Sony FE Images Thread
p.2370 #1Sony FE Images Thread
Sony 7RII + Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8
Sony 7RII + Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 by Daniel Danrich, on Flickr
Sony 7RII + Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 by Daniel Danrich, on FlickrAug 16, 2017 at 06:09 PM
p.2370 #2Sony FE Images Thread
Has anyone tried the Contax Telephoto 135mm f/2.8 Sonna for landscape? Would love to see some samples. Thanks!
Douglas
Douglas
Aug 16, 2017 at 06:42 PM
p.2370 #3Sony FE Images Thread
Had one briefly. Nothing special, in my opinion. Tair 135 f/2.8 (20 or so aperture blades) was prettier but really heavy. Pentacon / Meyer is pretty good but not super sharp. A-mount Sony/Zeiss is great (f/1.8 and expensive). Canon EF 135 f/2L is very nice and can be had used for only a little more than the Contax...and is much better.
Do you really need 135 vs 100mm? If 100mm would get it done, Contax 100/2 is incredible. Likely in a three-way tie for my favorite lens. Olympus 100/2 is also very good. Pentax has a smaller, 100/3.5 or something like that.
Personally, I find 100mm a much more frequently useful focal length, but it entirely depends on what and where you are shooting.
Jim
Do you really need 135 vs 100mm? If 100mm would get it done, Contax 100/2 is incredible. Likely in a three-way tie for my favorite lens. Olympus 100/2 is also very good. Pentax has a smaller, 100/3.5 or something like that.
Personally, I find 100mm a much more frequently useful focal length, but it entirely depends on what and where you are shooting.
Jim
Aug 16, 2017 at 08:45 PM
p.2370 #4Sony FE Images Thread
Batis 135mm, I didn't get it posted for sale today, going to hang on to it until I'm 100% sure about letting it go. I love the size and weight.
Restaurant on the Course by David Arbogast, on Flickr
Restaurant on the Course by David Arbogast, on Flickr
Aug 16, 2017 at 08:46 PM
p.2370 #5Sony FE Images Thread
Great grabs last page!
Thank you, Gregg! I need to go to Maui and take my private stash of models over there.... Are you to that ? Great images from Maui!
I'm down Joshua! Let me know when
. (Btw...last set form me was Kauai...)...
And thank you as well! Love the owls!
David...nice grab with the 135! Although I was expecting to see a Loxia 35 grab posted?
Gregg
A7rll and FE 16-35/4 from Kauai.
From our Lanai. I did have a CPL which contributes to the oversaturation/dark corner look!
Our townhome complex @24mm
19mm
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Thank you, Gregg! I need to go to Maui and take my private stash of models over there.... Are you to that ? Great images from Maui!
I'm down Joshua! Let me know when
. (Btw...last set form me was Kauai...)...And thank you as well! Love the owls!
David...nice grab with the 135! Although I was expecting to see a Loxia 35 grab posted?
Gregg
A7rll and FE 16-35/4 from Kauai.
From our Lanai. I did have a CPL which contributes to the oversaturation/dark corner look!
Our townhome complex @24mm
19mm
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Aug 16, 2017 at 09:23 PM
p.2370 #6Sony FE Images Thread
Overdone bridge shot but with a new lens.....Voigtlander 65/2 apo at F11. The lens is a bit long for this scene, but it works well for lens testing....
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Aug 16, 2017 at 09:37 PM
p.2370 #7Sony FE Images Thread
Douglas, I had a Contax 135 f:2.8. My take: Pros = small and light (for a metal construction lens), easy to use (for an MF lens), lovely colours and mild rendering, low price. Cons = lots of CA, so-so sharpness only, not a lot of detail. Conclusion = nice at first sight, mildly disappointing soon after. Not at all typical of a Zeiss lens.
Aug 16, 2017 at 10:55 PM
p.2370 #8Sony FE Images Thread
kdrk888 wrote:
Has anyone tried the Contax Telephoto 135mm f/2.8 Sonna for landscape? Would love to see some samples. Thanks!
Douglas, like Philippe described. I would never consider this lens for landscapes, but I did enjoy it quite much for my normal boke-shooting, but also in this "application" the CA gets to my nervers (not the focus plane CA, but front/behind magenta/green edges). So one has to choose scenes carefully with this lens. I got the lens during wintertime and I still remember the disappointment (it was winter when we had lots of snow, and that means lenses having CA-issues are worst nightmare - white background in nature for everything, and then black small detail against that background as trees did not have leaf...).
If you look the MTF, you see that it's actually not that bad wide open, but when closing down only tangential detail improves, while sagittal detail only improves in center - this usually means that lens will get crappy boke closed down, and that is also my practical finding when I shoot the lens actively (it was way back when Canon 5D mkII was "the camera" - first live view full frame camera, which did not cost 8000EUR). I don't remember shooting with this lens Sony cameras, now when you reminded I would like to test, but it's hard to get this lens to camera all my other 135mm lenses are much better (except Olympus 135mm), I even prefer Leica and C/Y 80-200 f/4 zooms over this lens.
