sepiareverb
genius and moron
.72 M7 / 75/2.0 AA / HP5+
noimmunity
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sepiareverb
genius and moron
So someone else owns this remarkable lens after all.
Love the distant trees in that bike shot.
That looks like my old dog, bleached blonde!
Love the distant trees in that bike shot.
That looks like my old dog, bleached blonde!
peter_n
Veteran
pphuang
brain drain...
Portra 160VC
sherm
Well-known
whitecat
Lone Range(find)er
Can any posters here compare it to the 75mm Summilux?
noimmunity
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noimmunity
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run for cover!
seriously, some people here have both. there was a nice thread on get-dpi with comparison photos of the lux, the cron and the new summarit on the M8. the lux has a special dreamy look wide open and then closed down starts becoming very sharp, hence its cult status. the cron has slightly better colour rendition. the summarit is quite a lens, perhaps even sharper than the cron at 2.5, but the bokeh isn't as smooth as the cron or lux. some people find the 'cron too harsh for portraits. I haven't actually tried a 'lux. The decision for me came down to ergonomics and the closer minimum focus of the 'cron. i don't find it too harsh. pphuang's photo above shows how it smooth and lovely it is at medium distance--plus, his subject is slighlty off center. bravo! when in very close you do have to be aware of its potential for razor sharp etched lines.
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noimmunity
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here is the cron
close in, wide open, focus on tip of nose with unidrectional focus technique to get a creamy blur on the back part of the face.
close in, wide open, focus on tip of nose with unidrectional focus technique to get a creamy blur on the back part of the face.
ali_baba
Well-known
the strength of the 75 APO aside from being an APO lens and much less flare prone than the lux, is its weight and compactness.
i have a lux, as i shoot on the stage and need all the stops i can get.
if i was to find a cheap 75 APO i'd be all over it for travel, as the 75 lux is heavy!!!
i love lux's however, and can't wait on the 21 lux!
i have a lux, as i shoot on the stage and need all the stops i can get.
if i was to find a cheap 75 APO i'd be all over it for travel, as the 75 lux is heavy!!!
i love lux's however, and can't wait on the 21 lux!
pphuang
brain drain...
here is the cron
close in, wide open, focus on tip of nose with unidrectional focus technique to get a creamy blur on the back part of the face.
Like you, I don't find the lens to be overly clinical at all.
The photos that I've seen using the lux never did much for me. However, I'd love to see how it compares to the zeiss sonnar 85 f2. Unfortunately, there aren't many posted photos using that lens.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Not overly clinical to my eye either. I quite like the OOF rendition of this lens, even when close focusing at 5.6 the distance can be quite lovely.
That's a great portrait technique Jon.
That's a great portrait technique Jon.
noimmunity
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Thanks. My friend Ned has this kind of alien/zippy quality that called for an ethereal rendition.
I'm curious what you would think of the rendition on this photo below? It was taken on the ZI without 75 frames... The fellow on the right is in such stark relief. Sometimes I think it shows really perfectly the presence of the man, but I wonder what others think? These guys came up to Taipei from the hard-scrabble rural south for a pro-independence demonstration...
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pphuang
brain drain...
It's a nice "street" portrait. However, since I do not know the subject personally, the photo probably has a lot more impact for you than for me. Technically, the details in the photo look a bit more "etched" than your other examples, but I wonder if that might be from a bit too much sharpening rather than from the lens itself - you can see it in the background grain as well...
noimmunity
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No sharpening or any other PP was added to the scan, so I suppose that could be a difference due to the developing more than anything else.
I didn't know the subject(s) either. But you usually don't see such people on the streets of Taipei. That demo attracted a bunch of 'marginalized' rural types. So "dreamy portrait" was definitely inappropriate.
Anyway, I like very much the picture of your son (?) in the fall leaves. It has a real fall ambiance accentuated by the introspective look of the decentered subject.
pphuang
brain drain...
Just goes to show you how much other factors influence the "look" of a photo, maybe more so than the actual lens that was used. I agree, sharp was preferable to "dreamy" in this case.
It would be interesting to see a wider view to place these gents in context, although I'm assuming that you have many more shots from that particular day
You tell an interesting story, I'd love to see some of that in the photo.Thanks! I especially like your boy on the bike, it has a great feel to it...
sepiareverb
genius and moron
I think the lens/developer combo has worked well in that portrait- accentuating the ruggedness of his face.
amoz
Established
I recently got this lens as my second M lens, and took it out into the night for a test-drive.
+ MP + Fuji Neopan400
+ MP + Fuji Neopan400
noimmunity
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I recently got this lens as my second M lens, and took it out into the night for a test-drive.
+ MP + Fuji Neopan400
I love the way the photo conveys "things being sucked away": the blackness of the holes in the middle of the ashtray, the broken cigarette, the life of the person who smoked it (and broke it in two at the end in disgust?!)... Nice Amoz! Look forward to seeing more.