tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51461133221593399912024-03-16T11:52:02.258-07:00fiberstrobeOptical fibers in photographyMarcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-16309205500422804342018-01-01T11:03:00.001-08:002018-01-07T09:04:18.614-08:00Samyang / Walimex / Rokinon 8mm Fish-Eye II f2.8 lens for Sony review<b>Introduction</b><br />
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The Samyang (Walimex/Rokinon) 8mm Fish-Eye II f2.8 lens is a manual focus ultrawide angle lens designed for mirrorless system cameras. It is available in Sony (E-mount), Canon M or Fujifilm X mount. It has a 7.5mm modified version for MFT (Olymous/Panasonic). I was happy to got it as a present and test against the Sony 16mm lens + VCL-EFC1 fisheye converter, which I have been using for couple of years. Samyang is a Korean company producing affordable good quality manual focus lenses for various platforms including Sony, and they just recently released some AF lenses.</div>
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The optical construction of the Samyang (Walimex/Rokinon) 8mm Fish-Eye II f2.8 lens is 11 elements in 8 optical groups including 2 aspherical and 3 ED elements. It was re-designed compared to the version I (10 elements in 8 optical groups, one aspherical and 2 ED elements) according to the company to reduce CA, flare and ghosting. It's sightly longer (64.5 mm) and heavier (265 g vs 215g) than the Sony lens combo. I've also included a sigma 15mm fisheye (372 g) lens for full-frame cameras in the picture below just for comparison. The Samyang lens' size and weight are just perfect for the Sony A6x00 camera body.</div>
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There are no electronical contacts, so there is no communication between the camera and the lens (don't forget to set-up your camera by enabling release without lens). The lens hood is not removable similarly to the Sony version, but the lens cap is a bit better constructed. I've already lost one Sony lens cap in the woods. The lens is very solid and dens and it gives an impression of good built quality.</div>
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The manual focusing is not that smooth but changing aperture on the lens by half stops via a ring is nice. There is a cine version with click-less aperture control (8mm T3.1 UMC Cine Fishgeye II). I've tested a Walimex-branded copy, which was a family present (no conflict of interest). It was around 240 euro before Christmas as a sale price, and in Germany it sells around 330-350 euro at the time of writing this article (1st January, 2018).</div>
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<b>Testing the optical quality</b><br />
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I've also included two action cameras in the test, just to avoid (or prove) the comments that "my GoPro can take better photos". So in addition to the Samyang and the Sony lenses a GoPro (entry-level HERO without WiFi) and a Yi 4K camera was included.</div>
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I've used a Sony A6000 on tripod and a self-timer (2 s) for release to avoid any camera movement during exposure. For precise focusing (except the action cameras) manual focusing, focus magnifier (programmed on C1 button), and focus peaking was used. You can see a test scene below.</div>
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<b>Sharpness and contrast</b><br />
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At medium distance the photos with the Samyang lens look sharper compared to the Sony. It's also clear from the test photos that the Samyang has a much wider field of view:</div>
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Samyang, F8, re-sized</div>
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Sony, F8, re-sized</div>
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GoPro, re-sized</div>
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Yi 4K, re-sized</div>
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When re-sized for web, the action camera photos look not that bad, but zooming in reveals the lack of details compared to the APS-C sensor camera photos. To show some more details not re-sized crops are compared below (click on the pictures to enlarge them):</div>
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<u>f2.8 center:</u><br />
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Samyang</div>
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Sony</div>
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GoPro</div>
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Yi 4K</div>
<u>f2.8 left border</u><br />
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Samyang</div>
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Sony</div>
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GoPro</div>
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Yi 4K</div>
<u>f2.8 right corner</u><br />
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Yi 4K<br />
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At fully opened aperture, the Sony is not so good, while the Samyang lens performs quite well. However, I rarely take fisheye photos at f2.8, so in the next test I used a more practical f value, where the optical quality of the Sony lens combo is expected to be better. However, we lose the action cameras in the next test, because of their fixed aperture.</div>
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<u>f8, center</u><br />
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<u>f8, left border</u><br />
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Samyang</div>
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The Sony lens squeezed the mock-up building, while the Samyang preserved the aspect ratios much better. It's due to a better, and somehow unique design of the Samyang fisheye lens using a stereographic projection.</div>
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<u>f8, right corner</u><br />
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Samyang</div>
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Sony</div>
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The cropped parts are not always the same (sorry, my mistake), but I think, it can be seen that at f8 the sony improves but Samyang still has the edge. Another important conclusion is that the photos from the action cameras are far behind the results from an APS-C photocamera under optimal conditions. I've also tested at f22, and as expected a slight deterioration of resolution was observed by both lenses. But the results are still usable:</div>
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<u>f22, center:</u><br />
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Samyang</div>
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<u>f22, border</u><br />
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Samyang</div>
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Sony</div>
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<b>Buildings, landscape</b><br />
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I had not much time to test the Samyang lens for landscape photography, but photos of the opposite building from our balcony can give some hints for distant subjects.</div>
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Samyang, f2.8, resized</div>
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Not much surprise here, Samyang is wider and sharper overall and the difference is more pronounced in the corners. Especially, when we zoom in a bit (click on the picture, to enlarge):</div>
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Samyang, Sony, GoPro, Yi4K (center crop)<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The Samyang is far ahead of the competition, with better colors and much sharper images. The difference is not that dramatic, when we stop down the Sony lens but the Samyang is still better:</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Samyang</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b>Sun star, star burst (sun flare):</b></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Some consider it as a gimmick, but I like the sun star effect and I like to include the sun in my photos as compositional element, which is difficult to avoid with ultra wide angle lenses. The star burst effect is due to light diffraction and it's enhanced at smaller aperture (higher f stops, f11-f22).</span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">Some minus correction of the exposition is required. It's really nice when combined with a flash illuminated foreground subject. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">At the beginning it was a bit strange but now I tend to prefer the six-ray Samyang version better. The design of the aperture diaphragm and the number of aperture blades has a profound effect on the quality of the sun stars. The Samyang lens has 6 blades and as a result, six rays of the sun star, while the Sony lens with the 7 blades produces 14 rays.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">This is the only department, where sony is far better than Samyang and perhaps this is my only grippe with the otherwise excellent lens. The minimum focus distance (from sensor plane) is 30 cm according to Samyang, which is not that good compared to the 12-13 cm measured with the Sony fisheye lens combo:</span></div>
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Samyang (f2.8)<br />
