Noctilux 50mm f0.95

no, this is not taken with that lens, nor do i have one. i have been looking at pictures taken with that lens, and i think it's just too... perfect. i like the bokeh created by my canon more, but it's just too big to carry on a regular basis. plus i always need a toothpick to take the lens off from the body.

how does the old noctilux fare, or even the nokton? off to search for pictures...

now this woman looks like another mad hettie, but when i actually saw her face, she looked like a regular old lady (with an odd fashion sense, at least for me).

ps

i also got an old canon 50mm f1.4. got it cheap and didn't really expect anything special about it. i found it to be actually sharp, but that's about it. will post some when i get the time.

90mm

last sunday, we were only supposed to go to a nearby restaurant to have lunch (at 3pm!) then head off to shinjuku. the local theme park was doing a sakura festival until that day, and entrance to the park was free after 4pm. it was already past 4pm by the time we finished lunch, so we decided to have a look inside the park since we were already there, plus it's free.

we found several sakura trees where they usually have the ajisai (hydrangea) festival. it was a nice quiet place away from the main festival area and away from the rides. there were only a handful of other people there, so there was no need to fight any crowds or think of a way to frame a shot so that people's heads won't be in it.

i finally found a nice quiet place in tokyo to enjoy the sakura.

anyway, this was shot using a 90mm lens. the R-D1s only had frame lines up to 50mm, so i have to guess what gets in the frame when using this lens. i also found out i couldn't focus properly with a canon 85mm f1.9 using the R-D1s (it front-focuses). while that lens is brighter, i am stuck with the 90mm to get proper focus.

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went to chidorigafuchi last night to check out the sakura (cherry blossoms). the sakura were still in full bloom. didn't take much since there were still a lot of people. was on the way to yasukuni shrine and found this couple looking at the sakura at the edge of the moat. didn't have time to setup/focus properly, but this is what i got.