7 Replies to “Another night out for sushi”

  1. I love that shallow(er) depth of field – it looks fantastic, and the colors are quite warm. I find this shallow depth of field very tough to achieve with digital.

  2. I agree with Erik above, DoF and colour temperature are very nice.

    I think the lack of DoF on digital is a result of short focal length. Shorter lenses (i.e. wide angles) always have higher DoF, even without stopping down. And since focal length is related to the size of the negative or image sensor, digital lenses are always shorter. For example my Canon G2 has a 7-21mm zoom lens…

    Dirk

  3. Thanks guys for the comments. Truth be told, the depth of field (or lack of it) is something I’m finding very attractive about this camera, and with the other “analog” cameras I’ve been shooting with this year. I think without realizing it, it was one of the things the bugged me about digital (at least digital with my little P&S). And especially shooting 100 film indoors, and needing to open up to f-stop 1.7 occassionally, the lack of depth of field is enhanced that much more.

    Not to make this an “analog vs. digital” thing, but only speaking of my digital P&S, it doesn’t have nearly as nice “bokeh” as this camera does, nor do I think it would be able to handle the restaurant’s flourescent lighting in nearly as nice a way as the Yashica did.

  4. I love that top picture. Sure the shollower Dof is cool (and I’m jealous) but what I love it the subject, and the expression on Naoko’s face.

    I don’t follow everything you guys are saying about depth of field, but it sounds as though I can pretty much forget it with a digital camera? At least a “cheap” one?

    Oh well, I guess there must be a way to Photoshop in some DoF.

  5. Kurt,

    [this entry]
    Great photos. I love shallow DOF! That constantly gets me in trouble when I’m shooting with my 50/F1.4. The results are beautiful, especially in portraits.

    [general]
    Found your site and spent a good 2-3 hours reading and looking through. Excellent photos and a fascinating read.

    [japanese]
    Have you considered putting together a section on how to begin to learn Japanese? I have been toying with the idea and actually attempting to self-teach w/ little success, unfortunatelly. A giude on where to go and whatere to start would be absolutely great.

    Perhaps I’m not googling well enough …

    [P.S.]
    Excellent, one of my favorites.

  6. I really liked this site. The pictures are really good, both color and black/white. Do you have any advice for a beginning photographer?

  7. Looks like a 100 yen sushi restaurant called Kappa Sushi. Really good food for the price.

    I agree with the other posters here: great photos !
    Thank you for posting your photos to the web!

    Excellent.

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