I first discounted this shot because our dog was moving too fast and so is very blurred. Then I thought about the photo blogger Victor Pavlovic’s humorous quote (in relation to the Loxia 50) ““real” art photographers uses only manual focus (I am kidding, they don’t use focus at all, because their images have to be all out of focus to be recognized as the art)”.
Not a focus issue I know but then I thought maybe the blurring is OK because her front left paw is nice and sharp?!?!
So this is Studland Bay yesterday (famous for its seahorses) with Standfast Point and Old Harry Rocks in the distance. 1 mile behind me is Sandbanks at the mouth of Poole Harbour (second largest natural harbour in the world). Sandbanks is famous for being the most expensive real estate in the world and the town of Poole is famous for a number of things e.g. the base for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Voigtlander UK importer and Zeiss dealer where I bought this Loxia 21 and where Luvine in Atlanta bought his Loxia 85! And also where I have now ordered a Loxia 85 for myself!
Last trip with the Loxia as my 35, now it is the ZM.
Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
Shot on Sony A7rII + Zeiss Loxia 35mm 2.0 + NiSi Filters 70mm System GND 0.9 Soft + Polarizer Storr by Bastian.K, auf Flickr
prashant wrote:
Bastian
What is your impression of NiSSi filters compared to say Lee? Also does 70 system work on Loxia 21mm?
Thanks
I have used the Lee 100mm System in the past (with my Nikon DSLR) with Lee and Hitech filters and also the Hitech 67mm System.
NiSi filters are all made of glass, not resin (nowadays Hitech and Lee also use glass for some of their filters),
both materials have their pros and cons but for me image quality is most important and glass wins hands down here:
less reflections, almost no negative influence on image quality, way more scratch resistant.
When switching from Nikon to Sony size was a very important aspect for me.
But not only do I use smaller lenses now, I also tried to save weight and size with the other stuff:
Backpack is now Mindshift Rotation 180 Panorama instead of Professional, tripod is Gitzo Series 1 instead of Series 2
and naturally I was also looking for a smaller filter system as well.
At first I didn't know of the NiSi 70mm system so I chimped and got the Hitech 67mm system.
I went on a trip to Italy and was using it a lot with my newly acquired Loxia 21, but after coming home I noticed some strange green color cast in the corners and near the borders.
I thought it was the lenses fault at first, but the Hitech Resin GND were to blame, introducing the color cast...
I then tried the newly introduced Hitech Firecrest glass GND - which in fact didn't show the color cast - but every filter I tried was one stop weaker than advertised.
This may be not a big issue with a 10 stop filter, but buying 0.9 and finding out it is actually merely 0.6 kinda sucked.
I thought about getting a stronger one (hoping it will also be off by a stop) but it wasn't in stock and I wasn't really sad to ditch the Hitech stuff then.
This is how I ended up with the NiSi 70mm system. The holder is of much better quality than either the Lee 100mm or the Hitech 67mm
(with the latter I had to install shims cut ouf of a joghurt cup because the filters had different thickness and I could not manage to get some of them in the slots...).
Same goes for the filters. Reflections on the Lee 100mm resin filters ruined quite a few of my shots with the sun in the frame.
Oh I almost forgot: with the NiSi 70mm System having two slots installed you only get additional vignetting on the Loxia 21 if the holder is rotated by almost 45°, which is a setting I usually don't use.
I've been pleased with the new Hitech firecrest filters, holder and polarizer. That's a bit disappointing to hear their 3 Stop is not quite 3 Stop. I use my filters in combination with the SR app which works well.
I have also heard good things about Nisi and Haida filters.
Danke bastian BastianK wrote:
I have used the Lee 100mm System in the past (with my Nikon DSLR) with Lee and Hitech filters and also the Hitech 67mm System.
NiSi filters are all made of glass, not resin (nowadays Hitech and Lee also use glass for some of their filters),
both materials have their pros and cons but for me image quality is most important and glass wins hands down here:
less reflections, almost no negative influence on image quality, way more scratch resistant.
When switching from Nikon to Sony size was a very important aspect for me.
But not only do I use smaller lenses now, I also tried to save weight and size with the other stuff:
Backpack is now Mindshift Rotation 180 Panorama instead of Professional, tripod is Gitzo Series 1 instead of Series 2
and naturally I was also looking for a smaller filter system as well.
At first I didn't know of the NiSi 70mm system so I chimped and got the Hitech 67mm system.
I went on a trip to Italy and was using it a lot with my newly acquired Loxia 21, but after coming home I noticed some strange green color cast in the corners and near the borders.
I thought it was the lenses fault at first, but the Hitech Resin GND were to blame, introducing the color cast...
I then tried the newly introduced Hitech Firecrest glass GND - which in fact didn't show the color cast - but every filter I tried was one stop weaker than advertised.
This may be not a big issue with a 10 stop filter, but buying 0.9 and finding out it is actually merely 0.6 kinda sucked.
I thought about getting a stronger one (hoping it will also be off by a stop) but it wasn't in stock and I wasn't really sad to ditch the Hitech stuff then.
This is how I ended up with the NiSi 70mm system. The holder is of much better quality than either the Lee 100mm or the Hitech 67mm
(with the latter I had to install shims cut ouf of a joghurt cup because the filters had different thickness and I could not manage to get some of them in the slots...).
Same goes for the filters. Reflections on the Lee 100mm resin filters ruined quite a few of my shots with the sun in the frame.
Oh I almost forgot: with the NiSi 70mm System having two slots installed you only get additional vignetting on the Loxia 21 if the holder is rotated by almost 45°, which is a setting I usually don't use....Show more →
Here is one with Loxia 21mm. Even with A7ii you need to be careful with flare. Which is a shame. This is almost straight out of the camera. Combination is a winner.
One from today. This is an experiment. Blend of two images--one with SR app, the other long exposure. The SR app is not always so good with light trails as there are more obvious breaks in the trails. Need to keep experimenting. Anyway, not sure this works entirely. Anyone spot why?
Here is one with Loxia 21mm. Even with A7ii you need to be careful with flare. Which is a shame. This is almost straight out of the camera. Combination is a winner.
Here is one with Loxia 21mm. Even with A7ii you need to be careful with flare. Which is a shame. This is almost straight out of the camera. Combination is a winner.
I thought handling flare was one of the strengths of the L21? Is that not the case?
