Food Bokeh
Yes the RF 50mm f/1.2L is big, heavy, and not cheap but no other lens can be that sharp wide open at f1.2 !
Technique
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Pink Flower Macro
A few photos of a beautiful pink flower with my new macro lens. The closer you get, the narrower the Depth of Field and the more challenging it becomes to focus. These three shots below were focusing on the same point but the wind was gently pushing the flower back and forth.
Lunar Eclipse
That November’s full moon was the longest partial lunar eclipse in over 500 years. Thus, despite a bit of haze, I took the bazooka out, stood in the middle of the street and shot around 20 photos handheld (one stupid gaijin in the middle of the street is ok, but a stupid gaijin with a…
Mario Kart
A few pictures of my beloved Mario Kart (from Tomica) with the RF100mm macro. Very different experience from the the EF version I had about 15 years ago: this one focuses just like any other non-macro lens I have – very fast. Besides, like any other RF L series lens I have, this one is…
Hokkaido Flowers
On holidays in Hokkaido, I wanted to travel light so decided to leave the RF50mm/f1.2L at home and took a much lighter RF50mm/f1.8 with me. Of course, it’s nowhere as good as the 1.2 but is the L version ten times as good (as it roughly costs 10 times as much). Not sure… I hope…
Auto Focus
I wanted to check how good the AF of the R6 works when combined with an EF400mm F5.6L lens, so I went to Shibuya and shot a few people crossing the famous spot (AF in eye tracking mode). I am happy to report that the focusing speed of the EF400mm F5.6L USM on the R6…
The Moon
Found a second hand EF400mm F5.6L USM at Map Camera in pristine condition. Cost me a lot less than a brand new RF100-500mm for about the same reach. It’s also less bulky and slightly lighter. It does not have IS, but since the R6 (or the R5 for that matter) does have IBIS, it’s not…
SAMYANG RF 85 – not good enough
Second part of my adventure with my Samyang lens. I bought a lens station and updated the firmware to the latest version (v2) but still no major improvements: between 1/2 and 1/3 of my shots remain out of focus: slightly at best, quite substantially in the worst cases. I even went to my favourite camera…
Samyang RF 85mm f/1.4
Back after a long hiatus, and with a new camera : a shiny Canon R6. Given the price of the RF prime lenses for now, I wanted to give the Samyang RF 85mm f/1.4 a try. It’s cheap, reasonably well built and the image quality quite good: love the colors and bokeh. HOWEVER, I have…
Creamy Bokeh
The Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Mark II is now my favorite lens and seldom leaves my X-H1: well built, sharp where the focus is done, soft creamy bokeh in other areas, perfect color cast. It reminds me of the 50mm/f1.2L that I had on my 5Dmk3: only smaller, sharper and easier to use (with…
IBIS Drive
EF 10-24mm on X-H1 on Tokyo roads.
90mm Daijingu
Bringing the 90mm/f2 for a spin during lunch around the Tokyo Daijingu shrine.