I agree -- I have all the Loxia except the 85mm. Terrific lenses, for all the qualities you mention.
Thank you Jim.Very kind as always.
I think that buying Loxia 21/2.8 is a matter of a relatively short time,despite 21/2.8 Distagon ZE and Voigtlander 21/3.5 E that I have.Meanwhile - Loxia 50/2 meets a very tough competitions from the-just-arrived-today-after-nearly-three-weeks-awaiting Voigtlander Apo Lantahar 50/2 and great Nokton 50/1.2 E.I will probably buy loxia 50/2 one day just to have all of them.
What frustrates me most is the lack of dedicated very/high optical quality prime tele lenses of 135 and 200mm fls in Sony E mount.I am forced to use the otherwise great,yet slightly dated,adapted and difficult to focus precisely manually,Canon EF 200/2.8 L and 135/2 L,or even better Zeiss ZF2 Apo Sonnar 135/2,to get acceptable results on Sony E 42 mpx FF sensor.
Cosina - if you can read this - you should introduce something with excellent overall IQ,but relatively small like Zeiss Loxia 135/2 .4 - 2.8 and 180/3.5 - 4 and/or even smaller Voigtlander Apo Lanthar 135/3,5-4 plus 180/4 in Sony E mount for your customers to have a choice.Niche products,I know,but with your whooping prices,margin should be profitable enough.you lucky bastards.
BTW Cosina - when are you going to launch the Nokton Asph II 35/1.2 for Sony E?It is a high time to do so!
I stepped onto the ice cautiously calculating each step knowing that under all this ice was a lake. It was surreal. I remember the faint crackling sound as I moved forward into position to get this foreground leading back to the mountains. Dream Lake is what this lake is called. Sure felt like a dream being out there.
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What an impressive image, Alfredo! I have been enjoying your images from your newly adopted home state and thank you for sharing.
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The falcons, not too far away from my location, have mated. In several weeks the eggs will hatch then the parents will be hunting to provide food for their chicks. Here is an image from last year that hasn't been posted using a zoom lens plus TC for lack of any option in a native long lens back then...
Edited - resized image to 1500 on the long end. Sorry!
AGeoJO wrote:
What an impressive image, Alfredo! I have been enjoying your images from your newly adopted home state and thank you for sharing.
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The falcons, not too far away from my location, have mated. In several weeks the eggs will hatch then the parents will be hunting to provide food for their chicks. Here is an image from last year that hasn't been posted using a zoom lens plus TC for lack of any option in a native long lens back then...
Edited - resized image to 1500 on the long end. Sorry!
Wow thank you Joshua for the encouragement! I do miss shooting the architecture around San Antonio but I am loving the landscape opportunities in my new home state. Love all your work! Truly impressive body of work.
The clouds were moving at a quick pace over the Rockies as the light penetrated some cloud cover to highlight the peaks. I remember trying to setup my tripod which had a broken leg while watching the battery life slowly drain. I'm still shooting with the a7RII with the older batteries which just don't last too long especially in the cold. As I was completing my long exposure, I got the dreaded dead battery message. I popped in a new battery which I kept inside my jacket and reviewed that last image which was a long exposure shot with the SR app. Thankfully, it was just slightly under exposed preserving highlight detail. The clouds continued to race over head as strong wind gusts blasted me in the face along with snow and ice. Quite a morning rush I tell you.
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By the way, I did have my Loxia 21mm but didn't use it on this trip because this was an initial visit to this national park and I needed 16mm to capture the scene. The shimmer in the foreground is the frozen Emerald Lake.
I shot various compositions from this lake and ultimately settled on a bit tighter shot to frame the mountain range with these large pine trees. Again the clouds were just wonderful the morning I captured this. I stood once again on the frozen lake to get this shot.
and thank you for sharing.
Shot on R3 and 100-400GM, basically a 100% crop, used it as a test image for Topaz Denoise.
