Looking at the setting sun along Skyline Drive
Tripod mounted A7r and Leica M 90mm f2.5 Summarit lens
ISO 100, f11, 1/250 second
Exposure corrected by +0.71 Stops; processed in LR6.4
October 24, 2016
Along Skyline Drive next to Big Meadows opposite Byrd Visitor Center, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Has received a offer to buy a FE16-35 f4
what do you think ? Have I any use of it ?
The price is quite oki for it in Sweden used ... no bargain though (800-850 dollar) New is $ 1,400 in sweden
My landscape lenses are now Loxia 21 and 50 also my fisheye Nikkor 16mm works ok
and then Rx1R with 35mm focal length
The idea is for trips to Lofoten and Iceland..thought it might be convenient in some cases with a Zoom...actually feels quite enough with those lenses I have ..or
Thanks
Ronny//
Edit ; know that the new GM 16-35 f2.8 probably come out this year .. but probably be out of my price range
Here's an alternate version at 35mm, a few minutes later. Cross posted to the Canon forum.
I was using the Manfrotto dual-camera set-up, with the a7RII on one side with Sigma MC-11 and 16-35/4L IS and Hartblei SR 65/3.5 lenses, and the Nikon D800e on the other with the 180/2.8 ED AIS lens for some tighter shots.
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Has received a offer to buy a FE16-35 f4
what do you think ? Have I any use of it ?
The price is quite oki for it in Sweden used ... no bargain though (800-850 dollar) New is $ 1,400 in sweden
My landscape lenses are now Loxia 21 and 50 also my fisheye Nikkor 16mm works ok
and then Rx1R with 35mm focal length
The idea is for trips to Lofoten and Iceland..thought it might be convenient in some cases with a Zoom...actually feels quite enough with those lenses I have ..or
Thanks
Ronny//
Edit ; know that the new GM 16-35 f2.8 probably come out this year .. but probably be out of my price range...Show more →
If I didn't have the Canon 16-35/4 L IS, I would certainly consider it! But I'm really happy with mine. Knowing your work a bit, I think you'd be happier with a Zeiss native mount like that. And, yes, I think you'd get a lot of use out of it for your work. And at that price, it would be easy to sell if you decide you want to stick to primes.
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Has received a offer to buy a FE16-35 f4
what do you think ? Have I any use of it ?
The price is quite oki for it in Sweden used ... no bargain though (800-850 dollar) New is $ 1,400 in sweden
My landscape lenses are now Loxia 21 and 50 also my fisheye Nikkor 16mm works ok
and then Rx1R with 35mm focal length
The idea is for trips to Lofoten and Iceland..thought it might be convenient in some cases with a Zoom...actually feels quite enough with those lenses I have ..or
Thanks
Ronny//
Edit ; know that the new GM 16-35 f2.8 probably come out this year .. but probably be out of my price range...Show more →
Ronny,
I am not sure about the 16-35mm lens for you. Since you have the Loxia 21mm, I would consider getting a 12-15mm lens, if I were you. The transition from the Loxia to the 12mm is more meaningful. Currently, there are two 12mm lens available; the Voigtlander 12mm and Laowa 12mm.
Here in the US, the price of a used Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 is less than the Voigtlander and Laowa 12mm new and both lenses are basically not available used. IMHO, the Voigtlander 12mm is really an awesome landscape lens and since you use tripod for that, the slow aperture should not matter and the size/weight makes is better than Laowa 12mm and it transmits exif data as it is an FE lens. If you do a fair amount of cityscape or urban photography, the Laowa seems to be better distortion wise and it is faster, too, which may be great for astrophotography if you do that.
I was out at lunch with two lenses today . . . sort of a test to see if I would consider putting them up for sale due to limited use. These are with the Leica Elmarit-R 28/2.8 II. Every time I consider putting this up on the board, I take a few images and I'm in love with the colors and sharpness of this lens. It simply renders in a luxurious way. The the way these images end up down sized here doesn't do the images justice compared to what's on my monitor. All are at f/8
One from today. This is an experiment. Blend of two images--one with SR app, the other long exposure. The SR app is not always so good with light trails as there are more obvious breaks in the trails. Need to keep experimenting. Anyway, not sure this works entirely. Anyone spot why?
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