A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #16

What's at the other end of the bridge?

An aerial shot of an old man crossing the bridge that divides the lap and spa pool.

Settings: Aperture: f/4.0, Exposure: 1/200, ISO200, EV 0, Focal Length: 200mm

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 80-200mm f/4 T* Planar.
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A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #15

Mowing the lawn.

Heavy duty mowing in progress – mind the rain please.

Settings: Aperture: f/4.0, Exposure: 1/100, ISO200, EV -1, Focal Length: 200mm

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 80-200mm f/4 T* Planar.
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A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #14

Our lazy protector.

Settings: Aperture: f/2.0, Exposure: 1/8, ISO500, EV -4/3

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 T* Planar.
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My tele-zoom lens. :)

Carl Zeiss T* Planar Vario-Sonnar 4.0/80-200mm

Lens Composition: 13 elements, 10 groups
Angular Field: 30 degrees 30’ – 12 degrees 10’
Minimum Focus: 1m (3.5 ft.)
Diaphragm action: MM fully automatic
F-stop scale: f4-5.6-8-11-16-22
Filter Size: 55mm screw-in type
Weight: 680 grams (1.5 lbs.)
Lens size: 67x l60.5mm (2 5/8×6-5/16 in)
Lens cap: No 8
Lens cap: 55mm K-51, snap type

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 T* Planar.
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A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #13

HDB flats in the background and a thick plume of thunderstorm clouds seperate the sunset and the blue skies.

Several kites can be seen flying up high.

Settings: Aperture: f/22, Exposure: 1/250, ISO800, EV -2, Range: 28mm

Equipment: Canon 40D + Contax Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 3.5/28-70mm T* Planar MF.
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A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #12

The power of a treat, our dogs, Chewy, Peaches & Fudgie – behaving really well at the sight of their favourite snack, Jerhigh.

Settings: Aperture: f/2.0, Exposure: 1/30, ISO640.

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 T* Planar.
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A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #11

Settings: Focal length: 28mm, Aperture: f/8.0, Exposure: 1/800, ISO100, EV: -2/3

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 28-70mm f/3.5 T* Planar.
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A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #10

So okay, I’m guilty of missing out 2-3 pictures for my daily pictures.

Settings: Aperture: f/2.0, Exposure: 1/250, ISO400.

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 T* Planar MF.
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My new walk-around lens.

My new walk-around manual focus lens. (With aspherical element)

Lens Composition: 9 Elements: 9 groups
Angular Fiel: 77 degrees -35 degrees
Minimum Focus: 0.5m/0.3m for macro photography
Diaphragm action: MM fully automatic
F-stop scale: f3.5-5.6-8-11-16-22
Weight: 325g (11.5 oz.)
Lens size:70×68.3mm
Filter size: 67mm

Settings: Aperture: f/2.8, Exposure: 1/125, ISO100.

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 T* Planar + Canon Speedlite 430 EXII.
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Carl Zeiss launches Distagon T* 2/35 lens for Canon.


Image courtesy of DPREVIEW.COM

Carl Zeiss has launched the Distagon T* 2/35 ZE wide-angle lens in Canon EF mount, for both analog and digital EOS SLRs. This manual focus lens, with its large f2 aperture, is made up of 9 elements in 7 groups. Previously available in ZF (Nikon), ZK (Pentax) and ZS (M42 screw mount), the ZE mount version will start shipping from November 16 2009.

Read more about this beauty on DPREVIEW.COM!

A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #9

Aperture: f/2.8, Exposure: 1/320, ISO800.

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 T* Planar MF.
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A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #8

Say "Cheese!".

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 T* Planar MF.
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My new toy: Zeiss 1.4/50mm T* Planar C/Y AE lens :)

Zeiss 1.4/50mm T* Planar C/Y lens

Bought this baby from a Club Snap forummer, it’s quite a well-used copy, with a bit of dings here and there but its razor sharp. Sharper than my previous Sigma 1.4/50mm! It’s a full manual focus lens. Photos so far has the legendary Zeiss factor, film like & contrasty. Can’t wait to try the “3-D” oomph with the superb bokeh effect. :)

P/S: Happy belated Halloween. :)

A.P.A.D – 2009 – Day #7

Equipment: Canon 40D + Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 T* Planar MF + Canon Speedlite 430 EXII.
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