maesal wrote:
Thanks for your answer
Well, I'm quite new in photography so I'm not really sure what I could obtain from diferent lenses. I mainly take pics at my study from the products I sell online (I use a Minolta 100mm macro f2.8 for this), but I'm trying to improve my skills taking pictures in travels, of my son, etc...
I also had a Sigma 50mm f1.4 but I found it too soft and the AF wasn't fast.
Your pics look amazing
Thanks for the praise. I still have ways to go as far as skills are concerned.
As others have suggested, if you want a jack of all trades kind of lens, the 55 1.8 is as good as they get. The other two candidates (the Otus and the new Sigma) may be even better, but their weight and size (even if we ignore the Otus' price tag for a second) would result in a system that is neither light nor small anymore.
so what's the verdict on the planar versus the 90 cron?
I'll probably get some time this weekend to shoot the 2 together. I bring both to work today or tomorrow, and see if I'll have the time, too. It's been rather busy lately!! People keep ordering more and more online, making me deliver more and more!!
Gregg
Already posted these in the Zeiss thread, but two with the A7r and the CZ 21mm ZE Distagon and 16 stops of ND filters. These are still works in progress, so I am not sure how I am going to finally finish them.
Thx,.. yes it´a MF lens, I use it with Leica S2, it has no CA or other optical flaws. Compared to my APO Leica, Mamiya lenses it´s the same level of quality, supersharp wide open and it has the smoothest focus ring so you can move it precisely with a thumb holding the lens too. These shots were using a monopod. This is a shot with S2 and TC:
And a bit of colour from a local Scouts' parade for St George's Day with the FD 35-105mm f/3.5; one of the few zooms I own (and I like it so much I seem to have ended up with two of them when I found a second one for a bargain price )
Nicolas_Goulet wrote:
sculptormic, you've probably answered this question a couple time now but what adapter do you use with your FD lens?
Oh and btw, amazing pano!
Thanks Nicolas!
I use a cheap "Fotodiox" adapter from one of the Chinese sellers.
The good thing with the FD mount is that the mount has the chrome parts on top of the adapter, so no
problems with inner reflections and no need for an expensive adapter.
I recently picked up a Canon FD 35-105mm f3.5 constant aperture zoom for $75, and this thing is just about the perfect companion for the A7r.
For a long time, the full frame 35-XX alt zooms were out of favor. They were too long for APS-C bodies, and too big & competing with the Panasonic 35-100mm f2.8 on m43. On Canon DSLRs, the CYZ 35-70mm was popular, and the OM 35-80mm well loved but very rare. But the FD 35-105mm f3.5 was difficult to convert for Canon DSLR use and was therefore almost completely ignored.
I think the A7 and A7r bring this lens back from the cold.
So far I LOVE this lens' central sharpness, colors, contrast, very low distortion, nice bokeh, and ergonomics. I'm slightly bothered by its mild CA, and I definitely wouldn't recommend it's edge sharpness.
So it's not a great landscape lens, but it's great walking around lens for situations where edge sharpness really doesn't matter very much.
Here are some images from the couple of days I've been using it.
Yours truly. That white pole sticking out of my head would be even more distracting if it weren't for the smooth bokeh.
Chris_88 wrote:
Thanks for the praise. I still have ways to go as far as skills are concerned.
As others have suggested, if you want a jack of all trades kind of lens, the 55 1.8 is as good as they get. The other two candidates (the Otus and the new Sigma) may be even better, but their weight and size (even if we ignore the Otus' price tag for a second) would result in a system that is neither light nor small anymore.
Thanks again.
I ordered the 55 f1.8 yesterday, I hope receiving it next week.
I'll read about the Sigma, but I had the 50mm f1.4 for A-mount and I wasn't impressed, maybe I had a bad copy.
Regards.
