Fingers on the Fretboard


Posted by Jens Peermann on Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:58 pm

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Take-out from an assignment I had last night, shooting a band performing at a local casino.
I didn't want to use flash, so I took the 100/2 Macro Planar. This lens wide open gives nice blurred backgrounds, particularly pleasing with a casino floor behind the subject. I also gives a nice compression when shooting a subject from a slight distance and allows getting close to take a shot of a detail.
It's a manual focus lens, of course, and I had used it with the Canon 7D for similar shoots before, with mixed results. So I decided to try it with the Sony A7, for a change. Mostly because of its better low-light capabilities, but also because I wanted to see if this camera's in-focus indication system can stand up to Canon's focus confirmation light.
It can. It actually exceeds Canon's system, since it doesn't require a desired focus area to be selected first. It just shows in the viewfinder what area the focus is on. I find that much more usable with moving objects (like aging rock stars).
I like this image in particular because it doesn't record a scene with forensic accuracy, but shows a picture that is pleasant to look at. The subject is clearly in focus and the rest turns into more or less recognizable shapes of colors that don't compete, but complement.

A7, 100/2 ZE @f/2, ISO 2000 (had set 1600 and didn't notice that it jumped to 2000)
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by Gary Briney on Sun Jun 28, 2015 7:46 pm
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Great shot Jens -- I love the color! Thanks for including the technical details, lots of useful info there.
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by SteveShuey on Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:01 pm
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Very cool. The background is great while the focus on the fingers looks spot on. Nice shot.
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