My first attempt of photographing MW, we drove with my friend about 2 hours to the ruin of old castle and made some lightpainting too I have 2 more shots to postprocess in next days.. Conditions were not perfect, soon there were some clouds, I tried 30s exposure at 15mm too but stars start to look as lines not dots.
Looking at a field of Muscari "Bluebells"
Tripod mounted A7rM V3 and Zeiss 35mm f1.4 Distagon ZM lens
ISO 100, f11, 1/10 second
Exposure corrected by -0.12 Stops; processed with CornerFix and LR6
Werner, amazing portrait prior page. The angle of the shot and the bokeh tremendously amplify the emotion of her expression.
Greggf, indeed, I would characterize the 50 1.4 ZA as being pleasantly sharp enough while not being clinically or oppressively so. I was rather surprised that, at least for subjects 5 or so feet away, the center sharpness is essentially unchanged from f/1.4 - f/10. To be fair, I shot that test hand held, but there was plenty of light, so hand shake / high ISO were not issues.
HelenaN, I love your series with the 35 on the previous page. I need to get out and shoot with mine more, but the fog has been getting in my way lately. I took a few over the weekend with the Sony 50 to test it out, but sadly, I left the 35 in my bag the whole walk.
I have a few pages to catch up on. Stunning work from everyone though!
I normally don't like doing portraits. I don't mind taking picture of my nephews and such, because they just think it is fun. A co-worker of mine though, asked if I would do some head shots of him.
One of the shots from up on the roof of our office building:
I finally bought a Voigtlander 40mm v/1.4, a lens that I've thought about for a few years, ever since I first got a NEX. Only problem is that I managed to buy the SC instead of the MC. D'oh!
I put up a F/T yesterday to swap it for a MC version and ended up selling it - here and gone in three days! It's a nice copy, I hope the buyer likes it as much as I was starting to. It's an interesting lens with real strengths and some constraints that make for a fun challenge to work around.
It's hard to compare this lens with my beloved Contax G 45mm f/2. They're just so different, it's hard to know where to start. Instead, I think it's worth comparing the CV 40/1.4 to the Konica Hexanon AR 40/1.8, a lens which I used a lot on the NEX, less on the A7 in general but quite a bit recently. Despite being faster, smaller, and only single coated the 40/1.4 is contrastier, a lot less prone to flare, and sharper wide open in the center.
Ergnomically, this lens would take some getting used to. I've never used a lens with a focus tab, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Especially in portrait orientation, the tab feels a bit awkward. I think I could get used to it over a few weeks, but it's certainly a bit of a change. I never thought I'd consider a lens too small, but I might have finally found one in the CV 40/1.4.
What originally motivated me to sell my old E 35/1.8 is that I'd like to sell off some stuff and get a Loxia 35/2 when one came up for an excellent price on the B&S forum. That's an expensive lens, even used it can cost double my most expensive lens. I'm not one for GAS and have a stable set of regular lenses, but I've been wanting to get a nice 35mm for months for those times I don't want to carry 24/28+45. I've chosen to interpret the offer of cash for my F/T post as a sign to sell a few more lenses and try to get a copy of the Loxia 35/2, or maybe the CV 35mm f/1.7 LTM or VM.
Shipping the lens out tomorrow, but here are a few snaps from this weekend.
I have 2 more shots to postprocess in next days.. Conditions were not perfect, soon there were some clouds, I tried 30s exposure at 15mm too but stars start to look as lines not dots.
