Your Loxia 85 shots seem to show the same red-bias as I am getting with mine. Not objectionable, but I notice my tree bark and other neutrals go slightly toward a red, ruddy aspect even into the shadows. I will play more with it in LR if it is subject related or lens related.
Your Loxia 85 shots seem to show the same red-bias as I am getting with mine. Not objectionable, but I notice my tree bark and other neutrals go slightly toward a red, ruddy aspect even into the shadows. I will play more with it in LR if it is subject related or lens related.
Thank you Jim.I have not noticed that bias so far.
stateless_ wrote:
Zeiss owes you a commission, your pictures helped sell me on the Loxia 25 a little while ago. Now I'm eyeing the 35, once I sell some stuff.
Levi -- Thank you so much! Always great to know the seeds haven't fallen on fallow ground.
Your images look excellent, with striking use of your high contrast subject range.
I do think the Loxia 25 is my favorite. And I'm glad you will take a crack at the Loxia 35 next. Not exactly the same as the 25, but I think you will really make it shine once you get out and use it. Used prices are unbelievably good these days!
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Another great favorite of mine is the Loxia 21, shown here in soft overcast lighting.
Gunzorro wrote:
Levi -- Thank you so much! Always great to know the seeds haven't fallen on fallow ground.
Your images look excellent, with striking use of your high contrast subject range.
I do think the Loxia 25 is my favorite. And I'm glad you will take a crack at the Loxia 35 next. Not exactly the same as the 25, but I think you will really make it shine once you get out and use it. Used prices are unbelievably good these days!
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Another great favorite of mine is the Loxia 21, shown here in soft overcast lighting.
I especially like that first image, great dynamic composition.
Thanks, and thanks for all the images in this thread! My only interest is in shooting small apertures, so the 35 seems like it would be a good fit. I strongly dislike distortion, which is part of the appeal of the 35 (my favorite lenses are also biogon designs: the Hasselblad SWC's 38mm and the Mamiya 7II 50mm, though biogon designs seem to work better on film).
The 21 looks like a great lens. I bought the Loxia used, and KEH sent me a 21 by accident first (seems to be a common occurrence when I buy from them, and they never fully refund the shipping involved...). They sent me the Loxia 25 after with the hood for a Loxia 50, so now I have an extra L50 hood if anyone needs one.
A used Loxia 35 is tempting, though there seems to be some reported sample variation, so I'm hesitant because I will be pickier than others might be.
akashyap wrote:
Great set! The only thing that compare to a Loxia's landscape rendering are it's architecture rendering.
Thanks! My only complaint with the 25 is the distortion sometimes bothers me in certain situations, even corrected with a lens profile. Digital correction fixes distortion along the x and y axis, but not z of course. It's most noticeable on near objects remaining a bit bulbous, and diagonal lines of depth retaining a slight curve.
To be fair, I'm coming from using the Hasselblad 903SWC and Mamiya 7II 50mm (about a 24mm field of view), both wide angles that use biogon designs with imperceptible distortion. There's something magical about those lenses.
The Loxia 25 is still the least distorted of all the 24 and 25mm options I've found on digital, and I really like the Zeiss rendition of light. I've only used the 25 for landscape a tiny bit, and I definitely plan to use it for more.
I'm eager to try the Loxia 35mm for its biogon design and lack of distortion, since most of what I shoot is architectural, using small apertures.
There are new wide angle lenses that users have been very happy about (Sigma 14-24, Sony 24 GM), but when I joined the forums in 2018, the Loxia 21 was the de-facto UW lens for landscape and architecture photography.
The price, size, and image quality is terrific, I miss mine plenty. If you've been eyeing it, now is definitely the time to get one for cheap.
Josegulias wrote:
Hi mates, sorry for the off topic. After a pair o years reading here and there, I come to think that the loxia 21 is maybe the most loved lens of the e-mount whole lens. Could be possible? Thinking on putting my affords in one to compliment the tamron 28-75 and voigt 15... need a pull or push
akashyap wrote:
There are new wide angle lenses that users have been very happy about (Sigma 14-24, Sony 24 GM), but when I joined the forums in 2018, the Loxia 21 was the de-facto UW lens for landscape and architecture photography.
The price, size, and image quality is terrific, I miss mine plenty. If you've been eyeing it, now is definitely the time to get one for cheap.
It is nice lens, and at best the results are spectacular. Especially I love the sunstars and overall rendering. But I have some problems with the focus plane. To get consistently sharp images I need to stop down more than with my other lenses. This one is shot at f/8 - I am sure f/11 would have given slightly better results.
