tsdevine wrote:
Congrats! I don't have the 35 & 50. But the 25 is my fave out of the 21, 25 & 85.
Thanks Tim, if I recall from some of your posts, you prefer the CV 35 and 50 APO's right? Also very nice lenses and better corrected. I'm excited for this 25, I think it will pair nicely with 50mm and eager to get out and shoot with it.
Yeah, my MF set is sort of the L21, L25, CV35, CV50, L85 and CV110. Going 50/50 on Zeiss and Voigtlander. I don't shoot the L21 or CV110 as much...should get them back into rotation.
adventure_photo wrote:
Thanks Tim, if I recall from some of your posts, you prefer the CV 35 and 50 APO's right? Also very nice lenses and better corrected. I'm excited for this 25, I think it will pair nicely with 50mm and eager to get out and shoot with it.
My first time posting images from L35.
I really love 35mm, and I have few other 35mm lenses, including Zeiss 35mm f2.0 ZE.
I love the ZE better in terms of rendering (the color and contrast), bokeh, and the sharpness. I believe there are many sharper 35mm lenses, but the ZE is sharp enough for me. Whereas, I can feel L35 is softer wide open, and the bokeh is more nervous, especially in wide open and short distance.
The main reason to use L35 is when I need a light and small lens kit.
reza187 wrote:
My first time posting images from L35.
I really love 35mm, and I have few other 35mm lenses, including Zeiss 35mm f2.0 ZE.
I love the ZE better in terms of rendering (the color and contrast), bokeh, and the sharpness. I believe there are many sharper 35mm lenses, but the ZE is sharp enough for me. Whereas, I can feel L35 is softer wide open, and the bokeh is more nervous, especially in wide open and short distance.
The main reason to use L35 is when I need a light and small lens kit.
All at Nusa Dua, Bali, taken with Sony A7R II:...Show more →
Nice images. Your assessment of the L35 is quite right in my opinion. I don’t like my L35 wide open at all…it’s pretty much a f/8-f/11 lens for me. I love it though. As a kit, the Loxias really excel in their diminutive size. I’ve always wished I had a 35mm F2 ZE…awesome rendering with that lens!
I've been noticing that the price on these has come down dramatically the last year or so. Are they worth it at 400 euros on a 61mp sensor? I can't find much information that particular question.
The Loxia 25 is probably my favorite landscape prime. The Loxia 85 is also excellent.
The Loxia 21 has a bit of field curvature that is noticeable, but in certain situations that is an advantage. The Loxia has it too, but to a lesser extent.
Note that some of the Loxia's sporadically kick newer cameras out of magnified view. Basically the camera think the apertures changing. It can be annoying..... My Loxia 85 doesn't exhibit it much, my Loxia 21 a bit more. And the 25 exhibits it the most, but again.....it's soooooo good.
Alan Parker wrote:
I've been noticing that the price on these has come down dramatically the last year or so. Are they worth it at 400 euros on a 61mp sensor? I can't find much information that particular question.
Here are two with the Loxia 21mm on my Nikon Z8. I have to say I'm not super pleased with this copy (which I got used), as there is a bit of decentering that causes the left edge to be a fair bit softer than the right, though if you focus right it's good enough when stopped down. I'm probably going to end up returning it (and I have the Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 on the way to see how that works, which hopefully it'll adapt well to Nikon).
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Jman13 wrote:
Here are two with the Loxia 21mm on my Nikon Z8. I have to say I'm not super pleased with this copy (which I got used), as there is a bit of decentering that causes the left edge to be a fair bit softer than the right, though if you focus right it's good enough when stopped down. I'm probably going to end up returning it (and I have the Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 on the way to see how that works, which hopefully it'll adapt well to Nikon).
I had a heck of a time getting a well centered Loxia 25.....over the years I probably tried no less than 6 copies......maybe 50/50 used vs new. I finally got a perfect one new. I was lucky with the Loxia 21 and 85, but I did get a bum new copy of the Loxia 35 as well. I wasn't as motivated on the 35, so I haven't tried since.
It would not surprise me to find maybe a higher number of duff copies circulating in the used market. But that is subjective, I can't obviously say for certain that it is true.
Jman13 wrote:
Here are two with the Loxia 21mm on my Nikon Z8. I have to say I'm not super pleased with this copy (which I got used), as there is a bit of decentering that causes the left edge to be a fair bit softer than the right, though if you focus right it's good enough when stopped down. I'm probably going to end up returning it (and I have the Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 on the way to see how that works, which hopefully it'll adapt well to Nikon).
I am finding that it can be tough to photograph waterfalls with the most pleasing amount of water coming over the top and in the right light conditions.
Here's a case in point - Rockwell Falls in the two Medicine area of the US Glacier National Park, I usually avoid Glacier during the summer due to the crowds and hot weather. But when late September rolls around and most of the "tourons" have left, I come back to this area in the fall for the colors. By then, the flow of water has usually dwindled to a very light stream.
This year we had a historically low snowpack this winter, but a very wet spring. I went to Rockwell with some friends in early July - it had been and was still when there, raining, and of course, the falls were running pretty high. I captured it from the bank with my Voigtlander 35mm. Since this is a Loxia thread, you'l. have to go over to the Voigtlander thread to see that one.
By the time I return (last week, Aug 19), flow was down to what is normally expected at the end of an average September. I guess I will keep trying and brave the crowds next year around the 4th week of July, if I can get a campsite - big "if" (like the rainbow, though )
Here's a shot from Thursday night (Aug 30) of the Milky Way over my home valley - the Mission Valley in western Montana (Flathead Reservation). I guess this is sort of a different "night on the town" !!
I don't shoot the L21 or CV110 as much...should get them back into rotation.
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