{"id":1249,"date":"2009-04-13T01:49:43","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T01:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2009-04-13T01:49:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T01:49:43","slug":"another-geekout-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1249","title":{"rendered":"Another Geekout Session"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt’s yet another geekout session with Albert, starting with a night in Titiwangsa Lake Garden<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nInterestingly, the Eye On Malaysia has shifted to Malacca!<\/p>\n


\nKJ<\/a> sits on a power box.<\/p>\n


\nI don’t know what he sees.<\/p>\n


\nThis Casio Exilim F1 sees at 60 FPS. No, not video – continuous bursts! Unbeatable for capturing sports action, really!<\/p>\n


\nSize comparison, left to right<\/b>: Minolta X300 with Seagull 50mm F1.8 lens, Olympus E-420 with Zuiko Digital 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 lens.<\/p>\n


\nThough for me I’m not excited about the Four-Thirds system as much as the Micro Four-Thirds system; here’s the mirror-less Panasonic G1!<\/p>\n


\nThen there’s the Olympus Micro Four-Thirds prototype with a possible 20mm F1.7. SWEET!<\/p>\n


\nSunpak Auto 16R Pro ring macro flash.<\/p>\n


\nThe Canon MP-E 65 5x-1x macro lens on a Canon EOS 50D!<\/p>\n


\nTop pictures are the lens at 1:1x magnification; bottom pictures are the lens at 5:1x magnification.<\/p>\n

It’s not an easy lens to use – changing the magnification then requires you to change distance, too. It’s basically a 65mm F2.8 on a variable extension tube. Interestingly, the Minolta 3x-1x uses a 50mm F1.7 and has auto-focus…<\/p>\n


\nAnd now rewind to the plastic Diana F+! Interesting that it has focus control.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: I’m guessing the icons really represent apertures from F8\/F11\/F16\/F22; the film indicator switch tells you it’s 120 medium format; the internal parts are all plastic.<\/p>\n


\nHere’s another medium format camera, the Pentacon six TL!<\/p>\n


\nFitted with a Carl Zeiss Biometar 80mm F2.8 lens, which is a normal lens on medium format, similiar to 50mm on full-frame 36x24mm.<\/p>\n


\nShot with the Minolta 70-210mm F4 beercan at 70mm F8.<\/p>\n


\nI tried holding the Biometar in front of my A700 and focusing manually.<\/p>\n


\nI then tried to tilt the lens upwards to give a shallower depth of field. Of course, the light leaking in from below would cause this loss of contrast and add flare…<\/p>\n


\nThis was a far more challenging shot at 80mm F2.8 – it was tilted downwards. Note what is in focus<\/b>.<\/p>\n

And now, for a gratituous set of pictures of lenses to show relative size comparisons!<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Minolta 85mm F1.4G, Minolta 24-105mm F3.5-4.5 (D), Minolta 35mm F1.4G, Vivitar Series 1 28-105mm F2.8-3.8, F&N canned drink.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Minolta Dynax 7 with Minolta 85mm F1.4G, Nikon D700 with Nikkor AF-D 85mm F1.8.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Sony Alpha 200 with Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Sony Alpha 300 with Minolta 85mm F1.4G.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Minolta 135mm F2.8, Minolta 28-85mm F3.5-4.5.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Minolta 28-70mm F2.8G, Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm F2.8 SSM ZA.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Sony 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT, Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 DT ZA. Honestly I expected the Zeiss to be a lot bigger.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 DT ZA, Sony 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 DT.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC Macro, Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC Macro. Both focus to a crazy close 20cm but the 17-70mm has the advantage of focal length to achieve a magnification of 1:2.3x!<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Peleng 8mm F3.5 circular fisheye in M42 mount, Minolta 50mm F1.4 (in A-mount), Jupiter-9 85mm F2.0 in M42 mount.<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA, Sony Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm F1.4 ZA, Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm F2.8 SSM ZA, Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm F2.4 in M42 mount, Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 DT ZA. It was a pity that we could not get the Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 16-35mm F2.8 SSM ZA to join this party!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s yet another geekout session with Albert, starting with a night in Titiwangsa Lake Garden. Interestingly, the Eye On Malaysia has shifted to Malacca! KJ sits on a power box. I don’t know what he sees. This Casio Exilim F1 sees at 60 FPS. No, not video – continuous bursts! Unbeatable for capturing sports action, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}