Samyang 35mm F1.4 UMC

Judsonzhao wrote in post #14904176
From deciding to sell this lens to can't live without it, MF is ADDICTIVE!!

Damn right it is!
I'm glad you think that way. Good stuff!

M_Six wrote in post #14904066
She's a doll, but she doesn't have Tiara's killer eyes.

I agree. I love those dark eyes. They're like beads... Hmmm!

BobbyT wrote in post #14905095

these have a very nice feel to them

Thanks

paradiddleluke wrote in post #14901143
great shots! Ride, that one in the library looks really cool!

I have a feeling you guys are going to like Viktoria...

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Viktoria S by LukeCS, on 500px

great shot! I'm wondering though..kinda on the fence about buying an expensive circular polarizing filter... could this picture, in your opinion, have been improved with a polarizing filter? or is the soft/glowy skin what you were going for? just wondering

do you guys have a consensus about filters and this lens? uv or whatever.. thanks

One from today at a local fish store.

hyogen wrote in post #14907868
great shot! I'm wondering though..kinda on the fence about buying an expensive circular polarizing filter... could this picture, in your opinion, have been improved with a polarizing filter? or is the soft/glowy skin what you were going for? just wondering

do you guys have a consensus about filters and this lens? uv or whatever.. thanks

In my opinion, UV filter are useless. Look at this DigitalRev episode about this:

http://www.youtube.com …=-e9TUIC-Dtk&feature=plcp

Nighthawk93 wrote in post #14908272
In my opinion, UV filter are useless. Look at this DigitalRev episode about this:

http://www.youtube.com …=-e9TUIC-Dtk&feature=plcp

I have done one test about UVs, actually they increased ghosting/flares at some conditions. Good UV filters decrease the IQ at a non-sensible degree. Hoya did better job in controlling ghosting/flares than B+w

hyogen wrote in post #14907868
great shot! I'm wondering though..kinda on the fence about buying an expensive circular polarizing filter... could this picture, in your opinion, have been improved with a polarizing filter? or is the soft/glowy skin what you were going for? just wondering

do you guys have a consensus about filters and this lens? uv or whatever.. thanks

I'm not sure to be honest what a circular polarizer would do. Skin processing is part of my regimen on every photo I post, though this one is rather lightly edited and has plenty of skin detail at 100%. As for tones and the exposure I'm not sure if a polarizer would have helped at all, I've actually never used them, but from what I understand they help when you want to make the sky darker and cut out reflections, not much of that in this particular photo!

As for UV filters, It depends the photographer, I personally never use UV filters, in my opinion you have to spend at least 70-120 on a UV filter good enough (depending the size of the filter) that it wont cut back on your lens's performance, at that price point you may as well send a scratched/cracked front element in to get repaired which costs around 200 bucks total depending on the lens. Some also say that front element glass is much stronger than UV filter glass, so when people say "thank god I had a UV filter on, it cracked right through, that woulda been my lens element!" it may not necessarily be true, in fact the cracked UV filter may scratch the front element more than the actual collision with whatever you are hitting would have.

That being said, many photographers swear by UV filters in front of every single lens they own!

I've really been into B&W lately. Three weeks ago I never even had once converted a pic to B&W and now I've done it a couple times already! Especially this super high contrast I dig.
Also, I've been shooting more-and-more film lately. Tomorrow Uni starts again and am taking a film class. Whoo! Developing and all that isn't hard and I know how to do that, but I really want to learn to print.

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Today was the first chance I've had to try this out.

TijmenDal wrote in post #14909060
I've really been into B&W lately. Three weeks ago I never even had once converted a pic to B&W and now I've done it a couple times already! Especially this super high contrast I dig.
Also, I've been shooting more-and-more film lately. Tomorrow Uni starts again and am taking a film class. Whoo! Developing and all that isn't hard and I know how to do that, but I really want to learn to print.

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awesome photo. I feel like it's on the set to the Dark Knight Rises movie :]

hyogen wrote in post #14909673
awesome photo. I feel like it's on the set to the Dark Knight Rises movie :]

Haha, yeah. It's quite gloomy. I tried making it a little vintage looking. I'm really digging B&W now. Photography for that matter has taken a MUCH bigger part in my life than before.
You know, I liked shooting pictures and what not, but I'm more-and-more thinking I want to do something with it. Not pursue a career as a pro photog, but something on the side.

Great stuff on this page. I sold mine a few months ago, but kept thinking about it... Postman finally brought my new one this afternoon. Got in a few shots (and got caught in the rain). It's nice to be back in the thread

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Mookalafalas wrote in post #14912466
Great stuff on this page. I sold mine a few months ago, but kept thinking about it... Postman finally brought my new one this afternoon. Got in a few shots (and got caught in the rain). It's nice to be back in the thread

Good to have you back buddy! I think we got a really, really nice vibe going in this thread. Also, I haven't been shooting with my Samyang the last week or so! I tried putting it off my camera for a change. Ever since I bought it about 4 months ago, it's just been glued to my camera. As much as I like it, shooting other FL's is good sometimes...

TijmenDal wrote in post #14912486
Good to have you back buddy! I think we got a really, really nice vibe going in this thread. Also, I haven't been shooting with my Samyang the last week or so! I tried putting it off my camera for a change. Ever since I bought it about 4 months ago, it's just been glued to my camera. As much as I like it, shooting other FL's is good sometimes...

Thanks for the nice welcome back. I agree about the thread feeling, too. One reason why I bought a new one, to be honest
And about using other focal lengths, of course! This one would pair brilliantly with something like a 135, I think. That would be a pretty sweet two-lens kit, I think.