Ronny Olsson wrote:
A little debate about 16-35 and Loxia
Maybe it depend on how good copy you've got or have
I think my is quite okay ... maybe not a top ex but it performs well enough for my needs. However, I still maintain that my Loxia delivers a little better sharpness
microcontrast and colors than my copy of 16-35
maybe that it had performed a little better on the A7R II?
I used it only on the A7II in Iceland
We all have lenses, which doesn't perform as good as some others. If I want to make the weak lens photos look little similar as ones shoot with great lens (e.g. if I shoot with Zeiss APO-Sonnar 2/135 and Leica APO-Elmarit-M 2/90 on same shoot, while Leica is good lens, but nowhere close to produce same contrast or local contrast any aperture) then I spend extra time on postprocessing, e.g. adding little more contrast to subject, and "cheat" little smoother boke by applying noise reduction to everywhere else than for the subject, and then maybe adding little more local contrast (USM with high radius, low %) to crappier lens.
Great photos from Iceland!
PS. I'm envy on your "stamina"; you just returned from Iceland and you have posted already tens of pictures. Last weekend I just browsed through first time through all June/July holiday photos, and transferred September holiday photos from external hard drive to photo storage server. I'll have to find a way to get inspiration to sit in computer or I will be posting 2017 summer holidays' pictures still in 2018 summer...
Samuli