Self portrait with SEL50F18 in almost no light :)

iamDinesh said:

iamDinesh wrote:

Hi,

I clicked this picture with Nex5n and Sel50f18. The room was absolutely dark, the only light in room was coming from the window through a distant street lamp. I was amazed by the sharpness of the image in such conditions and at 3200 ISO. I processed it from raw in Lightroom 5. Any C&C are welcome

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iamDinesh said:

iamDinesh wrote:

Hi,

I clicked this picture with Nex5n and Sel50f18. The room was absolutely dark, the only light in room was coming from the window through a distant street lamp. I was amazed by the sharpness of the image in such conditions and at 3200 ISO. I processed it from raw in Lightroom 5. Any C&C are welcome

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Guidenet said:

Guidenet wrote:

Guidenet said:

iamDinesh wrote:

Hi,

I clicked this picture with Nex5n and Sel50f18. The room was absolutely dark, the only light in room was coming from the window through a distant street lamp. I was amazed by the sharpness of the image in such conditions and at 3200 ISO. I processed it from raw in Lightroom 5. Any C&C are welcome

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Several things. For starters, why not describe the Sony 50 f/1.8e model the typical way instead of using Sony's catalog number? I'm not sure why so many do that with Sony only. You wouldn't see a Nikon user saying I clicked this with a D5200 and a dr4371 lens. He's say 50 f/1.8G if that's what it was.

Now for the image. I assumed you used a tripod and carefully positioned yourself. If so, excellent job. Lots of drama with that much side lighting. I wish there was a tiny catchlight in your eyes.

Could you have moved the camera farther away and used a tighter lens? The 50mm this close tends to exaggerate the features a little. Secondly, I'd have shot at a lot smaller ISO and seen if I could have held still a little longer. 1/3 of a second would have gotten you down to ISO800 so the noise and speckling could have been a lot less. I see a hint of features on the left side from my side looking at you. The problem is that the shadows are completely blown. When they are blown, they look blotchy rather than pleasantly fading away. I recommend keeping everything in the histogram and not changing ISO to bring them back. That just drops your dynamic range and poof, the shadows blotch out.

Leave that left side visible n the camera and when you get home, fade them into black if you want for a smooth transition and a whole lot less noise.

Overall, though, I like the concept. That's a great start.

Now here's my self portrait. The only light I had was a 640 ws monolight with a 22 inch beauty dish.

Shhh.. don't tell Molly I'm swiping her identity. ;-)



Have a great weekend.

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Pi lover said:

Pi lover wrote:

Pi lover said:

iamDinesh wrote:

Hi,

I clicked this picture with Nex5n and Sel50f18. The room was absolutely dark, the only light in room was coming from the window through a distant street lamp. I was amazed by the sharpness of the image in such conditions and at 3200 ISO. I processed it from raw in Lightroom 5. Any C&C are welcome

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Pretty amazing detail. 1/13th of a second. Not bad.

I was just reading a comparison of Sony and Zeiss 50mm and the Zeiss wins if you want top quality but for the bucks the Sony was the winner for most people.

Processing after is usually an improvement.

Thanks for sharing.

Grant.

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Plasmatico said:

Plasmatico wrote:

I'm currently debating if I should get a Canon FD 50mm 1.4 for my NEX-5n, or the SEL50F18. This makes the more difficult considering the IQ of both lenses, which is my main concern. Excellent self portrait.

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Cailean Gallimore said:

Cailean Gallimore wrote:

That's a really nice image.

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Fredy Ross said:

Fredy Ross wrote:

Very good. Just wish the AF was quicker in the street in low light.

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Guidenet said:

Guidenet wrote:

Several things. For starters, why not describe the Sony 50 f/1.8e model the typical way instead of using Sony's catalog number? I'm not sure why so many do that with Sony only. You wouldn't see a Nikon user saying I clicked this with a D5200 and a dr4371 lens. He's say 50 f/1.8G if that's what it was.

