June 8, 20169 yr With the benefit of IBIS, plus a pretty decent ISO 3200. Wide open. Zero post. Only crop is the wide-long format and about 10% shaved offa the right edge of the 4th pic. I'm no anti-crop cultist. I'm just stating that these show the way the old lens delivers, without any meddling ! It's a Maxxum AF lens, so on the LAEA3 all focus is MF. Just as well. I never trust SLR/SLT AF at such minimal DoF and the LAEA4 is an SLT device. Anyway I couldn't really spare the 1/3 EV lost thru the LAEA4. I'm already down to 1/50 sec at 105mm :-( This was for publication, so there's about 120 frames, allowing the layout folks to find exactly the right shot for any position on the page. Acoarst it's a priority to show the players actually playing, but I really like a few that I grabbed when they're not playing at that moment. The close shot of the cellist could very well be during a tune but not during a specifically cello passage. I don't recall. But the long-wide shot clearly is between tunes, as you can see that nobody is playing. I really dig the few non-playing shots for how they show personalities. The bassist always looks bored. It's in the job description !
June 9, 20169 yr The bass player seems to wear the standard bass player trouser to - a bit to wide and to wobbly. This seems to be in the job descripion to for (classical trained) bass players all over the world (sorry bass guys :-))
June 18, 20169 yr The flute player needs to keep her sweater on. I use my old Maxxum lenses professionally from time to time. They are wonderful. My favorite is the 24mm prime. However, I am really amazed how sharp the 70-210 beerc an lens is. You can pick the lens up for about $60 on ebay. A wonderful bargain
Create an account or sign in to comment