I found this bee buzzing around in our house today. I gently persuaded it with some honey and positioned him on this flower. He was such a good subject. After getting some shots, I put him back outside where he flew off with a full belly.
May get to post more here soon as, I'm very close to selling my Canon gear and going all Sony. Tough part is deciding if I should keep a couple of my lenses or not. One I'll keep for sure is the Zeiss Makro planar 100mm. The other I'm debating is the Canon 11-24 and maybe Zeiss Distagon 21mm (I think the 16-35 GM would replace this just fine).
I'd love any input from those of you who may have had these lenses in the past.
DuelingLenses wrote:
May get to post more here soon as, I'm very close to selling my Canon gear and going all Sony. Tough part is deciding if I should keep a couple of my lenses or not. One I'll keep for sure is the Zeiss Makro planar 100mm. The other I'm debating is the Canon 11-24 and maybe Zeiss Distagon 21mm (I think the 16-35 GM would replace this just fine).
I'd love any input from those of you who may have had these lenses in the past.
If I were you (and I know I am not), I would keep my 100mm, which is still a top-notch lens. The Sony 90mm G macro is also very good indeed, but with a completely different rendering, so it is an alternative possibility but not a replacement IMHO. Also superb is the CV 65 APO Macro, but the difference in focal length means it is also not a replacement.
The 21 Distagon OTOH, while still spectacular, is now bested by other lenses. My choice would be the 21 Loxia, superb on all counts. But of course the Sony zoom is far superior at 16mm and 35mm, so it is horses for courses.
Part of that dilemma could be answered depending what you do on the wider end. If you keep the mighty Canon, or replace it with the excellent Sony 12-24 G. While it does not do f:2.8 or wear the GM or Sony-Zeiss badges, it is a truly excellent lens, and you might consider it.
Luvwine wrote:
A few from this morning again from Florence.... I hope this is not tiresome as I try for some of the same subjects hoping for better light....
Very nice Stephen! Lovely reflections and sunstars with the Voigtlanders and Loxia. When I was there I didn't get any clear skies and only got one muted sunrise, but did catch a rower one afternoon at Ponte Vecchio -