Dil Roberts Photography

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Fujifilm X-H1 - XF18-135mm f3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
Fujifilm X-H1 - XF18-135mm f3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
Fujifilm X-H1 - XF18-135mm f3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
Fujifilm X-H1 - XF18-135mm f3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
Olympus E-M10 II - Olympus 12-100 f4.0
Olympus E-M10 II - Olympus 12-100 f4.0
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02/08/13
Minolta 35-70 f3.5

Minolta 35-70 f3.5

I wanted to see how the bokeh was with this lens and I must say it's not bad at all. I expected a lot more CA in this image that what was present which says a lot for the lens. It's actually not bad but there are better lenses out there. Maybe I should try it on a m4/3 camera, something like the G1 or G5 because they have a grip. This lens is a little bit too big for the Nex-5N. Front heavy and the balance just isn't there.

1100
NEX-5N
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec
ISO: 200
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• Minolta • 35-70 f3.5 • bokeh • Sony • Nex-5N 

02/07/13
Minolta 35-70 f3.5 zoom

Minolta 35-70 f3.5 zoom

This is a first for me, using an old manual focus zoom. It's not small and I tried this on the Sone Nex-5n which isn't exactly big. I have to admit the whole rig is simply a little front heavy. I may try it on the Nex-7 if I have the time but I don't think it's going to work. The reason I haven't tried these zooms before is that they tend to big and heavy. Zooms of this period were not renowned for their image quality, it's just in recent time that zooms have improved considerably thought he help of computer aided design.
I also noticed that it lacks contrast somewhat and that in itself increases post processing time. It seemed quite sharp at times and other times not. I just couldn't nail it down to a focal length and aperture setting. Looking through the test images I see they do respond to some processing quite well and the colour is accurate.
More on this lens in the next few posts.
1144
NEX-5N
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/25 sec
ISO: 200
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• moss • Minolta • 35-70 f3.5 • zoom • Nex-5N • Sony 

02/06/13
Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Olympus OM 135 f2.8

The processing here tends to compliment the mood of the image. It was winter after all. I must admit it's not my favourite time to go photographing. It's very drab.
Note the background here is busier than in the other images, that's because there wasn't enough background separation. I wouldn't call it ugly but it's not exactly pleasing either. I couldn't open the lens any more because it was already at f2.8.
1547
E-PL1
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/80 sec
ISO: 1250
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• Olympus • OM • 135 f2.8 • manual focus 

02/05/13
Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Olympus OM 135 f2.8

This is going to be the last of the Olympus Om 135 f2.8 images for the present and I really don't know when I will be using it again. I find the f3.5 lenses easier to use the m4/3 cameras and I might just stick to them for this focal length.
While I was out taking a walk in the park I came across an open air exhibition of floating chairs. They even had a bed suspended in the air. Well, I must say, I just didn't understand it at all, I really don't understand this modern art thing anyway. It just doesn't do anything for me.
Saying that, it did get me another image to show you I suppose, so there must be something to it.
1473
E-PL1
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO: 200
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• Olympus • OM • 135 f2.8 • manual focus 

02/04/13
Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Olympus OM 135 f2.8

This image shows just how sharp these prime lenses really are (mind you, I've seen some terrible older lenses so make sure you get a good copy). I stopped the lens down to f4 for this one. Note also the smooth bokeh you get. Some prime lenses tend to give you busy backgrounds, especially if you have some branches in the background but not this lens though.

1383
E-PL1
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
ISO: 200
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• Olympus • OM • 135 f2.8 • manual focus 

02/03/13
Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Wide open at f2.8. Not a lot of DOF in the image. But then again that's what I like in these images.  The 135 also got me closer (35mm equivalent = 270mm). Took me a few tries to get this one also because the light levels were really low.
Note the E-PL1 coped well with ISO 400. A lot of people complain about the noise in the old Panasonic 4/3 sensor, but I don't find it particularly harsh in this one.
1387
E-PL1
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec
ISO: 400
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02/02/13
Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Another one of those images that catches my eye every time I see it. This time though it was me who took it. It really didn't quite lok like it is above when first processed in Lighroom, but then again hardly an image ever is. Post processing didn't start with the digital age because photographers have been fooling around in the darkroom for decades. I think people tend to forget that.
What impresses me in this image is the detail in the ferns. Again I believe this is the sort of rendition and quality you can only get from these old manual lenses.
1568
E-PL1
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec
ISO: 500
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• Olympus • OM • 135 f2.8 • manual focus 

02/02/13
Panasonic G5 with the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8

Panasonic G5 with the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8

1292
DMC-G5
Focal Length: 35 mm
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec
ISO: 200
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• Panasonic • 12-35 f2.8 

02/01/13
Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Olympus OM 135 f2.8

When looking at images like the one above, I realise why I like using these long manual focus prime lenses. It has a quality that I find hard to get with the modern AF lenses. Apart from that, at the time of this post you can't get a prime of this focal length for the m4/3 system. Panasonic have stated that a 150 f2.8 is due out in 2013 which makes it a 300 f2.8 equivelent. Nice, but it's going to be quite expensive I think, considering the price of their 12-35 f2.8 and 35-100 f2.8 lenses. I'm actually considering the Olympus 75 f1.8 lens which gives me the equivelent of 150 f1.8 lens because the images I've seen from that lens are really really nice. Time to save up again I think.

1374
E-PL1
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
ISO: 800
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• Olympus • OM • 135 f2.8 • manual focus 

01/31/13
Olympus OM 135 f2.8

Olympus OM 135 f2.8

The reason I like using lenses of this focal length is that it gets me closer to places that i can't get to normally. Take the image above, I was not able to get all that close to it and the 135 brought it to me. I saw what I wanted to get and this was the perfect lens for it. I also had the 100 f2.8 with me but that didn't get quite what I was after. I'm just wondering if the 135 f3.5 would have gotten me the same image. Probably not quite but it would be damn close. The perspective would have been the same but what about the aperture and that fern in the background.

1495
E-PL1
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
ISO: 640
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