I continue to explore the possibilities of my new lens. If he is new to me, then by himself he is already a man of old age. OKS 1-150-1 was born in the USSR, which has now ceased to exist. Country names can change, but people are people and lenses are lenses.
Previously, he stood for professional cinema equipment. It has good enough coverage (f / 2.8) at its 150mm focal length. It's not entirely customary for me to move 2 meters away from the subject (minimum focal length), but you quickly get used to it.
As fate willed, I had an hour and a half of free time, but there was nothing interesting for shooting nearby. It was a building in a residential area of the city, next to a small dull park and the same dull weather that was not going to change.
And then I literally sat down on my knees. The object of my interest was the world under my feet. It turned out that if you carefully look under your feet, you can see a lot of interesting things. It's all about scale.
In post-processing, I took some liberties to enjoy the process. For example, in the original, the first photo looked a little different.
I also wanted to explore the possibilities of the Lightroom program. There is nothing more to comment on. I was looking for cracks, blades of grass, various small features of the macrocosm. And that's what I got.
It wasn't just the world under my feet that came into my field of vision. The building was old, had different traces of time on itself, and that was also interesting.
The last frame is practically unprocessed, only cropping.
What can I say based on the results.
Firstly, for shooting with this lens in cloudy weather, it is advisable to have a tripod (to avoid blur at such a focal length, you have to set a rather fast shutter speed). Even a fully open aperture does not provide sufficient light transmission to the sensor.
Secondly, the lens blurs the background perfectly. It practically kills individual details. This means that the OKS is an excellent portrait lens.
Thirdly, this lens can be used for shooting pseudomacro at long distances. Butterflies, dragonflies and other insects are rather shy. I think that two meters to the subject is still a good enough distance not to scare anyone. I don't even mention street photos. It goes without saying.
For example, I shot this sparrow from about 5-7 meters. Photo is clickable and in full size without processing
If it was 2 meters and clear weather ...
I will continue my experiments and post the results. If anyone is interested, follow the news.
| ▽ | ▽ |
|---|---|
| Camera | Sony A7М2 |
| Lens | Samyang 35 1,4 Helios-40-2 ОKS 1-22-1 |
| Location | Russia |
| Post-production | in LR |
Manual processing in Lightroom