Mylène, portrait and bokeh (Minolta 100/2 on Alpha 7)

[fute77]

Hi all,

 

Here is a result from a photo session made in june

 

I am really in love with the good old minolta 100/2. I have compared it with the CZ 85/1.4 (a mount) and it stand the comparision

 

let me know what you think 

 

loneliness by Fabrice, sur Flickr

 

Sony Alpha 7 with LA-EA3 and Minolta 100/2

 

ISO 125 f/3.5 1/320s

[Golem]

Nope.  

  

Need to stop down, and open up ...  

your iris and your eyes, respectively.

 

Subject is very well photographed.

Thaz really without question, light,

expression, etc, all really well done. 

  

The "stop down ... open up" thing is

about the reeeeally unfortunate item

rising up out of her spine or shoulder.

  

I see that as a result of a trusting in

rather wide apertures to relieve the

photographer from needing to keep

an eye on backgrounds. IMNSHO,

the distracting background object is

something SO obvious that anyone

who was even partially watching for

background problems could not fail

to catch it. But the belief that a wide

f/stop will allow one to concentrate

only on the subject is misleading. It

did result in a really great rendition

of the subject ... thaz way cool ! But

it seriously marred the total image  

by allowing that uncool background

thing to intrude as much as it does. 

It's a drag, cuz so much else is just

so verrrry beautifully done :-( 

[Golem]

At the risk of sounding crazy, let me suggest a camera

feature. It will never be produced, but one can learn to

do this with one's mind, instead of relying on a device.

  

OK, here's the design concept for the feature. It's NOT

for SLRs, only for live view cameras. One key ability of

live view cameras is presenting a full brightness image

for viewing, even if viewing thru a smallish f/stop. The

purpose is to warn of distracting backgrounds.

  

The idea is to sequence the iris and shutter as follows.

In this example, the f/stop intended for good exposure

is f/2.8. So here's the sequence: 

 

1. Viewing/composing at stopped down to  f/5.6 or f/8. 

2. AF activation or MF-aid causes opening to fully open.

3. Cessation of focus action drops iris back to f/5.6 or 8.

4. Instant before shutter opens, iris opens to f/2.8 [the

f/stop intended for good exposure].  

  

The essence here is to bring background objects into

more noticeable focus, even tho they will be somewhat

softened at the actual f/stop for the exposure. Reason

for this is that, even tho soft-focused, many background

objects should not be ignored. Problem is that objects 

look more distracting in a finished photograph than they

seem while composing and timing the original exposure.

  

I repeat that describing the feature is a conceptual way

of explaining the need to practice a visual skill. It's not

that I imagine the feature ever being implemented.