I have recommendation for you if you want old school Zeiss rendering at tele focal legths (similar as in majority of C/Y-mount lenses): get 80-200 f/4 zoom, in real life landscape applications it will perform well @ f/8-11 80-150mm range, I'm not very happy to 150-200mm, that sucks. Old Zeiss like rendering is very strong 80-100mm and still very much present 135mm. Additional "bonus" is that it's VERY strong performer on backlight situations for a zoom. Naturally 2.8/85 and 3.5/100 are "better" than the zoom, but not by gigantic margin. I have few posts in my old blog:
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100222-Siitama-winter-landscapes/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100225-Haralanharju/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100307-Vesilahti/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20091219-mustalamminvuori-landscapes/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100504-ParisLouvrePart3/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100519-NotreDamePart1/
Samuli
Has anyone tried the Contax Telephoto 135mm f/2.8 Sonna for landscape? Would love to see some samples. Thanks!
Douglas, like Philippe described. I would never consider this lens for landscapes, but I did enjoy it quite much for my normal boke-shooting, but also in this "application" the CA gets to my nervers (not the focus plane CA, but front/behind magenta/green edges). So one has to choose scenes carefully with this lens. I got the lens during wintertime and I still remember the disappointment (it was winter when we had lots of snow, and that means lenses having CA-issues are worst nightmare - white background in nature for everything, and then black small detail against that background as trees did not have leaf...).
If you look the MTF, you see that it's actually not that bad wide open, but when closing down only tangential detail improves, while sagittal detail only improves in center - this usually means that lens will get crappy boke closed down, and that is also my practical finding when I shoot the lens actively (it was way back when Canon 5D mkII was "the camera" - first live view full frame camera, which did not cost 8000EUR). I don't remember shooting with this lens Sony cameras, now when you reminded I would like to test, but it's hard to get this lens to camera all my other 135mm lenses are much better (except Olympus 135mm), I even prefer Leica and C/Y 80-200 f/4 zooms over this lens.
I have recommendation for you if you want old school Zeiss rendering at tele focal legths (similar as in majority of C/Y-mount lenses): get 80-200 f/4 zoom, in real life landscape applications it will perform well @ f/8-11 80-150mm range, I'm not very happy to 150-200mm, that sucks. Old Zeiss like rendering is very strong 80-100mm and still very much present 135mm. Additional "bonus" is that it's VERY strong performer on backlight situations for a zoom. Naturally 2.8/85 and 3.5/100 are "better" than the zoom, but not by gigantic margin. I have few posts in my old blog:
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100222-Siitama-winter-landscapes/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100225-Haralanharju/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100307-Vesilahti/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20091219-mustalamminvuori-landscapes/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100504-ParisLouvrePart3/
http://vahonen.com/blog/20100519-NotreDamePart1/
Samuli
Aug 16, 2017 at 11:28 PM
p.2370 #10Sony FE Images Thread
16-35GM at 35mm
Thurrock, River Thames
Lost wheel by Viramati, on Flickr
Thurrock, River Thames
Lost wheel by Viramati, on Flickr
Aug 17, 2017 at 12:42 AM
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p.2370 #11Sony FE Images Thread
Thank you, gentlemen, for your advice on the Contax 135. It's so cheap that there is not much to lose if it doesn't work out. I have the 24-70 GM so 100mm is not that much longer. I also have the Sony FE 70-200 F4 but I don't really like the weight, and particularly the bulkiness for travel. That's why I am looking for something smaller between 70-200. Obviously the Batis 135 would be ideal but that's a lot money to pay if the only purpose I use it is for landscape.
Thanks again,
Douglas
. I have the 24-70 GM so 100mm is not that much longer. I also have the Sony FE 70-200 F4 but I don't really like the weight, and particularly the bulkiness for travel. That's why I am looking for something smaller between 70-200. Obviously the Batis 135 would be ideal but that's a lot money to pay if the only purpose I use it is for landscape. Thanks again,
Douglas
Aug 17, 2017 at 03:21 AM
p.2370 #13Sony FE Images Thread
philber wrote:
Douglas, I had a Contax 135 f:2.8. My take: Pros = small and light (for a metal construction lens), easy to use (for an MF lens), lovely colours and mild rendering, low price. Cons = lots of CA, so-so sharpness only, not a lot of detail. Conclusion = nice at first sight, mildly disappointing soon after. Not at all typical of a Zeiss lens.
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Samuli Vahonen wrote:
Douglas, like Philippe described. I would never consider this lens for landscapes, but I did enjoy it quite much for my normal boke-shooting, but also in this "application" the CA gets to my nervers (not the focus plane CA, but front/behind magenta/green edges). So one has to choose scenes carefully with this lens. I got the lens during wintertime and I still remember the disappointment (it was winter when we had lots of snow, and that means lenses having CA-issues are worst nightmare - white background in nature for everything, and then black small detail against that background as...Show more →
Very interesting discussion concerning Contax Zeiss C/Y 135mm F2.8 - Samuli, Douglas, Phillipe and others.
