Michael Everet wrote:
Great pictures as always. I'm glad to see that someone like you uses the "lowly" 24-105 and gets such good results from it.
Thank you very much, Michael! That lens is not a “slouch”; as matter of fact it is a great performer. I have taken that lens all over the place; twice to Italy, twice to Asia, twice to Holland, once to Finland, among others and its performance is superb.
The first photo is looking at our White Dogwood in our front yard.
Cropped from the right, tripod mounted A7rII Kolari UT and Zeiss 35mm f1.4 ZM Distagon lens; silent shutter. Focused near the minimum focusing distance of 2.3 feet for the lens.
ISO 100, f4.0, 1/800 second.
Exposure Corrected +0.39 Stops.
May 16, 2020
At my Breinigsville, PA.
The second image is an extraction of the first photo above showing almost a 100% view. This close-up showing the "flower" of the Dogwood near the bottom center of the cluster of "flowers". But, the white "petals" are actually bracts and the real flowers of the Dogwood are seen in the center of what are thought of as "flowers". Pistils and stamens of the real flowers can be seen. The first image as mentioned is taken near the minimum focusing distance of 2.3' with the lens mounted to one of my Novoflex Leica M to NEX adapters. I am amazed and stunned by the sharpness near 100%. The Floating elements of the lens are certainly doing what they are supposed to and focusing the lens with my Hawk's Factory V5 Helicoid would certainly allow for much closer focusing and much more magnification.
AGeoJO wrote:
Thank you very much, Michael! That lens is not a “slouch”; as matter of fact it is a great performer. I have taken that lens all over the place; twice to Italy, twice to Asia, twice to Holland, once to Finland, among others and its performance is superb.
I agree with you about the 24-105; I sometimes get tired of members here running it down because it's not as good as maybe some of the GM or other lenses. Makes you wonder, how much do we need that nth bit of IQ?
