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Sigma 50mm F1.4 | First look!

Published at June 24, 2008 in 50mm, 50mm 1.4, Sigma Photo Pro, photography, portrait, review and sd14. 4 Comments

Just received the new Sigma 50mm F1.4 and due to heavy sunshine I couldn’t really in a fair way try it wide open - but even if the above shot is taken at F4 the bokeh is amazingly sweet.

I was thinking it would be bigger. a whopping 500g piece of glass could have been heavier. It’s pretty short and very fat somehow - gives a very cool impression - big opening that tell you I’M BRIGHT.

Alright, another shot at F2.5 and a shutter speed of 1/3200s. A friend holding a reflector to even out the light a bit. The widest I could go was F2 - so here goes another shot at F2.

(This one is not perfectly focused, it’s kind of hard at F2 - hard training lays ahead)

I will try hard the coming days to find other things to photograph and hopefully I’ll be back with some nice pics.

Daniel & Maria | Wedding with SD14 and DP1

Published at June 21, 2008 in 10-20, 105mm, 12-24, 16.5mm, 30mm, 4.5mm fisheye, 70-200, ISO50, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size, high iso, portrait, sd14 and wedding. 20 Comments

Another wedding session, and I’m happy to announce that DP1 is a great b camera! :D Linn had hers with her all the time (she assist me) and she took quite a few really nice shots. I used mine as well and I got more keepers from the DP1 (compared to amount of shots taken) than with the SD14. More time to think? I think one or two of Linns are among these too.

My workflow has slightly changed and looks like the following. I make the basic adjustments from SD14 and DP1 RAW in SPP 2.5 Windows. After adjustments are done I import all into a new project in Apple Aperture.

In Aperture I use the new plugin called Viveza to further adjust certain spots - add light to face or simply to enhance black and white images. I also use Aperture to dodge and burn, crop and straighten, add vignetting and my little watermark. I don’t apply vignetting to all but to many shots. So don’t judge lenses because of my images. hehe..

During all this I also add stars to my favorites, this I later use when publishing to the couple and the very best here on my website. I ended up with 44 images in this post and 133 to the couple, I started with about 300 from SPP and around 700 in total from field..

The two above shots are DP1

DP1

There is all in all 44 images in this post. Click each image to view the full size image. Remember that this is copyrighted material.

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Sigma DP1 AML-1 Lens review - In Video and Pictures!

Published at June 19, 2008 in 16.5mm, 70mm, Movie, Raw Developer, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size, how to, photography, portrait, review and sd14. 8 Comments

About a week ago I received the much awaited (at least by me) close up lens made by Sigma. I must say that I was happily surprised about the little leather box that came with the lens! Soooo retro and beautifully crafted! WELL DONE SIGMA! Now, is the lens as good as the box it came in? :D

I’ve read numerous threads over at dpreview on different solutions and I’ve seen magnificent macro shots with all sorts of filters - some good, some not so good. Now, when the Sigma AML-1 was announced I was a bit surprised on the closest distance which is 20cm - not very Macro on a 28mm lens is it?! :D and in order to show you just how close 20cm is and what it feels like - I made this little video. If you watch it on Youtube then you can see it in higher resolution. Embedded is low res.

The lens is very bright - not sure you loose any light. Can’t really see any difference in shutter speeds and the lens says nothing about it. You can’t focus to infinity with it on - but it’s made for closeups so it’s not really a problem. OOF becomes BEAUTIFUL! Especially welcome when you’re making movies. Along with the extremely sharp lens and sensor it becomes almost unreal. Take a look at the shot of Linn, click it and the full version will load. It’s so so detailed. If the DP1 only had MORE resolution when making movies!! :D

The AML-1 as a slight negative distortion in corners - The opposite to the type of distortion we’re used to with normal lenses. But it’s not noticeable in day to day images. The picture below shows the effect, look at the window and you’ll understand what I mean.

Conclusion. I should have had TWO lenses or even three and stacked them, that would probably give very nice macros. Right now you don’t get close enough for that type of photography with only one lens. For movies and portraits such as the ones above it’s a wonderful solution and gives you new views - plus that the extreme OOF is perfect for videos.

Btw, the lens / filter itself is very very well made and NO CA can be found. At least not in any of my photos so far. Contrast and sharpnes are really top notch.