Here are few shots taken today at 11:30A.M. on a hazy day. F8 all the way.
Photo 1: Sony A7R + C/Y 135/2.8 contrast 17, clarity 13
Photo 2: Sony A7R + C/Y 135/2.8 contrast 17, clarity 13, dehaze 28
Photo 3: Sony A7R + C/Y 135/2.8 contrast 17, clarity 13, dehaze 31
Photo 4: Sony A7R + C/Y 135/2.8 contrast 17, clarity 13, dehaze 45!!!!!
Test of C/Y 135mm F3.4
Douglas, I had a Contax 135 f:2.8. My take: Pros = small and light (for a metal construction lens), easy to use (for an MF lens), lovely colours and mild rendering, low price. Cons = lots of CA, so-so sharpness only, not a lot of detail. Conclusion = nice at first sight, mildly disappointing soon after. Not at all typical of a Zeiss lens.
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Samuli Vahonen wrote:
kdrk888 wrote
Has anyone tried the Contax Telephoto 135mm f/2.8 Sonna for landscape? Would love to see some samples. Thanks!Very interesting discussion concerning Contax Zeiss C/Y 135mm F2.8 - Samuli, Douglas, Phillipe and others.
Here are few shots taken today at 11:30A.M. on a hazy day. F8 all the way.
Photo 1: Sony A7R + C/Y 135/2.8 contrast 17, clarity 13
Photo 2: Sony A7R + C/Y 135/2.8 contrast 17, clarity 13, dehaze 28
Photo 3: Sony A7R + C/Y 135/2.8 contrast 17, clarity 13, dehaze 31
Photo 4: Sony A7R + C/Y 135/2.8 contrast 17, clarity 13, dehaze 45!!!!!
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Test of C/Y 135mm F3.4
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Aug 17, 2017 at 04:34 AM
p.2370 #14Sony FE Images Thread
Fireworks for the 16th of August, probably marking the end of the Battle for Liege in 1914.
August 16th Fireworks by Falcdragon, on Flickr
August 16th Fireworks by Falcdragon, on Flickr
August 16th Fireworks by Falcdragon, on Flickr
August 16th Fireworks by Falcdragon, on Flickr
August 16th Fireworks by Falcdragon, on Flickr
August 16th Fireworks by Falcdragon, on Flickr
Aug 17, 2017 at 06:36 AM
p.2370 #15Sony FE Images Thread
a7, Voigtlander 12/5.6 Leica M
Untitled by Pepijn Sauer, on Flickr
Untitled by Pepijn Sauer, on Flickr
Aug 17, 2017 at 06:48 AM
p.2370 #16Sony FE Images Thread
kdrk888 wrote:
Has anyone tried the Contax Telephoto 135mm f/2.8 Sonna for landscape? Would love to see some samples. Thanks!
Douglas
My experience with Sonnar 135/2.8 C/Y is very positive.It is an excellent landscape lens.Stopped down to f8-11 very sharp across the A7/R/72 frame.Very good/excellent contrast,vibrant colours,especially at infinity.Some easily removable CA at f2.8-4.I currently have bot AE and MM copies.
A7R+Sonnar C/Y 135/2.8 AE,f11
the same combo,f4
Has anyone tried the Contax Telephoto 135mm f/2.8 Sonna for landscape? Would love to see some samples. Thanks!
Douglas
My experience with Sonnar 135/2.8 C/Y is very positive.It is an excellent landscape lens.Stopped down to f8-11 very sharp across the A7/R/72 frame.Very good/excellent contrast,vibrant colours,especially at infinity.Some easily removable CA at f2.8-4.I currently have bot AE and MM copies.
A7R+Sonnar C/Y 135/2.8 AE,f11
the same combo,f4
Aug 17, 2017 at 08:44 AM
p.2370 #17Sony FE Images Thread
A7R + C/Y 135/2.8
Taken from my balcony at 17:30.
Still a bit hazy. Perhaps the 135 is not such a bad lens.
Taken from my balcony at 17:30.
Still a bit hazy. Perhaps the 135 is not such a bad lens.
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Aug 17, 2017 at 10:04 AM
p.2370 #18Sony FE Images Thread
In/around Trondheim with Sony A7 and the Russian Monolens:
Aug 17, 2017 at 10:15 AM
p.2370 #19Sony FE Images Thread
Wow! Helena, you are really hitting your stride with that lens! Some of these are classic and unique statements that I'll remember a very long time. All are very interesting. Thanks. 
HelenaN wrote:
In/around Trondheim with Sony A7 and the Russian Monolens:
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170718_010_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170805_028_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170805_005_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170807_008_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170807_009_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170807_003_a7-mc50bw.jpg
HelenaN wrote:
In/around Trondheim with Sony A7 and the Russian Monolens:
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170718_010_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170805_028_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170805_005_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170807_008_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170807_009_a7-mc50bw.jpg
http://www.helenasphotography.com/keep/2017/20170807_003_a7-mc50bw.jpg
Aug 17, 2017 at 10:30 AM