Ah, I understand and agree, Philippe. The 140 Macro is one of my most
successful lenses for sure, it's just gorgeous in all respects. I tried
a later K/L model of the same lens, but in the end kept and preferred
the old C-series one - smaller/lighter, better-built, and just wonderful
optics.
I wish there were an equivalent range of f/1.1 lenses for four thirds
(E-5), but since that's not going to happen, the Mamiya remains very
used by me for shallow depth of field.
Dawid
On Mon, 2012-09-17 at 08:39 +0200, philippe.amard wrote:
> Hi Dawid,
>
> Maybe I didn't put it correctly - what I mean is that composition in
> large part relies on focal length,
> rendition of the tones on the quality of the glass and on aperture, I
> think - so do depth of field and if there's such a thing, bokeh.
>
> The three photos here rely heavily on the above - interesting angles,
> sharp focal plane and smooth transitions are IMHO much more lens than
> film dependent
> Of course, there are differences between films or even sensors and the
> perfect result you aim at, and achieved here, requires all of the
> above to smoothly fit, plus talent, of which you are no doubt well
> equipped :-)
>
> An afterthought the 6x7 format also DOES make a difference here.
>
> Amitiés
> Philippe
>
> Le 16 sept. 12 à 23:02, Dawid Loubser a écrit :
>
> > Philippe, I'm not so sure that I agree about the qualities of the lens
> > being more important than the film in achieving the overall impression
> > of the image. I feel that light, composition, and film (for the
> > dynamic
> > range and tonal rendering...) are even more important, but for
> > enquiring
> > minds, all three of these were with the Mamiya Sekor-C 140mm f/4.5
> > Macro
> > (with some element separation that does not appear to affect the
> > output), shot on 6x7cm film.
> >
> > Pan F is also by far my favourite in medium format, hence my "neglect"
> > of FP4.
> >
> > Thanks for looking!
> >
> > Dawid
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2012-09-16 at 22:16 +0200, philippe.amard wrote:
> >> All three very good as seen from here, tone, compositon, etc.
> >> Ilford used to be my choice too - PanF my fav back then.
> >>
> >> Now, what was the lens please, because I think it does more than the
> >> film to the photographer's achieving this degree of success.
> >>
> >> Thanks for sharing
> >>
> >> AMitiés
> >> Philippe
> >>
> >> Le 16 sept. 12 à 21:53, Dawid Loubser a écrit :
> >>
> >>> Had a small outing in June with my brother to what can only be
> >>> described
> >>> as a small train graveyard... These are three of the first one's
> >>> I've
> >>> processed - all on Ilford FP4 (an old favourite film of mine, which
> >>> had
> >>> been neglected of late):
> >>>
> >>> http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/250/2/6/rustende_grote_by_philosomatographer-d5dx0ql.jpg
> >>> http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/259/b/0/ironically_poised_by_philosomatographer-d5ew4ow.jpg
> >>> http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/259/2/3/twisted_axle_by_philosomatographer-d5ew50g.jpg
> >>>
> >>> P.S. Sorry if the title was misleading, perhaps I should have said
> >>> "bits
> >>> of trains" :-)
> >>>
> >>> Dawid
> >>>
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