Sony FE Images Thread
p.2187 #1Sony FE Images Thread
Shuko wrote:
From the weekend. A7r + FE55
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2835/34253653961_6e03662740_h.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2839/33999798200_d1c043d69e_h.jpg
Strong shots, Shuko!
Joshua -- This is obviously one of your favorite models, and for good reason!
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3-shot pano, Loxia 21, hand held, LRCC
From the weekend. A7r + FE55
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2835/34253653961_6e03662740_h.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2839/33999798200_d1c043d69e_h.jpg
Strong shots, Shuko!
Joshua -- This is obviously one of your favorite models, and for good reason!
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3-shot pano, Loxia 21, hand held, LRCC
May 01, 2017 at 10:13 AM
p.2187 #3Sony FE Images Thread
Chandler Arizona, 4/30/2017, with a Tamron 21 MM adaptamatic lens.
Harry Palmer
Cotton Picker.
Farm Wagon.
Partial color-Yellow.
Santa Fe artwork.
Railway Express sign.
Harry Palmer
Cotton Picker.
Farm Wagon.
Partial color-Yellow.
Santa Fe artwork.
Railway Express sign.
May 01, 2017 at 11:35 AM
p.2187 #4Sony FE Images Thread
A7 (Kolari modified thin filter v2) @ ISO 640 & 1/60s -- Carl Zeiss Biogon T* 2/35 ZM @ f/3.2 using 3000mm Plano-Convex front filter
Samuli
Samuli
May 01, 2017 at 11:39 AM
p.2187 #5Sony FE Images Thread
from my trip back home to nyc last september. i think most of them are either contax 50 1.4 or 28 2.8
dont remember which lenses i brought with me
DSC00992.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
DSC01269.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
DSC01047.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
DSC01287.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
DSC01325.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
DSC01334.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
DSC01339.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
DSC01323.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
DSC01286.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on Flickr
dont remember which lenses i brought with me
DSC00992.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrDSC01269.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrDSC01047.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrDSC01287.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrDSC01325.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrDSC01334.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrDSC01339.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrDSC01323.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrDSC01286.jpg by Drew Humohrey, on FlickrMay 01, 2017 at 11:39 AM
p.2187 #6Sony FE Images Thread
This image shows off the Loxia 21's ability to render subtle changes of warm and cool colors, as well as smooth graduations in tone.
So far, I find the lens capable of brute contrast and saturation, and soft, mellow tones in subdued lighting. I like having choices! Seems to respond well to PP without being too theatrical.
Loxia 21, hand held, LRCC (no lens profile used -- shows slight vignetting, intentionally left)
So far, I find the lens capable of brute contrast and saturation, and soft, mellow tones in subdued lighting. I like having choices!
Seems to respond well to PP without being too theatrical. Loxia 21, hand held, LRCC (no lens profile used -- shows slight vignetting, intentionally left)
May 01, 2017 at 12:06 PM
p.2187 #7Sony FE Images Thread
AGeoJO wrote:
Maybe we can talk her into a hoedown in this little Western village? Ha-ha!
Loxia 21Thank you, Jim! Are you providing the music for the hoedown 
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The Loxia 21mm kicks some serious b*tt, huh?
Otus 28mm.Thank you, Philippe!
Simple yet great images whether they were taken with your Otus 28mm or not!
Here is another image from Venice 2017...
My favorite of your Venice 2017 images, BTW that all are sublime!
Thank you so much Joshua for your tremendous and successful effort.
No matter which subject you choose, your resulting images are exquisite!
Cheers, Karl-Heinz.
Gunzorro wrote
Joshua -- More great shots of my favorite cowgirl! Maybe we can talk her into a hoedown in this little Western village? Ha-ha! Loxia 21
? The Loxia 21mm kicks some serious b*tt, huh?
philber wrote
Whew! So many fine shots! Bob, Joshua (the un-cow-girl:-), Jim, YT, Nexed, Ronny, Jack, Kevin, super work!Otus 28mm.
Simple yet great images whether they were taken with your Otus 28mm or not!
Here is another image from Venice 2017...
My favorite of your Venice 2017 images, BTW that all are sublime!
Thank you so much Joshua for your tremendous and successful effort.
No matter which subject you choose, your resulting images are exquisite!
Cheers, Karl-Heinz.
May 01, 2017 at 12:26 PM
p.2187 #9Sony FE Images Thread
Sonoran Desert near sunset. A7RII with Canon EF 100-400 II and Metabones IV adapter.
