Or with the short focal length, is it harder to get the shot out of focus?
It's not hard to have the shot out of focus. It's hard to have it out of
focus enough to get a sharp separation between focus and out-of-focus
planes.
Often, out of focus in the shot is visible enough to perceive it, but not
enough to be pleased.
Dario
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From: Dario Bonazza
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:30 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: About those samyang lenses ....
"the very shirt focal length "
Let's make it: "the very shOrt focal length"
Dario
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From: Dario Bonazza
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:26 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: About those samyang lenses ....
Hi Larry, my advice is 'go for the 8/3.5'. I own and enjoy it beyond my most
optimistic forecast when buying.
Just see here a few pics, taken on Friday at the PDML meeting in Venice:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8394145769/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8395230278/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8394145939/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8395230472/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/8394146137/in/photostream/
Another pic:
http://pug.komkon.org/12nov/slides/DB-201211_Rovinj.html
Focusing is not so easy, because focus and out-of-focus is not so obvious in
viewfinder, and the focus indication can be fooled by the lens properties (a
minimal shift in optical groups causes a lot of focus shift). For that same
reason, a perfect tuning of focusing ring at manufacturing is not so easy
for such lenses. However, I believe the spirit of such lens is having more
focus planes in focus at a time, so I tend to focus it by looking at the
focus scale and set F8 for aperture (the very shirt focal length allows for
longer shutter speeds without worrying so much about motion blur). That
works pretty well. All pics above have been shot that way.
Dario
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From: Larry Colen
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:02 AM
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Subject: About those samyang lenses ....
We just cashed in a bunch of loose coinage and have over $200 in Amazon
credits. This is nearly enough for either the Samyang/Rokinon 85/1.4 or the
8mm/3.5 and I'm quite tempted to make an impulse purchase.
I've heard a lot of good about the 85/1.4, but since I have the 77/1.8 I'm
quite tempted by the 8/3.5. Especially since my current widest lens is my
16-50. Anybody have experience with the 8? Or ideally both lenses?
Suggestions? Advice? Warnings?
How hard is it to focus the 8mm? Or with the short focal length, is it
harder to get the shot out of focus?
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