Sigma 30mm @ f1.4

Published at May 31, 2008 in 30mm, Sigma Photo Pro and sd14. 6 Comments

Not much to say, have a session tomorrow and wanted to know how much I could trust my 30mm wide open. Some shots turned out quite nice so I decided to share. :) All images are uploaded as full size (converted automatic via 1001 flickr uploader - in case you see some nasty JPEG artefacts).

Crazy studio session, SD14 + DP1 | Part 1

Published at May 30, 2008 in 10-20, 120-300, 16.5mm, 30mm, 70-200, 70mm, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size, portrait, sd14 and studio. 9 Comments

Finally after much wait - here is the first of two parts from a photo session I had for the second year somewhere in the wilderness of Sweden. Now, these shots are not meant to be examined deeply - much because some of them are not extremely in focus. (I left the camera sometimes on a tripod having just a trigger in my hand and therefor they could walk out of focus).

I alternated between three different PS plugins to get the look that I wanted or simply to blow out the white background. The ones used most (for white background) is Viveza, the secondly most used is AlienSkin Exposure and the third used for one or two shots is Nik Color Efex Pro.

All shots are here presented in full resolution. Two shots have been slightly cropped. The rest have been left as is.

Click each for full size view. Enjoy!

Yes, it’s me (above and below).

There is more to come.
Click below for some more from this very session.

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DP1 at Sunset.. (Updated)

Published at May 13, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro and dp1. 6 Comments

This one is saved as “double size” = 18.5MP res. Click to open each picture in full size. (or more)

I went to this very place with my Danish friends recently (SUG meeting) but felt the urge to go back and see if sunset would give some better pictures. To be honest, last time I was mostly shooting video with the DP1 and had no real time to think about stills. :D Anyways these are two new shots taken with the DP1 handheld and with ND Grad 121P filter. Plus one more at my flickr account.

Red Blue Yellow color filter + Tobacco tone

Published at April 20, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size, high iso and how to. 6 Comments

Using a filter holder + Cokin filters you can play with black and white the good old way. First I tried with filter and then I tried the photoshop / lightroom way - I used the predefined color filter option that is available in photoshop in order to make a fair comparison. Click for “the big picture”. The black and white “real” images are made by using the monochrome wb option inside SPP. And yes, it could have been a more intresting scene but it works. You get similair result directly from camera if you select in-camera black and white jpeg mode. see this image.

When I bought my mini cokin A (amature) holder then I bought some filters at the same time. All ND’s were sold so I had to buy some colorful ones instead. One was called tobacco or coffee grad - can’t remember what word they used. Both works. :) And I have done several black and whites with it on and it works great. One cool thing is also that when you put camera into black and white mode (jpeg) and use a filter such as this you get really nice nice results directly out of the camera. Feels cool too when you aim as you see the result directly on the LCD.

Direct output from camera using filter and black and white mode: (ISO800)

Nature in Black and White

Published at April 20, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro, dp1 and full size. 4 Comments

My little sister Anna Ingvarsson went away to shoot nature and lent my DP1. She came back a day later with lots of really nice shots - I’m only going to show you one because that’s the only one I dealt with (making it black and white). I think it’s beautiful! What do you think?

Local gangsters..

Published at April 19, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, high iso and portrait. 3 Comments

I sometime visit a local school to spend time with local youngsters - most of the time I bring my DP1 and a snap a few. Always at ISO800 (badly needed). Colors looks ok but black and white is just so much better! These have had some vignetting added in Photoshop - so it’s not the lens fault. :D - And no, I wouldn’t use the flash as it would feel wrong. Btw, these are made black and white using the monochrome mode in Sigma Photo Pro.

New SPP due soon! First preview.

Published at April 7, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, flash, full size, high iso, how to, portrait, review and studio. 33 Comments

[edit - Sigma today announced the new version for PC and Mac here as well as first DP1 update]

I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on a beta of the next SPP 2.x and for those of you being irritated of green corners I can now tell you that green corners are now only a bad memory! :D I could only test the PC version but it ran extremely quick under vm-ware, actually much faster than my Mac version of SPP3.1. I did try some SD14 files and especially reds are now better. But this article will concentrate on DP1 images.

I thought that my photos from Elmia foto video 2008 could be used for this preview and at the same time you can see what I do in SPP and maybe learn something about processing. In every image there is important data inside. Exposure, ISO, White balance as well as processing. All kinds of situations ranging from high iso mixed light to long exposures in tricky situations. And as an extra bonus - studio shots! Continue to read this article.

