KEH
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Just got mine. Beautiful little lens, focuses in a heartbeat, and the results are very good on the Lumix G1. I find I really like the swiveling screen on the G1 for a lot of shots, so I will probably give the GF1 a miss.
ISO 200, F3.5, 18th St WDC.
Cheers,
Kirk
ISO 200, F3.5, 18th St WDC.
Cheers,
Kirk
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mine is in the mail, should be here sometime next week.
anxiously waiting to play...
anxiously waiting to play...
gdi
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Some very nice shots here, good work (and lens).
specpro
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Got mine too! Have yet to shoot extensively with it though. Here's a shot I took with it to test it's low light capabilities.
100% crop
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user237428934
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Had the chance to test a borrowed 20mm today. In general it focusses slower than the kit lens, but not so much. Took a walk along the river Rhine this evening and tested the low light capabilities. I really like it.
All photos between ISO 640 and 1000. Aperture between 1.7 and 2.2
1/4s. Had problems to focus on a running person so I focussed on the tree instead.
Even here, focus was OK.
All photos between ISO 640 and 1000. Aperture between 1.7 and 2.2
1/4s. Had problems to focus on a running person so I focussed on the tree instead.
Even here, focus was OK.
user237428934
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Too bad, you can't produce bokeh-bubbles with the lens. Focus is on the lamp in the foreground at f1.7
Keyne
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Just got mine today as well! 20mm on the G1. My wife gave it to me as an early Christmas gift so I can use it over our Thanksgiving trip. Sooooo excited!
Its pooring rain outside today so I have been walking around the house taking pictures of almost everything and testing the bokeh, DOF, MF, etc. etc. Good times!
Its pooring rain outside today so I have been walking around the house taking pictures of almost everything and testing the bokeh, DOF, MF, etc. etc. Good times!
Abbazz
6x9 and be there!
Bubbling bubbles you want, bubbling bubbles you get!
[Panasonic 20/1.7 at F/2.0]
[Panasonic 20/1.7 wide open]
Note the cat's eye effect on the border of the image, a sign of optical vignetting -- this front element is definitely too small for F/1.7!
Cheers!
Abbazz
Broke
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Those cat's eyes look like what I was used to with the Leica 50 Lux Pre-asph -- I really like that look. Hardly any bright edge to them. This lens looks like a real winner.
Keep em coming, love the work guys,
Jim
Keep em coming, love the work guys,
Jim
Tuolumne
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Japanese Kiku show at the Bronx Botanical Garden
Japanese Kiku show at the Bronx Botanical Garden
Taken with 20mm f1.7 @ f4.5 ISO 100
20mm f1.7 @ f2
Japanese Kiku show at the Bronx Botanical Garden
Taken with 20mm f1.7 @ f4.5 ISO 100
20mm f1.7 @ f2
Abbazz
6x9 and be there!
Thanks Jim. The bokeh of the Pansonic 20/1.7 is quite good for a widish lens. Here's a series of pictures taken with only varying the distance from the camera to the foreground subject. Note how the bokeh changes from one picture to the next:
One more picture from the Chinese temple:
And a few pictures from the neighborhood taken during my lunch break yesterday:
Cheers!
Abbazz
Tuolumne
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Abbazz, those street photos are really excellent. What object in the temple makes that bubbly looking bokeh? This is getting close to Noctilux porn, and for only $400!
/T
/T
squirrel$$$bandit
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Agreed, those look great. This lens is a tessar, right?
user237428934
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Perhaps I was to fast to say that no bokeh bubbles are possible with this lens. Just need to have the right distances between fore- and background.
@Abbazz: very nice examples here.
@Abbazz: very nice examples here.
Abbazz
6x9 and be there!
Thanks guys for the kind words.
Cheers!
Abbazz
These are small niches arranged in a large conical shape. Each niche contains a small representation of Tejraprabha, the Blazing Light Buddha, and each is equipped with a tiny light bulb. For a small amount of money, worshipers can have their name placed beneath these niches in order for people to pray for them. Here are a couple of other pictures taken with the 1" F/1.5 Cooke Kinic:
Uh, not quite sure the lenses are in the same league. There is a lot of difference between a 50mm lens with an F/1.0 aperture and a 20mm lens with an F/1.7 aperture! The bokeh of the Panasonic lens is very nice when the lens is focused very close (around 30cm), which is not a suitable distance for portrait, except if you intend to produce mug shots for the Police Department. At normal portrait distance (1.5m), the bokeh is not so nice and the background is only slightly blurred (like on the mosque picture with the bougainvillea in front).
Cheers!
Abbazz
