GMPhotography wrote:
Nice trick I do is my custom function button 2 is I made it AF/ MF toggle and I can jump back and forth on camera and keep the lens out of that decision process. My magnify is C1 . This makes it very quick to go back and forth and get magnify as well. Lots of fun
I tried this by assigning focus mode to one of the function buttons, but then when I try to switch to M, it is grayed out and if I push it, a message pops up saying "invalid with this lens". What am I doing wrong?
So I keep the camera always on AF you don't have to set it to M manual mode. So let's say you want custom button to AF/MF toggle. All you have to do is hit that button to go back and forth from Af to MF focus just keep the camera on AF all the time . So when using say you AF a shot than decide I want to zoom in and manual focus it just hit your custom button 1 it will go into manual focus than if you have custom button 2 as magnify you can hit it and focus at magnify level. What you are doing here is putting the control of camera in those 2 custom buttons
What you did wrong is put camera in manual focus. Just leave AFC on or AFS on
okay I now understand. I was already on AFC, but thought I had to use the focus mode selector. What I did was use custom settings to assign AF/MF toggle to the C4 (the trash bin button).
a few more test shots, this time a little stopped down to f/2.8. Some of them I shot AF, others M which I actually enjoyed doing. It feels more organic to view them zoomed in the EVF and use the silky smooth focus ring. It's a pleasure using this lens.
So we have snow in Vancouver this year . It is really too cold for me to walk around and taking pictures here in Calgary, the temperature is most of the time -20, so my A7r and ZM is collecting dust now. Hopefully the weather will improve during the holidays so I can play with my camera.
It could be my eyes or the misty conditions but to me it looks like the tower blocks and trees on the far right are much more in focus than anything at the same distance in the centre or on the left, or indeed anything in the middle distance in the centre or left.
ltruong8 wrote:
So we have snow in Vancouver this year . It is really too cold for me to walk around and taking pictures here in Calgary, the temperature is most of the time -20, so my A7r and ZM is collecting dust now. Hopefully the weather will improve during the holidays so I can play with my camera.
We're going through some cold stuff here in Minneapolis too! This morning, it was -11F at my house. Snow is expected tomorrow into Saturday and then Sunday, the high temp is supposed to be -5F. Forget weather my camera will like those conditions, my old bones do not!!!
rji2goleez wrote:
We're going through some cold stuff here in Minneapolis too! This morning, it was -11F at my house. Snow is expected tomorrow into Saturday and then Sunday, the high temp is supposed to be -5F. Forget weather my camera will like those conditions, my old bones do not!!!
Here is when living in the desert it pays off. Now lets not talk about summer.
Peter T wrote:
It could be my eyes or the misty conditions but to me it looks like the tower blocks and trees on the far right are much more in focus than anything at the same distance in the centre or on the left, or indeed anything in the middle distance in the centre or left.
That's how this lens works. The focus plane bends towards infinity when going from the center of the image towards the edges. That is not only when used on Sony cameras. The first images (when the lens was on display at some show) shown here were taken with a Leica and the same problem was discussed already then, and then again and so on.
I would like to say Thank you! to all who contributed to the different ZM 35/1.4 threads. I have followed them with great interest. Who doesn't like the idea about a really fast high contrast 35mm lens?! I know I do.
However, in the end I decided to stick to the RX1 Zeiss Sonnar 35/2.0. The ZM has been used for many great images but for my style (and "needs") the uncomplicated and versatile RX1 Sonnar makes more sense. Not as fun, just better for me. I'm with Jochen... images like the one of the Ice Cream-car sucks to my eyes. Several images with weird bokeh and the sometimes severe purple fringe doesn't really help either.
It's good with choices. I'll shoot my RX1 until it falls apart, or until I find a reasonably priced RX1Rii somewhere. Of course, that camera will probably never get down to a really reasonably price considering the quirks it comes with...
Jonas B wrote:
That's how this lens works. The focus plane bends towards infinity when going from the center of the image towards the edges. That is not only when used on Sony cameras. The first images (when the lens was on display at some show) shown here were taken with a Leica and the same problem was discussed already then, and then again and so on.
I would like to say Thank you! to all who contributed to the different ZM 35/1.4 threads. I have followed them with great interest. Who doesn't like the idea about a really fast high contrast 35mm lens?! I know I do.
However, in the end I decided to stick to the RX1 Zeiss Sonnar 35/2.0. The ZM has been used for many great images but for my style (and "needs") the uncomplicated and versatile RX1 Sonnar makes more sense. Not as fun, just better for me. I'm with Jochen... images like the one of the Ice Cream-car sucks to my eyes. Several images with weird bokeh and the sometimes severe purple fringe doesn't really help either.
It's good with choices. I'll shoot my RX1 until it falls apart, or until I find a reasonably priced RX1Rii somewhere. Of course, that camera will probably never get down to a really reasonably price considering the quirks it comes with...
+1
That FC is a characteristic of the lens. It does get a little exaggerated on stock Sony cameras though. (I've seen this effect on Kolari and Leica bodies well)
I have both ZM 35/1.4 and RX1RII and these lenses could not be more different in rendering. The RX1 is slightly wider and has very smooth bokeh even at mid distances while the ZM has higher micro-contrast at similar apertures and of course more blur at f/1.4. Different looks.
I'm leaving tomorrow for 2 weeks in different small towns along the Danube, and I'm taking only 2 lenses with my A7Rii - the ZM 35/1.4 and Batis 85. Stay tuned for results!
Fred Miranda wrote:
+1
That FC is a characteristic of the lens. It does get a little exaggerated on stock Sony cameras though. (I've seen this effect on Kolari and Leica bodies well)
I have both ZM 35/1.4 and RX1RII and these lenses could not be more different in rendering. The RX1 is slightly wider and has very smooth bokeh even at mid distances while the ZM has higher micro-contrast at similar apertures and of course more blur at f/1.4. Different looks.
Yes, that's what it all is about, different looks and different preferences. I prefer the RX1 but I am also as a sucker for fast manual primes... So I have been very interested in the ZM for a long time now. I have already tried (as in owned and used) the Voigtländer 35/1.2, the Leica Summilux 35/1.4 ASPH (pre FLE of course - bokeh is important...) and the ZM 35/2.0 and dismissed them all fpr different reasons. The RX1 Sonnar has consistently given me very good, or at least good, looking images. It has made my life uncomplicated (the RX1 body gets in the way from time to time but I'm used to it and it works for me).
Despite the many words above it has taken me a long time to make a final decision, thus the big thank you!
Hey Fred, let me know if you decide to sell the RX1RII...
. It is really too cold for me to walk around and taking pictures here in Calgary, the temperature is most of the time -20, so my A7r and ZM is collecting dust now. Hopefully the weather will improve during the holidays so I can play with my camera.
