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 QuikSink
   
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
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< on 9/13/2012 9:24 PM >
|  | | | Hey Everyone!
I found this old 28mm f/2.8 Vivitar at Cash Converters for $20.
I already had an FD to EF conversion ring, so I slapped her onto my Canon 5D Mark III
All images are handheld and were processed in Lightroom 4.
The lens has awful chromatic aberration, but I thought it gave pretty awesome dreamy/creamy look to all the photos. Also all of them were taken at the same aperture, I have no idea what that is as the lens seems broken and the aperture ring changes NOTHING, but it looks fairly wide open, presuming close to the 2.8.
Also, since it was this FD lens I had to shoot all manual including focus for the day, think I am getting decent at aiming.
Let me know what you think!
#1
#2
#3
#4
The rest of the set if you would like to check them out:
http://www.flickr....1494020742/detail/
Thanks again everyone!
[last edit 9/13/2012 9:26 PM by QuikSink - edited 1 times]
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Tenebrae
 
Location: The Wild West
Life's short; eat dessert first.
| | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 1 on 9/13/2012 10:46 PM >
| | | | There does seem to be a "soft" quality to 1,3, & 4 (I especially like #2).
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Off-Limits
Location: Leuven, Belgium
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 2 on 9/14/2012 3:25 PM >
| | | | Those are very nice shots.
Is there a glass element in the converter ring? If so I think the chromatic aberration is due to the quality of the glass and not the lens itself. (I had the same problem with a canon FD 50mm and a converter off Ebay)
Sometimes there is some kind of pin that is pushed in when you attach the lens that adjusts the aperture. If you can find that, maybe you can adjust your aperture to higher values for les chromatic aberration and more sharpness.
The 50mm I had was really fuzzy at 1.8 but a lot sharper at 8 of 16.
>>www.off-limits.eu<<
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QuikSink
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 3 on 9/14/2012 4:14 PM >
| | | | Posted by Off-Limits
Those are very nice shots.
Is there a glass element in the converter ring? If so I think the chromatic aberration is due to the quality of the glass and not the lens itself. (I had the same problem with a canon FD 50mm and a converter off Ebay)
Sometimes there is some kind of pin that is pushed in when you attach the lens that adjusts the aperture. If you can find that, maybe you can adjust your aperture to higher values for les chromatic aberration and more sharpness.
The 50mm I had was really fuzzy at 1.8 but a lot sharper at 8 of 16.
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THANKS!
Yeah the ring does have glass. I hadn't thought about it. I'll play and figure it out, but I must say I don't hate the feel I'm currently getting through the lens, so I might purposefully sabotage my sharpness a little. Hipsters gonna hate XD
I've played with it when not attached to the camera too, I think it might just be broken, but I'll certainly take the advice and explore it a little more tonight.
Thanks for the comments and thoughts!
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QuikSink
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 5 on 9/14/2012 7:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by EsseXploreR
Not bad at all dude, 2 is the shit!
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2 is one of my favorite shots I've ever taken, was so psyched  THANKS
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ghettokumquats
Location: Brea, CA
Gender: Male
The Enrichment Center is required to remind you that you will be baked, and then there will be cake.
| | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 6 on 9/15/2012 12:49 AM >
| | | | I agree with the general consensus, number 2 is exceptional. I would keep that lens, even though it's in such poor condition.
No, Ethan, I don't have your lens cap... |
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Harvestman
  
Location: Somewhere in SORTA/TANK Territory!
Gender: Male
Everything about me has a poker face.
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 7 on 9/15/2012 4:07 AM >
| | | | That's literally the only good thing I've ever seen with the Vivitar name on it, other than a rebadged tripod.
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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randomesquephoto
Don't be a Maxx
| | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 8 on 9/15/2012 4:17 AM >
| | | | It has warm tones and warm feel. Pretty cool. I'm getting an old 50mm f2 lens all manual in the mail tomorrow. See how it goes.
You know if the aperture ring works ... you can see the blades moving when you move the ring and look through the lens.
