People More Randoms (Shot With Vivitar 85mm 1.4)

More Randoms (Shot With Vivitar 85mm 1.4) · 06:00 PM

Been shooting with the 50~135 the past few days, thought I would switch it up a little today and shoot some with the Vivitar 85mm 1.4 - advantage is larger aperture and IMO better bokeh. Took a bit of getting used to again as the zoom and the auto focus on the 50~135 kind of spoiled me.

The "running guy" picture is a true testament of what this lens is capable of!!! Untouched in PP and shot at f/2.5

... (Who says Auto-Focus is better than Manual-Focus

)

hcc · 11-27-2011, 06:44 PM

Nice shots.

Photos #1 and #4 are my favorites.

Thank you for posting.

**Scottnorwo** · 11-27-2011, 06:58 PM

great shots. the lens certainly performed super.

photoleet · 11-27-2011, 07:00 PM

I like the running guy.

What camera was the popup flash guy using ?

joe.penn · 11-28-2011, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by StDevious

What camera was the popup flash guy using ?

It was a canon, not sure what model though...

Rupert · 11-28-2011, 08:27 AM

Great shots...that lens really shines in your hands!
Regards!

Don From The Radio · 11-30-2011, 12:00 AM

Originally posted by StDevious

What camera was the popup flash guy using ?

Originally posted by joe.penn

It was a canon, not sure what model though...

I guess we can be thankful he at least had his lens hood on the right way.

Lex Madera · 11-30-2011, 12:36 AM

# 4 rocks. Congrats! Need to get into DC more myself and take photos.

loco · 11-30-2011, 10:28 AM

These are all great, Joe! I need to experiment more with larger apertures in those types of situations. I love the subject isolation.

eddie1960 · 11-30-2011, 10:45 AM

Excellent shots Joe. makes me want this lens even more (thanks for that like I need to feed my LBA

)

joe.penn · 11-30-2011, 02:04 PM

Thanks everyone for the compliments

Originally posted by eddie1960

Excellent shots Joe. makes me want this lens even more (thanks for that like I need to feed my LBA )

A great lens it is Eddie, I use/have used this thing for everything from portraits to sports all with great results...

befocus · 11-30-2011, 02:43 PM

it's the same lens as samyang/rokinon/bower etc right?

joe.penn · 11-30-2011, 03:13 PM

Originally posted by befocus

it's the same lens as samyang/rokinon/bower etc right?

Yes, just the Vivitar version - cost a little higher than the others but it is the same optically, focus ring and aesthetics are however different...

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joe.penn Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland (Right Outside Washington DC) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,902 Original Poster	Thanks everyone for the compliments Originally posted by eddie1960 Excellent shots Joe. makes me want this lens even more (thanks for that like I need to feed my LBA ) A great lens it is Eddie, I use/have used this thing for everything from portraits to sports all with great results...

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