Now for the image. I assumed you used a tripod and carefully positioned yourself. If so, excellent job. Lots of drama with that much side lighting. I wish there was a tiny catchlight in your eyes.

Could you have moved the camera farther away and used a tighter lens? The 50mm this close tends to exaggerate the features a little. Secondly, I'd have shot at a lot smaller ISO and seen if I could have held still a little longer. 1/3 of a second would have gotten you down to ISO800 so the noise and speckling could have been a lot less. I see a hint of features on the left side from my side looking at you. The problem is that the shadows are completely blown. When they are blown, they look blotchy rather than pleasantly fading away. I recommend keeping everything in the histogram and not changing ISO to bring them back. That just drops your dynamic range and poof, the shadows blotch out.

Leave that left side visible n the camera and when you get home, fade them into black if you want for a smooth transition and a whole lot less noise.

Overall, though, I like the concept. That's a great start.

Now here's my self portrait. The only light I had was a 640 ws monolight with a 22 inch beauty dish.

Shhh.. don't tell Molly I'm swiping her identity. ;-)



Have a great weekend.

--
Cheers, Craig
Follow me on Twitter @craighardingsr : Equipment in Profile - f/22 Club Member
I reserve the right to make mistakes in reasoning and logic as well as to change my mind anytime I wish. I also ask forbearance with respect to my typos. Please take a look at my gallery here at DPR.

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iamDinesh said:

iamDinesh wrote:

iamDinesh said:

Guidenet wrote:

Now for the image. I assumed you used a tripod and carefully positioned yourself. If so, excellent job. Lots of drama with that much side lighting. I wish there was a tiny catchlight in your eyes.

Could you have moved the camera farther away and used a tighter lens? The 50mm this close tends to exaggerate the features a little. Secondly, I'd have shot at a lot smaller ISO and seen if I could have held still a little longer. 1/3 of a second would have gotten you down to ISO800 so the noise and speckling could have been a lot less. I see a hint of features on the left side from my side looking at you. The problem is that the shadows are completely blown. When they are blown, they look blotchy rather than pleasantly fading away. I recommend keeping everything in the histogram and not changing ISO to bring them back. That just drops your dynamic range and poof, the shadows blotch out.

Leave that left side visible n the camera and when you get home, fade them into black if you want for a smooth transition and a whole lot less noise.

Overall, though, I like the concept. That's a great start.

Now here's my self portrait. The only light I had was a 640 ws monolight with a 22 inch beauty dish.

Shhh.. don't tell Molly I'm swiping her identity. ;-)



Have a great weekend.

--
Cheers, Craig
Follow me on Twitter @craighardingsr : Equipment in Profile - f/22 Club Member
I reserve the right to make mistakes in reasoning and logic as well as to change my mind anytime I wish. I also ask forbearance with respect to my typos. Please take a look at my gallery here at DPR.

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Thanks for your valuable opinion. I really appreciate it .

Regarding lens names, almost everyone here on NEX forum describe all the lenses (atleast 35 and 50) with their official names; 35mm as SEL35 or SEL35F18 etc. In my opinion the reason for that is the options for various MF 35s and 50s from Canon, Pantex, Nikon etc. Therefor to avoid confusion they use official names for the lenses and honestly speaking I dont see anything wrong with that.

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iamDinesh said:

For the image, I placed it on a table and triggered the shutter with IR remote. I have only two primes, 16mm and 50mm thats why I tried 50mm in this situation. As for the high ISO issue, I wanted to see the values camera opts for in this harsh condition. The camera was in iAuto mode. Honestly speaking, I liked the grainy look. I wasnt making a self-portrait, I only wanted to analyse a picture in such a condition but luckily the picture turns out to be a decent one that is why I shared it.

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iamDinesh said:

I liked your suggestions, I will try them next time. Your portrait is really good

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