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.
I have mostly the same opinions as those that you've already received:
1) I also have the 100 makro-planar and wouldn't part with it unless Zeiss were to produce an even better 100/2 makro in E-mount. You won't find anything else like this lens at present.
2) I've never had the 11-24, but I did buy the Sony 12-24 a few weeks ago and it's really excellent, not to mention compact and inexpensive compared to the Canon. This is in spite of my strong dislike for both autofocus and zoom lenses, and the 12-24 is good enough (with very good manual focus) that I'm happy to have it.
3) I had a Distagon 21 and it was a no-brainer to replace it with a Loxia 21. The latter is tiny and light compared to the Distagon, and it's even better quality. The center is about the same, but it remains sharper toward the ends compared to the Distagon.
Going through some old photos. I sometimes forget how sharp my Rokinon 24 is. Such a nice lens. The second is with the FE28mm I just sold to another member here.
Bumped into this really nice and cool guy while out in a local pub i used to visit when living there. He wanted to show me how he could breathe fire. The last image really made his day; he thought the flame and its reflection looked like Africa and Madagascar. I can agree, it really has the resemblance.
Loxia 85mm visits Udaipur's 450 year old City Palace. They don't like you taking images, but when the photo cop is away, the shooter's coming spray, lol. Besides, phones everywhere, mostly for selfies. [love those f5.6 eyes, rj].
f4 - 1/100s - ISO 4000 - a7II
f5.6 - 1/160s - ISO 8000 (lol, shoulda been f5.6 - 1/80s - ISO 4000) - a7II
Some more shots of the restored shearers quarters and the Bosses hut out the back away from the rowdy shearers.
Willandra National Park.
A711 and FE 16-35f4
jviegas wrote: AGeoJO wroteA more intimate view of the Grand Canyon rather than wide vistas captured with Batis 85mmLove this one!
Thank you, Jose! I enjoyed your images from Porto, your home town. I was there 2 years ago and stayed 2 nights. We visited Graham Port Winery and sampled various port wines there. I remembered the bridge you posted in the previous page.
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Something that you don't want to step on when walking in the forest in Costa Rica; that's for sure.