C-sonnar!
p.15 #2C-sonnar!
GMPhotography wrote:
Lol
*glad you know not to take anything i say like that seriously - you're doing the entire interwebs a great service*
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Lol
*glad you know not to take anything i say like that seriously - you're doing the entire interwebs a great service*
Edited on Sep 13, 2016 at 12:03 PM · View previous versions
Sep 13, 2016 at 11:54 AM
p.15 #3C-sonnar!
OMG yes the Ultron! Can't believe I did that!
robgo2 wrote:
The version II is better than the original. The lens is 'tank" heavy and may feel too front heavy for the camera. Expect images at f/1.2 to lose contrast and sharpness whereas the Nokton f/1.7 is very sharp in the center. Stopped down the 35/1.2 II will produce gorgeous images. The Nokton f/1.7 is also much lighter and more balanced on the camera. If I were to choose, I would go with the Nokton f/1.7 overall.Do you mean Ultron 35/1.7?
Rob
robgo2 wrote:
rji2goleez wrote
Wanny wrote
Would you guys recommend the Nokton 35/1.2?Rob
Sep 13, 2016 at 12:03 PM
p.15 #4C-sonnar!
ecarlino wrote:
*glad you know not to take anything i say like that seriously - you're doing the entire interwebs a great service*
No nothing good to F11 its a maybe in a pinch.
Not the strength of this lens.
GMPhotography wrote
LolNo nothing good to F11 its a maybe in a pinch.
Not the strength of this lens.
Sep 13, 2016 at 12:06 PM
p.15 #5C-sonnar!
The focus shift only affects rangefinder cameras. With a mirrorless system like the A7RII, you will not experience focus shift.
With rangefinders, the lens is optimized for f/2.8 but Zeiss can modify it to f/1.5. Of course, none of this matter to us.
With rangefinders, the lens is optimized for f/2.8 but Zeiss can modify it to f/1.5. Of course, none of this matter to us.
Sep 13, 2016 at 12:07 PM
p.15 #6C-sonnar!
Lol. I put it at 3 weeks. And I want the lens if he decides to part with it! 🙄
ecarlino wrote:
GMPhotography wrote
Today was a little confusing because I was trying to many techniques and the sun was playing cat and mouse with me. Now I know what this lens needs. I have a little time to decide if this is what I want. I like it so far just want to get it all down correctlySep 13, 2016 at 12:11 PM
p.15 #7C-sonnar!
Fred Miranda wrote:
The focus shift only affects rangefinder cameras. With a mirrorless system like the A7RII, you will not experience focus shift.
With rangefinders, the lens is optimized for f/2.8 but Zeiss can modify it to f/1.5. Of course, none of this matter to us.
I read about that, and that's what I need to know because I am not familiar with RF cameras. Thanks Fred.
The focus shift only affects rangefinder cameras. With a mirrorless system like the A7RII, you will not experience focus shift.
With rangefinders, the lens is optimized for f/2.8 but Zeiss can modify it to f/1.5. Of course, none of this matter to us.
I read about that, and that's what I need to know because I am not familiar with RF cameras. Thanks Fred.
Sep 13, 2016 at 12:24 PM
p.15 #8C-sonnar!
I will not part with mine. This lens is not about how many points it gets from testing sites or how it compares to the resolution kings. It's not about lack of aberrations and sharpness across the frame either.
To me, it's about contrast, size, build quality and most importantly rendering. There are many examples of how this lens draws posted on this thread. If you don't like this 'look', it's definitely not for you.
To me, it's about contrast, size, build quality and most importantly rendering. There are many examples of how this lens draws posted on this thread. If you don't like this 'look', it's definitely not for you.
Sep 13, 2016 at 12:47 PM
p.15 #9C-sonnar!
