Guest ThePhilosopher Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 Some test shots with my "new" Helios 44-2 (a 58mm f/2 lens) - SOOC except resize:
ubiquitous Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 Remarkable images; especially the dragonfly shots! Very nice!
Guest ThePhilosopher Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 The swirly bokeh is pretty unique to this lens in 35mm; I don't know of any others that do so off the top of my head. Pentax screwmount lenses are a good value.
dbutlerman Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 Dragonfly is very cool! Seems like a nice lens...what would the difference (besides focal length) be between that and like a Nikon 50mm f/1.8?
Guest ThePhilosopher Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 It's a Russian-made manual focus lens. The Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 doesn't swirl like this either.
dbutlerman Posted July 29, 2010 Report Posted July 29, 2010 The swirl is cool - I just get little pentagonal shapes...
Guest ThePhilosopher Posted August 1, 2010 Report Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) More stuff: Some dirty 35mm Efke 25: Edited August 1, 2010 by ThePhilosopher
eunomians Posted August 2, 2010 Report Posted August 2, 2010 Nice Bokeh I'm a big fan of short depth of field lenses. My personal favorite that I own is the Canon 85mm 1.2L--it's hard to use, but nothing else looks like it aside from a Noctilux.
Guest ThePhilosopher Posted August 2, 2010 Report Posted August 2, 2010 Nice Bokeh I'm a big fan of short depth of field lenses. My personal favorite that I own is the Canon 85mm 1.2L--it's hard to use, but nothing else looks like it aside from a Noctilux. Large format kills even the Noctilux on shallow DOF. .
eunomians Posted August 2, 2010 Report Posted August 2, 2010 That's true but I ain't gonna lug around a Large Format rig wherever I go! I don't even have a large format kit, lol. i guess those Lens Baby contraptions probably work the same way, with adjustable bellows. Kinda cool I suppose. In any event, I dig your pics. Cheers
Guest ThePhilosopher Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Lens test drive #2: Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 non-AI converted to work on my D3:
redwatch Posted October 22, 2010 Report Posted October 22, 2010 Lens test drive #2: Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 non-AI converted to work on my D3: Did you add a CPU chip to the lens? Great shot!
Guest ThePhilosopher Posted October 23, 2010 Report Posted October 23, 2010 No, it's still completely manual - just converted to be safe to mount to a DSLR.
Guest ThePhilosopher Posted October 24, 2010 Report Posted October 24, 2010 A more composed shot with the 50mm f/1.4
Guest ThePhilosopher Posted November 11, 2010 Report Posted November 11, 2010 Trying something new with the 50mm f/1.4
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