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Ajax and the fly

by Alberto Patiño

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted April 13, 201685 views1 comments
I like to play around with old manual focus lenses. This is a Konica Hexanon 50mm f/1.4 fully open (!), and at close to minimum focusing distance (!!). Yes, it is not very sharp, yes there is some CA (not corrected in LR), but this is f/1.4, with less than ideal light, with a lens designed over 40 years ago using a slide rule and a drafting table. One of these days I'll post another picture to show what this lens is capable of at f/11. EDIT: done, see POP photos if you are interested :)

I think I only got his right hand whiskers and a small bit of his nose in focus, but I like the picture anyway. I'd be interested to know what you think. 

Sony a6000, ISO 400, 1/500 sec

 

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1 comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on April 17, 2016 at 7:48 AM
Hi Alberto,

Old lenses are wonderful with limitations of course. What's in focus is nice and sharp and the image has rich colors. I like this photo because the cat's pose looks like he's ready to spring into action to snag the gnat.....................Jim 
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