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Comment by Horst posted on Why bother? at 22/07/2014 - 13:25
Nigel,
why don't you spend about 30 or 40 quid on a Pentax F 35-70mm f3.5 - 4.5. Try it its great. If you don't like it, you haven't lost much.
i spend a lot of money on various lenses, but i always come back to this one.
It works very well as a portrait lens on 70mm. The 35 mm is always wide enough for me.
The 18-50mm I also have. Makes things to small for me.
The 35-70 is sharp and light and quite rugged and also has a macro feature.
Regards, Horst
why don't you spend about 30 or 40 quid on a Pentax F 35-70mm f3.5 - 4.5. Try it its great. If you don't like it, you haven't lost much.
i spend a lot of money on various lenses, but i always come back to this one.
It works very well as a portrait lens on 70mm. The 35 mm is always wide enough for me.
The 18-50mm I also have. Makes things to small for me.
The 35-70 is sharp and light and quite rugged and also has a macro feature.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Advice on Tamron 28-75 f2.8 at 22/07/2014 - 13:21
John wrote:
If you used a 100mm lens with your film camera, why not use an other 100mm lens. one which is marked 100mm, because it is not usable for film and because it is specially made for APS-C.
Why use all the mathematics if you can do it by marking the APS-C only lenses with the focal length it really uses?
Why bother worrying about all the old and unusable markings, when you can have the new ones on the lens and don't stress your grey little cells.
If you made your portraits with a 70mm lens before, Just get a new APS-C only lens. One which is now also marked 70mm but is useless for Film or FF.
Regards, Horst
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To answer Lu, let's take film first. I'd have used about 100mm for portraits, so now I'd use about 70mm for the same effect. For those who would have used an 85mm (the classic portrait lens for film) then the 55mm f/1.4 is the current equivalent.
As perspective depends solely on your distance from the subject, if you want to emulate what you saw with your 135mm lens, then use 90mm now.
Wow, why do it the complicated way.To answer Lu, let's take film first. I'd have used about 100mm for portraits, so now I'd use about 70mm for the same effect. For those who would have used an 85mm (the classic portrait lens for film) then the 55mm f/1.4 is the current equivalent.
As perspective depends solely on your distance from the subject, if you want to emulate what you saw with your 135mm lens, then use 90mm now.
If you used a 100mm lens with your film camera, why not use an other 100mm lens. one which is marked 100mm, because it is not usable for film and because it is specially made for APS-C.
Why use all the mathematics if you can do it by marking the APS-C only lenses with the focal length it really uses?
Why bother worrying about all the old and unusable markings, when you can have the new ones on the lens and don't stress your grey little cells.
If you made your portraits with a 70mm lens before, Just get a new APS-C only lens. One which is now also marked 70mm but is useless for Film or FF.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Why bother? at 22/07/2014 - 13:05
Hi Algi
Nothing to be sorry about. your right, they are very similar and it was a very interesting article.
Regards, Horst
Nothing to be sorry about. your right, they are very similar and it was a very interesting article.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Variable ND filters? at 22/07/2014 - 00:11
Thanks for the link Algi.
I really like most of the images.
Here is a picture taken with a SUMO lens. This is a 20 Dollar lens, about 150mm f4 or so. I think it has only one meniscus or a doublet lens.
Regards, Horst
I really like most of the images.
Here is a picture taken with a SUMO lens. This is a 20 Dollar lens, about 150mm f4 or so. I think it has only one meniscus or a doublet lens.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Variable ND filters? at 21/07/2014 - 11:24
Same here, I have ads blocking software installed but I have only 4 ads shown at the moment.
Maybe I am not worth the bother by some advertisers.
Regards, Horst
Maybe I am not worth the bother by some advertisers.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Please Sort It Out at 21/07/2014 - 10:21
Hi Ken, it is reasonable rare.
I bought it to do some interior pictures of rooms with furniture.
Ir looks a lot better than the normal clinical sharp look.
I tried to use filters, but they are not variable. I found this lens does a very good job.
It cost me 490 Australian Dollars on Ebay. It came from Japan and like all the Ebay lenses from Japan are in first class condition.
The same goes for second hand cameras. I bought a K10 for my grand daughter. It was like mint for 190 dollars.
It has varying softness fro f 2.8 to about f8 and after that it is sharp.
Regards, Horst
I bought it to do some interior pictures of rooms with furniture.
Ir looks a lot better than the normal clinical sharp look.
I tried to use filters, but they are not variable. I found this lens does a very good job.
It cost me 490 Australian Dollars on Ebay. It came from Japan and like all the Ebay lenses from Japan are in first class condition.
The same goes for second hand cameras. I bought a K10 for my grand daughter. It was like mint for 190 dollars.
It has varying softness fro f 2.8 to about f8 and after that it is sharp.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Variable ND filters? at 21/07/2014 - 09:47
Hi, I have just bought a Pentax 28mm f2.8 Soft focus lens.
It works well.
Sometimes however when I like to use it at F2.8 tom get the full effect, I run out of fast shutter speeds, or my flash is to strong.
I want to use a ND filter.
Has anybody used the Variable ND filters?
If so, can you give me some idea of the cons or pros of them.
It works well.
Sometimes however when I like to use it at F2.8 tom get the full effect, I run out of fast shutter speeds, or my flash is to strong.
I want to use a ND filter.
Has anybody used the Variable ND filters?
If so, can you give me some idea of the cons or pros of them.
Comment by Horst posted on Variable ND filters? at 21/07/2014 - 08:04
Hi , I am back after 3 murders in the deadliest county of England.
I have come to the conclusion, that everyone has some positive input and thinking about it, there are for and against all the arguments brought by all the forum members on this topic.
I'll have a nice sip of Courvoisier Cognac and then go to bed to cuddle up to my wife. It is freezing outside . Only about plus 10deg C..
I wish summer was back.
Regards, Horst
I have come to the conclusion, that everyone has some positive input and thinking about it, there are for and against all the arguments brought by all the forum members on this topic.
I'll have a nice sip of Courvoisier Cognac and then go to bed to cuddle up to my wife. It is freezing outside . Only about plus 10deg C..
I wish summer was back.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Why bother? at 20/07/2014 - 13:40
Well same here, I am going to watch a Midsummer Murder in five minutes on the tele.
Till later and a few murders on.
regards, Horst
Till later and a few murders on.
regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Why bother? at 20/07/2014 - 10:44
If you made your portraits with a 70mm lens before, Just get a new APS-C only lens. One which now should be marked 75mm but was marked 50mm and is useless for Film or FF.
Regards, Horst