T-Rex Mark
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So, thanks to Simple Joy and relative low cost of getting into this branch of the ahm hobby I found myself interested in Enlarging Lenses which got me attracted to a Fujinon-e 50mm I covered in a previous post, mainly with the belief that if it comes from Fuji - it will do something good for me. And it did, the colors are great, and the overall performance at the size and at the price are great. It happened that the vendor agreed to add another lens he had in the store - Beslar 75/3.5. Before I asked for a discount, I looked everywhere for samples - nada. I figured out what it is and decided that it’s ok to spend $10 as an intro to the brand, the lens seemed to be quite clean, and the vendor agreed. I had fairly low expectations as this appeared to be not far from the market price.
I got it finally on the camera today, and while it did not blow my mind, it had proven to behave quite nicely. It also flares with a rainbow - no idea why - and time to time produces rainbow bokeh balls. Whether I just happened to have the bubbly opportunities today, or the lens is indeed a bubble maker, it did quite well and I consider it to be another tiny EL gem that performs far above what one may expect. I spent most of today’s walk with it, it was getting hot and bright.
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2 too bad this guy was in the shade, I think the lens could have shined here stopped down a bit
3 I am going backwards, I started with the last pictures, this was just before leaving park, great showcase of bokeh stopped down. With rounded blades I don’t find it unpleasant at all
4 And here is wide open, I like it
5 Close up it can be dreamy
6 And sharp if you need it
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8 and somewhat sculpty
9 and (still going backwards) this is the second time where I figured that this is a keeper, I really enjoyed what I could do with water drops. It is likely that the other ELs would be just as good, maybe there could be better color nuances but this is a great outcome by my standards
10 Now, this is where I started zooming in on the bubbles. They seem to have some message on the border. Can bokeh talk to you?
seriously any idea what is causing the sort of double border and seems like some writing on it? Is it fungus? The lens was reasonably clean but I did not look with a magnifier, looks like I should.
11 this is where I actually saw the message in the bokeh ball
12 - an eclectic bunch. Some of the fellows are again with this peculiar border
13 - bubble in bubble in bubble
14 - one would say the lens is prone to flare. I would say the lens also has a great flare
15 - when you’d like it to flare ;-)
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17 - one of the first shots wide open - where I realized first time this is better than expected
18 - this was a second shot where I saw the bubbles and that it can do sharp
19 - Actually this was the first shot and although it was hard to get the flower sharp in the shadow wide open, I liked what it produced and knew it was a keeper from the first shot.
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I got it finally on the camera today, and while it did not blow my mind, it had proven to behave quite nicely. It also flares with a rainbow - no idea why - and time to time produces rainbow bokeh balls. Whether I just happened to have the bubbly opportunities today, or the lens is indeed a bubble maker, it did quite well and I consider it to be another tiny EL gem that performs far above what one may expect. I spent most of today’s walk with it, it was getting hot and bright.
1
2 too bad this guy was in the shade, I think the lens could have shined here stopped down a bit
3 I am going backwards, I started with the last pictures, this was just before leaving park, great showcase of bokeh stopped down. With rounded blades I don’t find it unpleasant at all
4 And here is wide open, I like it
5 Close up it can be dreamy
6 And sharp if you need it
7
8 and somewhat sculpty
9 and (still going backwards) this is the second time where I figured that this is a keeper, I really enjoyed what I could do with water drops. It is likely that the other ELs would be just as good, maybe there could be better color nuances but this is a great outcome by my standards
10 Now, this is where I started zooming in on the bubbles. They seem to have some message on the border. Can bokeh talk to you?
seriously any idea what is causing the sort of double border and seems like some writing on it? Is it fungus? The lens was reasonably clean but I did not look with a magnifier, looks like I should.
11 this is where I actually saw the message in the bokeh ball
12 - an eclectic bunch. Some of the fellows are again with this peculiar border
13 - bubble in bubble in bubble
14 - one would say the lens is prone to flare. I would say the lens also has a great flare
15 - when you’d like it to flare ;-)
16
17 - one of the first shots wide open - where I realized first time this is better than expected
18 - this was a second shot where I saw the bubbles and that it can do sharp
19 - Actually this was the first shot and although it was hard to get the flower sharp in the shadow wide open, I liked what it produced and knew it was a keeper from the first shot.
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https://500px.com/bc-foto
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