RIP Blackhawk |
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QuikSink
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 9 on 9/15/2012 6:51 AM >
| | | | Posted by randomesquephoto
It has warm tones and warm feel. Pretty cool. I'm getting an old 50mm f2 lens all manual in the mail tomorrow. See how it goes.
You know if the aperture ring works ... you can see the blades moving when you move the ring and look through the lens.
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Yeah, that was why I decided it was broken to begin with, and there's no special button unfortunately to fix it. But hey, for $20 it was a steal and the general consensus seems to be it's awesome, so I will love it like a little stunted child of mine who can occasionally play the most majestic of chords.
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La Cigale
Location: Paris, France
Gender: Male
| | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 10 on 9/17/2012 4:51 PM >
| | | | Some really good pics here. I think the soft focus works for a lot of the shots… the CA not so much. You can always open the images in Camera Raw inside PS and play around with the CA in the lens setting fields and try to reduce the effect. When I see CA I don't think it ever adds to an image. I only ever get the impression it looks like a bad 3D image.
The toning on your images is great, especially Cart 12 (2). I simply love it. It's great on Bloom (1) as well. I don't know if you did any tone mapping, or if that is natural. To tell you the truth, I don't want to know. I love it regardless.
Colours and Filth (3) is my lest favourite. I think it's that it doesn't seam to sit naturally with the other images in the set. Maybe in a wider context, but when you only show these four sets there is something a miss.
Bloom (1) suffered from the same CA issue. I also think it would have been very easy to straighten the photo. If not in the shooting, then defiantly in the post.
I had a quick look at your streak on Flickr as well, some great stuff in there. Keep up the good work.
*** There is a fucking up up up*** |
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Derelict Compositions
Location: Burlington, ON
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 11 on 9/19/2012 1:08 AM >
| | | | Cool shots! You're right, the CA is terrible. Did you try and fix it at all?
Derelict Compositions, Nikon
http://www.flickr.com/dcc_028 |
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QuikSink
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 12 on 9/19/2012 7:51 PM >
| | | | Posted by La Cigale
Some really good pics here. I think the soft focus works for a lot of the shots… the CA not so much. You can always open the images in Camera Raw inside PS and play around with the CA in the lens setting fields and try to reduce the effect. When I see CA I don't think it ever adds to an image. I only ever get the impression it looks like a bad 3D image.
The toning on your images is great, especially Cart 12 (2). I simply love it. It's great on Bloom (1) as well. I don't know if you did any tone mapping, or if that is natural. To tell you the truth, I don't want to know. I love it regardless.
Colours and Filth (3) is my lest favourite. I think it's that it doesn't seam to sit naturally with the other images in the set. Maybe in a wider context, but when you only show these four sets there is something a miss.
Bloom (1) suffered from the same CA issue. I also think it would have been very easy to straighten the photo. If not in the shooting, then defiantly in the post.
I had a quick look at your streak on Flickr as well, some great stuff in there. Keep up the good work.
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Yeah, I agree with the CA comment, I tossed it into lightroom and mucked around for a bit, but I couldn't get rid of the blue without causing some ugly shifting on the door. (I played around with Bloom as I thought that's the one that needs it most and I could test with) The corrections I needed to then fix the door brought back a vibrant line across the edges which was worse than I began with. I think the shifts are something I'll have to deal with unless I have a lot more time on my hands.
I won't spoil it then, my secret is safe with me ;) all shots were handheld though 
I see what you're saying about 3, I liked it with everything else, but it's out of context with what I threw up.
Thanks for the comments!!
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Eschaton
Location: Western NC
Gender: Male
Entry: Eschaton (es-kuh-tawn) noun | end of time, climax of history | Etymology: Greek for 'last'
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 13 on 9/20/2012 1:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by QuikSink
Yeah, I agree with the CA comment, I tossed it into lightroom and mucked around for a bit, but I couldn't get rid of the blue without causing some ugly shifting on the door.
