GOING FULL RES WITH THE 20D !

ASAAR wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:48:17 -0800, Mike Fields wrote:

-Must be an error with Pbase.
Nah, that image is just too fast for us -- I couldn't load it either.

Nope, it's not a Pbase error. Nobody else but Bret's images are
having this problem. For some unknown reason his pictures
occasionally get spiked. It's a real conundrum, but we've got some
good people working on it. If Archie and Saul aren't able to figure
it out on their own, Nero surely will.



Trying again, I see the browsers render the web page with the image
reservation, but time out waiting for that reservation to be filled with
image data. Yes, all other images elsewhere render just fine, so
there's something amiss with this particular image. I suppose it's not
a stretch to imagine a data file getting corrupted on disk after it was
originally written error-free. Who's Nero?

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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

ASAAR wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:48:17 -0800, Mike Fields wrote:

-Must be an error with Pbase.
Nah, that image is just too fast for us -- I couldn't load it either.

Nope, it's not a Pbase error. Nobody else but Bret's images are
having this problem. For some unknown reason his pictures
occasionally get spiked. It's a real conundrum, but we've got some
good people working on it. If Archie and Saul aren't able to figure
it out on their own, Nero surely will.



I found Nero...
http://www.pbase.com/winstonmitchell/image/50048803

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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:39:26 -0600, Jer wrote:

Nope, it's not a Pbase error. Nobody else but Bret's images are
having this problem. For some unknown reason his pictures
occasionally get spiked. It's a real conundrum, but we've got some
good people working on it. If Archie and Saul aren't able to figure
it out on their own, Nero surely will.

I found Nero...
http://www.pbase.com/winstonmitchell/image/50048803

Hmm. That Nero has no woof. For aspiring sleuths that haven't
yet worried a clue, they could either google "archie saul nero" or
try http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/20...3/05/19/Archie

On Jan 27, 11:33 pm, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
Jer wrote:
Annika1980 wrote:
If you want to see just what the 20D can do with the Freakishly Fast
50 f/1.2L, then click this link to see a sample at full resolution.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/73636844/original

That's odd... neither FF nor IE will display this image on this page
regardless of chosen size. Weird. Wild.Perhaps even more odd... FF would a little while ago, but now...an hour
later...it won't.
-Must be an error with Pbase.

PBase must be having server troubles.
It won't even let me re-upload the pic.

So I uploaded it once again at this link:
http://pbase.com/bret/image/73661889/original

On Jan 27, 10:25 pm, "David J. Littleboy" wrote:
Was that with extension tubes, closeup lenses, or neither???

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/73661889/original


One thing I quickly learned is that the 50 f/1.2L doesn't focus as
close as I'd like.
So on that pic I had to use a small (12mm) extension tube.
Without extension tubes it is difficult to fill the frame with
anything except the largest butterflies.

On Jan 28, 12:13 pm, M-M wrote:
Is 50mm f8 1/100 sec any different with your f1.2 lens than if I would
use the same settings on a slower lens? Would the faster lens give a
greater dof?

No, at f/8 it is unlikely that you could see much difference between
the $1600 f/1.2L and the $70 f/1.8.

The faster lens gives a smoother bokeh, especially with out of focus
highlights. I'll post more examples showing this in a few days when
I'm done with my testing.

On Jan 27, 10:49 pm, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
I am impressed with the quality of the OOF elements--esecially stopped down.
I'd be interested to see how it handled OOF highlights in a shot like
this...

The representation of the OOF highlights you mentioned is the one area
where the f/1.2L shines over the f/1.8 lens. The highlights are
rendered in perfect circles with the f/1.2L, compared with the
pentagonal shape of the f/1.8. This might be important for a wedding
photographer or someone who makes his living shooting on the street.




I'll try to post some examples later.

In article , ASAAR
wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:48:17 -0800, Mike Fields wrote:

-Must be an error with Pbase.

Nah, that image is just too fast for us -- I couldn't load it either.

Nope, it's not a Pbase error. Nobody else but Bret's images are
having this problem. For some unknown reason his pictures
occasionally get spiked. It's a real conundrum, but we've got some
good people working on it. If Archie and Saul aren't able to figure
it out on their own, Nero surely will.


Ah, a Stout fan.... I have every one of his books, and many in first
edition, including two signed ones.

--
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a
reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating
the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for
independence.
-- Charles A. Beard

Annika1980 wrote:
On Jan 27, 10:49 pm, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
I am impressed with the quality of the OOF elements--esecially
stopped down. I'd be interested to see how it handled OOF highlights
in a shot like this...

The representation of the OOF highlights you mentioned is the one area
where the f/1.2L shines over the f/1.8 lens. The highlights are
rendered in perfect circles with the f/1.2L, compared with the
pentagonal shape of the f/1.8. This might be important for a wedding
photographer or someone who makes his living shooting on the street.




I'll try to post some examples later.

Thanks. It sounds like the 50 1.2 handles them well--which, to me, is often
the real test of OOF stuff.

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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:11:28 -0800, Ken Lucke wrote:

Ah, a Stout fan....

No, beer! Oh, I see what you mean.

I have every one of his books, and many in first
edition, including two signed ones.

I have a good number as well, but not nearly all of them. The
only first editions I own would be first paperback editions. I'd
appreciate it if you would leave me your Wolfe collection in your
will, or you can decline and be a villain.