Another one from the Heliar. I think you'll get sick of these before I'm finished. Note the clarity of the image. There was hardly any post processing done on this image.
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10/19/11  Voigtlaender 75 f2.5 II1842
E-P2 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/4000 sec ISO: 200 • Voigtlaender • Heliar • 75 f2.5 • manual focus • Olympus • m4/3
10/18/11  Voigtlaender Heliar 75 f2.5I had to publish another one this evening and it's one from the Heliar 75 f2.5. Just got this the other week and I was looking forward to trying it out. Just another normal lens I thought until I ran the raws through Lightroom and opened them in Photoshop. What a terrific lens. I really don't know why the seller got rid of it. Didn't cost me an arm and a leg either. Great clarity and I like the rendition it gives me. Simply a wonderful lens to use. Build quality is also extremely high. 2901
E-P2 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/160 sec ISO: 100 • Frankfurt • Harbour • Heliar • 75 f2.5 • Voigtlaender
10/18/11  Olympus mZD 75-300 IIBeen offline for a couple of days, couldn't blog at all. That got me really depressed. I think this is getting like fitness freaks, you get to a stage where you need it, just like a drug. Anyway, I'm back online and happy.
This is the second image taken with the mZD 75-300 and I think it looks quite good. I cannot stress this point enough, you need a lot of light for this lens if hand holding and that's where I use it most.
More to follow. 27103
E-PL1 Focal Length: 300 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec ISO: 200 • Olympus • mZD 75-300
10/15/11  Olympus mZD 75-300There's been a lot of talk in different forums regarding this lens and I've touched on the subject a couple of times here. I don't care what other people say about this lens or if they state that the lens is not a good one, I like it. This image was taken on a warm, bright day which means I had lots of light. It was at the 300mm mark which is equivalent to a 600mm lens on full frame (angle of view). I got some good practice in that day and I took some wonderful images which I will share here in the coming days. Comments welcome about this lens or the Panasonic 100-300.
Enjoy these images because I certainly enjoyed taking them. 2577
E-PL1 Focal Length: 300 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/800 sec ISO: 200 • Olympus • mZD 75-300
10/09/11  Voigtlaender Nokton 40 f1.4Back to the Nokton again. I swear, I will never again put a filter on any lens I have, The one on the Nokton when I bought it was absolutely rubbish. Mind you, it could have been a cheap one but still.
It's strage but looking at the images I made on my first outing with the Nokton really put me off it. I didn't use it again for some time and I think that's true of everything. Your first impression of it will determine how often you are going to use it. I'm not just talking about photographic equipment here, but everything in general.
I'm really pleased with the images I'm getting with it now. 26619
E-P2 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/800 sec ISO: 100 10/08/11  Konica Hexanon AR 50 f1.7 IIIAnother image from the Konica Hexanon AR 50 f1.7. Again I like the finished image. The wife will probably kill me when she sees this, but hey, you only live once. This was also developed in Lightroom and finished off in Photoshop. I just can't get used to using Lightroom for everything. My Lightroom books have arrived and I'm trying to find time to start reading them. Sometimes I wish the day had 48hrs and I didn't need to sleep. I'll just have to find the time I suppose. 2416
E-P3 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec ISO: 200 10/07/11  Konica Hexanon AR 50 f1.7 IIHere's another from the Hexanon. Quite sharp I'd say. It amazes me how these old lenses hold up to their new counterparts. They also produce a different redering to the image. I like it and it really brings out the image. I think it must have something to do with the coatings used today, or looking at it another way, a lack of these coatings on the older lenses. Whatever they use presumably reduces flare etc but I prefer the older lenses. True, they are manual focus lenses and my quota of keepers has been reduced since I've been using them but...the keepers I get really seem to shine. Difficult to tell on a small image like these on the photoblog but the originals are really nice. 2562
E-P3 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/1250 sec ISO: 200 10/05/11  Konica Hexanon AR 50 f1.7This is one taken with Konica 50 f1.7 manual lens adapted for m4/3. I found it a little more difficult to manual focus and it showed by the amount of out-of-focus shots I took. The image above was taken on the same outing as the previous Nokton 40 f1.4 images in the previous posts (had a great day out). Also developed with Lightroom and very little processing needed in Photoshop. I really am amazed at the quality I get from Lightroom. Just ordered two books to get to know the ins and outs of it. I'm still missing a few things within the general workflow. But I'll get there.
More from this lens in a couple of days.
By the way, the babys name is Birke and is one month old. Sweet huh? 2094
E-P3 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/250 sec ISO: 200 10/04/11  Voigtlaender Nokton 40 f1.4 RevisitedThis is the first time in weeks I've have had a chance to test anything. The past weekend was just glorious, hotter than summer (what summer some might ask), and perfect for testing my Nokton 40 f1.4 again.
Some may remember one of my previous posts about this lens stating that I was not really impressed by the image quality. Bought off ebay I was wondering about the reason the seller was actualy selling the lens. After looking at the images I thought I'd bought a dud. I realized that there was a cheap UV filter on the lens and maybe that was causing the problem. This is my first time out with the lens after removing the filter and boy, what a difference that made. All my previous images with the lens lacked contrast and I was getting very soft images. Well, all that changed with the filter off. Very good contrast and colour rendition. Sharp in the center and good in the corners. What a difference a filter can make.
I am very happy with the lens at this stage adapted right now for m4/3 cameras. 1798
E-P2 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 100 • Voigtlaender • Nokton 40 f1.4 • Olympus • filter • E-P2
08/18/11  Vivitar 28 f2.8 OM Version Adapted to m4/3I'm not too sure about this Vivitar lens. I don't think I'm going to use it much. There are much better lenses out there. I'm going to have to give it another go I think. Maybe it's an user thing. The images look rather mushy to me. Maybe I should just shoot jpg files and see what the camera can do. 1644
E-P2 Focal Length: 0 mm Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/640 sec ISO: 200 | |
