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Are you sure your 105mm f/2.5 has no good bokeh!?

 

It is a little long lens for portrait I think (200mm f/4 AI), but it is very good. Mine has some chromatic aberration wide open and don't like some harsh light conditions. Around f/8 it is very sharp (looks sharper than my D70s can handle), and the problems are all (almost) gone.

 

I think it has some qualities that remember my 50mm f/1.2 AIS: color, contrast, and even bokeh (keeping the obvious differences aside).

 

I am sending you a RAW from my D70s to your e-mail (to evaluate bokeh).

It is sold here in Brazil too, like a pro film. I have used but prefer the really PRO line films: Reala, NPS and NPH.

 

I wouldn't worry about this one, really. Fuji ProValue 200, its competitor in the market, looks better in my opinion.

Wang,

 

Which film have you used? Which method gives the tones close to what you get in darkroom?

I would do at least what Shun said, as I've done with mine.

 

Can someone answer me if it is normal to have some chromatic aberration at the edges when shoting in harsh sunlight? I had an accident with mine before the lens could see the sun. Everything looks okay, but I am not so sure about this.

While there is no possibility of getting any of those cameras, I found useful your comments. Thanks!

I think my flickr (/sganzerla) has many more 'glow' pictures than I tought. ;)

Shawn, no need to worry about this. I am not using duotone/tritone for printing, here in my country printers are very expensive yet. My idea is to create images that simulates what I would like to see in a toned B&W print, and for me it is easier (or less hard) to work with 'duotone' instead 'color balance' and 'hue/saturation'. No big deal.

Thanks Shawn. I was asking for your 'setup' because I spend lots of time creating my own duotone/tritone curves to sepia my B&W images, and even now, I am not 'there' yet! My tries with 'selenium' have been very unsucessful.

By the way, now I am with Roger.

Shawn,

 

What I would point, the hand, Rebecca said. Except this, the image is very good!

Would you think is inadequate to ask for the settings of this 'toning'?

Tristan, can?t answer your question but it happened sometimes to images made with my Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS lens wide open. Here is one:

 

http://www.photo.net/photo/4102614&size=lg

 

Will try to find another one tomorrow, wich is easier to see.

 

What I tought time was 'field curvature' (as mentioned), strange but...

Now I am curious, could you post some image?

 

Sorry for having nothing to add.

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It may be interesting to some of you...

 

So I finally bought a used Minolta IV scanner, and as people here says the 28mm

f/2.8 AF (non D) lens is the worst 28mm lens Nikon made, I decided to see how

bad it can be. But please, before someone post here saying this is not a good

review or test, it was not intended to be, ok!?

 

I am using this lens for 5 years, 4 of these it was in my camera 80% of the

time, if not more! I think is possible to say I know it a little...

 

Sharpness was never an issue with this lens to my eyes and Photography I do,

except when used past f/13. I learned it the hard way, my lens on my new 055 Pro

+ 029 (at that time) was giving me worst results than when used handheld (?).

After this bad experience, and lots of thinking to discover what was happening,

bad scan, photographer's bad tecnique, bad filters, bad tripod, what could be? I

made some tests and since then, I haven�t used it past f/13.

 

I made a few big enlargements with very good, if not excellent quality with

this lens too, sharpness, contrast, are all very good. Ghost and flare can be a

problem sometimes, but I have never bothered too much about it. The only thing I

really don�t like in this lens is the barrel distortion, but I can live with this.

 

Yesterday I had nothing to do, and the film in my camera was in the middle, so

I picked up my Manfrotto 055+029, my F100 and some lenses to make some 'tests',

one was to see how is the sharpness of the lens from f/2.8 to f/22. The subject

I choose was a house at the other side of the street.

 

Film used was Agfa APX 100 + Rodinal 1:25. I have some slides here with me, but

I develop them only in S�o Paulo (120 miles from here), I have no other

developer with me, so I had to use Rodinal, in fact I will not buy more

chemicals just to make a 'test' like this. Using slide and getting developed

would take at least 20 days too, so...

 

Well, there is no review about this lens all over internet, or at least I

haven�t seen it yet. My conclusion is that I may have a good sample because it

look good to my eyes, in fact, very good. I think images speak for themselves.

By the way, the 'test' was made with a L37c filter in front of the lens,

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Alexey, would you mind posting your light setup and film + developer used?

 

The pictures and girl looks perfect to me.

Well, some months since the last word but... I am using a Minolta IV scanner and found everything said above to be true. I am talking more about negative strips than mounted slides (as I use much more B&W film).

 

PS: I know the discussion is about Minolta 5400 but maybe it helps too.

Jack,

 

I had this problem with other scanners (Frontier and Minolta IV) and found that the reason was the combination of my Nikon A2 filter + Nikon 28mm f/2.8 AF lens. Replaced the filter by an UV and the problem disappeared.

A good idea is to look the slide with a loupe and see if you find it, if not... than may be the scanner.

Thanks Craig!

Craig:

 

"Basically archival problems in RC stock stem from the base-white pigment, titanium-white (TiO2) as opposed to Baryta used in FB. TiO2 has greater covering power and is considered chemically inert. But they forgot one important factor ...TiO2 is somewhat light sensitive. There are even a couple of obscure photographic processes based on this property."

 

Would you mind linking some info about this? 'Obscure photographic processes' I mean. Thanks!

Mad Mad,

 

Sorry for not answering your questions, I have no clue about what happens in the second process nor the english name of the first.

 

I asked you in another topic if you could post some samples of the first process you mentioned: 'pointillisme'. Can you?

Thanks!

Vivek, are you sure about 28mm f/2.8 AIS? I tought the only 28mm lens that has visible barrel distortion was the Nikon 28mm f/2.8 AF (non D)... that I have.

 

Orfeas, good to know the 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF has visible barrel distortion too, maybe I shouldn�t hate my Tokina f/3.5 lens anymore because of this (its weakest point, as the 28mm).

 

I think in your closest focus distance shot with Nikon 50mm f/1.8 E there is visible barrel distortion.

 

The Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF lens has little problem in this area, contrary to Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS.

 

I will not post pictures because one can see them in my portfolio, all photos have information on 'details'.

 

Good topic!

MAD MAD,

 

Can you post some samples and explain what happens? Thanks!

OT: Thanks! I suspect something like this.

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OT: Stefan, would you mind saying how you 'toned' this picture in Photoshop?