Water Festival with ZM Biogon 35mm

[drjoke]

Attached to my Zeiss Ikon and using E100VS.

This film is not bad at all. Much easier to use than Velvia and better color than Provia. I wish Fuji would come out with some compromise like this.

I went last year too. I know my steps around so I don't get wet.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drjoke/2455014170/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drjoke/2455013428/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drjoke/2455012514/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drjoke/2454183797/

 

[alexz]

Nice images.
The last one is my favorite among these..

Thanks for showing, Alex

 

[slowman]

agree, last one is the best.

 

[payasam]

No favourites: they all have their merits. Looks like it's only safe to photograph from high up and far away. A longer focal length would have given different (not necessarily better) results.

 

[sockeyed]

I don't blame your for staying high and dry - you'd need a Nikonos if you wanted to shoot at street level!

 

[Avotius]

its really weird, that first shot of the overlapping rain guards looks exactly the same as the ones here in chongqing for the monorail station. Will try to dig up a pic, im sure I got one somewhere.

 

[Nachkebia]

thats why I don`t like biogon 35m, it is overly 3d! alot of shine! great saturation! and at the end we get something like a canon look, very intensive and very saturated.....

 

[Avotius]

thats why I don`t like biogon 35m, it is overly 3d! alot of shine! great saturation! and at the end we get something like a canon look, very intensive and very saturated.....

Interesting observation, I have always seemed to like the planar/distagon style lenses more then the biogon/sonnar types, but I think the 3d image qualities are more a family trait to most zeiss lenses, my planar shows a lot of shine and saturation too, but then again I am able to better control those effects through the use of color negative film, not to mention a little over exposure will take care of any over saturated scene

 

[craygc]

Here's mine from this year... Chiang Mai Song Kran 2008

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And from last year, Song Kran 2007

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And a colour one...

As Ben (Sockeyed) suggested as a necessity, guess I should add, this was all done with a Nikonos V. I just love digital... these damn cameras in mint condition are so cheap now. Bought mine from KEH specifically to photograph this event. Im sure I'll find more uses for it

 

[Nachkebia]

Interesting observation, I have always seemed to like the planar/distagon style lenses more then the biogon/sonnar types, but I think the 3d image qualities are more a family trait to most zeiss lenses, my planar shows a lot of shine and saturation too, but then again I am able to better control those effects through the use of color negative film, not to mention a little over exposure will take care of any over saturated scene

Yes, Planar 50 is very close to 35mm biogon but 50mm saves it, I mostly use 50 for close up or isolated shots and 3d is acceptable but 35mm is wide enough to have a scenic shots and 3d is bit too much some people might like it but I don't. its not about saturation its about overall saturated texture

 

[drjoke]

I have been noticing that us here can go on and on about signatures or qualitative characteristics of certain wonderful lenses (I am one of us here too), whereas those on DSLR forums tend to talk more on pixel count, noise, dynamic range, MTF and other measurable attributes of DSLR and lenses. The topic of lens signatures is rarely mentioned ever in those forums. People just care to have the sharpest (and sometime fastest) possible lenses. What do you think matters more in getting good pictures (assuming equal skills and opportunities of photographers)?

 

[Avotius]

I have been noticing that us here can go on and on about signatures or qualitative characteristics of certain wonderful lenses (I am one of us here too), whereas those on DSLR forums tend to talk more on pixel count, noise, dynamic range, MTF and other measurable attributes of DSLR and lenses. The topic of lens signatures is rarely mentioned ever in those forums. People just care to have the sharpest (and sometime fastest) possible lenses. What do you think matters more in getting good pictures (assuming equal skills and opportunities of photographers)?

I hate to sound cliche, but horses for courses. I would never consider using my 20D and 17-40 lens for a purely bw project if I has the option to use film bw, we all know the reasons.

And we talk about lens sharpness and all those things here too, the moniker MTF shows up here more times then I would care to see as MTF's are a pitiful way to see how a lens will work in real life.

Frankly....to hell with it all, just got take photos. Signature is nice though

 

[kitaanat]

Here's mine from this year... Chiang Mai Song Kran 2008

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And from last year, Song Kran 2007

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And a colour one...

As Ben (Sockeyed) suggested as a necessity, guess I should add, this was all done with a Nikonos V. I just love digital... these damn cameras in mint condition are so cheap now. Bought mine from KEH specifically to photograph this event. Im sure I'll find more uses for it

Nice moment, I have never taken Songkarn festival in a street level before even I'm Thai. agree with your idea.

 

[craygc]

Nice moment, I have never taken Songkarn festival in a street level before even I'm Thai. agree with your idea.

Thanks Kun Anat,

I had searched a lot for photos of Song Kran before I shot these trying to get an idea of what people had done before with the festival. So far I have found nothing else from any source that shows street level images similar to what I have tried to capture - just surprised.

Between last year and this year I bought a third party screw in metal hood for the Nikonos 35mm lens. Best buy ever... only had to wipe water off the front element about 6x in 3 days. Last year that part was just difficult

 

[drjoke]

kitaanat, very nice gallery on Flickr. Also very nice set of expensive gears you have.

 

[ljsegil]

Actually Nikon SLR shooters do talk quite a bit about the signature of some special lenses like the AF 1.4/85mm, AF 1.4/28mm, MF 2.8/45 Tessar, MF 3.5/55 micro AIS, 2.0/105 or 135 DC, 2.0/200 AFS/VR, 2.8/17-35 AF zoom and 2.8/70-210 AF zoom, among other lenses that stand out in some special way from the rest of the otherwise almost uniformly excellent (at least for sharpness and contrast) Nikon SLR offerings. Obviously, as I am here on RFF, I am finding qualities of RF lenses and cameras that I do not realize in shooting the Nikon system, film or digital, but that is part of the wonder and beauty of photography.
Not sure what any of this has to do with water festivals, but the pictures on this thread are wonderful and ought to help further in recruiting more interested photographers to the RF way.
Best,
LJS