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Sony (f2.8)<br />
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This is actually a huge difference for nature photography. You can forget close focus wide angle pictures with the Samyang lens and it might cause difficulties for underwater photography with dome ports. However, I've read reports about successful usage of the Samyang fisheye lens. The pictures below show the difference in case of a real life scenario. The decorated Christmas tree was an obvious choice:</div>
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Samyang at minimum focus distance<br />
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Sony at minimum focus distance<br />
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<b>Freelensing</b></div>
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The only way to take good quality close focus wide angle photos is to use an extreme slim extension tube or mimick it by freelensing. You can read about this technique in my previous blog posts here:</div>
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In my opinion it's easier to use the Samyang lens than the sony due to the easier manual control of the aperture and focus. Some examples below:</div>
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Samyang (focus at infinity)<br />
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<b>Verdict</b></div>
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The Samyang (Walimex/Rokinon) 8mm Fish-Eye II f2.8 lens is a fantastic ultra wide angle lens for any system for an affordable price. It has an excellent optical quality with very good sharpness and contrast. The lack of autofocus is rarely a problem for fisheye photography and due to the huge depth of field, a zone focusing is mainly appropriate. My only problem is the poor close focusing, a technique I use a lot, but it's not mandatory for most of the users. I will surely keep this lens and it's a highly recommended lens for ultra wide angle photography. Besides the Sony VCL-ECF fisheye converter on the SEL16F28, the only alternative is to adapt a canon aps-c fisheye lens, such as the Sigma 10mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM Diagonal Fisheye lens or the Tokina AT-X DX 10-17 mm f3.5-4.5 Fisheye zoom lens. However, I would only recommend this route if you already own these lenses or the autofocus is absolutely necessary (Underwater photography). </div>
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Short macro lenses tend to
be popular, especially for smaller mirrorless systems. It's probably
due to the their compact design fitting perfectly to smaller camera
bodies and their affordable price tags. I guess it's also easier to
design and cheaper to produce them than tele macro lenses. Sony has the 30mm f3.5 macro (I
use it frequently and <a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2013/10/review-of-sony-sel30m35-30mm-f35-macro.html" target="_blank">reviewed here</a>), Canon EOS-M system has the 28mm f3.5 and DSLR users
can use the 40mm f2.8 lens for Nikon and 30mm f2.8 for Sony. The only problem with
those lenses is the extremely short focus distance. At 1:1 the
subject is just few mm from the front glass of the lens and the
camera usually cast a shadow on it. So lighting the subject properly
is extremely difficult. You can forget the built-in flash and even
external flashes you can tilt down will lit behind the subject.
Ring-flashes and lens attached twin-flashes might work. My <a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2012/07/twin-flash-adapter-step-by-step.html" target="_blank">fiberoptic twin-flash adapter</a>, of course would be a perfect solution, but I'm not
ready with the new design (it will be a three-armed adapter), so I
wanted to create some easy to use adapter for macro snapshots. I
still had some styropor (styrofoam) wrapping material from the
Christmas presents. It's easy to cut, carve and make various forms from styrofoam but it's not so sturdy and makes lots of dirt while working with it.
The idea behind the design was to use a mirror at 45 degree in front
of the flash had to reflect the light down where an angled styrofoam
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The core is a styrofoam
ring around the lens with an opening on the top. I glued two panels
together to start with but the glue is not completely white, so it's
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Cutting is easy since clean cutting
surface is not really the aim because the light should be scattered.
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I carved a bit
the right back side because of the grip of my Sony A6000. I used
cardboard for the attachment to the flash. I glued a mirror (cheap
plastic based) to the contraption and in addition I covered it with
reflective tape inside.</div>
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First I wanted a perfect
circle but I also wanted manual focus, so I cat out some part from
the bottom. Here you can see the light pattern it provides. It's not
surrounding the subject and it reflects more light to the top.</div>
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However, I don't see it as a problem. It's quite natural that more
light is coming from the top. Only in case of portrait format macro,
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The flash I use is a
<a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2016/09/review-of-sony-hvl-f32m-flash.html" target="_blank">Sony</a><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2016/09/review-of-sony-hvl-f32m-flash.html" target="_blank">HVL-F32M I've just recently reviewed</a>.</span></span></div>
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It's wintertime in
Germany, so I have not much opportunity to test it, but so far it
works well in TTL mode. Some subject requires + or – corrections.
The light is nice homogeneous, but it's always the same and you don't
have too much creative options. A flexible arm system with optical
cables would give more creativity, but in most cases this lighting is
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<span lang="EN-GB">One weak
point of my Sony nex-5 camera was the lack of stronger flash shoe. It had only a
smart accessory terminal that could accommodate only 2 types of small flashes.
The HVL-F7S is more or less equal to a built in flash, while the HVL-F20S is
stronger, but still not up to all kind of lighting jobs. My biggest grippe was
that none of both flashes can command an external wireless flash in TTL flash
mode. I managed to circumvent this by a
<a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2014/01/wahnsinn.html" target="_blank">Wansen radio controller</a> using manual flashes. I even built a <a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2012/11/twin-flash-for-close-focus-wide-angle.html" target="_blank">twin-adapter forthe HVL-F20S</a> but the light output was not always enough after channelling it
through the optical fibres. So I was happy to learn that new Sony mirrorless
cameras have a redesigned hot shoe for accommodating bigger flash lights and
left the Minolta system behind. The so-called “iISO” Minolta type of hot-shoe (or
Auto-lock Accessory Shoe in the Sony era) was not a bad idea and attaching and
detaching of flashes were really fast. However, after a while I experienced
contact problems on both of my KM 7D and Sony A100 cameras.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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camera is an A6000 and it has a small built-in flash. Unfortunately it cannot
be used as a commander for external wireless flash, and it’s hard to understand
why it was not properly implemented by Sony. Anyway, I needed a new flash for
this camera and started to look around first among the third party suppliers.
First I wanted to get only a small flash can control my old Minolta 5600 HSD as
cheap as possible, so I went for a Travor SL-282S (around 40 euro from amazon).
It’s clearly a copy of the HVL-F20M. I don’t have this flash but my HVL-F20S
felt much sturdier. Unfortunately I had a bad luck with the Travor, after few tries it
stopped working. I sent it back and didn’t try another copy. The next flash I've tried was a Meike MK320-S Mi Flash (72 euro on Amazon). First impressions were
good but I couldn’t command my external flash with it. I still wanted to keep
as a macro flash, because the size and guide number looked perfect. I even made
a soft box specifically for the 30 mm macro lens, but the TTL didn’t work well.
It always seriously overexposed the subject. I think de-coding of the Sony TTL protocol
was not perfect and it can’t control very short flash burst. For normal scenes
it worked OK, so as a standard flash it might be used, but due to these two
flaws (macro, lack of wireless) it went back to Amazon. I even considered the
widely praised Nissin i40 but finally I had enough experimenting with third party flashes and just bought
the Sony HVL-F32M. Its price recently dropped (190 euro on Amazon while Nissin
goes for 174 currently), so it’s quite affordable and the flash head is not so
protruding (important for my DIY plans) compared to the Nissin that has slightly
better specifications. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arrived in an elegant etui containing a foldable mounting foot (works as a mini
stand) and a shoe protector. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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easy and I actually like the lock mechanisms a lot, I hope it will be sturdy.
