Sony FE Images Thread
p.2194 #1Sony FE Images Thread
Peire wrote:
Jupiter 11,135mm/4.0 from 1957,made of silver aluminium,m39 Leica mount,soviet copy of Sonnar ,10cm long,4cm wide,preset,aperture with many leaves for smooth bokeh,200g of weight.All this solid and compact.The one which amazes me every time I use it.Despite age very sharp and 3D zeissy.Poorer contrast and colours are very easy to enhance in PP.
A72+Jupiter 11 135/4.0 at f8
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493803768.SEQ.5.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891785.SEQ.5.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493966598.SEQ.0.jpg
And some with more conventional Zeisses
A72+Planar G 45/2.0
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891784.SEQ.3.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891783.SEQ.2.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891784.SEQ.4.jpg
A72+G Planar 35/2.0
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891786.SEQ.8.jpg
A72+Sonnar G 90/2.8
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891785.SEQ.7.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891782.SEQ.0.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891786.SEQ.9.jpg
Peire -- I don't thank and congratulate you often enough on your artistic and technically superb postings. I very much appreciate your generous postings with lots of examples and good documentation of the performance of such a wide variety of lenses -- great performance shown with humble to expensive optics -- all presented in an unbiased collegial manner. I always see your enthusiasm and technical perfection shining through your work.
Please know that I am always appreciative, even if I only "like" the posting -- I can't write these remarks every time for you and other excellent FM contributors, even though I'd like to!
Jupiter 11,135mm/4.0 from 1957,made of silver aluminium,m39 Leica mount,soviet copy of Sonnar ,10cm long,4cm wide,preset,aperture with many leaves for smooth bokeh,200g of weight.All this solid and compact.The one which amazes me every time I use it.Despite age very sharp and 3D zeissy.Poorer contrast and colours are very easy to enhance in PP.
A72+Jupiter 11 135/4.0 at f8
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493803768.SEQ.5.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891785.SEQ.5.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493966598.SEQ.0.jpg
And some with more conventional Zeisses
A72+Planar G 45/2.0
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891784.SEQ.3.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891783.SEQ.2.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891784.SEQ.4.jpg
A72+G Planar 35/2.0
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891786.SEQ.8.jpg
A72+Sonnar G 90/2.8
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891785.SEQ.7.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891782.SEQ.0.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891786.SEQ.9.jpg
Peire -- I don't thank and congratulate you often enough on your artistic and technically superb postings. I very much appreciate your generous postings with lots of examples and good documentation of the performance of such a wide variety of lenses -- great performance shown with humble to expensive optics -- all presented in an unbiased collegial manner. I always see your enthusiasm and technical perfection shining through your work.
Please know that I am always appreciative, even if I only "like" the posting -- I can't write these remarks every time for you and other excellent FM contributors, even though I'd like to!
May 05, 2017 at 08:07 AM
p.2194 #2Sony FE Images Thread
Well. . . today will be my last day of image posting for about a month or so, until after I get back from the great Pacific Northwest to my computer and internet connection here in So Cal. Sorry in advance if my postings today (and this last week or so) seem like I'm "photo bombing" you all with my images. 
I'll be down to "likes" and remarks for the coming period. Perhaps this will be the trip when I establish high speed internet at my house there, instead of relying on 4G phone service.
Hopefully that "apology" will remove some of your irritation over me barfing up remaining images before I leave! Ha-ha!
Here's some more from the Huntington.
2-shot pano of stage being constructed for some film or most likely TV production.
2-shot pano
I'll be down to "likes" and remarks for the coming period. Perhaps this will be the trip when I establish high speed internet at my house there, instead of relying on 4G phone service. Hopefully that "apology" will remove some of your irritation over me barfing up remaining images before I leave! Ha-ha!
Here's some more from the Huntington.
2-shot pano of stage being constructed for some film or most likely TV production.
2-shot pano
May 05, 2017 at 08:17 AM
p.2194 #4Sony FE Images Thread
Part of my interest in trying my friend's lenses was to come to a conclusion as to the condition of his newly purchased (a few months back) of the renowned FE 24-70/2.8 GM lens. We'd both been experiencing unexpected OOF, front-focus, and even blurry focus on shots we both thought should have been simple and normal procedure.
