July Photo Thread

[ZENNON]

the original is a few pages back zenon.

I must be blind - I can't see it at all - you sure?

BTW Dan - you wouldn't happen to own a Jeep would ya?

(Saw a Jeep with your avatar on the side)

[MaTBoY]

3rd post page 4.

[ZENNON]

errr - no i meant the ORIGINAL original

(as in the version the camera took)

(ie before Dan went to town in LR )

[FST513]

the original is a few pages back zenon.

Cool.i wanna shoot for a mag! That's my aim for now.

Start marketing yourself

[dan_the_man]

Care to show us the original Dan?

yep.

i'll send you the raw image

whats ur email?

[dan_the_man]

I must be blind - I can't see it at all - you sure?

BTW Dan - you wouldn't happen to own a Jeep would ya?

(Saw a Jeep with your avatar on the side)

haha no

[MaTBoY]

Oh, of course you did zenon.... a likely story.

Don't think I'm up to that standard yet. Something to keep working towards though I already market myself at the local truckstop... or do you mean something different? ;0 haha

[ZENNON]

zennondamant hotmail

[dan_the_man]

sent

[FST513]

Oh, of course you did zenon.... a likely story.

Don't think I'm up to that standard yet. Something to keep working towards though I already market myself at the local truckstop... or do you mean something different? ;0 haha

OH..now your just teasin That's one area of the market i didn't make it into... Must be because your so successful!

Edited July 19, 2010 by FST513

[ZENNON]

Ah wow even the original had heaps of blue Dan. You take that with a CPL?

[dan_the_man]

I did not.

[barraspalding]

Nice!!! Good to see your experimenting shooting at 1.4/2 A lot of the guys in the USA have had problems with front focus/back focus, but yours looks spot on!

I'm not so sure... the focus is pretty fkd really. I think i'm experiencing this back/front focus with it... occasionally it'll focus sweet as, other times its just all wrong. I'll find some examples n post up later this week

[ZENNON]

DoF would be very narrow at such a large aperture.. maybe do this:

http://focustestchart.com/chart.html

(scroll down until you see this picture)

[MaTBoY]

Useful stuff!

SO the internet does still contain useful information if you look hard enough. I was beginning to believe it was just for porn and people selling stuff these days.

thanks zenon

[ZENNON]

Stop spelling my name wrong Matt

[FST513]

Focus test charts can be inaccurate so try some real world testing as well.

Remember, shooting at such a wide aperture, requires patience and it's a learning curve to get sharp shots. Most lenses wide open will be a bit soft, but especially at 1.4-f/2 if your subject moves a tiny bit or your focus is a little bit off, it will have different results. The DoF at 1.4 from like 6ft away is about 2 inches. So not much room to play with.

Maybe try and shoot at different distances, e.g. 5feet, 10 feet, 15 feet, 20 feet and compare them.

On the other hand, i'm sure it's probably the lens. Do you have a camera with microadjustment?

[ZENNON]

Focus test charts can be inaccurate

If you do it properly and correctly I can't see how..

Most lenses wide open will be a bit soft

+1

[FST513]

I read it somewhere on POTN.. Can't remember the topic now lol.. But a few guys found inacuraccies and they knew what they were doing. But it was with another chart, not this one.

So i should re-phrase!

SOME test charts are inaccurate

Better Zennon?

[ZENNON]

Yes much better - now all you need to do is tell us what POTN is