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number is 32, which is good for most of the jobs but it’s surely not a monster
you would use in a studio for big soft boxes etc. The head swivels 90° left and
180° right and tilts vertically from -8° to 90°. It can be used creatively in
various lighting set-up such as bouncing off ceilings with vertical camera or
lighting the wall behind the camera. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Tilting
down is surely not enough for macro photography when the SEL30M35 lens is used.
For this you will need some DIY flash adapter. I will create some fibre optics
adapter soon but I made a ring-flash adapter quickly. Actually I used a
polystryrene ring from a previous DIY project. The light is reflected with a
mirror but the cardboard tube I’ve folded is also covered inside with a
self-adhering reflecting tape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It can be
used as a commander for wireless photography but only one channel is used. The
flash mode should be set in the camera first (wireless) then on the flash which
mode the flash is intended to be used (commander or remote). Manual functions
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<span lang="EN-GB">The wireless function
works fine. It contributes a bit to the lighting, so you may use an IR pass filter
(unexposed, developed slide film can be used as an IR filter, if you still have
some in your cupboard).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB">The same orchid was photographed but the main light came behind from a Minolta 5600 HSD flash (with a small soft-box):</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The best, when the external flash is combined with some specific light former, like this rim-light adapter below:</span></div>
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is dust and moisture-resistant due to a special inside sealing, nevertheless I
don’t recommend using flash in a rainy day, but special sealing to keep the
dust and moisture out is welcomed. It can do ADI flash metering (considering
distance information from appropriate lenses) and high-speed synchronization (HSS)
so it can supports all shutter speeds and wireless operation. To test this I managed to convince my son to pose me for few photos. The first photo is a typical back-lit picture, and such situation happens quite frequently in a city trip, when the direction of the sun is just not optimal:</span><br />
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batteries and it works well with ready to use rechargeable ones (e.g. Eneloop).
The flash head zooms automatically and unfortunately it cannot be modified
manually. When a fiber optics adapter is attached to it and used for wide angle
photography (fisheye lens) it narrow beam of light would be still better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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great affordable small flash for Sony’s new APS-C mirrorless cameras (I think
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<span lang="EN-GB">Changing
the viewpoint in photography can be rewarding. Many of my wide angle macro
photos are taken from ant’s perspective, which makes them specific. I also like
aerial photos but I never had a chance to try by myself. Couple of years ago I
bumped into a wedding photography blog (don’t remember which one) where the
photographer threw up the camera to the air in the middle of the circle of the wedding
guest in a constant shooting mode hoping that few of the photos will include
the guest. I liked this random approach but I would never risk my camera.
However, I wanted to try photography from a bird’s view. Another inspiration
was, when I met a guy in a park using a giant monopod taking photos of the new
channel harbour in Leipzig. I’ve checked the prices and such long monopods
start from 200 euro. Hefty price just for experimenting, but it’s definitely worthy
for professional photographers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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local chain store Aldi was selling cheap angling sets and the idea for a new
project was born. I don’t remember but I paid around 15 euro (including reel)
for a strong telescopic 3 m fishing rod. Choose something intended for big fish
(giant carps or catfish) if you want a stable monopod. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cut the last ring and removed the last flexible piece. The difficult part was
to install a ¼ inch screw to the end piece. It’s in general difficult to get
such screws in Germany but I found a good internet vendor (<a href="http://www.zollshop.de/">http://www.zollshop.de/</a>) with a great
selection of non-metric screws compatible with the photo camera’s standard. I’ve
tried many things and I still don’t have a final good solution. I used a
threaded rod with a nut in the middle and glued it into the top part. I run out
of sugru mouldable glue, so I tried a similar product from teas glue. But it
didn’t work, so I quickly ordered a new batch of sugru. It’s expensive but
perfect for DIY projects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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missing peace was a flexible holder. I found it in an unusual place. I was
waiting in the primark shop waiting for my family shopping for clothes, when I
bumped into the lazy arm smartphone holder. I don’t remember but it was below 8
euro so it was an instant buy. You can find similar things under 10 euro/USD
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just for additional safety to prevent that the parts slides accidently together,
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Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-57303369108449066242016-05-16T11:50:00.003-07:002016-05-16T11:50:28.957-07:00Daphnia againToday I wanted to post a tutorial about fast digitalizing old photo slides with a simple macro lens and a tablet or smartphone. However, I brought home some water fleas for filming them to my new video project. Afternoon I decided to take some new photos as well despite my tons of daphnia photos. Man y of them were nice but this one I really like:<br />
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I also tried to add a bit of blue by placing a piece of blue paper behind. It worked well:<br />
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If you're interested my video project you may check my vimeo channel:<br />
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<br />Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-18611936025613652472016-02-07T06:11:00.001-08:002016-02-07T06:11:08.089-08:00Daphnia project 2016This year I'm planning to focus more on video. Plan is to shoot a 15-20 mins underwater video including some super macro using small aquariums. As a first step I bought some daphnia in the zoo shop and filled my mini aquarium. After finishing the video session I couldn't resist to take some new photos. My new A6000 is just perfect for this purpose. The lighting set-up includes optical fibers to side-lit the water fleas, which brings out the details. You can check the rig in my previous post here:<br />
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After the focus and the exposure is set taking images is really easy. Few photos from the results:<br />
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<br />Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-70216144361888747572016-01-25T06:36:00.001-08:002016-01-25T06:36:23.856-08:00Fiberstrobe vs Evil Dead<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-US">The films of Evil Dead trilogy were my
favorite horror movies when I was a child. Despite the low budget they were
really scary and were full with crazy cinematic shots, strange angles of views
and fancy tricks. I was really happy when I heard that Ash was back with his
chainsaw. I also liked a lot the poster created for this new Ash vs Evil Dead
TV series:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">You know that I’m a big fun of fisheye
effects, so I decided to pay respect to the Evil Dead series and I took my own
version of the poster. These are my pictures in portrait</span><span lang="EN-US"> and </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">landscape </span><span lang="EN-US">format:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The show the branches of the trees in an
almost circular format the camera was placed almost on the ground on a joby
tripod. My new camera is a sony A6000 that has a cool function. It can be
remotely controlled by a smartphone, so it was possible to have a full control
on the picture even when the LCR/EVF was almost touching the ground. The only
problem was that the battery depleted in my smartphone during the photo shooting,
so the rest was just try and error approach. I had two sets of charged batteries
for my camera and the flash, but I haven’t checked my phone. It’s still not yet
part of the checking list. There is no extra light on the original poster, but
I decided to hold not just a camera (my old nex-5) but also a flashgun. Ash is
holding a chainsaw and boomstick in (on) his hands. I used self-timer (10
seconds) and radio triggering for my flash (simple yongnuo flash).</span></div>
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Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-17853954368574172092015-11-15T06:20:00.004-08:002015-11-15T06:29:12.033-08:00CheeseI rarely ask people to say cheese when I take group photos, but today I did real cheese photography. I've tried recently a La Corona cheese that was new in the selection of our supermarket. It was really delicious and while eating I've also recognized its very interesting structure. Yesterday I bought a new piece and before eating it I took few photos. I found the rim lighting as the best way to bring out the surface structure of the cheese:<br />
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Here you can see a bit my DIY fiber optic rim light adapter, so you can imagine the lighting set-up:</div>
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Guten Appetit!</div>
<br />Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-121646894281167912015-09-26T04:02:00.001-07:002015-09-26T04:02:20.696-07:00Freelensing versus 30mm macro with fisheye adapterJust a quick try to compare the freelensing technique with the 30mm macro lens with the fisheye adapter attached. The first picture is the fisheye lens itself (SEL16F28 + VCL-ECF1). It's stopped down but the closest subject is still not sharp enough and the background dominates:<br />
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Considering the close-up distance the field of view is really nice but not as dramatic as in case of the freelensing technique. Which one to choose is really a matter of taste. I will use both techniques in the future.Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-46697542371295818772015-09-19T01:17:00.002-07:002015-09-19T01:17:51.800-07:00Freelensing<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Few
days ago I’ve visited Sweden for a short business trip. Between two events I
had a bit of time for sightseeing and photography. I also went to a botanical
garden in Lund that was full with fantastic flowers and absolutely not shy
butterflies. Unfortunately I had only the kit lens and the 16mm+fisheye lens
with me, so I had to improvise for macro photography.<a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2015/07/can-we-get-bit-closer.html" target="_blank"> My previous post</a> was
about a kind of freelensing, so it was just the perfect time to try again.
