Fun with the cheap 85mm 1.4

A bit of fun with my Opteka 85mm 1.4 (manual focus, also known as Samyang or Vivitar 1), in our basement, ISO400-640. I basically wanted to try this manual focus in low light and with moving targets. Proved a lot harder than I feared. I took 100+ shots and more than 60 where so much out of focus as to be useless.

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Fun in the cellar - a set on Flickr if you want exif or higher resolution..

[Lowell Goudge]

it really should be you wearing the sun glasses, to protect yourself from the bright viewfinder.

I have the vivitar version and love it because it is a "fun" lens

[tcdk]

It is a fun lens - just like the nifty-fifty, just 70% more fun...

I'm yet to use it for a 'real' shoot - but the ability to seperate the background like that, has to be used for something.

But it's also a gateway drug... I want a FA* 85mm..