The look is what's it's about for sure. That I love. Just want to get 1.7 good and it maybe the TAP variance I hit a couple times. I'll play more and get that under control. Oh I'm keeping the lens. I already registered ii after 2 frames. Lol
Got a extra year warranty and a 125 rebate coming
Got a extra year warranty and a 125 rebate coming
Sep 13, 2016 at 12:57 PM
p.15 #10C-sonnar!
ecarlino wrote:
Very nice.You can see she loves me. Labradoodle? Looks like our Annie...Fred - i was actually playing with search methods on google to help with the problem of "ASKED & ANSWERED"......
so, i'll start with an example of the question asked above and the results from google took me to THIS Thread, where ironically, the same person (not trying to pick on you DavidBM) asked the same question and you already replied:
The method i used was: from the google search box, type this:
"Labradoodle Luna site:fredmiranda.com"
and it only gives one result, go that that thread and scroll down, and there you have an answer.
I was thinking about the idea of developing/maintaining a FAQ...Show more →
I will check this out and thanks for letting me know. I think google offers a search engine for sites as well. We used to have it here to complement the internal code.
DavidBM wrote
Fred Miranda wrote
fsiagian wrote
Hahaha the face Very nice.so, i'll start with an example of the question asked above and the results from google took me to THIS Thread, where ironically, the same person (not trying to pick on you DavidBM) asked the same question and you already replied:
The method i used was: from the google search box, type this:
"Labradoodle Luna site:fredmiranda.com"
and it only gives one result, go that that thread and scroll down, and there you have an answer.
I was thinking about the idea of developing/maintaining a FAQ...Show more →
I will check this out and thanks for letting me know. I think google offers a search engine for sites as well. We used to have it here to complement the internal code.
Sep 13, 2016 at 01:04 PM
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p.15 #11C-sonnar!
Fred Miranda wrote:
Very nice.You can see she loves me. Labradoodle? Looks like our Annie...Fred - i was actually playing with search methods on google to help with the problem of "ASKED & ANSWERED"......
so, i'll start with an example of the question asked above and the results from google took me to THIS Thread, where ironically, the same person (not trying to pick on you DavidBM) asked the same question and you already replied:
The method i used was: from the google search box, type this:
"Labradoodle Luna site:fredmiranda.com"
and it only gives one result, go that that thread and scroll down, and there you have an answer.
I was thinking about the idea of developing/maintaining a FAQ but really the answers are already here - the site just needs a better 'search' capability - for example, within a forum, the search for "luna labradoodle" returns nothing, even though an outside search engine was able to find it.
The searching Within a Thread is more effective, but often the answers are in other threads.
Perhaps FAQs would initially encourage more questions to be answered, perhaps even proactively, but developing and maintaining something like that is an enormous amount of work and interest tends to wane quickly (as evidenced by countless FAQs on all subjects being half-baked or outdated because their original group lost interest).I will check this out and thanks for letting me know. I think google offers a search engine for sites as well. We used to have it here to complement the internal code.
google does offer that, i'm just not sure how your site is setup internally nor whether or not google charges anything or what the best option is - i just wanted to point out that there is a HUGE amount of currently un-mineable info within FM but that it could be a pretty easy solution.
although, if nothing else, your search box could simply post a query to google and append "site:fredmiranda.com" to the user's text and then put the google results inside of your frame to keep your brand and not googles....lots of options and i'm sure your tech guys know a lot more than i do.
ecarlino wrote
DavidBM wrote
Fred Miranda wrote
fsiagian wrote
Hahaha the face Very nice.so, i'll start with an example of the question asked above and the results from google took me to THIS Thread, where ironically, the same person (not trying to pick on you DavidBM) asked the same question and you already replied:
The method i used was: from the google search box, type this:
"Labradoodle Luna site:fredmiranda.com"
and it only gives one result, go that that thread and scroll down, and there you have an answer.
I was thinking about the idea of developing/maintaining a FAQ but really the answers are already here - the site just needs a better 'search' capability - for example, within a forum, the search for "luna labradoodle" returns nothing, even though an outside search engine was able to find it.
The searching Within a Thread is more effective, but often the answers are in other threads.
