Thank you Harry.Yes.The FDn 100/4 is a very,very good and relatively inexpensive lens.I was at first amazed by how richly saturated colours it produces.The pics above are without any PP,save sharpening and cropping.I guess that Sony's own Image Data RAW Converter ver.4 that I use accounts for that somehow.
I like to take pictures of kids when other people are trying to take their picture because it reminds me why I would never want to try and make a living taking pictures of children.
(Cross posted from A7/A7R images thread. Hope no one minds the duplication.)
I recently picked up a Canon FD 35-105mm f3.5 constant aperture zoom for $75, and this thing is just about the perfect companion for the A7r.
For a long time, the full frame 35-XX alt zooms were out of favor. They were too long for APS-C bodies, and too big & competing with the Panasonic 35-100mm f2.8 on m43. On Canon DSLRs, the CYZ 35-70mm was popular, and the OM 35-80mm well loved but very rare. But the FD 35-105mm f3.5 was difficult to convert for Canon DSLR use and was therefore almost completely ignored.
I think the A7 and A7r bring this lens back from the cold.
So far I LOVE this lens' central sharpness, colors, contrast, very low distortion, nice bokeh, and ergonomics. I'm slightly bothered by its mild CA, and I definitely wouldn't recommend it's edge sharpness.
So it's not a great landscape lens, but it's great walking around lens for situations where edge sharpness really doesn't matter very much.
Here are some images from the couple of days I've been using it.
ebrandon wrote:
So far I LOVE this lens' central sharpness, colors, contrast, very low distortion, nice bokeh, and ergonomics. I'm slightly bothered by its mild CA, and I definitely wouldn't recommend it's edge sharpness.
So it's not a great landscape lens, but it's great walking around lens for situations where edge sharpness really doesn't matter very much.
Sweet! Very useful range on that lens. I had the same across-the-frame complaint about the 35-70/2.8-3.5. I could've lived with that but the 1m MFD bugged me. I can live with it in a great prime, but not zooms. The 28-85/4 solved both those problems.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not seeing the images you're linking from Flickr, just the links. I find I have to use the BBCode links to make the images show up here.
freaklikeme wrote:
Sweet! Very useful range on that lens. I had the same across-the-frame complaint about the 35-70/2.8-3.5. I could've lived with that but the 1m MFD bugged me. I can live with it in a great prime, but not zooms. The 28-85/4 solved both those problems.
Wow, I didn't know that 28-85mm existed until your post. I just ordered one! That's the problem with these FD lenses, they're like potato chips, you can't stop.
