Here's what the PP difference looks like on the 24MP A7:
I try to get as close to overexposing the center as possible for more flexibility in the corners. This is at f/16 where vignetting is a little better, too.
Steve Spencer wrote:
The bokeh there is much nicer than I expected from that lens. How is it wide open? Is it a bit busy wide open and then gets this much better by f/2.5?
HI Steve, the bokeh is very much the same at f/2.0. The portrait shot on page 657, is at f/2.0. IMO I find a lot of the newer 35mm FL, including the 35 Lux FLE tend to be busier anyway. It is the older styles, like the 35 Lux Pre Asph, that are my favourites, or just use the older 50mm FL. I have found the Zeiss 35's have had busy/courser bokeh than the Leica 35's on average, maybe the increased micro contrast.
Shots this afternoon at Currumbin beach. Should have waited for another few hours for the softer lighting, but it was 34 degC 70% humidity!
A7II and Loxia 35. Interesting to note that you must be very careful focusing even with f/5.6 or 8, as it determine whether you have a sharp background or not. The DOF with focusing requires a little practice, but it is excellent.
These shots with the Voigtländer 12/5.6 ASPH were much harder than I previously anticipated. I bought this lens here from FM Buy & Sell in the beginning of October but only got my hands on it in the end of December when my friend finally brought it from the US to Finland, where I spent Christmas and New Years (I am living in Sweden).
Never before have I used such a wide and rectilinear lens before (I used the Samyang 14/2.8 for a while but did not enjoy it that much).
For those thinking on getting one, it can really be disappointing when you get back home, transfer the photos to LR and start looking at them on a bigger screen, since the corners are not that sharp (not for the pixel peeper). This is for sure the hardest lens I have ever used and probably will ever use. When you do nail the shot, it can produce some interesting results.
I did some astrophotography with it while in Finland, in the middle of nowhere in front of a frozen lake. The photos did not come out that good. I used 30 seconds exposures thinking that the 12mm would handle the star trailing but it did not come out as good as I hoped, with the stars not coming out perfectly round. Also, there is some corner color casting on those shots.
Regarding the PP applied to it, I only used LR lens profile for the vignetting and then minimal PP done. I did not use any PS and for the BW I used the SEP2.
I also got from the US a Voigtländer 75/2.5 Color Heliar, here are some samples.
These shots with the Voigtländer 12/5.6 ASPH were much harder than I previously anticipated. I bought this lens here from FM Buy & Sell in the beginning of October but only got my hands on it in the end of December when my friend finally brought it from the US to Finland, where I spent Christmas and New Years (I am living in Sweden).
Never before have I used such a wide and rectilinear lens before (I used the Samyang 14/2.8 for a while but did not enjoy it that much).
For those thinking on getting one, it can really be disappointing when you get back home, transfer the photos to LR and start looking at them on a bigger screen, since the corners are not that sharp (not for the pixel peeper). This is for sure the hardest lens I have ever used and probably will ever use. When you do nail the shot, it can produce some interesting results.
I did some astrophotography with it while in Finland, in the middle of nowhere in front of a frozen lake. The photos did not come out that good. I used 30 seconds exposures thinking that the 12mm would handle the star trailing but it did not come out as good as I hoped, with the stars not coming out perfectly round. Also, there is some corner color casting on those shots.
Regarding the PP applied to it, I only used LR lens profile for the vignetting and then minimal PP done. I did not use any PS and for the BW I used the SEP2.
I also got from the US a Voigtländer 75/2.5 Color Heliar, here are some samples.