Stunning results, considering the simple set up, in my opinion. However, it’s
not for people who are always afraid of dust spots on the sensor. I had some,
maybe partly due to this freelensing but I’ve also changed the lenses a lot.
After I got home, I cured the sensor with <a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2013/04/dust-aid-platinum-kit-review.html" target="_blank">DUST-AID Platinum Kit</a>. Now, few selected photos
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Wide angle macro photography is my favourite phototechnique. Modern fisheye lenses have relatively good close-focus abilities; therefore they’re excellent tools for this kind of photography. Sigma 15mm fisheye is excellent regarding this and the sony fisheye converter (VCL-ECF1) on the 16mm macro is also quite good if you want to go close to your subject. However, going even closer would be nice sometimes. Since you can’t add close-up lenses to a fisheye lens, the only solution is extension tube. I’ve quickly tested a 10mm tube on my sony nex with the 16mm+ VCL-ECF1 combo, but the effect was too strong. However, I’ve seen recently an excellent photo from Nikola Rahmé, who is one of the best macro photographers. Check his photo here:</div>
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This one is taken by handholding the lens few mm away from the camera. The flower is relatively small (around 30 mm in diameter):</div>
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<br />I've also tried it with a gooseberry (check my arm):</div>
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<li>· Focus manually the lens to infinity (set focus mode to manual) otherwise the subject will be just too close and it will practically touch the lens.</li>
<li>· You can set the aperture before you detach the lens (when the camera is on) and the lens will keep the set values.</li>
<li>· Lighting the subject will be necessary most of the case, which is quite challenging due to the close focus distance, but not impossible if you use optical fibres to direct the light from the main flash to the subject.</li>
<li>· This technique, of course, requires a tripod and subjects stay still.</li>
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It’s most probably easier to do it with a samyang/rokinon manual fisheye lens, where you can easily alter focus and iris even when the lens is detached. I quickly tried with the sigma 15mm fisheye on an adapter and it worked also fine. Fine tuning of the focus was also possible. Sorry to photograph my orchids again. Some photos below with the sigma fisheye that was designed for full-frame cameras, so the nex-5, I used actually cropped the field of view.</div>
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<br /><br />At the end, the best approach would be for this technique a sigma 15mm lens attached to a helicoids adapter and used on a full-frame camera (A7 series). Such helicoids adapters work as variable extension tubes, so the effect can be modified easily. For example on this quenoX adapter the distance rack out from 0 to 6 mm.<br /><a href="http://www.enjoyyourcamera.com/Objektivadapter/Adapter-an-Sony-NEX/Alpha-E-Mount/Ausfahrbarer-Helicoid-Objektivadapter-Canon-EOS-Sony-Alpha-NEX-E-Mount-wie-Zwischenring::7201.html">http://www.enjoyyourcamera.com/Objektivadapter/Adapter-an-Sony-NEX/Alpha-E-Mount/Ausfahrbarer-Helicoid-Objektivadapter-Canon-EOS-Sony-Alpha-NEX-E-Mount-wie-Zwischenring::7201.html</a><br /><br />No need for awkward handholding, so I can imagine that the technique could be even used without a tripod with such set-up.<br /> <br /><br /> </div>
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recently announced the A7rII with the sensor resolution of whopping 42
megapixel. This camera is fully packed with the recent goodies you can imagine
for your photography. However, I still think it's an overkill for most of the
users.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to spend on features they don't really need and this extreme high resolution,
extreme high iso sensitivity, or in case of lenses the extreme corner sharpness
at fully opened aperture is among these not vital features. In special cases
they're very useful, and in some situations, they might be decisive whether you
can take good or even acceptable photos. We're tending to forget though that
the most essential component of photography is the quality of the light. I've
recently browsed and sorted out a set of family holiday photos. It was clear
that the best photos were taken when the light conditions were perfect,
irrespective of the quality of the lens used. Gloomy overcast days resulted
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I focus more on lighting in my photography instead of spending fortunes for
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sharpness. For macro and close-up photography I don't really see the point to go over 20 megapixel on APS-c sensor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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(SEL30M35) but I'm quite happy with the results and it's due to the composition
of the light. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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fiberstrobe V3 adapter. I improvised a new snoot out of cardboard combining two
arms. I placed the light to the flowers as I wanted. These are non edited
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potential of such small cameras with large sensor as perfect macro photography
tools. The articulated LCD-screen, focus peeking, and the small size enable
photographers to take photos from strange positions, where a DSLR wouldn't fit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the first two cameras (nex-5 and nex-3) and the few initial lens introduced at
the beginning. The situation has changed a lot, but it's still a repeated question on various photo forums:
"what to use for macro photography on sony mirorrless cameras?". This
overview includes tests and suggestions with/for the aps-c cameras, but many
conclusions can be apply for the full frame (FF) sensor A7 series and other
systems. However, if you're into macro photography I suggest to use aps-c
cameras (A6000, nex-6 etc.) to have more depth of field (DOF) when the same
image is taken. In addition, the aps-c cameras are still smaller than the FF
ones and the lenses can be cheaper and lighter (in theory). I tried to collect
all possibilities in this overview but only few of them will be own tests. I
will add nevertheless my opinion to the other options and I include links to
recommended reviews. I will start from the cheapest to the more expensive
options including a small summary. I skipped the obvious cropping as the
cheapest option. When I performed a full test a link will lead you to a full
review page.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(also called close-up lens onto the front of your kit lens. You can buy a set
of single element filters from 10 to 20 euro (USD) depending on the supplier
and the type of the set. I bought a Japanese Kood set which included 3 lenses
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didn't recommend at al these lenses for macro photography. They introduce
chromatic aberrations and usually affect the sharpness also negatively.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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macro photography. Maybe you will realize without a major capital invest that
macro photography is not really for you. If you like it, you won't regret
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cheap</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">No loss of light</span></li>
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more element diopter lenses with special coatings to correct CA and to improve
sharpness. They are relatively expensive and practically give the same
magnification effect like the single element diopters but at a much higher
quality. Principally both lenses reduce the effective focal length of the lens
and the working distance. The effect will depend on the lens you screw the
diopter on. I've tested a Marumi DHG Achromat Macro-200 (+5) 5 dp lens on the
sel1855 kit zoom lens, sel50F18 and on the sel55210. Below you can see those
set-ups and the macro effect achieved. As a test chart I printed the following
self designed picture showing also the size of the aps-c and full-frame
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Auto focus possible</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Besides the marumi I've tested I can
recommend the very popular Raynox company. Raynox achromats have a good snap-on
universal adapter system. However it's not compatible with the sony standard
49mm filter diameter. I used one with a step up ring (49 to 55) and it worked
fine. Optically I found it even slightly better than my marumi achromat. I
bought it as a present to my brother, but I had to test it briefly and I was
really happy with the results. For a while I was even hesitating to keep it. It
has two popular versions, the DCR-150 is a 4.8 diopter (that's what I tested),
while the DCR-250 is an 8 diopter version. In addition, advanced photographers
may consider the MSN-202 (25 dp) and the MSN-505 (35 dp) versions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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testing against other alternatives. It's perfectly compatible with all native
(aps-c) E-mount lenses retaining not just the full aperture control but also
the AF (if you need it). It has two parts, a 10mm and a 16mm ring, but honestly
you will use them combined. The extension tubes are just simple cylinders
between your lens and the camera without any optical element allowing your lens
to focus closer. Some claims that due to the lack of extra optics there is no
degradation of the image quality (of the original lens). It's not entirely true
because the lens you use with the tube is designed to stay at a precise
distance from the sensor. In addition, lots of light is lost in the tube, which
also influence the image quality. The gained magnification depends on the focal
length of the lens you use with. It works better with shorter than longer focal
length lenses. You can also buy cheaper tubes without electronic contacts but
they can be used only with manual lenses where you have option to change the
aperture on the lens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No(t that much) loss of image quality</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Affordable (similar price range compared to achromatic lenses)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Optical quality is independent from the provider (build quality is important
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lens can be used only for macro when it's used with an extension tube</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More complicated to remove (sensor might exposed to dust)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loss of light</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not much gain with long telephoto lenses</span></li>
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them. The kit zoom still have the AF,
but it's better to with manual focus. I think the
image quality won't be sufficient, so I haven't test this combination. However, u</span>sing them with the better quality sel50F18 is an option worth to consider, since we can reach 1:1 as you can see below:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This option is very easy to try if you have some old manual lens lying
by. Just take off your E lens when your camera is on and hold your manual
lens in reverse way (front elements facing the camera) to the lens mount. If
you like the effect, you can buy a cheap adapter (my one was 10 euro) to do the permanent
attachment:</span><br />
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aperture will be closed to maximum when your lens is not on the camera. You can
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good image quality (depending on the lens inversted)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheap (but requires a small manual lens, which is an extra cost)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Optical quality is independent from the provider (build quality is important though)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lens can be used only for macro and the range is very limited (you will practically focus by moving your camera)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More complicated to remove (sensor might exposed to dust)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Difficult to use with heavy lenses (don't try with zooms)</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another inverse lens
technique is to attach an inverted lens to your primary lens with the help of a
reversing ring (use additional step-up or step-down ring when needed). Your
reverse lens will act like a brutal high diopter lens. Your 50mm reverse lens
will act as a +20 dp lens (1000/50=20) while a 24mm will be a +41.6 dp lens.
It's usually too much so try only if you're advanced photographer. It's especially
problematic to put bigger, heavier old lenses on smaller more fragile E-mount lenses. Don't
try this approach for example on a zoom! It might damages the protruding tube. I tried only
a light 24mm lens on the sel50F18 lens. The magnification is huge but also the
vignetting and the DOF is razor thin.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This is a popular
recommendation by many people. I've tried only a sigma 50mm f2.8 macro lens
with my nex-5 (see my previous short report here:
<a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2012/09/recent-photos-in-praise-of-old-sigm-af.html" target="_blank">http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2012/09/recent-photos-in-praise-of-old-sigm-af.html</a>)
and I was in general happy with the results. I gave few tries to my minolta
100mm f2.8 macro lens but it was just too heavy on the tiny nex-5 body. Maybe
it fits better to larger cameras such as the A6000 or the A7 series. However,
I've also noticed some optical errors in the corners most probably due to my
cheap adapter. The adapter is always a potential weak link. So you need a
quality adapter to really benefit from these older lenses. If you have one, you
should use them but I don't really recommend this option to start your macro
photography from zero.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I haven't tried this, so it's my theoretical suggestion. If you already
have some good AF lens from your minolta/sony DSLR, you may also use it on your
E system. But you will be happier to use it on your old DSLR(SLT) camera,
believe me. To invest into such lens plus the adapter doesn't make sense in my
opinion. Maybe the Tamron 60mm f/2 macro lens is the only lens I would
consider. If you switched from another system and you have some macro lens kept you may give a try. There are smart (even with slow AF) and dumb adapters available from various vendors. However, an adapter is always a potential weak link and I guess you would be more succesful to use such lenses on the original camera bodies they were designed for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cheap but it is most probably an excellent macro and general purpose lens.
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the newest lens
addition to the full-frame A7 camera series (but can be used on aps-c bodies of course). Based on the specifications it's
probably the best 90-100mm range macro lens available for any system. However
it arrives with a hefty price tag of over 1000 euro (USD), which is far more
what I would pay for any macro lens. However I would be glad to try it. Initial tests are really promising:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2015/05/sony-fe-90mm-f2-8-g-oss-resolution-test">http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2015/05/sony-fe-90mm-f2-8-g-oss-resolution-test</a></span></div>
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is designed for APS-C sensors and it has a built-in set of LEDs to illuminate
the subject at extra close distance. It might be enough for tripod photography
but I would use some extra flash light. I haven't tried it yet but it looks
like a fun lens to use for super macro photography. You can find a review (with
A6000) here: <a href="http://sonymirrorlesspro.com/nanoha-5x-ultra-macro-e-mount-lens/" target="_blank">http://sonymirrorlesspro.com/nanoha-5x-ultra-macro-e-mount-lens/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be done by using bellows. Belows work similarly to extension tubes but the
maximum distance is bigger and continuously adjustable. I never tried this because it doesn't fit to my photography style. Belows are bulky and you need a
tripod to use them, so it's more a tool for studio photography. For sony E-system you additionaly need some adapter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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multi-focus-system of Zörk company (<a href="http://www.zoerk.com/">http://www.zoerk.com/</a>). It contains a special </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">rotational </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial;">Tilt Tube® </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">providing 30</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial;">° of tilt / swing
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you can get the Scheimpflug effect (image plane (sensor plane) is not parallel
to the lens plane), which gives a feeling of increased DOF. Very interesting,
but quite expensive system and today it's just easier to stitch multiple differently
focused images in post processing to get increased DOF.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">First I wanted to sort the various options from cheaper to most
expensive ones, but it depends on the older lens collections one may have and
can be re-used for macro photography. For beginners I would recommend close-up
lenses just to try macro photography, but it can be skipped if you're
determined to take higher-level macro pictures. E-system users with the kit
lens can start with extension tubes, while a good achromate lens is
recommended for owners of longer tele
zooms. I can highly recommend the cheap and light 30mm macro lens (see my
review <a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2013/10/review-of-sony-sel30m35-30mm-f35-macro.html" target="_blank">here</a>) as a potential next step, but you may find difficult to take
photos of skittish animals. I'm a bit in trouble to recommend any medium or
longer macro lense because they're heavy and relatively expensive for the E-system. A good, affordable
60-70mm native macro lens is still missing from sony's lens line. An upgraded
mirrorless version of either the Tamron 60mm or the Sigma 70mm macro lenses
would be fantastic. You can, of course, re-use some older lenses (via appropriate
adapters), if you have some.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the light. The most expensive macro lens will fail with unproper technique. A
proper lit kit lens photo will look better then a zeiss photo with boring/bad
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Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-77741599384749822332015-04-04T06:56:00.001-07:002015-04-04T07:01:43.364-07:00Life and passing<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Around Easter we celebrate the resurrection. The
believers remember to the resurrection of Jesus while non-believers celebrate
the spring and the revival of the nature from the winter sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">This post is however about the passing away. Nothing
dramatic, I just took photos of the hyacinths I gave to my daughter and wife
for the international women's day. The flowers completely parched now but their
forms and structure gave me interesting photo themes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">I used the nex-5 and the 30mm macro lens on tripod. A
rim light (powered by manual yongnuo) gave the special light source. First the
old pictures followed by the photos of the dead flower:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-33832731285256343012015-03-15T08:22:00.002-07:002015-05-09T06:14:28.728-07:00Sony VCL-ECU1 ultra wide converter, a hands-on rolling review<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This lens was hiding in one of the boxes under the Christmas tree and I was really curious how it performs but it took a while to have a general impression (mainly due to bad boring weather and work). I unfortunately left this converter home when I traveled to a recent trip to Thailand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This converter was designed for the SEL16F28 lens and it has a 0.75x factor so it makes the wide angle 16mm lens ultra-wide (around 12mm, equivalent to 18mm on full frame cameras). It's specifically designed for this pancake lens, so it doesn't deteriorate its optically quality much. Some cynic would say that it's hard to further spoil it. Although most of the SEL16F28 reviews were very negative, I was satisfied with this cheap lens. It served me as a small pocket lens and I also managed to take some fantastic shoots when it was paired with the vcl-ecf1 converter. Stop down to f/8 and it's quite good. If you already have to 16mm lens I recommend to buy both adapters. They sell now around 100 euro, which is a steal for a 12mm f/2.8 lens or a good f/2.8 fisheye lens (assuming that you have the 16mm lens). I haven't done a thorough test yet but my initial impression is that it has very good build quality with a nice silver metal alloy and it snaps well to the pancake lens. It's heavier then the 16mm lens (127g vs 65g), but the two together is still light enough and balances well on my small nex-5. It arrived in an elegant nice zip-closed etui.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can't add standard filters to it but it has a built-in hood. To give an opinion about the optical quality I need more time with it. Adding the converter has no effect on the light transmission according to my test. In M mode it doesn't influence the exposure, probably due to the fact that the lens combo collects light from a larger area. What is clear that the purple fringing of the 16mm lens won't go away by adding this converter (same with the fisheye converter). Overall the image quality is quite OK but don't expect super sharp result.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The effect is not that dramatic as with the fisheye lens but it gives a bit more space, so you can show more about the environment when you want to take macro photos. The good news is that you don't have to stop down that much to have sharp results and even you still have infinity. With the fisheye converter you can forget sharp far away subjects, so you can't use that combination as standard lens, while the sel30M35+vcl-ecf1 combo is a nice 22.5mm lens (not a good one though). I think that despite the limitation, I will use my 30mm macro more with the combination with the fisheye adapter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Update with further tests in the woods:</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I've tested this lens combination further (SEL30M35+VCL-ECU1) and I see more and more
potential in it. It has a nice close focus ability and retains the thin
DOF typical for macro lenses but it has
an extreme wide field of view (it's wider with the fisheye adapter though). It makes the out of focus background very
interesting. It has effects you could achieve only with extremely fast wide
angle lenses. At f13 the background is still very blurry and only the middle flower is sharp. Soping down to f18 increases the sharpness of all flowers but the background is still quite nice (interesting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I visited recently Meissen, a German city that is world famous for its china (first European hard-paste porcelain) and in addition it has a beautiful old city center. I was with my family, so photo opportunities were limited, but I still found a bit of time to briefly test this lens combo from a tourist's perspective. Actually I liked it a lot and it is more useful than the fisheye lens in most of the situations. We visited the porcelain manufacture's exhibition and museum where the lens helped to cover large interiors and I could take nice photos of the exhibited arts. The distortion is minor with this adapter and it was not disturbing at all. Most of the photos I took could not be possible with the kit lens (not wide and not fast enough). Corners are not completely sharp, especially when the lens is not stopped down in the not well lit Museum, but most of the pictures came out very nice. However, if you are an architecture photographer on a paid job, the quality will not satisfy you, but 99% of the tourists will be more than happy with the results. Below you can see some examples for Museum/indoor photography:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some geometric distortion can be seen in this, but it's not that disturbing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the city it proved to be a very useful walk around lens. The wide angle allowed me to take photos of most of the buildings including the dom. I've tested the sweep panorama mode with this and I cannot fault the lens (but my hand and technique).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In many situation, of course the ultra-wide perspective doesn't fit to the subject, so taking the kit zoom lens or a longer lens is recommended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall I highly recommend the VCL-ECU1 ultra wide converter as sightseeing/street/museum photography lens. Meanwhile sony came out with an updated black version (VCL-ECU2) but no words about an updated optical formula, so I think it's the same inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pros:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheap</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good optical quality</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast (f2.8)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Real wide angle</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Improved close focus