So I started my day as a "donation" to try and find out what was going on -- was it "us" or was it the lens.
Naturally, like most honest adventurers, we looked to ourselves as the potential culprits for camera settings or technique. So I mounted the lens on my up-to-date firmware a7R2 (updated at least to cover the 24-70 introduction) and proceeded.
Out of my first 52 images taken, mostly zoomed from extremes for each subject, 24mm and 70mm, I had 12 obvious "misses", and by that I mean they were disastrous misses that shouldn't be shown on a discussion board, and certainly would never be presented to a client or published. That's 25% fail rate. As a point of reference: for this sort of mixed distance scenery shooting with my humble Canon 24-105/4L IS original version, I have less than 5% that the camera has misfocused (really it is near zero, probably my occasionally rushed technique is the true reason some shots are off) -- I mean, I can shoot that lens through the windshield of a moving vehicle and get sharp shots! Also -- I always shoot with precise one-shot center point AF.
Anyhow, I shoot how I shoot, some are better or more precise, some are looser and blurrier! But I count myself as one who strives for "sharp" images and precise focus on contrasty targets.
As you can see, this first shot has absolutely nothing in focus, even though shot at 1/320. Trust me, I wasn't falling over, or having an elephant bump into me as I pressed the shutter. Nice center target, lady paused to remark to a friend behind her. No brainer, right?
Second shot is right on the money, on the red flower fonds in center.
Lastly, close, but no banana. Focus was on the flowers on the largest, darkest diagonal flower stalk in center, just where it conjoins the others behind it. If you look critically at the flowers on the far left and the flowers just below center to the right, you'll see focus is quite a bit further forward than it should be, enough to make the image loose all "pop" of what should be a high contrast image.
(PS -- I've added 100% crops of the centers of the photos in same order as the full image shots.)
This little sequence as we arrived netted only about 50%, 2 out of 4. Small sample, but keep in mind I did this for nearly 1/2 hour with a lot more samples. What a relief with I put my Loxia's on and could control focus. It's pretty sad when a nice used copy of a cheap Canon L zoom, beats the pants off the high-end GM! (We'd had previous outing a while back that gave rise to our suspicions.) (PS -- I will admit, the shots look better here at the 1600 setting, but at 100% viewing, they start to fall apart -- maybe I'm too picky?)
This went on through about 100 shots, with just as high a percentage of unexpected disappointments. The shots that DID focus properly were awesome! Very nice imaging when it's "on". Perhaps this is simply a lens in need of firmware upgrade, because using Steady Shot, it does seem to "meander" and loft around in the viewfinder before settling down. Or perhaps it's a lemon. My advice was to take it back to the fancy brick-and-mortar Samy's camera where he bought it (along with all his Sony gear) and explain to them and have them send it to Sony under warranty.
Half of equipment buying is the testing procedure we must all undertake to ensure the gear lives up to its requirements. The faster we do that, the faster we get proper functioning gear! I just take it in stride and don't get emotionally attached until it proves out.
This not a gripe or a slam on Sony or GM (or we photographers) simply sharing the technical challenges we all encounter and need to solve in a timely fashion.
Cheers!
Nobody wants to see this turn up in review of images, right? :)
This one is fine, crisp in the subject area in exact center flowers.
And this one is fine too at 24mm after the lady had passed by.
Almost, but no donut!
WTF? :D Not acceptable.
Good!
Good!
Front focused on lower right, not dark stalk just left of center (to show where the focus shifted forward)
Edited on May 05, 2017 at 09:32 AM · View previous versions
So I started my day as a "donation" to try and find out what was going on -- was it "us" or was it the lens.
Naturally, like most honest adventurers, we looked to ourselves as the potential culprits for camera settings or technique. So I mounted the lens on my up-to-date firmware a7R2 (updated at least to cover the 24-70 introduction) and proceeded.
Out of my first 52 images taken, mostly zoomed from extremes for each subject, 24mm and 70mm, I had 12 obvious "misses", and by that I mean they were disastrous misses that shouldn't be shown on a discussion board, and certainly would never be presented to a client or published. That's 25% fail rate. As a point of reference: for this sort of mixed distance scenery shooting with my humble Canon 24-105/4L IS original version, I have less than 5% that the camera has misfocused (really it is near zero, probably my occasionally rushed technique is the true reason some shots are off) -- I mean, I can shoot that lens through the windshield of a moving vehicle and get sharp shots!
Also -- I always shoot with precise one-shot center point AF. Anyhow, I shoot how I shoot, some are better or more precise, some are looser and blurrier! But I count myself as one who strives for "sharp" images and precise focus on contrasty targets.
As you can see, this first shot has absolutely nothing in focus, even though shot at 1/320. Trust me, I wasn't falling over, or having an elephant bump into me as I pressed the shutter. Nice center target, lady paused to remark to a friend behind her. No brainer, right?
Second shot is right on the money, on the red flower fonds in center.
Lastly, close, but no banana. Focus was on the flowers on the largest, darkest diagonal flower stalk in center, just where it conjoins the others behind it. If you look critically at the flowers on the far left and the flowers just below center to the right, you'll see focus is quite a bit further forward than it should be, enough to make the image loose all "pop" of what should be a high contrast image.
(PS -- I've added 100% crops of the centers of the photos in same order as the full image shots.)
This little sequence as we arrived netted only about 50%, 2 out of 4. Small sample, but keep in mind I did this for nearly 1/2 hour with a lot more samples. What a relief with I put my Loxia's on and could control focus. It's pretty sad when a nice used copy of a cheap Canon L zoom, beats the pants off the high-end GM! (We'd had previous outing a while back that gave rise to our suspicions.) (PS -- I will admit, the shots look better here at the 1600 setting, but at 100% viewing, they start to fall apart -- maybe I'm too picky?)
This went on through about 100 shots, with just as high a percentage of unexpected disappointments. The shots that DID focus properly were awesome! Very nice imaging when it's "on". Perhaps this is simply a lens in need of firmware upgrade, because using Steady Shot, it does seem to "meander" and loft around in the viewfinder before settling down. Or perhaps it's a lemon. My advice was to take it back to the fancy brick-and-mortar Samy's camera where he bought it (along with all his Sony gear) and explain to them and have them send it to Sony under warranty.
Half of equipment buying is the testing procedure we must all undertake to ensure the gear lives up to its requirements. The faster we do that, the faster we get proper functioning gear!
I just take it in stride and don't get emotionally attached until it proves out. This not a gripe or a slam on Sony or GM (or we photographers) simply sharing the technical challenges we all encounter and need to solve in a timely fashion.
Cheers!
Nobody wants to see this turn up in review of images, right? :)
This one is fine, crisp in the subject area in exact center flowers.
And this one is fine too at 24mm after the lady had passed by.
Almost, but no donut!
WTF? :D Not acceptable.
Good!
Good!
Front focused on lower right, not dark stalk just left of center (to show where the focus shifted forward)
Edited on May 05, 2017 at 09:32 AM · View previous versions
May 05, 2017 at 08:59 AM
p.2194 #5Sony FE Images Thread
Sigma 135 Art
Sigma 135 Art-07003 by lareginl, on Flickr
Sigma 135 Art-07085 by lareginl, on Flickr
Sigma 135 Art- by lareginl, on Flickr
Sigma 135 Art-07003 by lareginl, on FlickrSigma 135 Art-07085 by lareginl, on FlickrSigma 135 Art- by lareginl, on FlickrMay 05, 2017 at 09:22 AM
p.2194 #6Sony FE Images Thread
Whoa, that Sigma sure blows the backgrounds to oblivion.
May 05, 2017 at 09:41 AM
p.2194 #7Sony FE Images Thread
MJKoski wrote:
Whoa, that Sigma sure blows the backgrounds to oblivion.
It's even better when you remember to shoot with EFCS off, with high shutter speeds.
Whoa, that Sigma sure blows the backgrounds to oblivion.
It's even better when you remember to shoot with EFCS off, with high shutter speeds.
May 05, 2017 at 10:32 AM
p.2194 #8Sony FE Images Thread
Here's more on the stage set-up.
2-shot pano
The back end of stage
2-shot pano
The back end of stage
May 05, 2017 at 10:56 AM
p.2194 #9Sony FE Images Thread
I found an owl hobbling around my property yesterday and the Village where I live said there was nothing they could do - so I hired a private rehab group to come out and they found 2 baby owls both with severely broken legs. I've never seen owls up close before - this lady just scooped them up without gloves - look at those talons! Their eyes were beautiful. They will have their legs put in a 'cast', rehabbed and released when they're ready. Doesn't show the lady in the best way, but she was more interested in getting the owls put in her van before their mom saw what was going on so it's not like she was standing around posing.
all with a7r2 + 50/1.4 @ f/2
(first one is a crop from the second - note the partially closed 'clear 3rd eyelid')
Edited on May 08, 2017 at 06:27 AM · View previous versions
all with a7r2 + 50/1.4 @ f/2
(first one is a crop from the second - note the partially closed 'clear 3rd eyelid')
Edited on May 08, 2017 at 06:27 AM · View previous versions
May 05, 2017 at 11:18 AM
p.2194 #10Sony FE Images Thread
The owls eyes are fascinating... They look like lenses with yellow aperture blades :-))
The 3rd pic with the owl and the lady staring in each others eyes is really intense, great catch!
The 3rd pic with the owl and the lady staring in each others eyes is really intense, great catch!
May 05, 2017 at 11:28 AM
|
p.2194 #11Sony FE Images Thread
Some pics from Budapest, Hungary:
A7 with 28-70
_DSC4228.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
A7 with Leica R 135/2.8
_DSC4170-Bearbeitet-2-Bearbeitet.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
A7 with Rokinon 14/2.8
_DSC4286.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
Nick
A7 with 28-70
_DSC4228.jpg by Nickname 19, auf FlickrA7 with Leica R 135/2.8
_DSC4170-Bearbeitet-2-Bearbeitet.jpg by Nickname 19, auf FlickrA7 with Rokinon 14/2.8
_DSC4286.jpg by Nickname 19, auf FlickrNick
May 05, 2017 at 11:32 AM
p.2194 #12Sony FE Images Thread
CV12 III E, A7II
Morning by the Sea by Jannik Peters, auf Flickr
Morning by the Sea by Jannik Peters, auf Flickr
May 05, 2017 at 11:32 AM
p.2194 #13Sony FE Images Thread
Gunzorro wrote:
A72+Jupiter 11 135/4.0 at f8
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493803768.SEQ.5.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891785.SEQ.5.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493966598.SEQ.0.jpg
And some with more conventional Zeisses
A72+Planar G 45/2.0
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891784.SEQ.3.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891783.SEQ.2.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891784.SEQ.4.jpg
A72+G Planar 35/2.0
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891786.SEQ.8.jpg
A72+Sonnar G 90/2.8
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891785.SEQ.7.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891782.SEQ.0.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891786.SEQ.9.jpgPeire -- I don't thank and congratulate you often enough on your artistic and technically superb postings. I very much appreciate your generous postings with lots of examples and good documentation of the performance of such a wide variety of lenses -- great performance shown with humble to expensive optics -- all presented in an unbiased collegial manner. I always see your enthusiasm and technical perfection shining through your work.
Please know that I am always appreciative, even if I only "like" the posting -- I can't write these remarks every time for you and other excellent FM contributors, even...Show more →
Jim - It was worth to live long enough attempting to capture pictures of my own,private world in the way I see them ,to get the feedback like yours.
In short - I'm rather the one standing at the side,observing what is going on in silence.This is the only place where I allow myself to say something openly,thanks to complete anonimity.
I appreciate your "likes" very much and don't expect anything more,because "like" does mean something to me and I really have to like a post to give it a "like" for some reason.
It is also "honey on my soul" ,to translate literally one Polish saying,that you see and enjoy my photographs taken with wide variety of lenses.
Peire wrote
Jupiter 11,135mm/4.0 from 1957,made of silver aluminium,m39 Leica mount,soviet copy of Sonnar ,10cm long,4cm wide,preset,aperture with many leaves for smooth bokeh,200g of weight.All this solid and compact.The one which amazes me every time I use it.Despite age very sharp and 3D zeissy.Poorer contrast and colours are very easy to enhance in PP.A72+Jupiter 11 135/4.0 at f8
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493803768.SEQ.5.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891785.SEQ.5.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493966598.SEQ.0.jpg
And some with more conventional Zeisses
A72+Planar G 45/2.0
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891784.SEQ.3.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891783.SEQ.2.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891784.SEQ.4.jpg
A72+G Planar 35/2.0
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891786.SEQ.8.jpg
A72+Sonnar G 90/2.8
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891785.SEQ.7.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891782.SEQ.0.jpg
https://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/951/U951I1493891786.SEQ.9.jpg
Please know that I am always appreciative, even if I only "like" the posting -- I can't write these remarks every time for you and other excellent FM contributors, even...Show more →
Jim - It was worth to live long enough attempting to capture pictures of my own,private world in the way I see them ,to get the feedback like yours.
In short - I'm rather the one standing at the side,observing what is going on in silence.This is the only place where I allow myself to say something openly,thanks to complete anonimity.
I appreciate your "likes" very much and don't expect anything more,because "like" does mean something to me and I really have to like a post to give it a "like" for some reason.
It is also "honey on my soul" ,to translate literally one Polish saying,that you see and enjoy my photographs taken with wide variety of lenses.
May 05, 2017 at 12:04 PM
p.2194 #14Sony FE Images Thread
Megastatic wrote:
!A very welcome! Great start 
Seems this group grows again after so many pages
Manuel1+ Thank you very much for the welcoming! Here are some more from the show:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2882/33134448764_7702a4bcf1_b.jpg_DSC6122.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3948/33902654941_79117148e5_b.jpg_DSC5993.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2888/33848198711_c294ffdc93_b.jpg_DSC6151.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2810/33820321652_3a24ba1fbc_b.jpg_DSC6152.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
Nick
So much flowers and such colours galore!Yummy!
xwing15 wrote
ManuelLaMantia wrote
Megastatic wrote
Hi everyone, I've been checking out this wonderful thread for a long time and now I'd like to contribute a couple of pics to it if you don't mind! Seems this group grows again after so many pages Manuel
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2882/33134448764_7702a4bcf1_b.jpg_DSC6122.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3948/33902654941_79117148e5_b.jpg_DSC5993.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2888/33848198711_c294ffdc93_b.jpg_DSC6151.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2810/33820321652_3a24ba1fbc_b.jpg_DSC6152.jpg by Nickname 19, auf Flickr
Nick
So much flowers and such colours galore!Yummy!
May 05, 2017 at 12:26 PM
p.2194 #15Sony FE Images Thread
Lovely Rene, Derek, Ronny, Werner and others
May 05, 2017 at 12:48 PM
p.2194 #17Sony FE Images Thread
Sony A7r with Zeiss D35 1.4 ZM
DSC00298 by keepyourown2000, on Flickr
DSC00298 by keepyourown2000, on FlickrMay 05, 2017 at 03:44 PM
p.2194 #18Sony FE Images Thread
Mandria Di Chianina / Cattle Herd by Werner Utsch, on Flickr
A7RII, 70-400/4-5.6 GII
May 05, 2017 at 03:58 PM
p.2194 #19Sony FE Images Thread
Werner_Utsch wrote:
" Cattle Herd, Val d 'Orcia "
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4182/34339141331_39ca62f83a_h.jpg
Mandria Di Chianina / Cattle Herd by Werner Utsch, on Flickr
A7RII, 70-400/4-5.6 GII
Terrific use of the misty clouds in this series, Werner!
*****************
Here's a few more thrown on the FM wall to see if any stick!
The entry fountain, in chronological order of attack.
See, I don't hate the 24-70 GM! It's lovely when it is on. I think there is some erratic focusing tied to this unit's IBIS. It'll get sorted out.
Edited on May 05, 2017 at 05:13 PM · View previous versions
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4182/34339141331_39ca62f83a_h.jpg
Mandria Di Chianina / Cattle Herd by Werner Utsch, on Flickr
A7RII, 70-400/4-5.6 GII
Terrific use of the misty clouds in this series, Werner!
*****************
Here's a few more thrown on the FM wall to see if any stick!
The entry fountain, in chronological order of attack.
See, I don't hate the 24-70 GM! It's lovely when it is on. I think there is some erratic focusing tied to this unit's IBIS. It'll get sorted out.
Edited on May 05, 2017 at 05:13 PM · View previous versions
May 05, 2017 at 04:45 PM
p.2194 #20Sony FE Images Thread
A beautiful Minnesota summer-like day. Even the dogs are loving it.
May 05, 2017 at 04:50 PM