How?

[Eyesthruthelens]

Hi,
Check out these photos..
http://www.pbase.com/lysdexia/portrait

Questions on KM system:
Which lens is the best for such shots?

[Drudkh]

135mm f/2.8, no horse run!

sample:

[ileaf]

Originally Posted by Drudkh 135mm f/2.8, no horse run! sample:

superb model! superb photographer!

[jsbn]

Can I say 'nice photo' or 'chio model'?

Exposure damn swee. Nice skin tone. Bokeh really no horse run.

U shot it wide open?

[Drudkh]

yup, f/2.8.

[GENO]

Originally Posted by Drudkh yup, f/2.8.

100X for the lens!

[Drudkh]

Originally Posted by GENO 100X for the lens!

70-200 SSM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GENO]

Originally Posted by Drudkh 70-200 SSM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i copy the pic from internet lah..

[dynaxattack]

Wow, truly a seben jeerow du jeerow jeerow ass ass mmmm .

[jsbn]

Originally Posted by Drudkh 70-200 SSM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And a cool $3K for this glass....

[Drudkh]

saving for the 8K glass

[Garion]

Originally Posted by Drudkh saving for the 8K glass

300mm f2.8 har?

BTW sorry for the OT....I think the model face is not totally in focus, you can see her left eye and left side of face OOF a little...but the 135mm f/2.8 does look like a nice piece of glass..

[dynaxattack]

Originally Posted by Garion 300mm f2.8 har? BTW sorry for the OT....I think the model face is not totally in focus, you can see her left eye and left side of face OOF a little...but the 135mm f/2.8 does look like a nice piece of glass..

Speaking of the OOF, I think its one of the 'tiny' problem fast-prime lens has. Example, when u take a close-up face shot, the focus will tend to point to the higer point/closer to lens point. In this case, the nose will sometimes fool the camera reading.

So in this picture, there is definitely somewhere that is nearer to the lens, guess where the focus point is??? Was that deliberate??

[grado]

Originally Posted by dynaxattack Speaking of the OOF, I think its one of the 'tiny' problem fast-prime lens has. Example, when u take a close-up face shot, the focus will tend to point to the higer point/closer to lens point. In this case, the nose will sometimes fool the camera reading. So in this picture, there is definitely somewhere that is nearer to the lens, guess where the focus point is??? Was that deliberate??

I never let the camera decide its focus point. I either use centre focus or select my focus points when the subject point is close and off centre. I have used the 135mm f2.8 and its focussing has mostly been tack sharp and accurate.

[Drudkh]

Originally Posted by Garion 300mm f2.8 har? BTW sorry for the OT....I think the model face is not totally in focus, you can see her left eye and left side of face OOF a little...but the 135mm f/2.8 does look like a nice piece of glass..

wow your eyes damn sharp!
no la, not on purpose. i focus her eye then recompose leh, maybe during the movement the camera cannot resist and re-auto focus itself?

[Garion]

Originally Posted by dynaxattack Speaking of the OOF, I think its one of the 'tiny' problem fast-prime lens has. Example, when u take a close-up face shot, the focus will tend to point to the higer point/closer to lens point. In this case, the nose will sometimes fool the camera reading. So in this picture, there is definitely somewhere that is nearer to the lens, guess where the focus point is??? Was that deliberate??

My guess is the focus point was on her right shoulder?

Normally for portraits you have to be careful of where the camera focuses, esp when shallow DOF (ie large aperture) is employed. Therefore manual selection of focus points or manual focus is better than activating all focusing points and just letting the cam automatically focus on the nearest pt, which probably might be anything except the face, which would result in OOF eyes, face etc.

I'm not sure if the OOF effect here is deliberately done though.

[dynaxattack]

Originally Posted by Drudkh wow your eyes damn sharp! no la, not on purpose. i focus her eye then recompose leh, maybe during the movement the camera cannot resist and re-auto focus itself?

Must be the camera!!

(now I can tell my wife about those shots i took.)

[Drudkh]

Originally Posted by dynaxattack Must be the camera!! (now I can tell my wife about those shots i took.)

sure or not? post a shot to see leh.

[Garion]

Originally Posted by Drudkh wow your eyes damn sharp! no la, not on purpose. i focus her eye then recompose leh, maybe during the movement the camera cannot resist and re-auto focus itself?

Yup, could be what happened. Maybe try select your focus point to the nearest to her face, and then focus lock and no need to recompose. Focus lock and then recompose is easy to get the focus point off due to accidental shift, camera refocus elsewhere, etc.

[Drudkh]

if only camera has focus bracketing? 8fps cameras can.