Perhaps FAQs would initially encourage more questions to be answered, perhaps even proactively, but developing and maintaining something like that is an enormous amount of work and interest tends to wane quickly (as evidenced by countless FAQs on all subjects being half-baked or outdated because their original group lost interest).
google does offer that, i'm just not sure how your site is setup internally nor whether or not google charges anything or what the best option is - i just wanted to point out that there is a HUGE amount of currently un-mineable info within FM but that it could be a pretty easy solution.
although, if nothing else, your search box could simply post a query to google and append "site:fredmiranda.com" to the user's text and then put the google results inside of your frame to keep your brand and not googles....lots of options and i'm sure your tech guys know a lot more than i do.
Sep 13, 2016 at 01:16 PM
p.15 #12C-sonnar!
Fred Miranda wrote:
I will check this out and thanks for letting me know. I think google offers a search engine for sites as well. We used to have it here to complement the internal code.
the "Labradoodle Luna" test worked perfectly with the google search text box you just added - this is a great improvement for now, next step would be to make it a bit more "integrated" but this is great!
only behavior change i would suggest relative to what is happening with the 'google search text box' would be the ability to specify a specific forum (or 'all') if you were able to implement something specific to your forums (i.e. not just borrowing google's)
I will check this out and thanks for letting me know. I think google offers a search engine for sites as well. We used to have it here to complement the internal code.
the "Labradoodle Luna" test worked perfectly with the google search text box you just added - this is a great improvement for now, next step would be to make it a bit more "integrated" but this is great!
only behavior change i would suggest relative to what is happening with the 'google search text box' would be the ability to specify a specific forum (or 'all') if you were able to implement something specific to your forums (i.e. not just borrowing google's)
Sep 13, 2016 at 01:48 PM
p.15 #13C-sonnar!
I just added a search box on top of every board as a test:
Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum
Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum
Sep 13, 2016 at 02:01 PM
p.15 #14C-sonnar!
Fred Miranda wrote:
I just added a search box on top of every board as a test:
Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum
i was going to modify my suggestion above - maybe the simplest way for your tech guys to add this would be to have a choice - that the search would either (a) only look in the current forum that you are in or (b) whole site
alt - if you are in a forum, it only searches that forum - if you are at the main page, it would search the whole site
I just added a search box on top of every board as a test:
Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum
i was going to modify my suggestion above - maybe the simplest way for your tech guys to add this would be to have a choice - that the search would either (a) only look in the current forum that you are in or (b) whole site
alt - if you are in a forum, it only searches that forum - if you are at the main page, it would search the whole site
Sep 13, 2016 at 02:02 PM
p.15 #15C-sonnar!
ecarlino wrote:
Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forumi was going to modify my suggestion above - maybe the simplest way for your tech guys to add this would be to have a choice - that the search would either (a) only look in the current forum that you are in or (b) whole site
alt - if you are in a forum, it only searches that forum - if you are at the main page, it would search the whole site
The "alt" seems to be the easiest way as I have to use their own script.
Fred Miranda wrote
I just added a search box on top of every board as a test:Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum
alt - if you are in a forum, it only searches that forum - if you are at the main page, it would search the whole site
The "alt" seems to be the easiest way as I have to use their own script.
Sep 13, 2016 at 02:04 PM
p.15 #16C-sonnar!
Fred Miranda wrote:
Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forumi was going to modify my suggestion above - maybe the simplest way for your tech guys to add this would be to have a choice - that the search would either (a) only look in the current forum that you are in or (b) whole site
alt - if you are in a forum, it only searches that forum - if you are at the main page, it would search the whole siteThe "alt" seems to be the easiest way as I have to use their own script.
does that mean there is no way using google to search within a forum - b/c it'd be great to search for "focus shift" and only get "Sony" results (or if i was a Nikon user, only "Nikon forum" results).
actually, you should be able to filter the results in a script - but that's not exactly a 1 day plug and play solution probably
ecarlino wrote
Fred Miranda wrote
I just added a search box on top of every board as a test:Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum
alt - if you are in a forum, it only searches that forum - if you are at the main page, it would search the whole site
does that mean there is no way using google to search within a forum - b/c it'd be great to search for "focus shift" and only get "Sony" results (or if i was a Nikon user, only "Nikon forum" results).
