Greggf wrote:
Peter...love that first one! I was under the impression that C/Y 180 wasn't all that?? Your pics(all of them) with it are showing the lens to be quite nice. Hmmmmm......
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Thanks Gregg. It is prone to CA, as widely reported elsewhere, but I don’t find this to be a problem for most of what I use it for. If I was photographing birds in trees against a bright background then CA would certainly be a problem but if I was into that sort of photography I think I would be using a longer lens anyway.
My only problem with the 180 is that it is quite heavy to lug around when travelling or hiking but then obviously a 180mm f2.8 is never going to be small and light.
(PS: Pierre's shots with the Elmarit R 180/2.8 v2 also look pretty good though!)
Puffins at the mouth of their burrow – at f2.8 (A7R2)
Photo taken the evening of April 24, 2016, at 7:25 PM (25 minutes before sunset), in Magic Hour, looking at farmers fields along Loch Valley Road, New Tripoli, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7rM V3 and my Zeiss 35mm f1.4 Distagon ZM lens. Processed in CornerFix and LR6.
Budget bokeh. The Canon EF 85mm F/1.8 wide open. Here is an inexpensive alternative to high priced 85mm's with a pleasant bokeh. It is not close focusing. You may have to crop. It is not a Zeiss or a Sony GM but it takes some credible images. I think it works best in manual focus which means any cheap adapter will work. These shots were taken with the pricier Metabones IV but in manual mode. You buy these lenses used for about $250, pretty good for an 85/1.8! I like high priced lenses and they are truely better but taking pictures is better than not taking pictures and waiting for the perfect lens.
