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 Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:01 pm Post subject: Zuiko 1.4/40 on NEX5N for head shots |
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kuuan wrote:
I have been looking forward using the "Pen-F" G.Zuiko Auto-S 40mm f1.4 for "head shots". I used to love my f1.4/50 Takumar for that, but they are not "set up" portraits but taken on the street from rather intimate distance and the 50mm often proved to be a tad too long, my fastest 35mm that only is f2 too short.
edit 5/1/2015: photos had been lost, i was able to repost the same photos in the same order again
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pich900 wrote:
Very sharp pictures, are all these shots wide open  ? The bokeh is quite busy/unusual, I don't know if I like it or not  ...Anyway, that's nice portraits and this lens seems to be a great combo with the Nex....
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Fine portraits. Score another for NEX
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
Just wow! So sharp! Great portraits and a fantastic demonstration of that old lens!
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:33 am Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
| pich900 wrote: |
| Very sharp pictures, are all these shots wide open ? The bokeh is quite busy/unusual, I don't know if I like it or not ...Anyway, that's nice portraits and this lens seems to be a great combo with the Nex.... |
yes, all wide open and very sharp, and the bokeh unusual, sometimes I like it and find it a bit disturbing on sample #2
| patrickh wrote: |
Fine portraits. Score another for NEX
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yes Patrick, the ease to get manual focus right, the quality one gets with such a small camera 
| ManualFocus-G wrote: |
| Just wow! So sharp! Great portraits and a fantastic demonstration of that old lens! |
thank's, me too I am surprised how very sharp wide open!
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std wrote:
What's the lens on the E-P2 ?
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Wow, excellent performance from this lens, I also like the bokeh much, I like it better than the Takumar 1.4/50.
Fine portraits also. The skin rendition is excellent, the best I saw short of Leica lenses.
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:05 am Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
| Orio wrote: |
Wow, excellent performance from this lens, I also like the bokeh much, I like it better than the Takumar 1.4/50.
Fine portraits also. The skin rendition is excellent, the best I saw short of Leica lenses. |
I like the bokeh in most, not all cases and couldn't say if I prefer the bokeh of either the Zuiko 1.4/50 or the Takumar 1.4/50 'in general'. They are different, imo the Tak generally smoother. Is it possible that the "catseyes" on photos taken with the Pen-F are smaller than with a lens that was made for FF 35mm film? To my eyes they often give a certain playfulness, lightness to the image.
The Zuiko quite definitely is sharper wide open ( though I should mention that for sharpening after resize I had used a new software that makes a much better job than my quite old version I had been using before )
ha, thank's Orio, that makes me confident that I have a real winner here  ( btw. I feel the same about the f3.5/20 "Pen-F", will show some samples later. My f2.8/25 unfortunately has a badly damaged coating on the rear glass which sometimes does effect IQ )
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
I think cats eyes are a relative problem, if you look at large background areas you see that this bokeh is lively and dimensional.
I like this better than the ultra-smooth flat bokeh.
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 10:30 am Post subject: |
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std wrote:
Yes it looks like a very nice lens - nice contrast and real dimensionality.
I was asking if you happen to know something about the lens shown on the third picture
it looks like medium tele - most probably c-mount.
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
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Yes it looks like a very nice lens - nice contrast and real dimensionality.
I was asking if you happen to know something about the lens shown on the third picture
it looks like medium tele - most probably c-mount. |
oh sorry, I had misunderstood!
but that's a secret, I only talk about Pen-F lenses here  just teasing...
your guess is spot on, it's a C mount f1.8/75mm. Take a closer look ( 100% crop ), can you tell which make?
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LucisPictor wrote:
Great images, Andy!
Seems to be a gorgeous lens (and a good photographer)!
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Wow pictures indeed! I love them all ! Congrats!
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
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I was asking if you happen to know something about the lens shown on the third picture
it looks like medium tele - most probably c-mount. |
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...can you tell which make?
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nobody? it's a C mount Fujinon f1.8/75mm
see portraits taken with it on E-PL1:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsevx/7235912856/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsevx/7239566672/in/photostream
will it now get even more expensive again?
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
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| ..if you look at large background areas you see that this bokeh is lively and dimensional.... |
yes, thank you Orio, well described
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Great images, Andy!
Seems to be a gorgeous lens (and a good photographer)! |
thank you Carsten. I really want to give the f1.8/38 justice and use it more often too, but again I grab the 1.4/40, the faster lens suits my style better
( don't know about that.. on flickr most of these photos have received unusually little hits )
| Attila wrote: |
| Wow pictures indeed! I love them all ! Congrats! |
thank you so much Attila. amazing little lens this
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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std wrote:
Damn it's small -
i would expect it to be a f2.8 judging by the size
Awesome samples too
Regarding the price unfortunately it is expensive already.
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heartcat wrote:
These are amazing! I feel as though I could be sitting there across from the subjects, they have such natural colour and great detail, sharpness and dimensionality.
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kuuan wrote:
thank's heartcat.
I am very happy with this lens
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kuuan wrote:
more Pen-F Zuiko f1.4/40mm wide open 'head shots' on NEX5n
just managed to re-post the photos of the original post, they had been lost
a flickr group ( I set up ) dedicated to this halfframe and APS-C jewel : https://www.flickr.com/groups/penf_f14_40mm/
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 4:44 am Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
head shot
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stingOM wrote:
Wow these images are super!
Thanks for sharing |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:57 am Post subject: |
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kuuan wrote:
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Wow these images are super!
Thanks for sharing |
thank you very much stingOM
some sure show how sharp this lens is @f1.4, a few more:
( I believe that I had posted most of them already, time ago in some other thread )
well, actually after posting I saw that these above don't look all that sharp. ( focus not precise, or because hosted via flickr, not reduced in size and sharpened )
kind of head shot this one may show better sharpness again:
cheers, andreas
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