Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

digital_AM wrote in post #18657695
Congrats Vinz! Best of luck to you on this project. Test shots looked good.

thanks.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18657694
I've noticed people come around to the FE 90 Macro sooner or later I remember listening to Gene but not acting....took me too long. It is a fantastic optic.

as i transitioned to a more lifestyle family portrait, bokeh isn't my first priority now. never should actually but your subject. on the 90mm though for a half body shot of a single subject, the bokeh is not bad.

vinmunoz wrote in post #18657687
i got the gig for that Japanese restaurant after the test shots i did for them. it's going to be about 100 items. I offered $25/item but they came back with hey our budget for this is only $1500 so it will go down to $15/item. of course i accepted it. wish me goodluck. I'm watching more food photography in creativelive now to make sure i'll get more info to make it successful.

We already set a date and I'm going to loan the FE90Macro from Pro Support. Good opportunity to test the AF speed of the lens as well. if it's at least about the same speed as the 85GM, i might switch to the 90 macro. I shot a family yesterday and I had to be at least at F3.2 to make everyone in focus so the 90F2.8 is good enough for me. It has OSS so it should help. i'm done with bokelicious.

Best of luck with the new client and style of shooting Vinz. Just keep the food bright, colorful and appetizing and you can't go wrong.

Has anyone here tried the ICE 105mm CPL?

navydoc wrote in post #18657701
Best of luck with the new client and style of shooting Vinz. Just keep the food bright, colorful and appetizing and you can't go wrong.

thanks Gene and thanks for the tips. I know you own both the 90macro and the 85GM, what can you say about the AF speed? which one is a bit faster?

i used to owned the 90 macro and i switch to the 85GM. I just can't remember it's AF speed

i don't know why i shot this at F4 on the FE90 but even at F4, bokeh isn't bad for some half body shots.
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Just ordered the Canon 24mm TS-E lens from Adorama. Hopefully I can get it before my shoot next Wednesday and Thursday. Thanks again guys.

Congrats. One day I shall own a TS lens.

vinmunoz wrote in post #18657707
thanks Gene and thanks for the tips. I know you own both the 90macro and the 85GM, what can you say about the AF speed? which one is a bit faster?

To me, I think they are both about the same but keep in mind that what portraits I do take tend to be static indoors. I don't have studio lights so the room is fairly dark for focusing so both lenses hunt occasionally. I think that as long as the lens elements don't have to travel from say infinity focus to close up each time, the AF speed is fine on both lenses to me. If your subject moves often or you move around them a lot, that might affect the focus speed a bit, at least initially.

Sorry I couldn't give you a better response about AF comparisons.

navydoc wrote in post #18657721
To me, I think they are both about the same but keep in mind that what portraits I do take tend to be static indoors. I don't have studio lights so the room is fairly dark for focusing so both lenses hunt occasionally. I think that as long as the lens elements don't have to travel from say infinity focus to close up each time, the AF speed is fine on both lenses to me. If your subject moves often or you move around them a lot, that might affect the focus speed a bit, at least initially.

Sorry I couldn't give you a better response about AF comparisons.

Thanks Gene. I know most macros are slow in AF department but knowing the 85GM is also slow, it might be the same. i'll find out soon.

rantercsr wrote in post #18657374
you make me want to shoot birds..

honestly once in a while i'll try to shoot a small low flying plane ,, and i'll loose track of it so easily

however I don't think the little use i'd get out of it would make me feel good about speding that kind of money.. obviously for you its very worth it since you shoot a lot of wild life.

I do consider a tele zoom lens for my m4/3 though since they are much cheaper

Randal my better-one Poof shoots mFT a lot and she shoots bierds.
Scroll down at leat until you see the Ospreys
https://www.flickr.com …/albums/7215768​6225817362
I use the Pan-Leica 100-400, she uses the Oly 300/4. Either are such a joy when
wildlifing because usually we have to walk quite a bit and mFT doesn't crack the spine after
a day of carry.

navydoc wrote in post #18657423
We are all supposed to have a "good side" and a "bad side" when it comes to having our portraits done. So, for the heck of it, I took a couple of quick shots to see which side was my best considering what I have to work with in the first place.

I think my left side may be a bit better.

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Agreed, handsome from either side.
Had you been wearing glasses for a while before the shot?
That's a killer lens too.

SeattleSpeedster wrote in post #18657397
Hiked out to Fremont lookout last night and when the low clouds broke...

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World class. I don't know if I have the nerve for helicopter/small fixed wing photography but your results are always 10 star.

vinmunoz wrote in post #18657713
i used to owned the 90 macro and i switch to the 85GM. I just can't remember it's AF speed

i don't know why i shot this at F4 on the FE90 but even at F4, bokeh isn't bad for some half body shots.
https://500px.com …rom=user&user_i​d=12014171

I'd say not bad! Nice light in her eyes too.

Here is Poof's take on Peggy's Cove and she used the PZ16-50 on the A7Rii. I like it better than anything I got there.

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