uhoh7 wrote:
Well, crop to APS-c and you have the nex-7 of your dreams. I think you could get an M8 crop pretty easily.
My guess, given the performance on the NEXs and M9, that the Leica Elmarit-M 28/2.8 vIII or IV, will wind up being the best performers of RF 28s on the new Alphas.
freaklikeme wrote:
My guess, given the performance on the NEXs and M9, that the Leica Elmarit-M 28/2.8 vIII or IV, will wind up being the best performers of RF 28s on the new Alphas.
I have a v3 1982, perfect in the closet, I've been meaning to sell. Guess I better keep for a time.
freaklikeme wrote:
My guess, given the performance on the NEXs and M9, that the Leica Elmarit-M 28/2.8 vIII or IV, will wind up being the best performers of RF 28s on the new Alphas.
Lets hope so.
I should mention that I also tested a 50mm Summilux ASPH and the results were lousy.
I won't show any pictures because it is quite possible that the lens was defective, and I don't want to start a witch hunt, but even at f/4 the corners were mushy.
Please tell me if you see any other samples with that lens, until then I will assume that there was a problem with the lens because I have no explanation.
Mescalamba wrote:
I guess RF wide-angles are out of question then..
the g28 is considerably worse in terms of smearing and than a number of other rangefinder wides on the nex-7 so there's still a chance some will work well.
sebboh wrote:
the g28 is considerably worse in terms of smearing and than a number of other rangefinder wides on the nex-7 so there's still a chance some will work well.
Ah I never remember which one of Contax G wide-angles is one that works. Hm.. thats good news actually.
Phillip Reeve wrote:
I should mention that I also tested a 50mm Summilux ASPH and the results were lousy.
I won't show any pictures because it is quite possible that the lens was defective, and I don't want to start a witch hunt, but even at f/4 the corners were mushy.
Please tell me if you see any other samples with that lens, until then I will assume that there was a problem with the lens because I have no explanation.
Ron Scheffler did a bunch of testing of various lenses on the A7 (had no access to the A7r at the time) and in the pile were tests of the 50 Lux ASPH.
Mescalamba wrote:
Ah I never remember which one of Contax G wide-angles is one that works. Hm.. thats good news actually.
The G45 may well work OK, but the WA G series lenses not so good. In fact as I had mentioned in the A7 and A7 WA thread, Richard Schleuning, National Sales Manager for Zeiss told me this past Thursday that Zeiss knew there was a problem with their WA RF lenses with the Sony A7r.
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Phillip Reeve wrote:
Lets hope so.
I should mention that I also tested a 50mm Summilux ASPH and the results were lousy.
I won't show any pictures because it is quite possible that the lens was defective, and I don't want to start a witch hunt, but even at f/4 the corners were mushy.
Please tell me if you see any other samples with that lens, until then I will assume that there was a problem with the lens because I have no explanation.
Here's the 50 Lux shot from the guys in Canada. Note, the focal point seems to be behind the sign, and there are sharp leaves and branches in most parts of the frame. Not the best test shot...
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Mescalamba wrote:
Ah I never remember which one of Contax G wide-angles is one that works. Hm.. thats good news actually.
the contax g 28 is the best of the g biogons, but the contax g biogons are all slightly worse in terms of exit pupil angles than the corresponding zm versions and many leica wides have much more retrofocal designs.
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sebboh wrote:
it appears to work very well judging by phillips samples.
I didn't see it in Phillips lens list, but I thought that I had read that in one of the threads. Hopefully that is a good omen for our Leica C 40mm f2 Summicron/Minolta 40mm f2 Rokkor-M lenses.
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How do these files have exif lens data? Were you able to enter the lens data in a menu like the last few generations of Nikons? I wasn't able to find this function in the 5D3, A99, NEX-7, or Epic so I was starting to think Nikon was the only one who did it.
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Phillip Reeve wrote:
I should mention that I also tested a 50mm Summilux ASPH and the results were lousy.
I won't show any pictures because it is quite possible that the lens was defective, and I don't want to start a witch hunt, but even at f/4 the corners were mushy.
Please tell me if you see any other samples with that lens, until then I will assume that there was a problem with the lens because I have no explanation.
I'm very interested in Lux 50 ASPH on A7/A7r -- would love to see your 'lousy' shot -- or if you try shooting another test with it again.
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turnstyle wrote:
I'm very interested in Lux 50 ASPH on A7/A7r -- would love to see your 'lousy' shot -- or if you try shooting another test with it again.
Phillip only had the A7r for a short time; I don't believe he can get access to an A7r again to run another test.
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sebboh wrote:
the contax g 28 is the best of the g biogons, but the contax g biogons are all slightly worse in terms of exit pupil angles than the corresponding zm versions and many leica wides have much more retrofocal designs.
Interesting - the G28 is closer to the "ideal" Biogon design than any of the other G or ZM lenses, IIRC.
Hm.. thats good news actually.