May 01, 2017 at 12:56 PM
p.2187 #10Sony FE Images Thread
Let's say I needed another reason why I like the Loxia 35 so much.
Here at f/8 it is sharp from edge to edge in the whole middle distance focusing range. Colors, malleable, great contrast.
There must have been some real dogs of this lens sent to reviewers. I can't explain the difference between what I'm getting and about 40% of what I read before buying.
Loxia 35, hand held, LRCC
"Coming Through!"
Here at f/8 it is sharp from edge to edge in the whole middle distance focusing range. Colors, malleable, great contrast.
There must have been some real dogs of this lens sent to reviewers. I can't explain the difference between what I'm getting and about 40% of what I read before buying.
Loxia 35, hand held, LRCC
"Coming Through!"
May 01, 2017 at 02:20 PM
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p.2187 #12Sony FE Images Thread
Gunzorro wrote:
There must have been some real dogs of this lens sent to reviewers. I can't explain the difference between what I'm getting and about 40% of what I read before buying.
I have theory for this; people assume some qualities from Zeiss lenses, which causes them to have too high expectations of some aspects of the lens performance - then they get disappointed by wide open boke and corners - as they don't have patience, knowledge and skills they don't learn and everything about the lens seems awful => then they go to forum/review/whatever to complain about it. I would have assumed high price and manual focus would have scared these users, and they would buy some other lenses, but it seems that my assumption was wrong.
I don't have Loxia 35, but I have the ZM-series 2/35 and lens requires knowing it's behavior well e.g. majority of urban boke scenes need stopping down to f/3.2-f/3.5 for boke optimization, but background detail at certain frequency may require even closing down to f/4.5. On nature boke scenes it's safer bet to use f/4-4.5 as "default" maximum aperture on boke scenarios, at least on Nordic evergreen forest, which tend to have horrible backgrounds from boke point of view. Naturally quantity of boke has big effect, if shooting at minimum focus distance and background is far away the quantity of boke hides most of the boke quality issues and it's likely that f/2.5 becomes usable aperture. Sometimes boke contrast makes big difference, e.g. using polarizer on backlight forest scene can cut the highlights (=rough reflections from undergrowth etc.) and this makes it possible to use larger aperture without distracting subject with busy boke. And when boke gets ugly with ZM2/35 it tends to be really ugly. I would assume Loxia 35 behavior is similar.
Samuli
There must have been some real dogs of this lens sent to reviewers. I can't explain the difference between what I'm getting and about 40% of what I read before buying.
I have theory for this; people assume some qualities from Zeiss lenses, which causes them to have too high expectations of some aspects of the lens performance - then they get disappointed by wide open boke and corners - as they don't have patience, knowledge and skills they don't learn and everything about the lens seems awful => then they go to forum/review/whatever to complain about it. I would have assumed high price and manual focus would have scared these users, and they would buy some other lenses, but it seems that my assumption was wrong.
I don't have Loxia 35, but I have the ZM-series 2/35 and lens requires knowing it's behavior well e.g. majority of urban boke scenes need stopping down to f/3.2-f/3.5 for boke optimization, but background detail at certain frequency may require even closing down to f/4.5. On nature boke scenes it's safer bet to use f/4-4.5 as "default" maximum aperture on boke scenarios, at least on Nordic evergreen forest, which tend to have horrible backgrounds from boke point of view. Naturally quantity of boke has big effect, if shooting at minimum focus distance and background is far away the quantity of boke hides most of the boke quality issues and it's likely that f/2.5 becomes usable aperture. Sometimes boke contrast makes big difference, e.g. using polarizer on backlight forest scene can cut the highlights (=rough reflections from undergrowth etc.) and this makes it possible to use larger aperture without distracting subject with busy boke. And when boke gets ugly with ZM2/35 it tends to be really ugly. I would assume Loxia 35 behavior is similar.
Samuli
May 01, 2017 at 03:11 PM
p.2187 #13Sony FE Images Thread
A7 + Sony 70-200 f/4
DSC09304 by Daniel Danrich, on Flickr
DSC09304 by Daniel Danrich, on FlickrMay 01, 2017 at 04:44 PM
p.2187 #14Sony FE Images Thread
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
I have theory for this; people assume some qualities from Zeiss lenses, which causes them to have too high expectations of some aspects of the lens performance - then they get disappointed by wide open boke and corners - as they don't have patience, knowledge and skills they don't learn and everything about the lens seems awful => then they go to forum/review/whatever to complain about it. I would have assumed high price and manual focus would have scared these users, and they would buy some other lenses, but it seems that my assumption was wrong.
