Tag: Photography
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GLASS – 10. HOLGA 60MM F8.0 | TEST.
As you can see, the image from the lens is in quite a strange aperture. The lens is pretty much an elaborate and neater pin-hole lens, with no glass elements other than a plastic one which is just decoration I think. The lens has a large central opening and 8 small holes around the outside,…
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GLASS – 10. HOLGA 60MM F8.0 | OVERVIEW.
This is a fun little lens. Not one I would use very often but It captures interesting pinhole-like photos which are meant to reflect the style of old holga lenses. It’s very compact and will fit in any pocket. It’s also mostly plastic meaning it weighs less than a spare battery, meaning I usually bring…
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Glass – 03a. 2x Vivitar 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 | Test
The clarity of the lens isn’t great. You can see that it looks hazy and the edges turn out quite soft. This is more obvious at the 80mm/160mm end (portrayed). At 28mm/56mm the lack of sharpness isn’t as obvious and not as important.
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Glass – 03. Vivitar 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 | Sample 3
Here the bokeh is round but it’s irregular enough not to distract from the subject. The depth of field is also shallow enough to separate the subject from the background which, for me, qualifies this lens as a good kit lens with a macro capability – can’t ask for much more, especially for the price!…
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Glass – 03. Vivitar 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 | Test
You can see that at the wide-end, this lens is clear and reasonably sharp. Photos from it won’t stop the press but they’re clear enough for me to use for video and on shoots.
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Glass – 03. Vivitar 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 | Overview
The Vivitar 28-80mm is why I sold my Canon 24-105mm. The Canon lens was just a little unnecessary for me. Sure, autofocus is great, sharpness is pretty good (worse than the 100mm though!) and it’s a versatile focal range, but for the price – it really isn’t all that impressive. I got this lens for…
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Glass – 02. Miranda 35-135mm F3.5 | Sample 3
Another example showing macro capability at wide focal lengths. You would be able to get a close up shot of the insect/subject as well as create an environment around it using a wider view of the background. This would work nicely in a field of poppies for example. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
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Glass – 02. Miranda 35-135mm F3.5 | Sample 2
Here’s a better example of the spherical distortion I mentioned. You can see in the subtle bokeh in the background that it swirls in a circular way, where the edges are a little more in focus than the centre. This means you can separate a central subject more effectively from a background and do so…
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Glass – 02. Miranda 35-135mm F3.5 | Sample 1
Since this lens has a significant crop factor (around 2x), the photos on the 35mm end work out as 60-70mm. While not being wide-angle macro, they’re different enough from the 100mm to be interesting to try. The Miranda also has a slight circular distortion when shot against a bokeh background. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
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Glass – 02. Miranda 35-135mm F3.5 | Test
This is a test shot from the Miranda lens at 135mm, F3.5. Comparing this image to the shot from the Canon 100mm lens, you can see that the shot is a lot tighter, given only a 35mm focal length difference. This means that when using an adapter from the Canon FD mount to Canon EF,…
Maks Swiderek 