Petercliff wrote:
My buddy and I tested the 24-70mm 2.8 and 85mm 1.4. I will only speak of the 24-70mm on this thread. We tested it against following lenses... 21mm Loxia, 25mm Batis, 50mm Loxia, 90mm Sony Maco, 85mm Otus... We tested it in a lot of cityscape. I did get a chance to shoot about 8 portraits with it from a random lovely model that was working with another photographer, insane sharpness wide open! I tested the autofocus shooting some pigeons, wow! Autofocus is great! At 24mm it was better than my Batis so the Batis will be sold! the loxia 50mm and 21mm beat the 24-70mm. 90mm it was very close! ...Show more →
I do want my Loxia 50 back in hand. The L21 just about nothing can touch it with this zoom a really great combo
Yea the 50mm has great micro contrast which is why it beat the zoom. We were shocked how well the zoom performed tho! Never seen a zoom perform like this before!! How do I upload pictures to share with you guys?
Yea I had 3 and kept getting caught up in sales to fund other gear and each time I have regretted it. I had to do it to get the zoom as I was not planning on it so soon but I want the dang thing back in my bag. It just renders so nicely and has nice both and feel to it. So I'm tearing up the other couches in the house for lose change. Lol
I'll ask here and on the GM24-70 vs Contax 35-70 thread;
How is the micro-contrast and Zeiss pop on the new GM? I love it on my 35-70. It has great presence!
Looking forward to seeing Fred's comparison between the two!!
Another shot from last week with the 24-70/2.8GM.
This time, I used the 70mm with bracket captures. The amount of DR from the camera coupled with a high IQ lens is all one could ever wanted.
Another nice one Fred. Look at that detail in the foreground . That's amazing and for the weaket focal length . At 70mm my test start at F4 on center and F8 for corners. The rest of the lens foals where way before that but look at this result. Loving this lens more each image posted. I may run up to my favorite car junkyard later this week and shoot for real. Lol
p.29 #10 · Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Rolling Review
I need a "Hide thread" button. When can we have this feature? :P
Seems a very versatile lens, looks like it can do everything quite well, from people to landscape.
Sony Hong Kong told me if I order it now I'd probably get one in mid to late May, Too bad, I'm travelling in 2 weeks. But then I might have another trip in Jul
p.29 #11 · Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Rolling Review
Fred Miranda wrote:
Another shot from last week with the 24-70/2.8GM.
This time, I used the 70mm with bracket captures. The amount of DR from the camera coupled with a high IQ lens is all one could ever wanted.
I believe, it was 70mm, f/9 at ISO 100.
Nice Fred. The 24-70GM is looking good, but I'm jealous that it wasn't me on that that road into Death Valley from Lone Pine!
Apr 11, 2016 at 03:00 AM
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p.29 #12 · Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Rolling Review
thanks ytwong for info about 24-70gm shipping.
Anyone else know something about 24-70GM ''in stock'' date?
p.29 #14 · Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Rolling Review
The Sony 90mm 2.8 macro is a good lens for portraits (very sharp) and Macro photography. For Cityscapes and Landscapes it's Ok and not as sharp and Dxo and now Photozone has stated. I tested it against the 24-70mm 2.8 at 70mm and the 24-70mm was just as good. I wish I had the time to test it against my Canon 70-200mm 2.8 MKII.
p.29 #15 · Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Rolling Review
Fred
Photo from Hot Creek looks soft at infinity in the upper right corner you show. Along with what looks like sharpening halo. Does the left corner look the same. Just asking as these corners would matter in an enlargement, even something as small as 16x20.
Also need to let the forum post that the photo with the road is Hot creek road not Lone Pine to Death Valley.
Thanks for the tests. They provide valuable data. I would add test at f 13. Although this introduces diffraction it could sharpen photos across the frame and loss of sharpness can be brought back with sharpening.
p.29 #16 · Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Rolling Review
Fred
P.S. What do you see regarding corner to corner sharpness. Is it equal?
I'm especially grateful to see tests extending from a foreground to infinity. I also appreciate the flat wall tests, as long as the plane of focus is on the flat wall allowing center, corner to corner, f stop, and distance performance to be evaluated.
Regarding portraits as tests. These typically show hyper sharp eyebrows with the rest of the photo out of focus. These tell us the lens can get one thing sharp on the plane of focus. Not my thing but I can see how that test could be useful for portraits.
I'm also curious as to what lens rendering or characteristic means. For instance, what does "clinical" mean. Does it mean the lens is too sharp? I also wonder what "beats" other lenses means. I gather this means wide open. I don't know, but this is not a consideration in landscape photos unless one makes photos that are mostly out of focus.
Obviously I'm in the outdoor camp, but I think well done tests matter for other types of photography. So thanks for the work you've done
p.29 #17 · Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Rolling Review
Claude,
Thanks for your comments. You live in a beautiful area.
The edge crops I posted for that image are 42MP 1:1 crops. IMO, they look very sharp at this magnification. Look a the detail on the rock. There is lots of micro-detail there and could be sharpened further when preparing for a print. I don't see any sharpening halos on the 1:1 crops.
