God's Palette

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After a simple, improvised lunch without using stockings as cooking utensils, Sister Coconut was washing the dishes, while Xia Xun and Zhuanzhuan were tossing about photography.They have tested the 24 F2 ZA lens before, how does it perform on the current excellent camera.

But it's not just this one that needs to be tested.

"Brother Xun, how do you want me to test your Minolta 85 1.4 GDL?"

"It's not mine..." Xia Xun didn't forget to remind himself of this, "Mian Yu borrowed it from me."

"Okay, that's yours. In short, if it's used in portrait photography, should I shoot you, or should you shoot me to test performance?"

Xia Xun thought about it, and in order to avoid the sequelae of narcissism, she silently took the camera.Zhuan Zhuan looked excited, tidying up his appearance, preparing to be a model for brother Xun.

But Xia Xun didn't take it too seriously.

I am used to the old a700, but this brand new a9 camera has many different operations, so Xia Xun is familiar with the operation of this series of Sony cameras in advance while pressing the shutter. I have to say that the sense of control is really good. How about it……

There is only one advantage.

When a normal man holds this mirrorless camera, the overly light and compact design will make the little finger feel like there is no place to put it, but it is very suitable for a girl's small hand, so the feel is an advantage instead.

85 1.4 GDL is an old lens, the focus is still stable, accurate, and ruthless when used on a new camera, but the autofocus speed is a bit slow, and it is top-heavy, and the shooting feeling is not very good.

Xia Xun held the left hand of the lens and the right hand holding the camera, deeply feeling the fragmentation of the changing times.

The mirrorless camera, which is characterized by lightness and leads the next era of photography, and the lens of the traditional SLR era, have subtle differences that are hard to say, but do exist, which prevents Xia Xun from taking pictures as smoothly as before.

But it is not important.

Lenses and cameras are used for photography, everything depends on the picture.

Xia Xun used jumping flash, borrowed some sunlight outside the house through the white screen window, and composed the picture with the vertical rule of thirds, recording the excitement of Zhuanzhuan.She took many photos with the aperture ranging from 1.4 to 8. After all, there are obvious differences in the image quality performance under different aperture sizes, and the test is very troublesome.

"Are you ready to shoot?"

"Ah."

"Hahaha, I'm so looking forward to it, Brother Xun took a picture of me."

Xia Xun smiled slightly, and turned the camera back, and the latter immediately unlocked the tablet and imported the photos into it.

Dozens of freshly released, unmodified photos are about to show the answer Xia Xun hopes to get.

Can this Minolta God of Portrait lens, which used extravagant materials and a nearly perfect design, once dominated an era, work for the picture Ye Qianluo needed?Can the beauty spanning decades still dance in this era?

The main thing is, if it still works, then you don’t need to buy a new portrait lens, and you can directly save [-] yuan!This is the most critical.

Chapter 088: An Exclamation

This old lens is still not outdated—at least in Xia Xun's view.

The products of digital technology are always changing with each passing day, and are changing at a rapid pace.

But the lens used for photography is a field that has nothing to do with digital technology, so it is rare to be a little leisurely.Because those old lenses that are still available can freeze a mere moment from the new time torrent while exuding the smell of old time.

Time is never out of date.

The lens that Xia Xun had in hand was as outstanding as ever.

"Hey, it's quite sharp...Brother Xun, is this all open?"

"Well, the aperture is 1.4, and it's sharper by closing a few stops. It can't compare with the medium format, but it must be no problem to feed the more than 7 million pixels of the a3r[-]."

On the screen of the tablet computer, Zhuanzhuan holding the white screen window and smirking at the camera was accurately focused and recorded.The soft light shone on her small face, slightly covering up the blemishes of her skin, making it a pretty sweet portrait.The age of the lens gives this photo a little retro feel, but the colors are very rich.

Xia Xun and Zhuan Zhuan are more concerned about what is hidden in the picture.

Turning the hand, zooming in on the in-focus part by 100%.

Those were her own eyebrows.

The whites of the eyes, pupils, eyelashes...all of these are clear and full, and belong to the picture quality that can satisfy Xia Xun.The out-of-focus lens, which has been specially optimized for out-of-focus lenses, is as good as ever, delicate and gentle, never outdated in any era.

"Oh my god, this lens is actually pretty strong."

"It's quite expensive after all."

After thinking about it for a while, and planning to compare it again, he picked up the camera, carefully removed Xia Xun's lens, cleaned the dust with an air blower, and carefully screwed on the front and rear covers.Then, I took out the lens I brought—that is, the 85 1.4 art weighing one kilogram, inserted it into the bayonet rudely, tightened it, and put it on the tripod.

She ran to the place where she was standing before, grinning prettily.

No need to remind, Xia Xun took pictures of her again.

However, when pressing the shutter, the too easy feel made Xia Xun feel a little lonely.This new lens can use eye-controlled focusing, press a button to speed up the shutter, and you can enjoy the convenience brought by technological progress, and focus on the eyes impeccably...

What if the former photographer wanted to use a large aperture of 1.4 to accurately capture the soul and eyes of the characters?Let's go through a few years of hand feeling training first.

Hearing the end of the shutter sound, he ran back and anxiously imported the photos for comparison.

I have to say that the 85 1.4 art lens is indeed the king of modern portraits.

The sharpness is explosive, the color reproduction is accurate, impeccable, and powerful.

It is indeed extremely accurate and records the time extremely well.

It's just that it doesn't give it a unique brand that belongs to the lens.

After repeated comparisons, the portraits taken by the new lens are really too clear, too clean, and the colors are too restored.But for her, what attracts her more is the old shots that are a little weaker in all aspects, but endow the picture with a unique beauty.