Excellent. How does it balance?
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capoeiraesp
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It works surprisingly well. The 135 is a little trickier since the depth of field is fixed at its widest so it's very shallow. The Sigma is brilliant! This is just a 'putting it to the test shot' with the Sigma. @F1.4 1/32000 - yep, 1/32000 in full sun.
Here are a couple from our walk tonight. I started messing around with the colour profiles in Lightroom - I just found them the other day.
Dog by philbabbey, on Flickr
Dawn by philbabbey, on Flickr
Dog by philbabbey, on FlickrDawn by philbabbey, on Flickr
Azyiu
Triad Hitman
Some street photos from this old district in Hong Kong.
Before there were those big box electronic stores, there were these old fashioned / neighborhood electronic stores like this one.
An old fashioned neighborhood shoes store.
A typical neighborhood Chinese BBQ shop
Before there were those big box electronic stores, there were these old fashioned / neighborhood electronic stores like this one.
An old fashioned neighborhood shoes store.
A typical neighborhood Chinese BBQ shop
Tang
Master of Chihuahuas
First shot from my Galaxy S6. Not too shabby.
rahul_mukerji
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Some pics from our local park here
trying some experimentation with slow shutter effect
trying some experimentation with slow shutter effect
Tang
Master of Chihuahuas
Some more from the Galaxy S6. It's fun shooting with a phone again.
My friend and I made a really ghetto product box last night. The setup was this, a speedlite on each side shooting through tissue paper windows, and I used the salad bowl beauty dish as a key light.
Setup by philbabbey, on Flickr
DSC_0394 by philbabbey, on Flickr
Then I put a black granite tile under it for this one.
DSC_0396 by philbabbey, on Flickr
Setup by philbabbey, on FlickrDSC_0394 by philbabbey, on FlickrThen I put a black granite tile under it for this one.
DSC_0396 by philbabbey, on Flickr
ThePhilosopher
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I remember doing that back in the day (though I used the beauty dish I still have today and a silver reflector), it got decent results.
Tang
Master of Chihuahuas
Phil, in the future I would definitely consider stopping down a good bit so you can get all of the mounted lens in focus. I didn't think anything if it until i saw Philosophers shot.
Yeah, that was a bit of a necessary evil, sadly. The main light I was using isn't very bright, so I was at something like 2.8, 1/80, and 400 already.
Tang
Master of Chihuahuas
Totally understand, Phil.
I've been having way too much shooting with the Galaxy. It's at least as good as my fiancées iPhone 6 and probably better in good light. Seriously impressive stuff. My one complaint is that Samsung's jpg engine can over sharpen which can make high contrast edges look a bit weird. Other than that I love it, and if Samsung ever let's us shoot RAW with the Galaxy that won't be a problem.
Enough words. More shots.
I've been having way too much shooting with the Galaxy. It's at least as good as my fiancées iPhone 6 and probably better in good light. Seriously impressive stuff. My one complaint is that Samsung's jpg engine can over sharpen which can make high contrast edges look a bit weird. Other than that I love it, and if Samsung ever let's us shoot RAW with the Galaxy that won't be a problem.
Enough words. More shots.
ThePhilosopher
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It spits out this data: /2.8, 1/100, ISO200 for both of those shots. You just need more power. Put those flashes in manual and crank the power to max.
Which reminds me!
I too am very much a fan of that kind of focal length and after having tried the Zeiss ZE 25mm f2 (check it out, it's gorgeous) I've always wanted something like that as an everyday instead of the typical 50 or still-common-but-less-typical 35mm (equivalents).
Low and behold, Fuji have just launched the 16mm 1.4, which is a perfect 24mm f2 equivalent, so needless to say I'm gunna be buying one of those! I might even sell my 10-24 for it to be honest, and it would be an ideal travel lens and for the editorial stuff I do now where the f4 of the 10-24 just can't get any background separation.
Initial impressions look great too.
Tang
Master of Chihuahuas
After shooting a week with the Galaxy and it's 28mm effective FOV, I'm itching for a prime with around the same FOV.
It spits out this data: ƒ/2.8, 1/100, ISO200 for both of those shots. You just need more power. Put those flashes in manual and crank the power to max.
They were in manual.
The main light I was using is just an LED lightbulb, and that was already maybe a foot away from the stuff we were shooting. I couldn't get anymore brightness out of it. I want that 16 1.4 so bad. The 56mm is next on my list, hopefully sometime in the next couple months, and after that, I need to decide between the 16 and 23. I'd probably get the 23, because I feel like I need the 18 and 35 when I'm walking around, and a 35mm equivalent would be able to replace both of those. I'm really happy with the 18mm for people photos, but I've been shooting in low light a lot lately, and that extra stop comes in really handy sometimes.
16, 23, 56 would be the perfect working kit. Some day...
This. I had trouble getting used to the 18mm when I first got it, but once I realized it was basically the same FOV as my iPhone, something clicked and I really like the perspective now. I find that when I'd normally just take an iPhone photo of something, I'm pulling out my camera because I know how it's gonna look.
