Lenticular...nice images of Florence! It's been Almost 5yrs since we were there. My oldest was 3! My wife and I(and her with Mason on her back) climbed the Duomo stairs!! All 700+ of them. I had my 1D4 plus Nikon 14-24(adapted), 24-70/2.8, and 70-200/2.8 ll with me. What a hike up!
Werner...stunning macro!
Bob...nice shots.
Chris...I know it's not a Mandler lens, but the Summarit M 90 is pretty nice too! Portrait below...
Gregg
A7rM and Summarit 90 2.5
Chris_88 wrote:
Helena: Beautiful, colorful houses. One doesn't get to see that type of architecture over here, so that was a refreshing sight.
Bob: Excellent use of the Batis lenses. I probably have to get that 85 1.8 at some point.
Werner: Great use of the 90 Macro. That picture with the drop is amazing.
Ronny: There is little left for me to say, except that every time I visit this thread you've done it again. Really amazing.
HelenaN wrote:
Before selling RX1 I walked the "tourist route" in town to give it one last chance to convince me to keep it. Then when I got the FE 28/2 I took the same walk, to get a feeling for how they compare.
Some FE shots (the others are in the RX1 thread). The houses are crooked in real life - it's not caused by the lens distortion in this case.
Two big cruise ships (one Spanish and one American, I think) were anchored in the harbor and the town was absolutely packed with tourists.
Helena no question the FE 28 shots look great. I'm curious how do you like the 28 versus the 35mm FOV. I debating betwwen these two views myself.
Michael
I know this is an image thread but I thought I'd share a brief piece I wrote on my initial impressions of the Batis 25/2 for Steve Huff's website. I've never done this before (other than my own, now woefully dormant blog) but thought it would be fun to do. So, indulge me in my moment of self promotion . . . you will see some (familiar) images too.
rji2goleez wrote:
Envy? Not when you can hold in your hand a lens with the name Otus!
An idiot holding an Otus remains an idiot, envying more competent photographers...., that is one level. Then, of course, if he owned a blog, and he'd asked a great photographer for a contribution, and saw him blog elsewhere, that would be another level. Then of course, if the idiot blogger with a Otus sill awaited his own Batis 25 when others are already reviewing their own, that would be a third level, then.....
But all this is fiction, of course....
