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. ...Show more →
Thank you very much for sharing those info... very interesting.
Nice set also this one with the 75. Compliments!
Manuel
Charles - wonderful colors!
John - I love those street scenes
Werner - wonderful light and composition
Ramos - great use of light and composition
Michiel - I always love your window reflections.
A few from this morning's dog walk with the A7II + Loxia 35/2
nehemiahphoto, both of your sets are wonderful.
Bob, great work with the Loxia 35 on many of the recent pages. Well composed, nice colors and the starbursts are great. Makes me want to own it...
Fantastic images everyone! Andre, Michiel, Charles, Bob and Rene...and of course Helena!
Charles and Bob-th Loxia 35 shots really are incredible!! They look just like the 35 Biogon, but with excellent corners! Maybe I jumped the gun in the Biogon! The Biogon is one of the best 35's I've used, I just wish the corners were better on the A7!! The Loxia seems to mitigate that, and it shows...Damn
Gregg
Greggf wrote:
Fantastic images everyone! Andre, Michiel, Charles, Bob and Rene...and of course Helena!
Charles and Bob-th Loxia 35 shots really are incredible!! They look just like the 35 Biogon, but with excellent corners! Maybe I jumped the gun in the Biogon! The Biogon is one of the best 35's I've used, I just wish the corners were better on the A7!! The Loxia seems to mitigate that, and it shows...Damn
Gregg
Took my Canon 16-35 f/4 IS out for the first time. Was going to get the Sony but got a great deal on a refurb'd copy of the Canon. Very impressed with this lens - usable to the edges even at f/4 and hand-holdable down to 1/5 @ 35mm and a 0.4sec @ 16mm. All on A7s:
So basically I'm doing a shoot for a local high end toy maker. He wasn't headshot of his work for promotional purposes and has paid handsomely. The IBIS is incredible in the a7ii. I've been doing these hand held on my desk with one LED Ring light.
A7II
Zeis 100mm F2 ZE mount
Kenko extension tubes
Viltrox EF-FE adapter
Shot in Jpeg (forgot to switch to raw)
f8 1/200 ISO 10,000 (wanted to see how good it was)
