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Hadn't been able to spend much time with a new lens (45mm 2.8 Nikkor), so I took it out for a quick shoot around Mt Auburn Cemetery. I even shot flowers (gasp!) with it, and it seems to be quite a nice lens...very nice detail. Hope you agree...

Both shots taken with a Fuji S1 and 45mm lens at around f4. Please click on both images to view full frame.

Robert



 
Hi Robert,

Interesting perspecitve on the first shot and beautiful saturated colors in the second. Both appear to be crystal clear so I guess this lens passes that test. Good to see you posting again.

Stan
 
Yes, it seems to be a nice lens. Congratulations.

The flower shot shows patience and discipline. How did you get the exposure ? It looks just right. It is also very interesting that you chose landscape orientation. That tells us that you are not actually interested in the flowers themselves. The space around them might be what you had in mind ? I'm just having fun speculating ;)
Robert M said:
Hadn't been able to spend much time with a new lens (45mm 2.8
Nikkor), so I took it out for a quick shoot around Mt Auburn
Cemetery. I even shot flowers (gasp!) with it, and it seems to be
quite a nice lens...very nice detail. Hope you agree...

Both shots taken with a Fuji S1 and 45mm lens at around f4. Please
click on both images to view full frame.

Robert

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid24/p621121eb6d7037ab2953fea4db152391/fd96e3ed.jpg.orig.jpg

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Robert M said:
Hadn't been able to spend much time with a new lens (45mm 2.8
Nikkor), so I took it out for a quick shoot around Mt Auburn
Cemetery. I even shot flowers (gasp!) with it, and it seems to be
quite a nice lens...very nice detail. Hope you agree...

Both shots taken with a Fuji S1 and 45mm lens at around f4. Please
click on both images to view full frame.

Robert
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Hello Robert,

You and the lens did very well. Crisp, sharp, and bright. Just curious, why the 45 2.8 instead of the 50 1/4?

hugh
 
Hello Robert,

I like very much the combination of these two pictures where I can see the orange blurred flowers in the first intersting and very sharp image and in the second the beatifull detail and warm saturated colors, very well seen en very good lens.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
 
Dear Robert,

I realy like the way you captured the beauty of the lillies in the second.

The first one however, for me gives a strong feeling of how small the gap between live and death is. The living and full blossuming flowers, the stone coffin, full of very deep thoughts,

jacques.
 
Hi Stan,

Well as you can see, I'm still not exactly a regular contributor...taking over a week to respond to a few replies is not exactly prompt on my end. I am still taking quite a few pictures, but I definitely feel that I am still in a bit of a slump (apart from being very, very busy). I still do have quite a few pictures to share here, but my ability to contribute to the community more regularly is still challenged. Glad you liked these, and I've been enjoying your contributions as well.

Best regards,

Robert
stana said:
Hi Robert,

Interesting perspecitve on the first shot and beautiful saturated
colors in the second. Both appear to be crystal clear so I guess
this lens passes that test. Good to see you posting again.

Stan
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Beat,

Thank you...I think I shot this at around f4, and the shutter speed may have been 1/60 or 1/90 at ISO 320. The Fuji S1 doesn't have an ISO below 320, oddly, but it results in good performance and more available shutter speeds for handheld photography in less sunny conditions like this.

Thanks again for the reply,

Robert
Beat said:
Quite impressive, Robert! I fully agree, must be a lens with great
resolution! What were your settings on cam and comp before posting?
Beat
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Hi Pondria,

Sorry, as I mentioned to Stan, I have been having a hard time maintaining a regular presence here because of work obligations and some other projects I'm working on. Seems like many of the regulars are going through that right now (plus I'm aware there are other sites out there). But yeah, it's hard for me to shoot straight flower macros, though I am actually trying a little bit of everything right now! I generally like to position the flower within the frame with some space around it...it's been my preferred way of shooting flowers for a while.

I like the way this exposure came out myself, and am glad you liked it too. The lens is a manual focus lens, believe it or not, but I really like the types of images it produces, so I hope to produce more that's worth sharing here.