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Lightroom 4 has some excellent defringe sliders in the Develop module, did you give those a try? Look in the right pane, scroll down to Lens Corrections, and select Color. There you'll find the Remove CA button as well as some blue/green and purple/yellow defringe sliders. I agree with the general sentiment that the CA ruins almost all of your otherwise solid shots, but it looks like nothing that can't be handled in Lightroom.
[last edit 9/20/2012 1:08 PM by Eschaton - edited 1 times]
Ars Gratia Adventuris |
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QuikSink
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 14 on 9/20/2012 5:42 PM >
| | | | Posted by Eschaton
Lightroom 4 has some excellent defringe sliders in the Develop module, did you give those a try? Look in the right pane, scroll down to Lens Corrections, and select Color. There you'll find the Remove CA button as well as some blue/green and purple/yellow defringe sliders. I agree with the general sentiment that the CA ruins almost all of your otherwise solid shots, but it looks like nothing that can't be handled in Lightroom.
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Yeah, that's exactly what I tried, it just removes a bunch from the red door and screws me on that nice red that's there 
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La Cigale
Location: Paris, France
Gender: Male
| | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 15 on 9/25/2012 12:32 PM >
| | | | Posted by QuikSink
Yeah, that's exactly what I tried, it just removes a bunch from the red door and screws me on that nice red that's there
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Make a duplicate layer, apply the CA and then mask the sections that it affects and leave the door and other things which it screws the rest intact. Depending on how close your CA is to these colours that it changes, it could be a good solution. Time consuming, but apart from swapping out lens, there's not much I can see you can do.
*** There is a fucking up up up*** |
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QuikSink
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 16 on 9/29/2012 9:26 PM >
| | | | Posted by La Cigale
Make a duplicate layer, apply the CA and then mask the sections that it affects and leave the door and other things which it screws the rest intact. Depending on how close your CA is to these colours that it changes, it could be a good solution. Time consuming, but apart from swapping out lens, there's not much I can see you can do.
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I think I may be in love.
Also, I've been selective masking for the past two weeks straight and didn't think of doing the same thing to these, DOH!
Thanks, just moved across the world to Australia yesterday so I will get to it, but it might be a week or two, I will post them when I check it out!
Thanks again!
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La Cigale
Location: Paris, France
Gender: Male
| | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 17 on 12/20/2012 6:28 PM >
| | | | Australia eh? I'm from Australia? I hope you're going to say Melbourne. Had any time to work on the images yet?
*** There is a fucking up up up*** |
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QuikSink
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 18 on 3/29/2013 10:31 PM >
| | | | Posted by La Cigale
Australia eh? I'm from Australia? I hope you're going to say Melbourne. Had any time to work on the images yet?
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Sorry for the lengthy wait mate, I've had so much going on with life that I had to place visiting UER on hold for a little bit while I got my bearings.
In Adelaide instead of Melbourne which is unfortunate.
As far as the images go I'd been working on things for a good while and not noticed that lightroom no longer liked my filled secondary drive and at some point or another had swapped back to my primary. The primary shat itself a few weeks ago so the Asus is in the warranty swap place and I'm working on a non-photoshop computer til I get her back. I lost any updated images I'd saved as new files and also my shots I'd taken since I moved here. Luckily it wasn't too many as I hadn't gotten many chances to take the camera out.
Thanks for checking back on this months ago and sorry I wasn't on top of it. I went through getting a job and leaving that job and I'm in uni doing some things now. Luckily I was pushed up quite highly in the photo club there and got the role of one of the event coordinators, so photography is starting to find a place in my life again.
There are some awesome targets here that I want to get into, but unfortunately they are all in the city on the busiest streets in Adelaide. I'm going to eventually get in, but last time I tried I had 4 cop cars wait at the lights and some more pass too, unbelievable!
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Filthy_Flint
| | Re: Vivitar Test Run.
<Reply # 19 on 3/29/2013 11:53 PM >
| | | | #2 is awesome, nice composition, exposure, focus. All in all just an awesome shot. Definitely makes me want to run out and get some converters for my old lenses.
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