LMSYS III - 2011

Jason C wrote in post #13082741
Scoring is like this:

1 is awesome
2
3 average
4
5 not awesome


Jason C

And a 1 has maybe been shot by Adams, Gibson, Weston, Frank, Evans, Lange, Bourke-White.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #13084285
And a 1 has maybe been shot by Adams, Gibson, Weston, Frank, Evans, Lange, Bourke-White.

...and a 5 has been numerously shot by Colello, Jason D...:p


Jason C

One could most likely get a 1-5 rating for the same image if there were a large enough audience to view the image.

vmlopes wrote in post #13083638
The Rokinon looks better to me on that B&W above

The 85L has more detail wide open throughout the frame than the Rokinon.


Jason C

That Rokinon doesn't look bad AT ALL, considering the 85L is about 8x more money. And the contrast looks really good on the trucks too. I guess it just depends on how one feels about MF.

How's the focusing ring? When I had that Zeiss 21 Distagon I was really liking how nicely the focus ring operated - much better than any Canon lens I've tried.

macroshot wrote in post #13085020
That Rokinon doesn't look bad AT ALL, considering the 85L is about 8x more money. And the contrast looks really good on the trucks too. I guess it just depends on how one feels about MF.

How's the focusing ring? When I had that Zeiss 21 Distagon I was really liking how nicely the focus ring operated - much better than any Canon lens I've tried.

Mind you, there has been DPP post applied to the mailtruck images (standard, contrast +1, shadow -1, usm 2,8,3--all other values at zero), but the parking lot images do have identical post.

The focus ring is slightly stiff.


Jason C

Okay, truck pics. Left is a no post neutral file, right has DPP applied as described in my prior post:

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And here are the parking lot images, neutral files with no post post...

Matching WB was impossible, so I sampled the same precise area on the warning sign for both images. Also, from what I can tell is that there was more overcast skies for the ROK image, and the 85L image the overcast was thinning and the sun was rising...left of frame.

Rokinon 85/1.4

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Interesting Jason thanks for sharing.

An awesome photo essay about 9/11 by Peter Turnley over on TOP:
http://theonlinephotog​rapher.typepad.com …tographer/blog_​index.html

How's this for homebrew wide angle MF? Cheap too and I bet it works rather well.

http://cgi.ebay.com …RTQ:US:1123#ht_​500wt_1156

Interesting comparsion on the lenses Jason... really don't see a difference, so maybe your little ROK is a hidden gem.. .lol...

Thanks for sharing! Hope everyone had a fun weekend..

This week's results ! Nicely done all ...

Judges will be posting comments individually this week.

1. -g-
2. dilorenzo1954
3. thatkatmat
HM GarryKirsch

I am back. Did you all miss me?

Had a great time in Myrtle Beach. Addy had a blast hanging in the pool everyday.

She was cutting a couple teeth so we had to deal with that....fun fun fun.

Hope you all had a great week. The Rok 1.4 looks killer...

^ well done winners & HM. A super set of photos last week!