abilities</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can take photos you
can't do with your kit lens</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Cons:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contrast and sharpness
in the corners (edges) are not so good</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No star effect (when
stopped down and shooting towards the sun)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flare and purple
fringing is frequent</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Alternatives:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samyang 12mm f/2 or </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sony 10-18mm f/4 OSS E. I don't have these lenses but you can read about them in this excellent <a href="http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2015/01/12/samyang-12mm-f2-ncs-cs-lens/" target="_blank">review of David Kilpatrick here</a>.</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carl Zeiss Touit Distagon 12mm f/2.8 T* is another option for much more money.</span></span><br />
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<![endif]-->Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-14201114355921045302014-11-22T10:19:00.002-08:002014-11-22T10:19:43.638-08:00Mushrooming with sigma fisheyeI was really busy recently with many things, so I had no time for the the blog, not even to take photos. However, today was a sunny day and I went to the woods to hunt some mushrooms lit with warm afternoon lights. I took my sigma 15mm 1:2.8 EX fisheyelens on the nex-5 with me. The twin-flash adapter with soft box served as additional light source.<br />
The sony fisheye adapter on the 16mm lens is quite okeish but far from perfect. Optically the sigma is far better lens, but it's designed for full-frame cameras, so it's not that wide on the aps-c nex-5.<br />
Maybe I will write in a later post more about this lens. Now I just post few photos. I hope it will convince you that this lens still rocks:<br />
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Next time, I will write more about this sigma lens.Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-80631745870943809682014-09-13T10:41:00.001-07:002014-09-19T11:26:29.396-07:00Put the SEL30M35 lens into perspective<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I have posted some photos taken with the sony SEL30M35 macro and VCL-ECF1 fisheye
conversion lens combo on <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3707660" target="_blank">dpreview forum</a>. I proposed a game not telling anything about
the lens (even removed the EXIF information) but let the people to guess. To my
surprise it turned out to be very controversial. Lot’s of poster hated it,
while others found the thread very interesting. I would quote only from the
haters:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“obviously
is a lens that can focus very closely,
often called a macro lens. There are hundreds or thousands of these out
there. Who would care to guess,”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Just name
the lens and get it over with, this is boring. Nothing special about the photos
either, this could be taken with anything...”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“There are
thousands of "usual" lenses that work on a NEX-5 and you want us to
guess an unusual set-up based on low-resolution images... there's a much better
chance of guessing your birthday -- and I've been doing some lens forensics
work.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“pretty
pointless thread, but I'll bite anyway ...”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“thanks for
the most annoying post on this forum in a long time. sadly, there doesn't seem
to be a mechanism to block future posts from you and your silliness.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I think
I’ve upset many self-proclaimed experts, but they are wrong. They have not much
clue about wide angle close-up and macro photography and they have no idea about
the role of perspective in general in photography. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quite thorough test to achieve similar result with other lenses, what I got
with the 30mm macro + fisheye converter combination. Without real success. This proved me that this
lens combo is rather unique and really worth to consider in photography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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many lenses and lens combinations, which was suggested during the thread and I
added some potential contenders. I took all photos of the test on a tripod with
self timer set to 2sec at two apertures, F3.5 and F18. I manually focused to a
lego figure (45mm) positioning the head at 1/3 of the photo almost filling it.
I tried to fill the picture with this subject in all case, even if the close
focusing was not possible, so it was not a real macro but more a close-up
set-up. I placed another figure behind but close to the main subject and many
other things as environment to test the bokeh and the perspective. I used the
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SEL30M35 30 mm macro<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SEL16F28 16mm pancake lens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fisheye lens (for full-frame) on adapter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fisheye lens (for full-frame) + soligor 1.7X teleconverter on adapter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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F2.8 macro (on adapter)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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100mm F2.8 macro (on adapter)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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adapted not native E compatible lens, precise set of aperture was not possible,
but I tried to set it almost to opened and closed position to reach around F3.5
and F18). Below you can see the results (The upper one is with opened blende, while the second is always stopped down and has bigger depth of field:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>Some conclusions: </b>The 30mm macro lens is wide enough, I like it in many situations but it doesn't show much about the environment. Adding the fisheye adapter changes the character and makes it a perfect close-focus wide angle tool. During the test I recognized some optical errors and it is getting really good from F11 but F16-F18 are also a recommended values. The far away subjucts will never be really sharp, so it can't be used as a replacement for a 15mm wide angle lens, it's only good for close subjects. (From now on I compare the rest</span> to this combo)</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">To my surprise, the 16mm lens was very close but not as wide. However, it lacks the close focus capability. Even stopped down the head is not sharp. Adding close focus adapters (+ 2dp or + 4 dp) don't help either. They don't have big effect on wide angle lenses.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The fisheye adapter was designed for this lens (16mm) and the effect is really cool. However it's much wider and distorted and sharp focusing was not possible. Even at F18 the face is not really sharp. Adding a teleconverter was not a good idea and the close focusing ability was further ruined. I also tried the 50mm and 100mm macro lenses. The results are nice if your aim is to have a soft background, but look at the character of the background. My major conclusion is that choosing a macro lens is not just about how close we can get to our subject (short for flowers, long for dragonflies) but the perspective plays also a very important role. Putting a small subject into the foreground while showing also details from the background (if it's nice) can be very dramatic.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The sony SEL30M35 30 mm macro + VCL-ECF1 fisheye adapter combination is just perfect for this purpose.</span></div>
Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-55258489268837408542014-08-28T08:37:00.002-07:002014-08-28T08:37:27.549-07:00Praying mantisFew recent photo with the the 30mm macro lens and fisheye converter combo. It rocks, but can't be used as a standard wide angle lens. Focusing is also tricky and it should be nailed precisely. I was on a not really successful mushrooming trip with my father and my daughter when they found some praying mantis on the meadow. This insect is a perfect hunter, a master of mimickry and not really shy, so it was a perfect model for my photographic experiment. The sky as a background was also perfect with it's dark blue with white clouds. I'm happy with the results:<br />
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<br />Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-82342806692574192242014-08-02T06:53:00.002-07:002014-08-02T07:01:59.197-07:00SEL30F35 + VCL-ECF1 lens comboThis is my current favorite lens combination. It's a fisheye lens adapter (sony VCL-ECF1) in front of a 30mm macro lens (SEL30F35):<br />
