Prospect Park Ducks, Turtles & Swans (Sankyo Kohki)
A little bit overexposed than the first image. This morning I took an early morning shoot in the park with all the early morning bicyclists and joggers. I enjoyed it today because I opened up my camera and interchangeable lenses on the beautiful clove where three benches open up to the dark green pond full of fish and other unknowns. I sampled the Komura Sankyo Kohki 135mm and the Samigon 35mm . The Kohki 135mm photos opened wide at f/3.5 causes a bit of over exposure due to the bright sun with zero clouds so early at 8 in the morning. I stopped it down around f/5.6 and f/8 and the pictures really start to shine with sharp colors and nice contrast of greens and yellows. The Sankyo Kohki really sings at f/5.6. Old Japanese lenses really give you something more than auto-focus lenses. Many will argue modern lenses are better with better optics glass and coatings. In the alternative while these old manual focus lenses might not have snazzy modern glass coatings and optics t
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