Best regards,

Robert
Pondria said:
Robert M said:
Hadn't been able to spend much time with a new lens (45mm 2.8
Nikkor), so I took it out for a quick shoot around Mt Auburn
Cemetery. I even shot flowers (gasp!) with it, and it seems to be
quite a nice lens...very nice detail. Hope you agree...

Both shots taken with a Fuji S1 and 45mm lens at around f4. Please
click on both images to view full frame.

Robert

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid24/p621121eb6d7037ab2953fea4db152391/fd96e3ed.jpg.orig.jpg

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Hi hugh,

Believe it or not, I have both 50mm 1.4 and 1.8, in addition to the 45! Long story...basically I picked up the 1.4 a while back, it got misplaced, and then I decided to get the 1.8 since it's so cheap. In all honesty, I have never truly been thrilled with either of the 50s -- I don't know if it's my not knowing how to use them, but the out of focus areas are nothing special and the lenses just seem unexciting to me. The 60mm Micro and this 45mm 2.8P, even though it's a manual focus lens, produce more pleasing pictures for me. Perhaps I ended up with a bum run of 50s, and perhaps I'll pick them up again and feel differently, but the 45 is what I'll continue to go with for now.

Thanks for replying, and best regards,

Robert
hugh said:
Robert M said:
Hadn't been able to spend much time with a new lens (45mm 2.8
Nikkor), so I took it out for a quick shoot around Mt Auburn
Cemetery. I even shot flowers (gasp!) with it, and it seems to be
quite a nice lens...very nice detail. Hope you agree...

Both shots taken with a Fuji S1 and 45mm lens at around f4. Please
click on both images to view full frame.

Robert
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Hello Robert,

You and the lens did very well. Crisp, sharp, and bright. Just
curious, why the 45 2.8 instead of the 50 1/4?

hugh
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Hi Dirk,

Glad you enjoyed these, and many apologies for the very late reply (seems like I've been doing that a lot lately). As I told hugh, it's a manual focus lens, which seems a bit anachronistic, but it's a very cool lens. I'm anxious to see what you produce with your S2 once you get it...what are your favorite lenses Dirk? Would be curious to hear when you've got a moment.

Best regards,

Robert
Dirk Vermeirre said:
Hello Robert,

I like very much the combination of these two pictures where I can
see the orange blurred flowers in the first intersting and very
sharp image and in the second the beatifull detail and warm
saturated colors, very well seen en very good lens.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
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jacques,

Thank you very much for offering some profound thoughts on these "grab shots" with my new lens. There is something about a cemetery, especially one as elegant as this, which provoke feelings about the fragility of life, and I'm very appreciative that you had the same thoughts I did.

I am looking forward to shots from your new camera when you receive it.

Best regards,

Robert
jacques said:
Dear Robert,

I realy like the way you captured the beauty of the lillies in the
second.

The first one however, for me gives a strong feeling of how small
the gap between live and death is. The living and full blossuming
flowers, the stone coffin, full of very deep thoughts,

jacques.
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Robert M said:
Hi Dirk,

Glad you enjoyed these, and many apologies for the very late reply
(seems like I've been doing that a lot lately). As I told hugh,
it's a manual focus lens, which seems a bit anachronistic, but it's
a very cool lens. I'm anxious to see what you produce with your S2
once you get it...what are your favorite lenses Dirk? Would be
curious to hear when you've got a moment.

Best regards,

Robert
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Hello Robert,

My absolute favorite is my 300 mm f4, so sharp and good color. Then the 80-200 f2,8 and finally the 24-50mm (all Nikon) and from time to time my 14mm and for product shots a macro 60mm or an older manual 55. Hope to receive my S2 ane of these days. I'm thinking about buying some S-lenses from Nikon, superfast and I couldn't use them on the S1 but they will work with the S2, because regularly I miss shots because of the not fast enough focussing.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
 
Robert,

The lens and the photographer did very well, indeed. I love the rich tones and detail in both. I really like the strong diagonal elements and your use of DOF, too.

But... Robert shoots flowers???!!! Incredible! Well, I have been known to do that myself a time or two :)

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