Did it require "special post-processing work to achieve these spectacular results, i.e. for vignetting, CA's, distortion, etc.?
Thanks!
Vignetting: YES. Big time. In Lightroom the vignetting slider is at +50 for the first and +75 for the second. I also masked off the portions of the image with color shift and changed those area's white balance tint.
But those are the only two things I had to do that are lens-specific. The 12mm basically has no distortion and CA is absolutely minimal. And the vignetting is just as bad on film as it is on digital. Essentially, distortion is the lens design's strength and vignetting is its weakness.
lostinjapan wrote:
Nice pictures. Just curious, how well does the 35 ZM Biogon work on the A7? Particularly the edges.
Thanks!
Ryan
Hi Ryan,
The ZM 35/2 is a phenomenal lens! I've thought about renting/buying an M9/240 just to see how it would really look!! The center and further are nothing short of incredible. Might be my sharpest lens in that regard, I think even outdoing my 50 Planar...but the extreme corners do suffer quite badly. It can be mitigated by stopping way down and not shooting at infinity, where the rear element is closest to the sensor, and, as some more knowledgeable photogs have pointed out that, the angle is too steep. Hence the corners suffer. Even at f4-f8 they can be pretty horrible. Most of the landscape shots I've done are at f11-f16, and the lens still holds it's own, even at those apertures!! Closer subjects, or wide open shots are superb. If you look at Bob's shots with the Loxia 35(I think its the same design as the ZM Biogon) fares MUCH better in this regard! His shots with it, in my eye, are nothing short of amazing!
Here are a few more ZM 35/2 shots...
Gregg
More awesome images on this page. This thread continually impresses!
Bob, Werner, Michiel, Ryan, and anyone else I forgot to mention!!
Here are a few with the ZM Sonnar C 50 1.5 from yesterday...
Gregg
Oops...this is actually the ZM 35/2 again...sorry. This house belongs to a former Indianapolis Race Team owner!
Flare done on purpose!
The Sonnar sun stars are no where as good as the ZM 35/2 or my now gone CV Nokton 50 1.5
Ugh, shots like these make me want to dump my A7 into the pond...(because of the sensor reflections)
The Sonnar 50/1.5 looks like a great lens though, punchier than my Nokton 50/1.5. which I sadly don't use enough because it's not that good at infinity (I think the lens shines for wide open portraits at close-midrange distances) Do you think the Sonnar is a better lens for landscapes Gregg?
reprazent1 wrote:
Ugh, shots like these make me want to dump my A7 into the pond...(because of the sensor reflections)
The Sonnar 50/1.5 looks like a great lens though, punchier than my Nokton 50/1.5. which I sadly don't use enough because it's not that good at infinity (I think the lens shines for wide open portraits at close-midrange distances) Do you think the Sonnar is a better lens for landscapes Gregg?
The Sonnar can hold its own in the center and mid regions...but I don't think the corners ever really sharpen up. The Nokton is def better in this regard. But I prefer the ZM Planar 50 for landscapes, where it shines corner to corner from 2.8 on!
Gregg
Greggf wrote:
The Sonnar can hold its own in the center and mid regions...but I don't think the corners ever really sharpen up. The Nokton is def better in this regard. But I prefer the ZM Planar 50 for landscapes, where it shines corner to corner from 2.8 on!
Gregg
Having fun with my a7ii, 70-400g, and an iOptron Skytracker. 18x25sec exposures at ISO 1600 stacked in GRIP. The tail was washed out by light pollution -- I'm only 5 miles from downtown San Francisco... BTW, the color is caused by ionized cyanogen and diatomic carbon leaving the comet.
This thread moves so fast that unless you comment on something immediately its history and it takes ages to find it again. So many superb shots, really liked Charles inscrutable B&W cat a few pages back and always love Michiel’s shipping shots, plus so many others.
This is a bit weird perhaps but something to contrast those brilliant Seattle, Chicago and Minneapolis shots:
