Old Car City at 50mm
Feb 7, 2020 09:55:57 #
This post continues the idea of investigating / comparing similar images from the EF 50mm f/1.8 to the EF 50mm f/1.2L USM. As you consider the various images and similar subjects, you can launch the URL links to see the lens model from the host Flickr page or just guess from the image.
This post is continuation of the initial thoughts / image comparisons in https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-629455-1.html.
Old Car City by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Old Car City is just off I-75 in White, Georgia, about an hour drive north of Atlanta. The former junkyard claims to be the largest collection of old cars in the world. Some of the cars have been here for 70 years.
OCC on Portra 400
This post includes some of the images that got me thinking maybe the EF 50 f/1.8 wasn't delivering. Or more exactly, got me thinking the EF 50mm f/1.2L USM was so much better, there was no need to keep around the other lens.
Old Car City
This mixture of images separate a year between using the 50 f/1.2L and the 50 f/1.8. The idea that one was clearly better than the other has gone completely out the window. The lenses are different, but not in ways you can look at the results and say one is better than the other. I'd say my own ability to use each "properly" has a bigger impact than the lens alone.
Old Car City
The longer you shoot with a fixed focal length lens, the more familiar you become with its field of view without having to look through the camera. You should start to 'see' compositions in your head as you move about a subject. You can see from different angles and different heights just by moving around, without needing your camera.
Styrofoam Cup Museum
Autofocus on the f/1.8 lens is driven by a micro motor. The focus speed is fine, particulary for static subjects. The AF motor has a buzz, you know when it is focusing.
Old Car City
The vehicles, in various stages of decomposition, are only part of the lure of Old Car City. Blending in with the pines, oaks, moss and other vegetation, they generate stunning visuals.
Old Car City
The owner Dean Lewis says business is better now than when he sold recycled car parts. A big part of that business are photographers who travel from all over the country and all over the world to shoot photos of "American Iron".
Old Car City
Man has made an impact on the natural environment. The Georgia Pines are fighting back.
Old Car City
These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
This post is continuation of the initial thoughts / image comparisons in https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-629455-1.html.
Old Car City by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Old Car City is just off I-75 in White, Georgia, about an hour drive north of Atlanta. The former junkyard claims to be the largest collection of old cars in the world. Some of the cars have been here for 70 years.
OCC on Portra 400
This post includes some of the images that got me thinking maybe the EF 50 f/1.8 wasn't delivering. Or more exactly, got me thinking the EF 50mm f/1.2L USM was so much better, there was no need to keep around the other lens.
Old Car City
This mixture of images separate a year between using the 50 f/1.2L and the 50 f/1.8. The idea that one was clearly better than the other has gone completely out the window. The lenses are different, but not in ways you can look at the results and say one is better than the other. I'd say my own ability to use each "properly" has a bigger impact than the lens alone.
Old Car City
The longer you shoot with a fixed focal length lens, the more familiar you become with its field of view without having to look through the camera. You should start to 'see' compositions in your head as you move about a subject. You can see from different angles and different heights just by moving around, without needing your camera.
Styrofoam Cup Museum
Autofocus on the f/1.8 lens is driven by a micro motor. The focus speed is fine, particulary for static subjects. The AF motor has a buzz, you know when it is focusing.
Old Car City
The vehicles, in various stages of decomposition, are only part of the lure of Old Car City. Blending in with the pines, oaks, moss and other vegetation, they generate stunning visuals.
Old Car City
The owner Dean Lewis says business is better now than when he sold recycled car parts. A big part of that business are photographers who travel from all over the country and all over the world to shoot photos of "American Iron".
Old Car City
Man has made an impact on the natural environment. The Georgia Pines are fighting back.
Old Car City
These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
Feb 7, 2020 10:00:13 #
Feb 7, 2020 10:06:54 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
I liked the comment you made about the longer you use a prime the more familiar you become with its field of view. Should be a no brainer but I think that it’s an important topic.
Feb 7, 2020 10:17:55 #
Feb 7, 2020 11:22:27 #
gvarner wrote:
I liked the comment you made about the longer you use a prime the more familiar you become with its field of view. Should be a no brainer but I think that it’s an important topic.
Thank you gvarner! What I've found about this 'see' idea is that I don't feel comfortable at 85mm. Even on zooms that cover 85mm, I can see in my results I'm more comfortable at 135mm, a prime I also have. I have to be forced to use the 85mm prime, where I'd more naturally grab the 50mm or the 135mm.
Feb 7, 2020 11:22:31 #
Thank you Richard, gvarner, Earnest! I probably should have mentioned this post intermingles film with digital as well. I haven't thought to analyze the the focal lengths used, where 35mm has the highest count in my LR catalog over 6 visits to OCC, a higher count than 50mm and the two lenses involved in this post.
Feb 7, 2020 11:53:02 #
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Feb 8, 2020 06:08:23 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
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Those were the cars & trucks of my childhood........nice to see them again. Thanks Paul.
Feb 8, 2020 06:09:41 #
Feb 8, 2020 06:20:58 #
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
Those were the cars & trucks of my childhood........nice to see them again. Thanks Paul.
Childhood?? My first registered car was a '48 Dodge!
Feb 8, 2020 06:37:08 #
Feb 8, 2020 07:44:33 #
Really enjoyed the photos - we’ll have to make the drive down there this summer. My first car was a 1949 Ford but a V8 instead of the anemic 6 (only 90hp vs 100 for the flat-head V8).
Feb 8, 2020 07:49:53 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
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A great tribute to American Iron. Older vehicles had character. Thanks for sharing Paul.
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