anyone used a "Split Field" lens?

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/19/2007 09:28:19 PM · #1

I just bought the adapter and holder for the Cokin P series (got a GND). I saw a 'split field' lens that is basically a close-up lens cut down the middle. It seems like it could be fun to play with but has anyone used one? Share your pics or suggestions please! here's a link

Simms

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

05/19/2007 10:02:40 PM · #2

never really used one.. seems of quite limited use to me.

David Ey

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D

05/19/2007 10:05:52 PM · #3

I bet thats fun.

chimericvisions

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

05/19/2007 10:12:23 PM · #4

Limited use, but it seems quite interesting...

jjusa

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

05/19/2007 10:25:08 PM · #5

looks fun...but if you want to buy more filters, i'd suggest buying more practicle filters first.

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

05/19/2007 10:32:57 PM · #6

Originally posted by KelvinC:

looks fun...but if you want to buy more filters, i'd suggest buying more practicle filters first.

Any suggestions? I've already got the GND4, a circular polarizer and 2 ND filters.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

05/19/2007 10:39:05 PM · #7

I used one a long time ago, and they do work. There will be an area out of focus in about the middle of the image, with the close foreground and the background in focus. It is useful if you have a scene with something small, like a flower or bug that you want to show with it's environment in focus behind it.

hyperfocal

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS

05/19/2007 10:51:06 PM · #8

Andrzej Sekula the DP in Resevoir Dogs used one quite a bit to keep actors on both sides of the frame in focus. It is a bit too obvious in the transition zone to be used unobtrusively, IMO.

fotomann_forever

05/19/2007 11:17:27 PM · #9

if I couldn't do it with hyperfocal distance, I would just take a pic of the scene twice (once with foreground in focus the other with background in focus ) and then comp the two in Photoshop. I think I would get better results.

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

05/20/2007 03:32:45 AM · #10

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

but that wouldn't be allowed in minmal challenges :P

splidge

Canon EOS-40D

05/20/2007 06:31:57 AM · #11

Originally posted by sabphoto:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
if I couldn't do it with hyperfocal distance, I would just take a pic of the scene twice (once with foreground in focus the other with background in focus ) and then comp the two in Photoshop. I think I would get better results.

but that wouldn't be allowed in minmal challenges :P

Or indeed any challenges except Expert...

But then there is life beyond the challenges and fotomann's technique is probably the best way to get the result in the real world.

splidge

edit: once you've compensated for the focus breathe, that is...

Message edited by author 2007-05-20 06:32:36.

05/20/2007 09:18:25 AM · #12

Thanks for all the comments guys. Any suggestions on other cokin filters I should get? I may try that one out at the store and see how I like it.

fotomann_forever

05/20/2007 09:20:45 AM · #13

Star Effects filters are fun :-)

05/20/2007 09:23:54 AM · #14

I saw a few of those, they do look kinda fun. Are the diffusers good for anything besides portraits? What about the tinted ones (I saw a bunch of tinted ones that have a small untinted circle in the middle....but those seem kinda useless, IMO).

05/20/2007 09:23:59 AM · #15

I just bought the IR and linear polarizer. Also have the diffuser. Like that one a lot. And I think they have a fog filter... A warming filter is good, as is one of the star filters. and the sepia filter adds nice toning...

Yes, you can do a lot of the things in photoshop you can do with a filter. not quite the same and requires more work though. I like to do less in photoshop rather than more...Just personal preference.

05/20/2007 09:25:59 AM · #16

IR?

05/20/2007 09:27:21 AM · #17

P007
Infrared.

05/20/2007 09:30:08 AM · #18

I might have to look into the IR. Care to give me a brief salespitch? :P

Message edited by author 2007-05-20 09:30:15.

05/20/2007 09:32:15 AM · #19

cool pics. Check out marbo's profile for really good ones...

05/20/2007 09:34:37 AM · #20

thanks, I will

05/20/2007 09:37:57 AM · #21

WOW! So, let me get this straight. IR will give me a B&W image (not just B&W of course, but IR B&W). Alot of his skies are blue or his trees pink, etcetc. Could a tinted filter in front of the IR do this or is this all PP?

05/20/2007 09:44:50 AM · #22

judi's video tutorial

This shows you exactly what you need to do - great tutorial for infrared.

05/20/2007 09:49:43 AM · #23

I'm only a minute into it...is that Judi's voice?

fotomann_forever

05/20/2007 10:52:27 AM · #24

Originally posted by bdenny:

I'm only a minute into it...is that Judi's voice?

Yup. Sexy isn't it?