I don't have Loxia...Show more →
Thanks, Samuli -- Your explanation may well have something to do with the negativity I've read or heard about.
My approach is probably a little different from many users buying somewhat "exotic" equipment, and in this case lenses. I can see why some might be disappointed if their paradigm for a Zeiss lens is bokeh related (not that I've found this an issue with the Loxia 35, but some might). I'm more interested in finding the f-stop range for best overall sharpness, color, and contrast, and that is usually outside the "Bokeh Zone" of close focus and wide open aperture. Nothing wrong with people enjoying blowing out backgrounds (I love what Bob and Helena are doing with unusual lenses and directing the view through softness to a central subject or design), I've used that technique and have a few lenses for it, but it's not my usual approach (and honestly, I'm not as good at pre-visualizing as some of these brilliant folks!).
I'm curious what other photographer on the forum would adopt as their mission catch-phrase. I'm mostly in the "f/8, and be there" camp, with a leaning toward the "f/64" club in a moderately casual way. And maybe that is the simplest way to describe why these lenses appeal so much to me.
Gunzorro wrote
There must have been some real dogs of this lens sent to reviewers. I can't explain the difference between what I'm getting and about 40% of what I read before buying.I don't have Loxia...Show more →
Thanks, Samuli -- Your explanation may well have something to do with the negativity I've read or heard about.
My approach is probably a little different from many users buying somewhat "exotic" equipment, and in this case lenses. I can see why some might be disappointed if their paradigm for a Zeiss lens is bokeh related (not that I've found this an issue with the Loxia 35, but some might). I'm more interested in finding the f-stop range for best overall sharpness, color, and contrast, and that is usually outside the "Bokeh Zone" of close focus and wide open aperture. Nothing wrong with people enjoying blowing out backgrounds (I love what Bob and Helena are doing with unusual lenses and directing the view through softness to a central subject or design), I've used that technique and have a few lenses for it, but it's not my usual approach (and honestly, I'm not as good at pre-visualizing as some of these brilliant folks!).
I'm curious what other photographer on the forum would adopt as their mission catch-phrase. I'm mostly in the "f/8, and be there" camp, with a leaning toward the "f/64" club in a moderately casual way. And maybe that is the simplest way to describe why these lenses appeal so much to me.
May 01, 2017 at 05:33 PM
p.2187 #16Sony FE Images Thread
A7 + Sony 70-200 f/4
DSC09266 by Daniel Danrich, on Flickr
DSC09266 by Daniel Danrich, on FlickrMay 01, 2017 at 05:56 PM
p.2187 #17Sony FE Images Thread
Summicron 90
Slightly misfocused on the droplet, but I like the effect.
Summicron 90--3 by lareginl, on Flickr
Venturing beyond the wall.
Summicron 90- by lareginl, on Flickr
Sunbathing.
Summicron 90--2 by lareginl, on Flickr
Slightly misfocused on the droplet, but I like the effect.
Summicron 90--3 by lareginl, on FlickrVenturing beyond the wall.
Summicron 90- by lareginl, on FlickrSunbathing.
Summicron 90--2 by lareginl, on FlickrMay 01, 2017 at 07:41 PM
p.2187 #18Sony FE Images Thread
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May 01, 2017 at 08:52 PM
p.2187 #19Sony FE Images Thread
Gunzorro wrote:
Joshua -- This is obviously one of your favorite models, and for good reason!
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3-shot pano, Loxia 21, hand held, LRCC
Yup, she and her husband became our good friends, Jim. Thank you!
I was there late last year and I love your images from the Getty Center!
k-h.a.w wrote:
My favorite of your Venice 2017 images, BTW that all are sublime!
Thank you so much Joshua for your tremendous and successful effort.
No matter which subject you choose, your resulting images are exquisite!
Cheers, Karl-Heinz.
K-H., thank you so very much. I am very flattered...
Here is another one of the same model but with a friend this time around
Sunset on San Giorgio Island
Joshua -- This is obviously one of your favorite models, and for good reason!
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3-shot pano, Loxia 21, hand held, LRCC
Yup, she and her husband became our good friends, Jim. Thank you!
I was there late last year and I love your images from the Getty Center!
k-h.a.w wrote:
My favorite of your Venice 2017 images, BTW that all are sublime!
Thank you so much Joshua for your tremendous and successful effort.
No matter which subject you choose, your resulting images are exquisite!
Cheers, Karl-Heinz.
K-H., thank you so very much. I am very flattered...
Here is another one of the same model but with a friend this time around
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Sunset on San Giorgio Island
May 01, 2017 at 09:38 PM
