Sony FE Images Thread
p.275 #1Sony FE Images Thread
sculptormic wrote:
Love that red flag photograph Wilhelm. Crisp and popping! Top lens as well, so that helps.
I noticed you like fast oldtimers
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5593/14084121844_5cc3320ec7_o.jpg
Thanks Michiel! And oh indeed, love the Deux CV though it may not fall into the speed monster category. More tin can, and beautifully captured with one of the best short DOF car lenses available :-)
Love that red flag photograph Wilhelm. Crisp and popping! Top lens as well, so that helps.
I noticed you like fast oldtimers
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5593/14084121844_5cc3320ec7_o.jpg
Thanks Michiel! And oh indeed, love the Deux CV though it may not fall into the speed monster category. More tin can, and beautifully captured with one of the best short DOF car lenses available :-)
May 02, 2014 at 01:32 AM
p.275 #2Sony FE Images Thread
DSC07139-396.jpg by W.Utsch, on Flickr
May 02, 2014 at 01:59 AM
p.275 #3Sony FE Images Thread
Chris_88 wrote:
I see several ~50 mm lenses from Voightlander, Canon, Contax, Nikon, etc... and not much Zeiss 55 mm f1.8. Why is the reason? Does the other non natives lenses work better than the Zeiss 55 mm or you already have these so is not worth buying the Zeiss?
I have the A7 with LA-EA4 and several lenses for Sony alpha, including a Minolta 50 mm f1.7, but I'm considering buying the Zeiss 55 mm.
Thanks in advance.I've not kept track, but from following this thread since its infant stages, I get the feeling that quite a lot of a7(r) users own and use the 55 1.8. You'd probably be hard pressed to find a better lens (other than the Otus and possibly the new Sigma), if sharpness across the frame is your main concern.
That being said, a lot of folks don't like the by-wire manual focusing and some people are not fond of the bokeh. Many simply decided to use their existing lenses with adapters. Also many 20-50mm MF (and sometimes even AF) lenses from the makers you listed above are widely available on the second-hand market and more affordable than the 55 1.8, while still offering great bang for the buck. If you can afford it and don't mind the by-wire MF, I can only recommend the 55 1.8. It's a great lens.
While they probably don't do the lens justice, the following two shots were taken the 55 1.8. The first was at f2, the second at 2.8.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/13306745033_30623fd99c_c.jpgPine Tree 松 by Alpha 2008, on Flickr
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/13306588225_b975a98288_c.jpgMessengers of Spring 春がくる by Alpha 2008, on FlickrThanks 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.
Here is another one with the 55 at f2.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3737/13306947284_17198980ea_c.jpgOne Line 一線 by Alpha 2008, on Flickr
Was that taken in Nara?
Edit: Oops! Not in Nara, but Tochigi prefecture.
maesal wrote
Chris_88 wrote
maesal wrote
Great shots and great thread !!I see several ~50 mm lenses from Voightlander, Canon, Contax, Nikon, etc... and not much Zeiss 55 mm f1.8. Why is the reason? Does the other non natives lenses work better than the Zeiss 55 mm or you already have these so is not worth buying the Zeiss?
I have the A7 with LA-EA4 and several lenses for Sony alpha, including a Minolta 50 mm f1.7, but I'm considering buying the Zeiss 55 mm.
Thanks in advance.
That being said, a lot of folks don't like the by-wire manual focusing and some people are not fond of the bokeh. Many simply decided to use their existing lenses with adapters. Also many 20-50mm MF (and sometimes even AF) lenses from the makers you listed above are widely available on the second-hand market and more affordable than the 55 1.8, while still offering great bang for the buck. If you can afford it and don't mind the by-wire MF, I can only recommend the 55 1.8. It's a great lens.
While they probably don't do the lens justice, the following two shots were taken the 55 1.8. The first was at f2, the second at 2.8.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/13306745033_30623fd99c_c.jpgPine Tree 松 by Alpha 2008, on Flickr
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/13306588225_b975a98288_c.jpgMessengers of Spring 春がくる by Alpha 2008, on Flickr
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
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.
Here is another one with the 55 at f2.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3737/13306947284_17198980ea_c.jpgOne Line 一線 by Alpha 2008, on Flickr
Was that taken in Nara?
Edit: Oops! Not in Nara, but Tochigi prefecture.
May 02, 2014 at 02:17 AM
p.275 #4Sony FE Images Thread
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 2/45 G @ f/8, 1/160s, Sony A7r @ ISO 100, B+W Kaesemann Circular Polarizer 46mm
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 2/45 G @ f/8, 1/160s, Sony A7r @ ISO 100, B+W Kaesemann Circular Polarizer 46mm
Samuli
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 2/45 G @ f/8, 1/160s, Sony A7r @ ISO 100, B+W Kaesemann Circular Polarizer 46mm
Samuli
May 02, 2014 at 02:36 AM
p.275 #6Sony FE Images Thread
Two faces of Saint-Denis, France
A7r Fe35 2.8
Saint-Denis 93 constructions par smdl75, sur Flickr
Verdure à Saint-Denis par smdl75, sur Flickr
A7r Fe35 2.8
Saint-Denis 93 constructions par smdl75, sur Flickr
Verdure à Saint-Denis par smdl75, sur Flickr
May 02, 2014 at 05:02 AM
p.275 #7Sony FE Images Thread
A7r Fe35/2.8
Friend
Yannickubrick par smdl75, sur Flickr
People on bench under the Eiffel Tower
Trocadéro profils par smdl75, sur Flickr
ET
Eiffel Tower par smdl75, sur Flickr
Edit : finally I don't like these frame black borders, I will change that
Sacha
Friend
Yannickubrick par smdl75, sur Flickr
People on bench under the Eiffel Tower
Trocadéro profils par smdl75, sur Flickr
ET
Eiffel Tower par smdl75, sur Flickr
Edit : finally I don't like these frame black borders, I will change that
Sacha
May 02, 2014 at 08:01 AM
p.275 #8Sony FE Images Thread
Colors
A7r Fe35/2.8
I didn't have to push strongly the red : when I saw the scene from my bed, it was surrealist enough. Very low clouds, and our proximity with the Paris periph' (a circular highway ring around Paris) did color with a full moon relatively blue.