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DP1 8s at ISO800

Published at March 19, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size and high iso. 17 Comments

Stopped the car and brought my little buddy out in the winter night. It’s cold he said and asked me to make it quick - I thought to myself - ISO800 could work. He looked at me with his big black eye - scared that I would go all the way to 15s but I smiled and said I would make it painless. 8s later I took him into the warm car and we drove home.

Snow! DP1 OOF and SD speed.

Published at March 18, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro, dp1 and full size. 13 Comments

I love the control over the picture that the DP1 gives me. I’m the King and the DP1 my slave. Just as I want it to be. :) Now, last morning I woke up with snow outside - I live in Sweden and normally this is normal - but years have become warmer and snow a rare sight. I took some shots more or less to test how nice bokeh the DP1 have - walking the dog.

Btw, as someone said at the forum already - turning off quick preview makes the DP1 faster between shots. And I also tested a normal SD card that came with another camera - it’s SOOOO SLOW! It really takes ages. So please. Use fastest card you can find, it’s a huge difference!

Timed save times RAW (light blinking):
SanDisk Extreme III 4GB: 2.5s
Canon SD SDC 32MB: 10s

Time before you can take another shot (single mode): 3.8s and quick preview off.
(As soon as it start to save to your card, you can take another shot) but you can’t change exposure etc during the “save” time so fast card is very important for the overall feel. If you try the camera make sure you have a fast SD.

Stereo images | first try

Published at March 18, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro and dp1. 11 Comments

Have you ever tried taking two images with the same everything except position? Moving the camera so that the second shot is as far away as your eye is to each other. :D Now these are my first test with the DP1. Enjoy.

The middle one is 2.5s exposure. :) Click each for full size.

DP1 Raw pack for download!

Published at March 7, 2008 in Link, RAW, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size and high iso. 30 Comments

[updated] It’s time for the first RAW pack! I think it’s an interesting selection of handheld shots (mirror image on tripod) that shows the ability of the Sigma DP1 in different environments. Make sure you have the Sigma Photo Pro 3.1 (mac) or Sigma Photo Pro 2.4 (PC) installed. The new DP1 raw format is different from the SD14’s. Photos taken in all different ISO speeds and different light. Good for SPP training. :)There is a video out where I play with these shots as well as others. Go to video.

Download 111mb dp1rawpack.zip!

Just saw that I didn’t have a shot of the dp1 in any of my articles. Here’s one. :)

DP1 Sigma Photo Pro “How I” movie.

Published at March 7, 2008 in Movie, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, flash, how to and software. 8 Comments

Sound level is HIGH! Unless you LOVE my voice turn down your volume! This movie shows how I work with DP1 raw files in SPP 3.1 on a Mac. If you wanna try this at home, download some of the raw files to get started. Step two? Get the camera!

I’m currently trying to upload to youtube - resolution will be much worse but faster to load and divided into two parts. This movie is 500×375px, 128MB small and 16 minutes long. Download it for local playback using VLC or other flash player.

Sigma DP1 ISO400 good mixed light.

Published at March 4, 2008 in Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size, high iso and portrait. 16 Comments

People has been asking about mixed light shots so I took some of kids playing. This room had fluorescent light and daylight coming in from widows at roof level. So more daylight than fluorescent - (= Good mixed light)

Both ISO400 first 1/25s second 1/40, both has been slightly altered in PS.

Sigma DP1 - day 2. Battery / film test.

Published at March 3, 2008 in 16.5mm, Movie, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, flash, full size, high iso and portrait. 25 Comments

ISO800

I decided to see how good the battery was and how much juice I could squeeze out before dead - It’s not a perfect test but a real world sort of version. I manual focused more or less 99% of the time - I did try some AF shots but decided that manual focus was a bit more cool. I’m sure that AF + no LCD would give you lots and lots of more shots.

I turned off the camera very often. I’m not sure if that’s draining or some, but I guess that there is a good sleep mode that could have worked instead. Of course I looked and showed everyone around me so lots of peeking done.

Result? I have a total files of 182. Among those is 26 movies, 3 audio recordings and 151 RAW files. No Jpegs. Sorry, have a hard time getting used to the ability to shot JPEG’s since my early days with the SD9/SD10.. :) And camera is fast with RAW so there is no reason not to use it.

