Showing posts with label takumar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label takumar. Show all posts
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Day 2 : Part 2 - Osaka
A crossing for people and people crossing each other.
Stranded, she once felt alone.
The same crossing but one for mechanical serpents.
A meal and mirror and we can smile.
Monday, 1 September 2008
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Sayurichan
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/2.8 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180
My friends recently had their first born and I offered my humble photographic skills to take some photos of baby Sayuri, mum and dad. This was also a great opportunity to test out the Vivitar 285HV, on and off camera. This photo used some nice ambient light coming through the window and I bounced the flash with the diffuser to light baby Sayuri's cute little face.
Techie shit aside, I really like this photo as it captures wonderfully what a new parent must feel. Here, new dad emits love, warmth and protection.
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
From the Haze
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/1.8 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/500
Just showing off the beautiful bokeh created by the Super Takumar 55mm 1.8, though the subject is nothing to drool over, it's easy to get lost in the creamy background.
Friday, 22 August 2008
Pinhead
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/2.8 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180
Testing out the Vivitar 285HV flash on the Pentax k10D, this photo had some ambient light and the Vivitar was bounced from the ceiling. I boosted the brightness contrast a little but nothing too dramatic. To speak the truth, I don't really know what I'm doing with the Vivitar but it's pretty easy to get some decent shots out of it. The colour codes; yellow, red, blue and purple start from lowest to highest power and I take a few test shots with the desired aperture and adjust from there. When using an open shutter, I use either yellow or red and for apertures 4 to 8 I use either blue or purple, pretty simple. I guess in time I'll learn how to use the exposure dial more effectively or be able to judge the scene I'm shooting anf control the light from there.
I also recieved the Cactus V2s remote trigger / receiver today and tested a few shots with the Vivitar 285HV and Pentax K10D on Mr.Pinhead. Out of about 30 test shots, the flash fired 100% of the time, although the flash was no more than 40cm from the camera. The reason I say this is that I've read that the Cactus V2s can be somewhat unpredictable and shoot approx 8 out of 10 times as they are a little on the cheap side, depending on the distance.
Here's one shot where I used a lamp to cast the elongated shadow and the off camera flash which was bounced off the ceiling as a fill light. The lamp casts terrible yellow light which I kind of fixed in post but still, the colours are pretty shitty.
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/5.6 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180
This is the same image as above with a little post tweaking to really give it that creepy, horror touch, just how Pinhead likes it!
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Super Takumar 35mm f/3.5 - Lens Test
After having this lens for a few days, I haven't had the chance to take a lot of photos with it but a few things I noticed is one, it's really small (more so than the SMC Takumar 28mm f/3.5) and two, it's very sharp, even wide open (f/3.5). Here's some size comparison shots to my other Takumar lenses.
In order of appearance : Super Takumar 135 3.5, Super Takumar 55mm 1.8, SMC Takumar 28mm 3.5 and Super Takumar 35mm 3.5To make this a complete picket fence happy family, I'll need to adopt the 35mm 2, 50mm 1.4, 85mm 1.9 and the 105mm 2.8.
Super Takumar 35mm 3.5
Super Takumar 35mm 3.5
I did mention she was sharp right? Check out the 100% crop below (unedited).
Nice threads huh?
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
The Selves
Super Takumar 35 mm 3.5 : f/5.6 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180 sec (bounced off the ceiling)(view large)
Super Takumar 35 mm 3.5 : f/5.6 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180 sec (bounced off the ceiling)(view large)
Super Takumar 35 mm 3.5 : f/5.6 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180 sec (bounced off the ceiling)(view large)
First real setup self portrait shot, others didn't really work out too well, especially when using a manual lens. I was also testing out my newly acquired Super Takumar 35mm f/3.f lens which I bought over at Pentax Forums Marketplace. Sorry about the model subject, I didn't really feel like taking photos of mundane things around the appartment and I was the only willing subject around :)
Photos were taken with the Slik Pro 330 DX, Pentax wireless remote, Pentax K10D, Super Takumar 35mm 3.5 and Vivitar 285HV.
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Vivitar 285HV - First Impressions and Test Shots
So...The Vivitar 285HV came today and of course, like a little girl when she gets her first boyfriend, I squealed in delight as my wife shook her head. First impression...BIG! Man this thing is huge, it actually dwarfs the K10D as if it were a little point and shoot, check this out.
Super Takumar 35 mm 3.5 : f/8 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180 sec (bounced off the ceiling)
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/2.8 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180 sec (bounced at 60°)
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/2.8 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/180 sec (bounced off the ceiling)
Above image at 100% - Just showing off the Super Takumar 55mm sharpness (check out that dust!)So after an hour or so of playing about the Vivitar 285HV I came to the conclusion that I'm going to thoroughly enjoy taking my photography to a hopeful next level. And next week, when the Cactus V2s triggers come, it will be even more fun! I'll have a more thorough review/test in a few weeks.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Where I Used To Be
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/1.8 : ISO - 280 : Shutter - 1/10
I think this photo has an interesting, dark and moody feel to it especially due to the lighting, glass and tone. I'd like to take some more photos behind this frosted glass as I think it produces some really interesting shapes and shadows.
Saturday, 9 August 2008
Sundown & A Fire In The Sky
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/1.8 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/500
This was shot at the same time as my last post, except that it was taken with the Super Takumar 55mm 1.8 with an open aperture and low ISO, so it was a quick shot in low light, so therefore not a lot of detail was captured in the clouds. When I converted the photo to mono, the low and interesting cloud formation really popped out, giving it a ghostly, splashing wave like feel.
Friday, 8 August 2008
Indifferent Clouds
SMC Takumar 28mm 3.5 : f/3.5 : ISO - 200 : Shutter - 1/60
(view large)
Yesterday evening spawned a very beautiful sundown with some fantastic cloud structures so I took this panorama with my SMC Takumar 28mm. After stitching them together and playing with the contrast, colour and saturation I decided to un-stitch them and create an interesting quadtych. I find that borders create tension and unease within certain imagery and photographs, especially continuous ones. For more examples with this style, see here and here.
Thursday, 7 August 2008
Yoko's Eye & Half
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8, f/1.8, ISO - 560, Shutter - 1/125 (black & white conversion)
This photo was taken last December, 2007 at the Souzou v.1 opening night which I had forgotten to post on flickr. It's a photo of my friend Yoko who had recently just bought herself a Pentax K10D and I was showing her the wonders of Takumar lenses. I really like the cropping of this photo, the sharpness of her eye and the beauty of the bokeh produced by the Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8.
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Miyajima #3
Super Takumar 135 mm 3.5, f/3.5, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/90
This photo was taken at Miyajima, an island close to Hiroshima City. Miyajima has a few deer roaming the island annoying visitors with nudges and by eating your clothes.
I decided to only use my Takumar lenses on this outing, especially the Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 and the SMC Takumar 28mm 3.5. I would have preferred if the hand was more in focus, so I should have used a much faster shutter speed with a higher ISO.
I decided to only use my Takumar lenses on this outing, especially the Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 and the SMC Takumar 28mm 3.5. I would have preferred if the hand was more in focus, so I should have used a much faster shutter speed with a higher ISO.
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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