Amazing quality for that price, really outstanding in my opinion.
Biggest drawback is the size, but I guess that's the price that you pay for APO-quality paired with zero distortion and great shapness everywhere at every aperture and distance.
Just picked up my A7rII, so far I am loving it more than I expected and am excited to take it out for some real shoots.
Shot from the hip, sadly I'm too used to 35mm for street, but I think it is still a nice image despite the cut off feet. Untitled by Henry Lydecker, on Flickr
a couple was having an engagement session or something, and I snuck in a shot. Photog was at the bottom of the hill shooting up, and I was fairly parallel. Lovebirds at the beach by Charlie, on Flickr
Wow, it's early March and almost 70F in Minneapolis! So, a brief photowalk at lunch hour allowed me to play with the Loxia 50. This is such a beautiful and sharp lens . . .
A7RII with new to me Olympus OM 50/2 Macro. All wide open at f/2, except last one at f/4. Testing it out against my OM 50/3.5 Macro to see if the 50/2 is worth the extra weight and volume for gains in IQ, and more general use (< f/3.5).
More from around town (Trondheim) with Loxia 50. I agree with Bob that it's a great lens! Sharp, nice colors and pleasant to use. I prefer the bokeh from my CV 50/1.5 though, especially at mid-distances, but after have seen Gregg's photos above I'll try f/2.5 next time.
HelenaN wrote:
More from around town (Trondheim) with Loxia 50. I agree with Bob that it's a great lens! Sharp, nice colors and pleasant to use. I prefer the bokeh from my CV 50/1.5 though, especially at mid-distances, but after have seen Gregg's photos above I'll try f/2.5 next time.
I know what you mean. The lens is a bit shizophrenic wide open. Amazing rendering of in-focus-subjects, beautiful pop but very nervous when there are busy backgrounds. I find it more distracting when it comes to color images, for b+w shooting, it's ok.
Photo taken October 3, 2015 at 4:36 PM in the Adirondack Mountains. It is looking across Simon Pond on the east side of north bound New York State Route 30 which is near the Raquette River and on the opposite side of NY SR 30 from Tupper Lake and Raquette Pond, Tupper Lake, NY. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7r and my Minolta CLE MC 40mm f2 M-Rokkor lens, ISO 200, lens set to approximately f11 for 1/160 second. Processed in LR6.
Walk-around the shore at low tide. 90mm macro - hand held .. first shots with this, my second copy ..I should never have sold the first one .. it is really a good lens.
At first I thought it was too heavy to carry around all day, but I have come to realize it is a very sharp and versatile lens - worth the weight!
