{"id":870,"date":"2007-05-17T02:25:37","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T02:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=870"},"modified":"2015-08-09T08:29:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T08:29:53","slug":"solve-the-softie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"Solve The Softie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl1.jpg\"><br \/>\nGuess what lens this was made with!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl2.jpg\"><br \/>\nOr this!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl3.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnd this!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl4.jpg\"><br \/>\nOr <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aprilcherrie.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Cherrie<\/a>&#8216;s massive teddy-bling phone!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl11.jpg\"><br \/>\nYes, that&#8217;s right; it&#8217;s the Sony A100 with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=869\">Tamron 1.4x teleconverter<\/a> and Minolta 50mm F1.4 lens and Pro Tama 0.7x wide-angle converter!<\/p>\n<p>This particular picture includes a +2 and +4 closeup filter for even more macro softness. However, in most cases I won&#8217;t shoot macro with this combo; or rather, the 1.4x teleconverter keeps the minimum focusing distance while multiplying focal length, so you can get more magnification even without a closeup filter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl12.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnother way to deck it out is to stick a 77mm CPL in front of it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl5.jpg\"><br \/>\nI took it out for a spin in the neighborhood playground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl6.jpg\"><br \/>\nAll shots are wide-open (the 50mm F1.4 would become a 75mm F2.0) for maximum softness. I could still stop down the lens and get quite a lot of softness.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl7.jpg\"><br \/>\n&#8220;<i>I&#8217;ll help you down.<\/i>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl8.jpg\"><br \/>\nAs long as there were highlights, the HDR-like look seen in Half-Life 2 can be seen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl9.jpg\"><br \/>\nHow does it compare to the Minolta\/Sony 135mm F2.8 Smooth Transition Focus? Honestly, nothing is like the STF lens; the STF lens is manual focus only, with the depth of field of a 135mm F2.8 lens but with the transmission of a F4.5 lens (meaning that it lets in less light). Turning the aperture ring from T4.5 to T6.7 results in the right-side image. Note that the bokeh is never harsh or hard, and very very creamy.<\/p>\n<p>Being a manual-focus lens with an effective F4.5 brightness however, it is limited to portrait shots in bright daylight. (Be sure to put some greenery behind the subject.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl10.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Left<\/b>: Minolta 50mm F1.4 lens alone; <b>right<\/b>: softie combo, which seems just a bit longer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl13.jpg\"><br \/>\nOn to impromptu camwhoring!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl14.jpg\"><br \/>\nYes yes this corny effect can be duplicated in Photoshop, but nothing beats seeing it right out of the camera.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/sfl15.jpg\"><br \/>\nBeer ad. Yum yum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what lens this was made with! Or this! And this! Or Cherrie&#8216;s massive teddy-bling phone! Yes, that&#8217;s right; it&#8217;s the Sony A100 with Tamron 1.4x teleconverter and Minolta 50mm F1.4 lens and Pro Tama 0.7x wide-angle converter! This particular picture includes a +2 and +4 closeup filter for even more macro softness. However, in [&hellip;]<\/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-870","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\/870","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=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9649,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions\/9649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}