I also brought my bike along for the trip. Weather wasn't as cooperative as I'd hoped, but I did get in 70 miles, at least. Brought the camera with me on one ride - one of my new years resolutions is to do so more frequently. Stopping to smell the roses (and take pics of them) isn't going to win me as many roadie points, but I think that it'll also be a nice incentive to get out as frequently as possible.
A7r3 + Zeiss Milvus 25/1.4
After a lot of thought I decided to get this instead of the GM 24/1.4. Its bigger bulkier, lacks AF but I LOVE the colors and resolution this thing puts out. This has quickly become one of favorite lenses
Fred Miranda wrote:
Looks like you are enjoying this lens!!
I sure do. The performance is impeccable and I think it has a good chance of getting a constant space in my camera bag. The 2/65 lost it's place when the 1.2/40 arrived to which it was to close in FL but in this case the spacing seems to makes sense.
Phillip Reeve wrote:
I sure do. The performance is impeccable and I think it has a good chance of getting a constant space in my camera bag. The 2/65 lost it's place when the 1.2/40 arrived to which it was to close in FL but in this case the spacing seems to makes sense.
Same here. As much as I love the CV 65/2 APO, I'm replacing it with the CV 110. It would mainly be used for macro and portraits as my main telephoto for landscapes is the Loxia 85.
My three lens set is: Lox 21, CV 40 and Lox 85.
Generally it seems people try to get their shooting kit as small and light as possible. I tried that as well in begininning of Sony mirrorless, but lens selection was narrow and Sony FE35(f/2.8) and FE55 just sucked so badly that they took all energy and creativity from me. Then alternative lenses e.g. Zeiss ZMs with front correction filters etc. Now I have ended up to conclusion that I just don't care anymore size or weight. Instead I invested time to figuring out good carrying mechanism for hikes. After few not so successful tries I ended up F-Stop Sukha + F-Stop Large Pro ICU, and now I can just pick whatever lenses and cameras I prefer for the shoot I'm planning to do. Naturally I would look ridiculous with gigantic bag in public, but as I only photograph nature it makes no difference for me.
I have no problem carrying 3x f/1.4 lenses on bodies (+L-brackets) or 28&50 f/1.4 & 135 f/2 or some other set with 70-400SSM etc. This would have been quite impossible with my previous bags (Lowepro Flipside 400AW, Kata Bumblebee UL-222 etc.). If I would have fit large kit like this to some of the old bags, then carrying would be painful and any hikes longer than few kilometers/miles would be impossible. Lensporn:
Sony Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 SSM ZA (Alpha SLR mount) @ f/2.8, 1/60s, ISO 400, A7r
For air travel I have to use smaller lenses, but when I travel abroad I tend to be more landscape oriented and there are numerous small lenses which are very nice closed down to f/5.6-11. Next time I travel I have been planning to go retro and travel with C/Y35-70 & C/Y100-300 and less retro addition of Loxia 25&85.
Sony Distagon T* 1.4/35 FE @ f/1.7, 0.3s, Sony A7 mkII @ ISO 100, Haida NanoPro MC C-POL 72mm
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art @ f/2.2, 2s, Sony A7 (Kolari v2) @ ISO 100, Hoya HD CIR-PL 77mm
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1.3s, Sony A7r mkII @ ISO 100, Carl Zeiss T* POL Filter (circular) 77mm
Fred Miranda wrote:
Same here. As much as I love the CV 65/2 APO, I'm replacing it with the CV 110. It would mainly be used for macro and portraits as my main telephoto for landscapes is the Loxia 85.
My three lens set is: Lox 21, CV 40 and Lox 85.
My very small landscape kit is the 3.5/21, 1.2/40 and Contax G 90 (278g with focus helix which focuses down to about 60 cm) but most of the time weight isn't that important so that I will take the CV110 instead of the G90.
Samuli : F-stop is great stuff
Had a F-stop Loka before a few years ago and I sold it have regretted it all the time
I bought last month a Tilopa with large Icu
a very nice bag
