testing helios 85 f/1.5

Here is a test shot of the helios 40-2 85 f/1.5, at f/2: my daughter while having dinner, in the kitchen with very low ambient light.
You can see, by her expression, what she thinks of her father...

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Wow, that's some pretty shallow DOF there.

Yes, the DOF is one of the strongest points of this lens!

Tough to work with such shallow dof. It may be my laptop monitor, but the eyes don't seem pinsharp to me. Nevertheless, it's a nice portrait. Very cute kid.

I think you missed focus too. she is darling!

Thanks Alan and Dante!
Yes, I missed the eye... I believe that the focus is somewhere on the nose.
The fact is, that at 85 mm, f/2, at 1 meter from the subject, the DOF is less then 1 cm....
Not easy at all, in low light and with a moving kid....
But that's the fan of it, isn't it?

Nice DOF, she is a little angel, you must be very proud..

Thanks Nick!

And the the word "proud" is not enough to decribe how I feel!

Yeah its amazing how an older lens can make you feel like that! LOL.. just kidding, make sure you take a lot of photos, they dont stay at that age for long.

Nick

Nick_C wrote:
Yeah its amazing how an older lens can make you feel like that! LOL.. just kidding, make sure you take a lot of photos, they dont stay at that age for long.

Nick

Yes... it's a very old one... 8 months!
And, you can image, by the frown on her face, how many shots she gets daily....