloon on the forth, and the third for being a bit odd..unlikely angle and circumstances to take a photo, but I had felt very attracted to that woman and took the photo anyways Wink

here one more of the performer from the 4th, her movements of her well groomed fingers was very eye catching



poilu wrote:
great lenses, are they easy to find ?

Pen-f lenses generally are a bit rare but the f1.4/40mm is regularly available on ebay USA. Even more easy to find is the f1.8/38mm, possibly the f3.5/100mm. The wide angles are not offered that often, the f4/25mm more than f2.8/25 and f3.5/20 but with a bit of patience can be found, so also f4/150mm. There is a pancake f2.8/38mm and a "big body" f2.8/38 which are very rare, so is the f2/70 and the f3.5/38mm Macro which both, I believe, are easiest to be found in the US. The f1.5/60 is very rare and expensive.
The more common Pen-F lenses sell more expensively than comparable SLR lenses but cheaper than comparable RF lenses, e.g. the f1.4/40mm sells for 200 to 250 usd in the USA ( but it rarely appears on ebay Europe )

best greetings,
andreas

Last edited by kuuan on Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:59 am; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
BurstMox wrote:
I confirm, the last one is great!


+1


PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
kuuan wrote:
The f1.5/60 is very rare and expensive. the f1.4/40mm sells for 200 to 250 usd in the USA

I think that the 60 is better than the 40 but I didn't find enough wide open samples


PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:55 am    Post subject: Pen-F f1.5/60mm wide open samples Reply with quote
Excalibur wrote:
BurstMox wrote:
I confirm, the last one is great!


+1

thank's Smile

poilu wrote:
kuuan wrote:
The f1.5/60 is very rare and expensive. the f1.4/40mm sells for 200 to 250 usd in the USA

I think that the 60 is better than the 40 but I didn't find enough wide open samples


hm..interesting question.
I have not done any formal comparison, but consider the f1.4/40 to be pretty much my sharpest wide open f1.4 lens. However I must consider that my other f1.4 lenses, all being 50mm lenses, have less dof.
Here some wide open samples of the f1.5/60mm will. Most are high ISO and therefore IQ will not be great but I still hope they tell you somethings, all taken in Saigon


#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7


to see original files ( usually unsharpenend, not 100% sure if #3 is wide open and #5 is not there ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/sets/72157631525848244/

best greetings,
andreas


PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was going to single out 3 and 4 in the first batch, but love them all. Always a pleasure seeing
your work, Andreas! Cool


PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Of second batch I choose #5 for the image quality and #6 for the subject Smile


PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Katastrofo wrote:
I was going to single out 3 and 4 in the first batch, but love them all. Always a pleasure seeing
your work, Andreas! Cool


thank you very much Bill, very glad to know that you enjoy my photos!

Orio wrote:
Of second batch I choose #5 for the image quality and #6 for the subject Smile


hm..why am I not surprised? Wink


PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:31 pm    Post subject: Pen-F f1.4/40mm and f1.5/60mm test Reply with quote
poilu wrote:
kuuan wrote:
The f1.5/60 is very rare and expensive. the f1.4/40mm sells for 200 to 250 usd in the USA

I think that the 60 is better than the 40 but I didn't find enough wide open samples


so just made a fast series of test shots, including Pen-F 1.4/40 and 1.5/60 on NEX5N
set up certainly won't be to everyone's liking and note that I did NOT change position of camera / objects for different focal lengths

the set up ( camera recently received from member std - Stefan )
#1 the photo is the one taken with the 1.4/40@f1.4 INCL. sharpening after resize



100% crops ( of 16MP sensor )

shot as RAW, conv. by LR3.5 with Auto Tone ( which adjusts exposure incl. blacks )
tried to focus on the f number 2.8 seen right of the red point on the Contax/Kiev mount

#2 1.4/40@f1.4


#3 1.5/60@f1.5


#4 1.4/40@f2.8


#5 1.5/60@f2.8


#6 1.4/40@f5.6


#7 1.5/60@f5.6



actually I also did samples with the same set up and settings, that is wide open, f2.8 and f5.6 with Pen-F 1.8/38, Auto Takumar f2/55, Super Takumar f1.8/55, S-M-C Tak f1.4/50, Nikkor-S f1.4/50, MC-Rokkor-PG f1.4/50 and RE.Auto-Topcor f1.8/58.
Anyone interested tell me what you want to see
andreas
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