Going back though my archives, this is my first street photo. (Or more accurately, after my first attempt at taking a bunch of candid shoot-from-the-hip photos with my Olympus E-500 DSLR and the 11-22mm lens, this was the only photo in the bunch that didn’t completely suck.)
The first time I posted this photo online (under a different name than “Half Sigma”) I claimed that I took it with a Contax G2 and the 28mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Biogon lens, in order to see if anyone would call me out for creating the fake film look. No one did. One guy commented about how the "fantastica" quality of Zeiss lenses. It was my own private demonstration that no one can tell the difference. And I doubt that the free fake-film-grain Photohsop plugin I used is the best available.
Come back, Libertarian Girl!
Really and truly, how does anyone expect lens quality to show when you're reproducing at 85 dots per inch?
Posted by: Chris B. | November 07, 2009 at 10:59 AM
There's no way you can identify the equipment on that image quality. Also, without actually using the 28mm Biogon it's hard to actually recognize it's look. Yes, you can study lots of photos, but most photos on the web are low quality. Also, after post-processing it's getting way harder to impossible. Usually people look at the bokeh, and this photo is taken stopped down, ie no bokeh. Other ways, are original colors, yet you made it black and white. No way one ca identify the equipment. Maybe they can cat you in your lie from the focal distance which seems to be less than 28mm, but I'm not sure.
Posted by: CK | November 07, 2009 at 01:24 PM
Candid camera freak, eh? You might enjoy the Burning Man Festival.
Posted by: Jon Claerbout | November 07, 2009 at 02:52 PM
Look at all of people who transfer wealth. It's pictures like these that make me thankful I don't live in NYC. What a bunch of pretentious looking dopes.
Posted by: Ricky Fitts | November 07, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Uhhh....I'm not sure WeeGee is jumping up and down with glee at this "shot from the hip photo".
How can you call someone out on grading the quality of the photo when you don't know what monitor he or she is viewing it on? It's absurd to think that the image you see on YOUR screen is the one I, or any other reader, sees on his or her screen.
Posted by: b.b. | November 11, 2009 at 01:35 PM