The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

[James J]

Love the look of those lenses on that contax camera.

Btw mrk, so whats the verdict on that sigma 85 F1.4? I'm VERY tempted to pull the trigger on the nikon one, especially if its nearly as good (or better) than the nikon 1.4G, which is twice the price...

 

[BananaDunka]

I'm going to give it a good thrashing over the weekend, only done samples in and around the house so far.

If there are any specific samples you want to see in the meantime though fire away!

 

[James J]

Would love some wide open samples of anything really. Animal photos would be great (pets) focused on the eyes pref if you can, otherwise I'd also love to see some portraits. I've never done portrait photography before so want to get into it, as I always seem to lean towards macro, wildlife or nature photography 99% of the time so fancy something new!

 

[BananaDunka]

I'll see what I can do!

 

[James J]

I'll see what I can do!

Legend, really appreciate it.

 

[BananaDunka]

All bearing on the weather of course! Pets maybe I can manage, could visit a few friends with cats and dogs. My Cockatiels don't live here any more so can't really snap them these days

 

[9designs2]

Have to confess........ a Contax collector, just love the build and feel of the kit.... note this is a 10 year old DSLR design, was the first FF DSLR ever launched and "only" 6meg.

Also have 17-35, F2.8 which is HUGE with a 95mm filter thread... a 24-85 and a 70-200, plus the N1 film body.

Picture was a quick grab, as the last of the natural light came through the window.... no correction in PS, just crop and resize for web.... 100mm Macro Lens at f2.8/wide open. ISO100 1/250, hand held.

 

[James J]

Thats awesome

 

[Voxination]

That Contax looks awesome!




Been wanting a new tripod head for a while now, was torn between the higher end 3-way head from RedSnapper at £25 and the lower end ball head at £26, so after a quick discussion with mrk I settled for RSH-12 Ball head at £60 instead






Just done a shoot with it and the 50/1.4 and I'm very pleased with the results for a first time using both of them, will post up once all video is edited

 

[BananaDunka]

Have you got the head screwed on proper there? I can see the thread!


James J, here are a few more samples from the 85mm, I did play around today but forgot until browsing the SD card a moment ago:

Those^ are unprocessed, just the purple fringe removed with one mouse wheel roll up on the lens colour slider (value: 5).

The below is a portrait which has been processed.


Dad by Robbie Khan, on Flickr

And 100% of the detail area:

Colours and contrast are rendered nicer than the Sigma 50mm 1.4 I reckon, there's a different look to the images. This is definitely "the" portrait lens to have IMO!

 

[jorzeh]

Nice

 

[dannyjo22]

I'm definitely going to have to go have a play and closer look at that sigma. Very nice mrk

 

[Voxination]

Definitely looking like a good buy


Well it won't go on any more despite my best efforts! Will compare to yours on the 3rd, in the mean time have just lowered the center pole so the head rests on the legs too for support.

 

[cokebottles]

Lovely image quality.

Aside: who did your steering wheel re-trim? "Jack" from Oxford way?

 

[BananaDunka]

Aye Jack was his name

Voxination I may not bring the red snapper but instead the carbon fibre tripod due to the weight! Will decide on the day

 

[James J]

Definite food for thought, I'll have a good think over the weekend and see what I should get.

 

[BananaDunka]

Think of the bokeh

 

[Fusion]

85mm looks lush, nice E46 too.

 

[An Exception]

Not from stroud are you?

 

[BananaDunka]

Who me? Nope if so!

85mm looks lush, nice E46 too.

4 years of ownership and not let down yet!