Moon from hell par smdl75, sur Flickr
Another pissenlit :
Blue star par smdl75, sur Flickr
A7r Fe35/2.8
I didn't have to push strongly the red : when I saw the scene from my bed, it was surrealist enough. Very low clouds, and our proximity with the Paris periph' (a circular highway ring around Paris) did color with a full moon relatively blue.
Moon from hell par smdl75, sur Flickr
Another pissenlit :
Blue star par smdl75, sur Flickr
May 02, 2014 at 08:22 AM
p.275 #9Sony FE Images Thread
ebrandon wrote:
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.
[...]
Here are some images from the couple of days I've been using it.
Great shots and a very good optic, indeed. Many old FD are impressive. My son got a 85/1.2 in Japan. It is stellar.
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.
[...]
Here are some images from the couple of days I've been using it.
Great shots and a very good optic, indeed. Many old FD are impressive. My son got a 85/1.2 in Japan. It is stellar.
May 02, 2014 at 08:40 AM
p.275 #10Sony FE Images Thread
Clouds over Lilienstein
A7R + FE 35 F/2.8, PP with Silver Efex Pro 2
Klaus
A7R + FE 35 F/2.8, PP with Silver Efex Pro 2
Klaus
May 02, 2014 at 09:17 AM
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p.275 #11Sony FE Images Thread
Werner_Utsch wrote:
"Shaft"
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/13994104022_129202ccb1_h.jpg
DSC07139-396.jpg by W.Utsch, on Flickr
love this serie, details are so real
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/13994104022_129202ccb1_h.jpg
DSC07139-396.jpg by W.Utsch, on Flickr
love this serie, details are so real
May 02, 2014 at 11:50 AM
p.275 #12Sony FE Images Thread
KlausJH wrote:
Clouds over Lilienstein
A7R + FE 35 F/2.8, PP with Silver Efex Pro 2
Klaus
http://www.years-of-light.de/fm/Clouds over Lilienstein 004.jpg
I like the pp well balanced in BW
fantastic landscape
Clouds over Lilienstein
A7R + FE 35 F/2.8, PP with Silver Efex Pro 2
Klaus
http://www.years-of-light.de/fm/Clouds over Lilienstein 004.jpg
I like the pp well balanced in BW
fantastic landscape
May 02, 2014 at 11:54 AM
p.275 #13Sony FE Images Thread
ebrandon wrote:
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.
...
Here are some images from the couple of days I've been using it.
Impressive. I don't own an A7, but it has me thinking that FF mirrorless is the direction that I'll be moving, sooner rather than later and your examples are making me want to pick up some FD lenses before mirrorless really takes off and FD gains more attention.
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.
...
Here are some images from the couple of days I've been using it.
Impressive. I don't own an A7, but it has me thinking that FF mirrorless is the direction that I'll be moving, sooner rather than later and your examples are making me want to pick up some FD lenses before mirrorless really takes off and FD gains more attention.
May 02, 2014 at 12:28 PM
p.275 #14Sony FE Images Thread
Been occasionally visiting this thread and impressed by the great variety of images and contributors from all over... While I don't shoot with an a7 or a7R, had the chance to use both for some time over the winter and am just getting caught up with some of my personal work backlog, including these shot with the a7R of the ice storm aftermath around Christmas...
All with the 55/1.8 wide open (gotta love 1/8000 and good highlight retention when an ND filter isn't available). Had to defringe the last two somewhat in Lightroom, though I suppose there is still a trace of it in the last one...
Eric - I remember the FD 35-105/3.5... I used to have one along with an AE-1P and New F1. Seemed like a good lens, but I remember having a lot of trouble focusing it.. it just didn't snap in the focusing screen. I guess an EVF and magnification should help with this.
All with the 55/1.8 wide open (gotta love 1/8000 and good highlight retention when an ND filter isn't available). Had to defringe the last two somewhat in Lightroom, though I suppose there is still a trace of it in the last one...
Eric - I remember the FD 35-105/3.5... I used to have one along with an AE-1P and New F1. Seemed like a good lens, but I remember having a lot of trouble focusing it.. it just didn't snap in the focusing screen. I guess an EVF and magnification should help with this.
May 02, 2014 at 12:43 PM
p.275 #15Sony FE Images Thread
Straight out of the camera JPEG. I don't have any editing software on my laptop. I don't think my laptop could handle it lol So strictly JPEGs for me right now
The Canon 50mm shot I wasn't actually focusing on anything at all just put it to closest focus so that the background would be entirely out of focus.
A7 CV 15mm 4.5 @ 5.6 SOOC jpeg
A7 Canon 50mm 1.4 LTM SOOC jpeg
The Canon 50mm shot I wasn't actually focusing on anything at all just put it to closest focus so that the background would be entirely out of focus.
© Dan Pedraza 2014
A7 CV 15mm 4.5 @ 5.6 SOOC jpeg
© Dan Pedraza 2014
A7 Canon 50mm 1.4 LTM SOOC jpeg
May 02, 2014 at 02:21 PM
p.275 #16Sony FE Images Thread
A couple from yesterday. All with the A7+Contax G 45:
May 02, 2014 at 02:32 PM
p.275 #19Sony FE Images Thread
Lightshow: always was curious about this lens; looks good. (most konica lenses are)
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