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Canon EF 50mm F/1.4 Bokeh

by MarkV January 28, 2010 Canon Lenses

It seems that quite a few people are interested in the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4′s bokeh. The Canon Ef 50/1.4 excels in many areas and bokeh just happens to be one of them. I wouldn’t call this lens the king of bokeh but is very good. I won’t bore you with techno babble, instead I [...]

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Zeiss ZE for Canon Full Frame !

by MarkV January 26, 2010 Canon Lenses

Attention all Canon 5D, 5D Mark II and 1Ds series shooters. Zeiss has finally released the 100/2 Makro-Planar T* lens in the ZE mount. Zeiss also released the 50/2 but who cares about that optic. The Zeiss Makro-Planar 100/2 lens, with its Arri optics, is the lens that Nikon shooters have enjoyed for a few [...]

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Scheimpflug and Plane of Focus

by MarkV January 24, 2010 Photography Technique

I was cruising around youtube this morning looking for something useful to explain how a Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 lens can manipulate the plane of focus. I didn’t find anything specifically for Canon TS-E lenses but I found a nifty video describing the Scheimpflug principle and focusing a 4×5 camera. You can watch the video [...]

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Making of the DIY Toy TLR Camera

by MarkV January 16, 2010 LoFi-Photography

Japan is a wonderful far east world of quirky film loving people. At least that is the way I see it. The Otona No Kagaku DIY Magazine (means science for adults) released a DIY TLR camera kit. This low budget kit (I paid 50 dollars for one shipped to the US) can be assembled into [...]

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Sticking With the Canon 5D Classic

by MarkV January 14, 2010 Updates

Lately I have been on the fense about moving up to a 5D Mark II. I almost made the jump before I attended a workshop this week. After looking at my 5D’s files and thinking about the shoot I was glad I didn’t. Would I have enjoyed the Mark II’s wider color gaumet captured in [...]

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