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The SEL30F35 lens itself is very special. Maybe not the best for every purpose but it can take outstanding photos. You can read my <a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2013/10/review-of-sony-sel30m35-30mm-f35-macro.html" target="_blank">detailed review about this lens here</a>.<br />
I love fisheye lenses and I frequently used the VCL-ECF1 fisheye adapter on the dedicated 16mm pancake lens. I have previous post about the photos taken with this rig. For lighting I used a twin flash adapter:<br />
<a href="http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2013/03/spring-re-loaded-and-failed.html" target="_blank"> http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2013/03/spring-re-loaded-and-failed.html</a><br />
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I read on photo forums that this adapter can be used on the new 20mm lens, which gave me the idea to use it on the 30mm macro lens (since I don't have the 20mm pancake lens).<br />
How does it perform? I like it a lot, but it requieres perfect composition, good lighting and nailing the focus well (despite the good DOF). Maybe the keeper rate is much lower, than with other lenses, but if you want to take something new, not just the standard boring macro photos, it's the lens combo you should seriously consider.I had only few hours to try it but I see a great potential in it.<br />
Few photos below to convince you:<br />
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Don't forget to mention my blog when you win the next photo competition with this lens combo, that you saw it here first.<br />
Cheers<br />
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<br />Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-43955113034637848792014-07-06T05:15:00.000-07:002014-07-06T05:24:25.194-07:00Twin flash adapter for portraitsI added two large diffusers to my set-up. Now I can use it for portraits. It won't work under strong sunlight, so no chance to overpower the sun with it, but I can imagine that it can be useful for outside evening events or dim halls with not proper ceiling (either strange colored or to large rooms with far away ceiling):<br />
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On the left (from the photographer's direction) side, there is a simple soft-box, while on the other side a kind of beuty dish. Below you can see some snapshot of my family:<br />
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There is a bit of light leakage through the bent fibers in the front and it causes even some colour shift, so I will cover them soon:<br />
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You can see the middle spot is yellowish compared to the other catchlight shapes.<br />
Overall I'm happy with the results and in my opinion it could be a good solution for photographers working outside without walls and ceilings. Wedding or event photographers could use it and it surely would attract the attention of the people.<br />
A similar product is available on the market, the <span class="fullpost">Bounce-Wall, by California Sunbounce. It's a bounce panel on a bracket reflecting the camera flash, which imitates flashlight bounced from a wall or ceiling. A review of it you can find on strobist:</span><br />
<span class="fullpost"><a href="http://strobist.blogspot.de/2012/09/bounce-wall-geniusinsanity-line-goes.html">http://strobist.blogspot.de/2012/09/bounce-wall-geniusinsanity-line-goes.html</a></span><br />
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months of planning and even more months of delay the new twin flash adapter has
been born. This is basically the big brother of my previous twin adapter I made
for my sony nex-5. It still rocks and I use it quite frequently but I wanted to
make a similar one for my DSLR as well. I hoped that I can improve further the
design and I planned to include some new idea. The more powerful strobe I have
for the sony a100 hopefully opens some new opportunities to use it also for outdoor
portrait photography. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Let me
summarize the changes compared to the small twin-flash adapter: </span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I used
black flexible hose for everything. It just looks cool.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">More
fibers were used (160 instead of 55)</span>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Longer
arms </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Better
attachment to the flash</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Stronger
base plate</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Magnetic
attachment of soft boxes (and other modifiers)</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ring
shaped end arrangement of the fibers</span></li>
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following items were used from loc-line:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Assembly
piers (78002), 1#<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(It helps in assembling the
parts)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Fixed mount
(51895), 2# <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>(Attached
to the base plate, it holds the whole assembly)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Double
socket (59872), 2#<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(The direction of the hose
should be reverted with this piece)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">T-fitting
(51825), 2#<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(Better, than the Y fitting I
used previously)</span></div>
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(51801), 8# (48 small piece)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(Depending
on the length of your arms)</span></div>
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(51803 or 51806)<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> (</span>Optional, it can be useful as a
snoot)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In addition
I used approximately 150 m from 1mm diameter end-glow fiber, some glue (also
SUGRU), wood sheet (8mm) for the base plate, screws, and various tools. </span></div>
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concept and the work was the same as in case of the little brother, so I would
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It didn't work that well to fix the fibers to the loc-line hose, so I needed extra glue to fix it (I may tape it at the end as a final solution). : <br />
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How does it work?? Almost perfect for macro, but due to the length of the fiber the light loss is quite a lot. Nevertheless, when the light is placed close to the subject no problem to set the highest F numbers even at base iso. Few photos taken with the new set up (all hand held):<br />
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Here, the direction of the light was important because the worms were in the shadow. I aimed the arms facing fom below to upwords position.<br />
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Light was placed to the sides more in a kind of backward position while taking the above picture.<br />
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This is a typical side lighting with slightly underexposing the background (sky).<br />
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Used as simple front-side light to approach this damselfly. It was not afraid of the two light arms.<br />
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<br />Marcellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399111389646208571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146113322159339991.post-32963346318373266312014-05-29T06:04:00.001-07:002014-05-29T06:04:20.043-07:00Unboxing for the new projectI've just received a parcel full with items for my new fiberstrobe adapter project. Some unboxing photos below:<br />
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At the next station you can manipulate prisms and lenses:<br />
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The Deutsches Technikmusem has a very nice exhibition about the history of the photography. My children were too tired so I left them with my wife and I just rushed through the exhibition. his small showcase was devoted to underwater photography:<br />
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Some cool old classic lenses were also exhibited:<br />
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The museum and the science centre is next to each other and you have to buy only one ticket for both.<br />
<b>Highly recommended</b> if you visit Berlin.<br />
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Immediately, it popped into my mind that it would be a cool holder of flash or
background, so I bought few of them. They were cheap and very light. Now I had
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I also wanted to try it as a holder of background for studio like
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To make my rig light I just took a nex-5 with the 16mm lens, the fisheye adapter and the 30mm macro lens.<br />
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The small camera allowed me to get strange angles using the sky as background. The tilting LCD with focus peeking also help to get the focus correct. Try the same with a DSLR, it won't work. The very short close focus distance of the SEL30F35 was also very helpful.<br />
I used small flags on both arms of the twin flash adapter to prevent light spill to the lens. If you check the photos in larger format you can see some play with the light. You can find the whole series on my flick page (better resolution):<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiberstrobe/sets/72157642377199014/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiberstrobe/sets/72157642377199014/</a><br />
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Cheers<br />
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Marcell<br />
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