The Loxia 21 was great light and waterproof companion for the occasional rain in Maui. Voigtlander is enticing at 21mm, but between 1.4, 2.8, and 3.5, 2.8 is 'just right' so far.
For situations when I might need f1.4 (indoors, events), I should be using my RX1RII or CV 40/1.2.
tbpeur01 wrote:
Love my 25 - these lenses are so fun to use.
Beautiful!
Kudos to Zeiss USA - I bought a Loxia 25 here on the forum that turned out to be quite off on testing - strong astigmatism in one corner and general softness at all apertures. Sent it to Zeiss USA who confirmed the aberrant behavior and replaced it with a new lens. Even got a call from the repair technician to let me know that they were replacing the lens. A very good customer service experience!
I read an article that said that the blue haze, which is the namesake of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is related to organic compounds released into the air by the jillions of trees that carpet the Appalachians. The grey haze, on the other hand, is man-made - pollution.
The purple haze (in your first picture) brings to mind a certain musician named Hendrix .
Kudos to Zeiss USA - I bought a Loxia 25 here on the forum that turned out to be quite off on testing - strong astigmatism in one corner and general softness at all apertures. Sent it to Zeiss USA who confirmed the aberrant behavior and replaced it with a new lens. Even got a call from the repair technician to let me know that they were replacing the lens. A very good customer service experience!
What is interesting is my copy is a complete replacement of another FMer’s lens who had similar problems, and mine seems to be sharp corner to corner.
I read an article that said that the blue haze, which is the namesake of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is related to organic compounds released into the air by the jillions of trees that carpet the Appalachians. The grey haze, on the other hand, is man-made - pollution.
The purple haze (in your first picture) brings to mind a certain musician named Hendrix .
I must be a complete idiot with respect to color temperature. I know how to color correct when I have something in the pic I can use like water from a waterfall to click on and get a good starting point. For sunsets and sunrises, I have normally used "daylight" in lightroom as that usually seems okay and Lightroom often wants to do something like 2800 kelvin which is clearly wrong (WAY too blue). Here is another attempt at this pic and I used daylight (5500 +10) but changed it to -50 on the tint. I guess I have a lot to learn on unusual light conditions like this one. Folks here kept telling me it is over saturated." I don't really think it is. However, it is the wrong color temp. Sigh. How do you determine color temp for sunsets and sunrises? Here is the heavily modified color temp pic. Pbase is down, so this is uploaded here. Better/closer to correct?
Luvwine wrote:
I must be a complete idiot with respect to color temperature. I know how to color correct when I have something in the pic I can use like water from a waterfall to click on and get a good starting point. For sunsets and sunrises, I have normally used "daylight" in lightroom as that usually seems okay and Lightroom often wants to do something like 2800 kelvin which is clearly wrong (WAY too blue). Here is another attempt at this pic and I used daylight (5500 +10) but changed it to -50 on the tint. I guess I have a lot to learn on unusual light conditions like this one. Folks here kept telling me it is over saturated." I don't really think it is. However, it is the wrong color temp. Sigh. How do you determine color temp for sunsets and sunrises? Here is the heavily modified color temp pic. Pbase is down, so this is uploaded here. Better/closer to correct?...Show more →
Perfect!
The color temperature is accurate and the image isn’t over saturated. We have had unusually showy sunrises and sunsets lately in western NC, probably related to particulates due to the CA wildfires (?)
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