My fave of the day.
Fuji GFX 50Sii +
Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.4 ZF.2 lens.
But where's the fun in that?
The "pros" of adapted 35mm lenses are: 1. You probably already own them. 2. They are much smaller and lighter; even with adapters. 3. Stopped down to f4.0 or f5.6 they are very sharp in any region outside the vignette zone. 4. They can be had dirt cheap. 5. They have a different look than the more modern lenses and that can match some people's preferences for images. Both in color and out of focus rendering. And 6. Did I mention that they can be had dirt cheap?
I had walked with the same camera and a different lens on the same street last week. At the time it was about 105° and humid. After ten minutes or so my hands were dripping with sweat. My endurance waned. My tolerance for failure dropped like a rock. And whenever the camera was exposed to direct sunlight I got an overheat warning --- if I left the camera on between shots.
What a difference seven to ten degrees make. At 97° I felt almost cool. Dry hands. More cognitive focus. No fatigue and a greater willingness to backtrack to a location and try a shot in several different ways. It almost felt like being on vacation. And we have a full week of high 90s to enjoy going forward.
Last week I might have seen this powder blue pick-up truck and taken the easiest shot I could before moving on. Yesterday in the early evening I took my time to circle the truck and shoot from different angles and different directions. I was willing to wait for breaks in the traffic to go out into the street and get front shots. And generally I was more patient with both myself and the process.
There's nothing earth shattering here. Just casual observations with a camera. But it's nice to be out where you can notice day to day changes for the better. And also notice how the variations in temperature can so affect one's approach to making photographs.
A retreat back to the "high comfort" of the REI Bucket Hat. At half the weight. But with 150% of the charm...
Wall Glow.
The chair for the guy who controls the parking lot at Vespaio Restaurant.
Wall chaos.
middle row. Second bulb from the front. That's where I put my focus.
OMG Shoes!
Prop in an optician's front window.
Prop in an optician's front window. Part two.
Lovely focus fall off from front to back.
Stetson hats.
A retreat back to the "high comfort" of the REI Bucket Hat. At half the weight. But with 150% of the charm...
9 comments:
My first 35mm camera! The "brick."
That is a cool looking pickup truck. Tend not to see many pickups in the UK and mostly the absolutely enormous modern ones with a large passenger area and a small bed with a lid which are pristine and probably only used to run the kids to school and pick up the week's shopping, too clean to be a working vehicle.
I can see why you went back to get more shots of it!
I know there have been many threads here on camera vs photographer in terms of what defines the look and feel of a photograph. From the photographer side, Kirk, I enjoy your street explorations more and more. From the camera side, I love how the combo of the lens and Fuji "see" these scenes. Just like with the Leicas, there is a feeling to these photos that the camera and lens together are helping to facilitate. I really, really like the look of these photographs.
If you ever do a photo wander in the evening I'd love to see that neon coffee cup lit. And I agree with pixtorial - I'm liking these scenes more and more.
And those stetsons in the last hat photograph look like my Australian outback hat. Mine's in fur - I need to get one of those straw ones for the summer.
Can you do anything in a dress? Funny photo:)
I agree with the folks above- the quality of image, the mood,
atmosphere is more attractive than the analytical quality of
modern, computer optimized glass. My thanks to you the photographer
and the designer of the lenses.
Jb
Tip of the cap to your walks in Austin. Wholly apart from the quality of the photos, I look, as a Native Texan, at the documentation of changes to the city, the culture, possibly the lifestyles of the street folks, in so far as can be judged from the non-random selection of subjects. Couple old fart observations: parking must be the pits. Is the blue truck basically lawn art. It seems a bizarre place to park it. And it is a good thing if it is actually owned by someone who does front-end alignments, as the twin-I-beam front ends were no bueno. Back to photos, I see a guy posted a shot using a PenF 40 1.4 on a medium format Fuji, on DPR. I say if you got em, smoke em, whether it’s FF on MF or vice versa. However, regarding dirt cheap; what is dirt to some is soil to others.
Kirk
Another fine set of walk about images. I really like the truck and hat mages.
Since you are walking around, I will guess that you also used focus peaking. Which leads me to ask. What is your experience using peaking in falling or subdued light like? My experience with other cameras (like the SL2) is that the sensitivity of peaking can fall off fairly fast when your subject is in shadow later in the day.
Thanks
PaulB
Hi PaulB, it's always a crap shoot when the light falls down. The image magnification is usually a better bet but I've found that image mag. and peaking both work better on a tripod. Or in a pinch, with Image Stabilization. But handheld? Low light? I just set the fastest aperture I can get away with and pray.....
I don't even know what this is but it was "shiny" so I photographed it. <-- love that one, moar shiny, moar kirk reflections, moar diagonal :-) !
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