actually, you should be able to filter the results in a script - but that's not exactly a 1 day plug and play solution probably
Sep 13, 2016 at 02:07 PM
p.15 #17C-sonnar!
ecarlino wrote:
Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forumi was going to modify my suggestion above - maybe the simplest way for your tech guys to add this would be to have a choice - that the search would either (a) only look in the current forum that you are in or (b) whole site
alt - if you are in a forum, it only searches that forum - if you are at the main page, it would search the whole siteThe "alt" seems to be the easiest way as I have to use their own script.does that mean there is no way using google to search within a forum - b/c it'd be great to search for "focus shift" and only get "Sony" results (or if i was a Nikon user, only "Nikon forum" results).
actually, you should be able to filter the results in a script - but that's not exactly a 1 day plug and play solution probably
I moved the search box to the bottom of the pages so I can continue testing it.
BTW: The Google search has always been a complement of our internal search and can be found on the main search page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/search
Fred Miranda wrote
ecarlino wrote
Fred Miranda wrote
I just added a search box on top of every board as a test:Example:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/56
Perhaps we could have a custom search box for each individual board and another one for the main forum page where it would include all boards.
Main forum page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum
alt - if you are in a forum, it only searches that forum - if you are at the main page, it would search the whole site
actually, you should be able to filter the results in a script - but that's not exactly a 1 day plug and play solution probably
I moved the search box to the bottom of the pages so I can continue testing it.
BTW: The Google search has always been a complement of our internal search and can be found on the main search page:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/search
Sep 13, 2016 at 02:31 PM
p.15 #18C-sonnar!
so any comparisons between FE55, Loxia and 50C for portraits?
Sep 14, 2016 at 06:09 AM
p.15 #19C-sonnar!
prashant wrote:
so any comparisons between FE55, Loxia and 50C for portraits?
Well, I do not have the Loxia although I do have the FE 55 but I didn't have that with me. This is an impromptu portrait of a complete stranger at the Getty Center yesterday. She was there with her friend and they took each other pictures. I asked them politely whether I could take a few snaps of them. In general, women feel flattered if some one asks whether it would be OK to take their pictures. Of course, you have to ask nicely and do it tactfully. So, I did and here is one of them. And I will be forwarding a few images to them soon.
Again, no direct comparison between the C-Sonnar and FE since the first one is what I took with me. However, I can tell you that the rendition is different. For portraits or people pictures in general, I would choose the C-Sonnar over the FE. This was captured at f/1.7, the rest of the exif data should be correct. And the TAP made it easy!
Portrait using C-Sonnar
so any comparisons between FE55, Loxia and 50C for portraits?
Well, I do not have the Loxia although I do have the FE 55 but I didn't have that with me. This is an impromptu portrait of a complete stranger at the Getty Center yesterday. She was there with her friend and they took each other pictures. I asked them politely whether I could take a few snaps of them. In general, women feel flattered if some one asks whether it would be OK to take their pictures. Of course, you have to ask nicely and do it tactfully. So, I did and here is one of them. And I will be forwarding a few images to them soon.
Again, no direct comparison between the C-Sonnar and FE since the first one is what I took with me. However, I can tell you that the rendition is different. For portraits or people pictures in general, I would choose the C-Sonnar over the FE. This was captured at f/1.7, the rest of the exif data should be correct. And the TAP made it easy!
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Portrait using C-Sonnar
Sep 14, 2016 at 06:17 PM
p.15 #20C-sonnar!
AGeoJO wrote:
Well, I do not have the Loxia although I do have the FE 55 but I didn't have that with me. This is an impromptu portrait of a complete stranger at the Getty Center yesterday. She was there with her friend and they took each other pictures. I asked them politely whether I could take a few snaps of them. In general, women feel flattered if some one asks whether it would be OK to take their pictures. Of course, you have to ask nicely and do it tactfully. So, I did and here is one of them. And I...Show more →
They will love the images!
prashant wrote
so any comparisons between FE55, Loxia and 50C for portraits?They will love the images!
Sep 14, 2016 at 06:36 PM