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leica m8 + noctilux = family snaps => photographer who treasures family most
I will buy a sinar to take my sons. Afterall, it's just a camera.
And it is just a lens ;p. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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And it is just a lens ;p. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
thinkvision
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lens is good, but M8 's CCD is terrrible....
lens is good, but M8 's CCD is terrrible....
How so??? can show us some your good CCD shots?
also a "naughtylux shot", using M8-a (aka NK-A). wat u think of de CCD quality?
StreetShooter
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Just curious. Did you do any post-process noise reduction? There seems to be a "watercolour" effect on these shots. Would be interested to see what the original "grain" looks like, if these were indeed post-processed.
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I ran Noise Ninja without the correct profile.:embrass: The last two are correct.
erm....I think this may not be taken at F1.0.
The picture a few feet behind the girl is still somewhat in focus.
Or perhaps the multiplying (is it x2?) on the focal length in a digicam has some effect.
If you use a Canon 5D which is full frame and an EF 50mm F1.0 L, you might see the depth of field effect of aperture F1.0
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It is taken at f1. I'm quite far back. Crop factor of the M8 is 1.33. Not here to show thin DoF (piano shot is at min distance at f1), just taking shots at f1. I have shot on the 5D with longer FLs at f1.2 and I think the DoF will be thinner.
any IR cut filter used for the indoor shots? From what i can see on a calibrated screen, there is still a very strong magenta cast.
Also, Cocoa, the reds in your shot seem completely blown out with a complete lack of detail. Is this due to post processing or does the M8 not handle red sats very well?
Also, Cocoa, the reds in your shot seem completely blown out with a complete lack of detail. Is this due to post processing or does the M8 not handle red sats very well?
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Noticed this also but was afraid to ask. But the guy's sleeve looks like it's hanging off a uniformly red cliff.
How could that crappy shot be taken by an M8 with Noctilux?! Of course it's BS :bsmilie:
It was shot with a LOMO LC-A with defective lens elements (BTW, LC-A in russian looks like NK-A). With heavy (not so professional PS' to blur the background.) Juz waiting for that NATO member to jump in and comment on its "CCD" quality but shayang he dares not. (probably still googling about the CCD used in M8a.)
This is an interesting read about the noctilux.
Keep more noctilux shots coming please.
cocoa
Defective lens elements sure produce interesting results!
alternatve
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Gotcha?
Sounds like the gotcha someone pulled during a photograhy competition. This well known Leica user, who takes great shots too, won a photography competition. Everybody was raving over how the picture has the "leica" glow, the resolution power of the Leica lenses, etcetc till that guy pulled out an old practika with a standard lens and revealed that that was what he used to take the winning shot.
I wasn't there, but I can imagine there were many red faces that day.
(but, the Notilux is really a fast fast lens)
Samuel.
Goes to show that, past a certain level, it's really difficult to see the differences. It'd take a very sharp/ trained eye to see them. Reminds me of an incident that apparently happened at some vet clinic where the vet operated on the wrong hip joint in a dog.
During the operation the vet was telling the student how there was damage and arthritis in that joint, pointing out all the 'abnormalities' and why it needed to be 'fixed' surgically.
Needless to say that was the wrong leg. This hip he operated on was perfectly normal and the other side was the abnormal one. :bsmilie:
alternatve
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Well, it's definately by a film camera. Colour negs by the looks of it. Other then that, it's all guesswork. One of the Russian lenses perhaps?
Samuel
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Nice moment captured...that's all I know. Great movement and sense of motion. Personally I feel a sense of urgency and even claustrophobia, looking at this photo. Whether the bokeh contributed to that feeling, it's hard to say. It's a good photo because it made me feel fairly uncomfortable.
I don't think bokeh should be interpreted on its own. It's how it contributes to the shot. If it detracts from the photo, it's bad use of bokeh. If it adds to it, it's good use of bokeh.
out of focus = blur = bokeh?
Anyway, I am sure when this guy took this panning shot, he knew the outcome was going to be blur for sure (motion blur, not bokeh; and the cheapo lens can only be scale-focused to begin with). But, I don't think he care. He was trying to capture that moment, that mood. And he had succeeded wonderfully. Though most things were blur in the picture, the man and a piegon were clear enough to be identified; and another piegon looked like a man jumping off the ledge. The end result is something surreal, chaotic, some even said scary like the horror film by Alfred Hitchok. It is just not another boring shot.
So it is the lens behind the camera not the one in front that counts.
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