AhamB wrote:
I believe Wayne has adapted the ZA135 to Canon and has a crude kind of aperture control via a little lever, a bit like Nikon G adapters I guess.
I got the idea of modifying the Sony mount to EOS from old FM posts - Sony STF 135 (non Zeiss) & ZA 135. I have done it to Sony STF lens, and the Zeiss ZA 135 is very tempting
So it was Wayne then ..
mcbroomf wrote:
Carsten, love that last shot
Mike
+1 love the last shot too.
wayne seltzer wrote:
Having fun with the Biotar 75/1.5 wide open.
Liquid amber's spikey balls.
Nice try Wayne. ... The harsh bokeh ...
Shot using A900?
Yes, I am glad someone other than me likes this image. I guess part of why I like it is that I fiddled with a friend's classic British bikes (Triumph Tiger and Norton Commando Fastback) at some point, and also worked on my own Kawasaki, and I recall this time with fondness. I doubt working on old British cars is all that satisfying unless you are very high-end, like this shop. The tolerances, iffy parts, and so on must make it very difficult.
This is a dedicated Brit car garage in a giant rich-car garage. Very neat place. I hope to be a customer one day
Thanks Nalahm!
Nice bokeh and light on the flowershots.
Nixland, thanks!
I was trying to get this kind of bokeh for this more artistic abstract shot and even emphasized it some in post. Most of my shots with the lens have smooth bokeh. I really had to experiment to get this. This shot was on my 1ds3.
Yes, I am the one who adapted my ZA135/1.8 to my Canon.
I posted a few years ago pictures of my conversion.
I only have crude aperture control by stuffing small piece of cardboard against aperture lever.
Want to try getting it conrverted with some li.d of 16-9 nikon g adapter aperture control lever.
A kilo weight zoom on the NEX would be worth a photo in its own right, especially from the front of the lens. You may not see the camera 'body' ;~)
These two are very different lenses, one with stellar corners and soft colour saturation, the other a modern wide range Zeiss contrast master, with less than perfect corners - for those using less than f11, anyway. So I have read, not having used the 24-70 myself.
Sorry but yes ill have to do a comparison soon. My impression is that the 24-70 is more saturated and the 35-70 is more contrasty. The 24-70 seems sharper until f8 where the 35-70 is across the frame sharp at any focal length. The 24-70 seems to be more across the frame sharp on the longer end, certainly less vignetting it seems on the longer end at wide apertures.
