RE: PAW148 - Portrait
Excellent! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: DagT li...@thrane.name Sent: November 4, 2012 11/4/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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 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 A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW148 - Portrait
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 old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW148 - Portrait
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.thrane.name 5. nov. 2012 kl. 05:37 skrev Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: 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 :-). On 11/4/2012 6:03 PM, 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 sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW148 - Portrait
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 ldott...@gmail.com: 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 only get one of the elements in focus while the other seems to be /just/ out of focus. -- Walt On 11/5/2012 5:39 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: 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 li...@thrane.name 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 sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW148 - Portrait
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 li...@thrane.name 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 sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW148 - Portrait
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 only get one of the elements in focus while the other seems to be /just/ out of focus. -- Walt On 11/5/2012 5:39 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: 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 li...@thrane.name 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 sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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 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 A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW148 - Portrait
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 li...@thrane.name 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 sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW148 - Portrait
Very nice, DagT. Cheers, Christine On Nov 4, 2012, at 10:03 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name 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 sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PAW148 - Portrait
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: 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 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 A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW148 - Portrait
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 :-). On 11/4/2012 6:03 PM, 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 sufficiently exact for manual focus with large aperture lenses. Using old gems like the A50mm 1:1.2 and A*85mm 1:1.4 was not very easy so I had to rely on focus confirmation from the camera. My old habit of focusing directly on the screen was hopeless. In addition you did not really get an impression of the background with the original screen. This picture was made using the S-type with AF frame, just focusing on the eyes. It really works a lot better. On the other hand the viewfinder becomes very dark using f/3.2 and f/4.0 lenses. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
