Comments on: I Am A Camera http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2008/05/30/i-am-a-camera/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-a-camera Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cos http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2008/05/30/i-am-a-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-15769 Cos Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:34:49 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2008/05/30/i-am-a-camera/#comment-15769 Hey Rudy, Something you may want to try instead of Canon's 50/1.4 (which is known to be a weak lens in their lineup, as well as the recent 50/1.2L) is the new Sigma 50/1.4: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0803/08031801sigma50mm.asp While the Canon is a bit soft at f:1.4, the Sigma starts sharp and gets better all the way up to f:4 where the image is as good as it gets. The bokeh is also incredibly beautiful. Just see if you can find one to rent from a friend or Sigma dealer and check it for yourself. Cheers, Cos Hey Rudy,

Something you may want to try instead of Canon’s 50/1.4 (which is known to be a weak lens in their lineup, as well as the recent 50/1.2L) is the new Sigma 50/1.4:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0803/08031801sigma50mm.asp

While the Canon is a bit soft at f:1.4, the Sigma starts sharp and gets better all the way up to f:4 where the image is as good as it gets. The bokeh is also incredibly beautiful.

Just see if you can find one to rent from a friend or Sigma dealer and check it for yourself.

Cheers,
Cos

]]> By: steve http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2008/05/30/i-am-a-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-15494 steve Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:17:47 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2008/05/30/i-am-a-camera/#comment-15494 Thanks for sharing your experiences w/ the R glass on your digital body. I agree, it definitely is a pain to manually focus and use the stop down metering. I wouldn't agree that the lenses are the same. I use the older 50 Summicron and Elmarit 90 lenses and they are stunning, at least on my film camera. The older glass images differently than the newer models. There is also a way to avoid the metering problems you are having but I can't remember exactly what the fix is. There is a lot of info on this subject on the web though and you should be able to find it. The only real way to see any difference is to take a shot, unscrew the lens, mount the other one and shoot the same scene. The differences may not be as pronounced when shooting w/ a DSLR vs a film camera. Your third shot of the laptop in the coffee house definitely looks like it came from the R glass judging from the color and the out of focus areas. I have gone in a similar direction for different reasons. My Leica R5 is a fine camera, but the shutter/mirror slap is WAY too loud. So I have a Canon EF-M film body coming (which is a MF version of the Rebel film SLR w/ a split screen viewfinder) and the adapter for my R lenses. I am willing to put up w/ the stop down metering to get rid of the noise. I agree that it is a good idea sometimes to use different cameras and lenses just to see what happens. Keeps us from getting into ruts, and I have made some nice discoveries doing this. Thanks for sharing your experiences w/ the R glass on your digital body. I agree, it definitely is a pain to manually focus and use the stop down metering. I wouldn’t agree that the lenses are the same. I use the older 50 Summicron and Elmarit 90 lenses and they are stunning, at least on my film camera. The older glass images differently than the newer models. There is also a way to avoid the metering problems you are having but I can’t remember exactly what the fix is. There is a lot of info on this subject on the web though and you should be able to find it.

The only real way to see any difference is to take a shot, unscrew the lens, mount the other one and shoot the same scene. The differences may not be as pronounced when shooting w/ a DSLR vs a film camera. Your third shot of the laptop in the coffee house definitely looks like it came from the R glass judging from the color and the out of focus areas.

I have gone in a similar direction for different reasons. My Leica R5 is a fine camera, but the shutter/mirror slap is WAY too loud. So I have a Canon EF-M film body coming (which is a MF version of the Rebel film SLR w/ a split screen viewfinder) and the adapter for my R lenses. I am willing to put up w/ the stop down metering to get rid of the noise.

I agree that it is a good idea sometimes to use different cameras and lenses just to see what happens. Keeps us from getting into ruts, and I have made some nice discoveries doing this.

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