PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-04 Thread DagT
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, A50mm 1:1.2, 1/80, f/1.2. I bought a new focus screen from http://www.focusingscreen.com because the original was not sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and

Re: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-04 Thread Bruce Walker
Very nice, Dag. Really like that medium format look you got here. The A50 1.2 is clearly a real gem. On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:03 AM, DagT wrote: > http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html > Pentax K-5, A50mm 1:1.2, 1/80, f/1.2. > > I bought a new focus screen from http://ww

Re: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice, DagT. Cheers, Christine On Nov 4, 2012, at 10:03 AM, DagT wrote: > http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html > Pentax K-5, A50mm 1:1.2, 1/80, f/1.2. > > I bought a new focus screen from http://www.focusingscreen.com because the > original was not sufficientl

RE: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-04 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Nice shot. That is some seriously shallow DOF. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of DagT Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 11:04 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: P

Re: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-04 Thread Boris Liberman
My impression is that with 50/1.2 at 1.2 focus confirmation is all over the place. Have you tried focusing by the back screen of the camera in LifeView mode with additional help of magnification? Technology aside, the portrait is excellent as practically all the photographs you display here

Re: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. You nailed the eyes, and the softness of the rest of the image is complementary. Paul On Nov 4, 2012, at 11:03 AM, DagT wrote: > http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html > Pentax K-5, A50mm 1:1.2, 1/80, f/1.2. > > I bought a new focus screen from http://www.focu

Re: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-05 Thread Walt
Agree with Paul. It's a wonderful image. One of the things I've struggled with in taking photos with such shallow DOF is getting both eyes in focus the way you did. Anytime I've tried it, whether with faces or a scene with more than one point of focus while using shallow DOF, it seems I can on

Re: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-06 Thread jn289
Dag, Eyes sharp, nice..Joe http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, A50mm 1:1.2, 1/80, f/1.2. I bought a new focus screen from http://www.focusingscreen.com because the original was not sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using o

Re: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-06 Thread DagT
Yes I agree, it was hopeless to use and being able to focus on the sceeen was a great improvement. I could use the LCD, but I hate that, especially since I would probably have to change glasses half of the time. It makes me look forward to a good electronic viewfinder. Dag Thrane http://www.th

Re: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-06 Thread DagT
Thanks :-) Actually the right eye is a little more in forcus than the left. With this shallow DOF it is almost impossible to get both perfectly sharp. Dag Thrane http://www.thrane.name 5. nov. 2012 kl. 13:58 skrev Walt : > Agree with Paul. It's a wonderful image. > > One of the things I've

RE: PAW148 - Portrait

2012-11-08 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Excellent! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: DagT Sent: November 4, 2012 11/4/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: PAW148 - Portrait http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, A50mm 1:1.2, 1/80, f/1.2. I bought a new focus screen