{"id":1219,"date":"2009-02-06T12:21:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2009-02-06T12:21:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T12:21:52","slug":"lenghty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1219","title":{"rendered":"LENghty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat1.jpg\"><br \/>\n24th January 2009 &#8211; a little street shooting session followed by a talk!<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, there were a few interesting pairs of relatively lesser-owned lenses:<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 Peleng 8mm F3.5 M42 circular fisheyes<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM lenses<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA lenses<br \/>\n&#8211; 2 Sony 70-200mm F2.8G SSM lenses<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat2.jpg\"><br \/>\nWith the Carl Zeiss 135mm F1.8.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat3.jpg\"><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the Peleng with a 2x teleconverter, to make it a diagonal fisheye!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat4.jpg\"><br \/>\nIn really noisy conditions, I can walk past and snap unconspicuously from the hip.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat5.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe reflection on the wall has been boosted slightly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat6.jpg\"><br \/>\nInterestingly, the trademark Peleng flare does not show with the 2x teleconverter, it being outside the circle usually.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat7.jpg\"><br \/>\nThen, we headed back to the Central Market Annexe Gallery for a talk by Sony Alpha Product Manager George Wong (who insists he is not representing Sony in the talk and thus makes no gear recommendations.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat8.jpg\"><br \/>\nThen it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedadnan.com\/blog\" target=\"_BLANK\">Ted<\/a>&#8216;s turn to uh, make comments and critique on his own pictures. He also handed out his own autographed prints!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat9.jpg\"><br \/>\nI wish I took this, or not. Ein took this. I normally strongly dislike slanted horizons but this one was done well in a very designer-ish fashion. This is a certain angle which is commonly used in website layouts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat10.jpg\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hocmun.blogspot.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Hoc Mun<\/a>, on the amazing 1.2 meters minimum focus distance of the Sony 70-200mm F2.8G SSM.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat11.jpg\"><br \/>\nI wish I took this. The building is framed smack center and the table is mostly spread across the bottom of the frame.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat12.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe Carl Zeiss 135mm F1.8 has a tendency to capture ambient, reflected light like the green of the table bouncing onto his face. This is at the lens&#8217; amazing 72cm minimum focus distance, the closest of any 135mm prime lens ever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat13.jpg\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinkl.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Kenchill<\/a> shows us how to work my Vivitar 24mm F2.0 DIY tilt-shift lens.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat14.jpg\"><br \/>\nI wonder if photographers look like this when they are sleepwalking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat15.jpg\"><br \/>\nI tried to take a picture of Ted busy talking (with the cup of Milo settled, to illustrate how long he was talking) but he noticed too quickly and smiled. There goes my shot!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/vhat16.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnd after all that, we went down to Sony Style KLCC to check out the new infamously silver <b>Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6G SSM<\/b>, and the <b>Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM<\/b>. Let&#8217;s just say that we really don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s silver or not, based on the insane image quality the lens gives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24th January 2009 &#8211; a little street shooting session followed by a talk! 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