Photo's of my modest Lens Collection

I have to ask, why did you shoot at ISO 200 when you're using a tripod and shooting something stationary? Not only is it a non-native ISO (I assume, might be but I doubt it) but it's also rather high.


Other than that I like the photos, something about the reflections is bugging me though but I can't put my finger on it. There don't seem to be any OOF parts to the lenses to me as well.

very nicely done. posts like these make me feel better not having FF.

How do you get the nice colors to show up on the front elements?

The Ran wrote in post #11614461
I have to ask, why did you shoot at ISO 200 when you're using a tripod and shooting something stationary? Not only is it a non-native ISO (I assume, might be but I doubt it) but it's also rather high.


Other than that I like the photos, something about the reflections is bugging me though but I can't put my finger on it. There don't seem to be any OOF parts to the lenses to me as well.

I just cleaned my sensor the night before and I didn't want my shutter open for 20 seconds to shoot at ISO 100. Also, the longer my shutter was open (around the 6 second mark), the photo's were starting to get over exposed even in Av mode stated it was correctly exposed. So there were a few reasons why I choose to shoot at the higher ISO. Plus, the 60D handels high ISO so well, it didn't impact the photo.

VirtualRain wrote in post #11614495
How do you get the nice colors to show up on the front elements?

They were natural. Shooting them at that angel yielded those colors. I saturated them a tiny bit more for pop too.

nice shots! love the lighting

mdgrwl wrote in post #11614831
I just cleaned my sensor the night before and I didn't want my shutter open for 20 seconds to shoot at ISO 100. Also, the longer my shutter was open (around the 6 second mark), the photo's were starting to get over exposed even in Av mode stated it was correctly exposed. So there were a few reasons why I choose to shoot at the higher ISO. Plus, the 60D handels high ISO so well, it didn't impact the photo.

A 20 second exposure isn't going to cover your sensor in gunk, if it did then those that used live view for minutes at a time would have balls of fluff in their mirror boxes by now. As for why you were getting messed up exposures I don't know, but even so you could just do some simple math. 2000/100 = 20, 4 seconds x 20 = 80 seconds. So, if the camera was really giving you 20 seconds that'd actually be 2 stops under exposed. Not sure if the camera can even expose for more than 30 seconds outside of bulb, but you still could've done something like ISO 500 to get 16 seconds.

As for it not impacting the photos, I'm not sure how well your monitor is set up but I can clearly see a fair bit of noise in the blacks, and even where you've either tried to clean it up or you've adjusted some settings like saturation or contrast and it's made it stand out even more.

damn nice shots!

The Ran wrote in post #11614977
A 20 second exposure isn't going to cover your sensor in gunk, if it did then those that used live view for minutes at a time would have balls of fluff in their mirror boxes by now. As for why you were getting messed up exposures I don't know, but even so you could just do some simple math. 2000/100 = 20, 4 seconds x 20 = 80 seconds. So, if the camera was really giving you 20 seconds that'd actually be 2 stops under exposed. Not sure if the camera can even expose for more than 30 seconds outside of bulb, but you still could've done something like ISO 500 to get 16 seconds.

As for it not impacting the photos, I'm not sure how well your monitor is set up but I can clearly see a fair bit of noise in the blacks, and even where you've either tried to clean it up or you've adjusted some settings like saturation or contrast and it's made it stand out even more.

i guess i need to buy a monitor calibration system because all I see is black, even after using some free online monitor calibrators

The Ran wrote in post #11614977
A 20 second exposure isn't going to cover your sensor in gunk, if it did then those that used live view for minutes at a time would have balls of fluff in their mirror boxes by now. As for why you were getting messed up exposures I don't know, but even so you could just do some simple math. 2000/100 = 20, 4 seconds x 20 = 80 seconds. So, if the camera was really giving you 20 seconds that'd actually be 2 stops under exposed. Not sure if the camera can even expose for more than 30 seconds outside of bulb, but you still could've done something like ISO 500 to get 16 seconds.

As for it not impacting the photos, I'm not sure how well your monitor is set up but I can clearly see a fair bit of noise in the blacks, and even where you've either tried to clean it up or you've adjusted some settings like saturation or contrast and it's made it stand out even more.

I think your overly anal. Firstly you say ISO200 is too high...then go on to say you should have used ISO500...?

Meh, great shots mate!

C.Michael wrote in post #11616650
I think your overly anal.

C.Michael wrote in post #11616650
Meh, great shots mate!

Thanks man

mdgrwl wrote in post #11616621
i guess i need to buy a monitor calibration system because all I see is black, even after using some free online monitor calibrators

It would seem your monitor really isn't any good, I can even notice it on my netbook's screen which is still set up as it came from the factory. It's most noticeable in the first and last shots, especially the banding on the right in the first one.

C.Michael wrote in post #11616650
I think your overly anal. Firstly you say ISO200 is too high...then go on to say you should have used ISO500...?

Meh, great shots mate!

I think you need to re-read mine and OP's posts where he says he shot at ISO 2000, note the extra "0".

Those are great pictures. They are also great lenses. I have all 3.

The Ran wrote in post #11616948
It would seem your monitor really isn't any good, I can even notice it on my netbook's screen which is still set up as it came from the factory. It's most noticeable in the first and last shots, especially the banding on the right in the first one.

Alright bro, I was trying to be nice about it, but enough of your crappy on the thread...

Enough of your exposure leasons & telling me how my set up, camera settings and monitor are all junk.

I say these photos speak for themselves. Great job.