ANY TORONTONIANS?????

BrianMC wrote in post #7299887
i see where you were focusing ...no worries @ 1.2 it as a very narrow DOF....

I'm an idiot. Disclaimer: I've been taking Nyquil all day because that's the only medicine I have in the house. Side effect is apparently that I take everything literally.

_Sim wrote in post #7299580
So I had a few minutes today to play with the 85 1.2 in natural light. I'm in love with this lens. I still have to get used to it, but here's a quick shot I took handheld:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/simindy/3270190​197/

Lovely shot . That lens must be a screamer on the 5DII, but a word of warning, it'll make all your other glass look like garbage . The bokeh is so nice, at all apertures, it's very sharp wide open, but at f/1.8 it'll cut ya! Torontonians clearly have good taste, we've got a lot of 85Ls here - best portrait lens ever made IMO (yes, EVEN compared to the Leica R 90 APO and Nikon 105 AI PC)

BrianMC wrote in post #7299571
ok, I will play by the rules......how do I atttach an image to a PM tho???

Just post links to the photos you attached here and you should be good.

BrianMC wrote in post #7299648
Since I can't post in G&N I'll post another from the other day.....not sure if I cooked the PP too much on this one.....This from 1 580 on the right with a light stick bounced right at 1/4pwr

Nice shot, Brian. I like the processing on it... beautiful colours and the reflection is a nice touch.

Brian that's a gorgeous shot - I'd love to see the same thing but with a horizontal framing. You guys have made me wanna be a narrow DOF whore again. I'm gonna shoot with the 85L on Sunday in studio with my lights on minimum power at f/1.2 .

Thanks...here is another....

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perryge wrote in post #7299966
Brian that's a gorgeous shot - I'd love to see the same thing but with a horizontal framing. You guys have made me wanna be a narrow DOF whore again. I'm gonna shoot with the 85L on Sunday in studio with my lights on minimum power at f/1.2 .

I have one that is horizontal but it is too large to upload....

_Sim wrote in post #7299917
I'm an idiot. Disclaimer: I've been taking Nyquil all day because that's the only medicine I have in the house. Side effect is apparently that I take everything literally.

You're not an idiot...why would you say that

Question, does this look soft????

First is the original SOOC, 2nd is the PP one ....

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No it doesn't, but it's too small - can you post a 100% crop of the focus point? Hard to tell at this size.

perryge wrote in post #7300262
No it doesn't, but it's too small - can you post a 100% crop of the focus point? Hard to tell at this size.

This should do it Perry....It was most likely at the bridge of the nose and I was about 2-3 ft away....

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_Sim wrote in post #7299580
So I had a few minutes today to play with the 85 1.2 in natural light. I'm in love with this lens. I still have to get used to it, but here's a quick shot I took handheld:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/simindy/3270190​197/

Nice shot Simona altough in dogs the focus point is generally the nose and not the eyes like in humans (don;t ask me why, I work at a doggie place and that's what the Editor in Chief who is a pro dog shooter told me), which means f-stop should be kept to a minimum of f4 to get the eyes in focus , or well depend on your focal setting could be less or more..

BrianMC wrote in post #7300288
This should do it Perry....It was most likely at the bridge of the nose and I was about 2-3 ft away....

And you think that's soft for an unprocessed wide open shot? Look at that corner of her eyebrow on the left, very nice and sharp. I bet it looks even better on your monitor since you don't have to compress it down to 150k.

perryge wrote in post #7300322
And you think that's soft for an unprocessed wide open shot?

Not me personally Perry, but they ripped me to shreds at Fred Miranda for it being too soft....

Little do they know this is the same model that Frank Doorhof shot...but did they rip him to shreds... I think not......

The smoothing of the skin makes it look softer I think.

DOORHOF shot her? Is she Toronto based?

perryge wrote in post #7300387
The smoothing of the skin makes it look softer I think.

DOORHOF shot her? Is she Toronto based?

True, I probably should have left it. But it is one thing to have skin soft then another to have a shot soft...
Yes, I believe she is TO based now....