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This Month Through Your Adapted Lenses -- September 2019
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TripleCoatedBokeh
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didnt have time to play with camera settings while taking them. if i had a little more time to play with my camera settings i think i would be a littler happier with the results. Also there's a consistent blotch in the upper right quadrant with this lens. looks like a piece of crud on one of the elements.
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Thanks. The feedback has been consistent. I hope to find a way to change the laptop's color profile.
TripleCoatedBokeh
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smooth out the skin a littleGreat photo! Very sharp lens, too sharp for portraits
This is bettersmooth out the skin a littleGreat photo! Very sharp lens, too sharp for portraits
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These are uploaded via my iPhone, so not sure if there will be any loss of IQ.
@f16 on A7iii handheld
If you crop in, you will see how sharp this lens can be.
@f1.4
@f16 on A7iii handheld
If you crop in, you will see how sharp this lens can be.
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That's exactly what I like about the Sonnar 1.5. It has internally only space between elements. Because his design predates coating at all, this was done to maximize contrast, but wheever there is light from any angle that gets into the lens but isn't supposed to (from the side), or in excess (aka as flare) it veils very adding this glow. In PP it can be removed 90% without anyone noticing, but it can never be added if you wanted to. I think it's a very beautiful design and has the best flare control of any lens. It just doesn't flare with some odd white patch, it either veils more globally or more cinematically. Today, we have the best multi coating ever. But you know what? When I look at bright light sources, my eye flares more like this lens, and less like the current lenses. Also, advanced multicoating ends up killing 2-5% of light through destructive interference. Waves that would reflect _but also some that would not_ get canceled in large proportions but as they go through a long pipeline of air-glass transitions, they add up, and I think it greatly affects the character of the color. That's why people talk about the color of the reflections or the color character.
Ok, long way to say I liked this portrait and others that veil like this!
Cam: Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens: #284 Tamron BBAR MC02B f2.5 28mm ADAPTALL2
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Cam: Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens :#284 Tamron BBAR MC02B f2.5 28mm ADAPTALL2
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M_digicapt
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I agree, love the dreamlike quality of this image. Spent a lot of time learning how to ''fix" this in post for wildlife shots, but recently I've exploring how to maximize it in my street and portrait photos.That's exactly what I like about the Sonnar 1.5. It has internally only space between elements. Because his design predates coating at all, this was done to maximize contrast, but wheever there is light from any angle that gets into the lens but isn't supposed to (from the side), or in excess (aka as flare) it veils very adding this glow. In PP it can be removed 90% without anyone noticing, but it can never be added if you wanted to. I think it's a very beautiful design and has the best flare control of any lens. It just doesn't flare with some odd white patch, it either veils more globally or more cinematically. Today, we have the best multi coating ever. But you know what? When I look at bright light sources, my eye flares more like this lens, and less like the current lenses. Also, advanced multicoating ends up killing 2-5% of light through destructive interference. Waves that would reflect _but also some that would not_ get canceled in large proportions but as they go through a long pipeline of air-glass transitions, they add up, and I think it greatly affects the character of the color. That's why people talk about the color of the reflections or the color character.
Ok, long way to say I liked this portrait and others that veil like this!
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For correcting the images, it depends a lot on if it has any veiling at all. If I use a hood, usually the correction needed is about 0, and just apply a tad of sharpening. The Sonnar is a very sharp lens stopped down, because the design was already extremely good where stopping down makes everything sharp. If I want more modern look, I apply a tad (very small) of Dehaze in RT. Because it is very high resolution, but at the micro level is loses a bit of contrast due to the uncorrected circular aberration (but retains the detail) I also may apply Microcontrast adjustment, from 0.5 to 0.8 (max). I can't really tell much of a difference between this and any other lens.I agree, love the dreamlike quality of this image. Spent a lot of time learning how to ''fix" this in post for wildlife shots, but recently I've exploring how to maximize it in my street and portrait photos.That's exactly what I like about the Sonnar 1.5. It has internally only space between elements. Because his design predates coating at all, this was done to maximize contrast, but wheever there is light from any angle that gets into the lens but isn't supposed to (from the side), or in excess (aka as flare) it veils very adding this glow. In PP it can be removed 90% without anyone noticing, but it can never be added if you wanted to. I think it's a very beautiful design and has the best flare control of any lens. It just doesn't flare with some odd white patch, it either veils more globally or more cinematically. Today, we have the best multi coating ever. But you know what? When I look at bright light sources, my eye flares more like this lens, and less like the current lenses. Also, advanced multicoating ends up killing 2-5% of light through destructive interference. Waves that would reflect _but also some that would not_ get canceled in large proportions but as they go through a long pipeline of air-glass transitions, they add up, and I think it greatly affects the character of the color. That's why people talk about the color of the reflections or the color character.
Ok, long way to say I liked this portrait and others that veil like this!
But the lenses shine for portraits and street where one wants a detailed but flattering silky look. Note I speak of the Sonnar but I only have the 2/50 version (no 100% the same but very similar), as well as the 2/85 Contarex (exact same design as 1.5/50...really).
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