Why I like the R-D1 and cv 40/1.4 combo

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All taken at 800 iso - mostly F2 with some F1.4

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Cheers - John
 
John,

Great to see you and that famous combination back.

Your little one? Congrats if that was the case. Very cute.
 
hunghang said:
John,

Great to see you and that famous combination back.

Your little one? Congrats if that was the case. Very cute.
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Hi Hung,

Thanks for the kind words. I've been having fun with my E-P1 recently and took some pics with it as well but nothing matches this combo at 800 iso for interior portraits - and it is still my favourite camera :)

Actually it is my brother's first born and only a week or so old. Mine are all grown up now (16-23) but I just love babies and it brings back so many memories of my own.

Cheers - John
 
i am liking this combo as well. it's an odd focal length at the equivalent of 60mm but it seems so much better than 50mm.
 
These are really good examples of what can be done with this combination. I especially like the second one.

I sometimes use it in combination with my sexier 50mm Sonnars (Canon, modern Zeiss), and come home with the best shots having been taken with this 40mm.

I have less problems focusing with the Nokton than with the other two. I do have framing problems at closer distances, which seems contrary to many of the opinions expressed on RFF; cut off guitars in my concert shots had been a frequent occurrence. But I have been handling that better lately.

I'm glad you posted both monochrome and colour examples, because I too find it works well with both.
 
sevres_babylone said:
I do have framing problems at closer distances, which seems contrary to many of the opinions expressed on RFF; cut off guitars in my concert shots had been a frequent occurrence. But I have been handling that better lately.
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I know what you mean. Up close I usually cheat a little to the left when shooting portrait mode or up a little in landscape.
 
This combination has become my most frequent companion, too. I really like it inside at f2 and above. The feeling of the shot seems very difft, somehow "smoother" from ones taken at f1.4.
 
R-D1 and CV 40/1.4

R-D1 and CV 40/1.4

The best lens for my R-D1 is also a 40 but the Summicron C 2. If I succeed I post a picture.
 

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I've got two 35 noktons and a 50 color skopar, and now I find myself helplessly in love with your 40 nokton image rendering. Please no more posts, or I'll need to steal food from my kids mouth to finance one of these
 
Ezzie said:
I've got two 35 noktons and a 50 color skopar, and now I find myself helplessly in love with your 40 nokton image rendering. Please no more posts, or I'll need to steal food from my kids mouth to finance one of these
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No more posts?

Couldn't resist :)

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My most recent blog post was taken with this combo. 99% of last photo set (~300 photos) was used with this combo and were fine (but usually f1.7 - f4) but this keeper was at 1.4 and got the double line bokeh blues, not too bad though.
 
I finally got to shoot with this combo tonight for the 1st time.
I have to admit the 60mm focal length feels a bit nicer than 50.
Here are two from this evening, both shot wide open at 1600.

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