Macro shooting from Samsung Galaxy S2

Had a stroll downstairs my house and suddenly have the impulse to take some shot from my Samsung Galaxy S2 camera. I take few flowers shots shown below, the first photo didn't focus on the subject that i wanted, the background is in focus. This is probably due to the camera is too close to the subject.

For the photo below, i just "tap to focus" the flower, the flower is now in focus.

For the third shot, i set the camera SCN setting to "Text" since there is no "macro" mode for the default camera application. It's given much better color and saturation than the default mode. The background blur is quite decent for this kind of mobile phone camera.

Waiting ...

It had been a busy days for me for these few weeks for my part time study, just happened to see a chance to take a picture, the girl is standing in front of me and Waiting for bus to come ...

(Picture taken by Samsung Galaxy S2 and post processed in photoshop express, android)

Panasonic Lumix G1 and Canon FD 28mm F/2.8

Just bought a Canon FD 28mm F/2.8 lenses. The lenses is very cheap, around SGD120. I own a FD 50mm F/1.4 lenses also, just trying to get a shorter focal length lenses and see what are the different in performance for this 2 lenses.

photo taken using Samsung Galaxy S2 - G1 with Canon FD 28mm F/2.8

Comparison of Canon FD 28mm, 50mm and FD to M43 adapter

Due to the time i have (super busy for exam and assignment now ...), i run a few quick test for this lenses on my Panasonic G1.

When i hold this lenses on my hand, it really much lighter than the FD 50mm F1.4, due to the internal construction of the lenses (please find more detail here: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/28mm.htm).

I like the lens flare which produce by many old lenses, i spotted some lens flare which are produced by this lenses.

Canon FD 28mm F/2.8 lens flare - 1

Canon FD 28mm F/2.8 lens flare -2

This lenses is equivalent to 56mm, F5.6 in 35mm format, what is the bokeh effect that we can get from this lenses? i am quite like the bokeh effect created, and it is defintely better than the kit lenses 14-42mm F3.5. If compare to the FD 50mm F1.4, the 28mm F2.8 is definitely still far behind.

Canon FD 28mm F2.8 Bokeh Effect

Overall, the lenses produce very sharp picture as compare to the kit lenses, and compare to the price of this type of lenses, i think it really worthwhile to play with.

Canon FD 28mm F2.8