In my last post, I tried snapping some photos with the LUMIX S 14-28mm on my S5. Since I also took a few shots with the SIGMA 50mm F2 DG DN and SIGMA 90mm F2.8 DG DN that were in my bag at the time, I’ll use them to pad out this post. Regardless of my skill level, I think both are fantastic lenses.
A little photo stroll during a break at a certain spot along Tokyo’s waterfront where I often work. For the photo finish, I tried using the LUT “Teal and Orange D2” again, hoping to achieve a “cinematic scene” look.
90mm. Does it look “cinematic”?
While walking, I search for subjects by imagining the frame of a 90mm in front of me. As an eternal beginner, the field of view in my imaginary frame rarely matches what I actually see when I look through the viewfinder—but that’s all part of the learning process.
If you force your brain to release endorphins, you might just feel a story emerging from this waterside scene.
Next up is 50mm. When I swap lenses, I also switch the virtual frame in front of my eyes, but it still doesn’t quite match the actual viewfinder field of view.
Undeterred, I shoot the scenery of the floodgate while mentally framing it as “a scene from a movie.”
It’s an inorganic concrete structure, but I thought—as an amateur—that slightly blurring the areas the photographer isn’t looking at might create a psychological or emotional expression. Yet, I find myself staring at my hands, struck by the finished image’s utter ordinariness.
Still, considering this lens’s inherent character and the power of the finishing LUT, I feel it captures a slightly damp, airy atmosphere reminiscent of Japanese cinema. If that’s what I think I’m doing, then that’s fine, I tell myself.
One last shot at 50mm.
Doesn’t this look like the last scene of a movie? (Still saying it)
