TheEmrys wrote:
My wife wanted a couple of pictures of sunflowers for scrapbooking, so I went out one morning and got myself into some bees, too. These are some heavy crops from my beloved Minolta Rokkor-X MC 50/1.4 PG and the Sony 55/1.8.
If you didn't have extension tubes that's quite a crop. They hold up well. I'm curious, I have the Minolta MC 50/1.4 PG and finds it outperforms my Zeiss 50 and FD 50s. How does the IQ compare with the FE5/1.8, which I am thinking of buying?
Michael Everet wrote:
If you didn't have extension tubes that's quite a crop. They hold up well. I'm curious, I have the Minolta MC 50/1.4 PG and finds it outperforms my Zeiss 50 and FD 50s. How does the IQ compare with the FE5/1.8, which I am thinking of buying?
No extension tubes. And it was close to 1:1 crop. And as for the PG, its a very special lens. Terrific color. Sharpness is great, but it renders things just very nicely to me. However, the 55/1.8 is also special, but in very different ways. Very contrasty lens, which means that it really only shines in certain uses and is a waste in others. Here are a couple of of my favs with each of these lenses, that I feel sums up the way these lenses make me feel about my shooting.
I love both of them. But the PG can be had for under $50 every day of the week. But the 55/1.8 is always with me. Love it.
MC Rokkor 50/1.4 PG - It just thrives in this low light with lovely textures and color. It just sort of gives me a feeling of the place every time I look at this, for all intents and purposes, boring picture.
55/1.8 - That strong contrast, sharpness, and that lovely little 3D pop that is understated by comparison of 85, 100, or 135mm's.
A7RII Minolta 100 AF Macro F/2.8 wide open. I am in the process of re-examining every lens I own. I am finding they exhibit very different behaviors on the A7RII. This lens in particular is a much better performer than it ever was on the A7r or A7s.
Photo taken the evening of July 23, 2015 about 59 minutes before sunset from the top of the Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted "new" Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and my A7r, ISO 100, lens set to about f11 for 1/60 second. Processed in LR6.
A few images from a unique church, the Mosque-Cathedral in Cordoba. It was first a church, then it became a mosque and then finally converted to a church again. Fortunately, it was early in the morning when I got there. By the time we left, it was packed....
Do we want or do we need two full-frame A7/r image threads? Fred?
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