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philber wrote:
Thank you so much, Juha!! Very nice shots, and they show the lens' performance, as well. What is your experience/opinion?
Thanks very much! I like the lens and its IQ very much, it also balances on the camera pretty well, doesn't feel too heavy or front-heavy. The focus throw is very long from 1m to the MFD, but not so long from inifinity to 1m. The lens extends quite much when used at MFD or near it. I find the plane of focus to be quite narrow even at long distances so need to focus pretty carefully, focus peaking alone might not be accurate enough for best results so I'm using magnification + focus peaking quite much. I haven't noticed any distortion or field curvature and I haven't noticed much vignetting either.
As is the case with some Loxia lenses, most of the lens surface rotates and it may be a bit hard to twist the lens to take it off. I use the included hood (not sure if the hood is really necessary for shooting as the lens is so recessed), and actually the hood area is the best area to grab when taking the lens off. The lens cap can be used directly on top of the hood, or if the hood is not used, directly on top of the lens.
I think the lens is working very nicely for many purposes, including close-ups, portraits and long distance. Flare resistance looks very good too so it should work nicely for low light city shooting too. I didn't see very pronounced sunstars on my limited low (city) light shooting so far, need to test that more.
Overall I'm very pleased with the lens, looking forward to using it a lot.
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