Movie clips direcly from the DP1:

Now to some of the images: All hand held. Click for full size.

ISO200

ISO800 (redeveloped)

ISO100

ISO400

ISO100 + EF-140 DP1 flash. TTL-mode.

ISO100 (shaky - should have used higher)

mixed Sigma DP1
ISO100

ISO200

ISO100

Sigma DP1 first impressions.

Published at March 1, 2008 in 16.5mm, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size and review. 29 Comments

ISO400

It’s been lots of buz lately about the much anticipated Sigma DP1 - the every mans Leica that finally is ready to ship (or very close to) and I, as maybe the most happy guy on earth right now I HAVE ONE! :D And of course I will have to write a little something about it - from an SD14 users point of view.

ISo200

Build quality is very good, front and back made out of metal and nothing is flimsy. Very sturdy feeling. Should be at almost 300g. Almost too much when it comes to the MSAP wheel. The other wheel is the one for manual focusing and it’s very easy to turn without any clicks - easy to fast manual focus and this feature was one that I was afraid of being bad - is very good and very very useful. I use it 100% of the time. (at least at day one. ;)

Lens is superb. Bokeh is wonderful. F4 works very very well much thanks to the great sharpness wide open. Remember that common lenses such as 10-20 and 12-24 is the same or slower and much bigger! Do I dare say that this little DP1 16.5mm lens is sharper? I think it is. More or less all my shots this first cloudy day has been taken at F4.

ISO500

Speed was another thing that scared me some. In order to make it less painful I bought the fastest SD card I could find, the SD Extreme III from SanDisk and I have no idea if it helps but I have yet to miss a shot because of save times. It’s a bit faster than my SD14 I think but with smaller buffer. About half I guess. There is two ways of taking shots. One in continues mode - about three shots in less than a second (RAW mode) - and a “normal” shot mode that will give you about two-three seconds between shots. - this is no SLR and will not be used as one either.

Flipping thru images, zoom in to see 100% etc is very fast and interestingly enough much faster and better implemented than in my SD14. Feels instant.

ISO200

The external flash is extremely cool looking. I had it to one of my night club sessions and people wowed it many times. I had to lend my little camera to many people. Never did that with my SD14. :) - one good thing here is that you can turn the focus wheel to 1m and leave it there. It’s pretty easy to learn how far away 1m is and keep it that way. :)

LCD is 230 000 dots and OK. It’s not the brightest in the business but works great. Better than the LCD on my SD14. Colors looks accurate and gives me a good feeling for sharpness etc. It’s also possible to see histogram etc as you would expect. In dark enviroment the “live” flow becomes very grainy - look cool but isn’t very useful to judge sharpness from at those times knowing how far one meter is, is good. :)

Battery life is yet to be known. First impression is that it’s similar to my SD14, maybe a bit less.

Final word from day one - I like it - it’s going to be where I go. :D and now some images. Experimental ISO3200 and others.

ISO3200

ISO200

ISO100

ISO1200

Dpreview thread.
Video example

A little something from yesterday

Published at September 3, 2007 in 30mm, Sigma Photo Pro, full size and sd14. 2 Comments

Went to a market this weekend, weather was terrible. I took lots of photos of old tractors, engines, horses etc and I might post some more later but this one first (I know I posted some more, but I wasn’t satisfied with colors, still working on my SPP skills). Full size for download. SPP3 used as developer. Aperture used for adding watermark. I know, a bit boring. :)

Now I’ll eat something nice with my Linn in Göteborg. Jaij!

Archive for the 'Sigma Photo Pro' Category

Sigma 50mm F1.4 | First look!

Daniel & Maria | Wedding with SD14 and DP1

Sigma DP1 AML-1 Lens review - In Video and Pictures!

Sigma 30mm @ f1.4

Crazy studio session, SD14 + DP1 | Part 1

DP1 at Sunset.. (Updated)

Red Blue Yellow color filter + Tobacco tone

Nature in Black and White

Local gangsters..

New SPP due soon! First preview.

DP1 8s at ISO800

Snow! DP1 OOF and SD speed.

Stereo images | first try

DP1 Raw pack for download!

DP1 Sigma Photo Pro “How I” movie.

Sigma DP1 ISO400 good mixed light.

Sigma DP1 - day 2. Battery / film test.

Sigma DP1 first impressions.

A little something from yesterday

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