A little frustrated with B&H. Last week I cancelled my order that was fairly long standing with Adorama because I was told by B&H that they would have the 40 in on Monday or Tues and if in on Monday, would ship on Monday.
Now they tell me they have no idea when they will take delivery and apparently, never had any idea so what I was told when I placed the order was not correct at all.
A rare score. From a lens afficianado like yourself as well! I appreciate the sale,its the perfect walkin around lens.
(*whispers* I never got feedback from it though)
Mathieu18 wrote:
I'm honestly asking myself the same question, just completely oppositely...
Well I think the aficionado part comes from being restless and going through too many. And in truth, I remember my thinking being that it'd be relatively easier to replace then some other things I was thinking about selling. Appears that's not really the case after all...
And right you are, apologies. That's been remedied!
KarmaKramer wrote:
A rare score. From a lens afficianado like yourself as well! I appreciate the sale,its the perfect walkin around lens.
(*whispers* I never got feedback from it though)
Fred Miranda wrote:
This's happened with my Loxia 35 'and' 50 and they were be sent to service. (There is a whole thread about it here)
The issue was an electronic malfunction and Zeiss at first could not replicate it either. Both lenses were replaced to new ones. I no longer own them as they were replaced by the 40/1.2.
Yes, it could be the same problem with mine, just a coincidence that it started working again after cleaning. However, it doesn't really matter to me since metering isn't affected and I don't care about EXIF.
My first take of 40/1.2 @cordoba, Spain, Semanta Santa Holy week
I rented the lense before the trip, since it's out of stock everywhere & I am not used to MF.
Now I have used it, I don't think it's for newbie like me, to be honest. When I want to catch the moment, the MF is the biggest challenge. It's great for still, low-light, for others, I would go back to AF.
My first take of 40/1.2 @cordoba, Spain, Semanta Santa Holy week
I rented the lense before the trip, since it's out of stock everywhere & I am not used to MF.
Now I have used it, I don't think it's for newbie like me, to be honest. When I want to catch the moment, the MF is the biggest challenge. It's great for still, low-light, for others, I would go back to AF.
KarmaKramer wrote:
Definitely not for moment catching....
Huh? Manual focusing just needs practising. I've photographed my kids & family life mostly with manual focus lenses for the last couple years and I've begun to feel AF is sometimes just a hindrance since it's so damn frustrating to get focus exactly where I want and in fast situations mostly have to focus and recompose really quick. Once you learn to focus fast manually and learn to anticipate moments and use timing to estimate where the subject will be, you'll get way more keepers. And it's way more rewarding as well.
Counting my pennies at the moment and selling some stuff. Hopefully soon I'll be able to order the VM version for my Fuji. Haven't seen many shots taken with crop sensor, so I'll definitely post some when I get the Nokton (might take a month or so until that happens).
Apr 20, 2018 at 01:45 AM
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Ditto this 100%. I've been using MF almost exclusively for 3 years, and after LOTS of practice my keeper rate for moving subjects is higher with MF than with AF. Hands down. I thought this might have been because I was using a 1st generation Fuji X camera and prefer shooting in low light, but even with an Rx100m3 in broad daylight - using tracking, face-detection and every combination of AF modes along with focus-recompose - it's still the case. There's no comparison to having total control over where the focus will be prior to releasing the shutter versus relying on an algorithm and hoping for the best, or quickly using AF to lock focus on something stationary, then waiting for the subject to pass through that plane.
I think those shots are fantastic, I'd just recommend more practice. Maybe force yourself to *only* use this lens 24/7 for a week or two and I bet you'll find AF inadequate afterwards.
Tonzah78 wrote:
Huh? Manual focusing just needs practising. I've photographed my kids & family life mostly with manual focus lenses for the last couple years and I've begun to feel AF is sometimes just a hindrance since it's so damn frustrating to get focus exactly where I want and in fast situations mostly have to focus and recompose really quick. Once you learn to focus fast manually and learn to anticipate moments and use timing to estimate where the subject will be, you'll get way more keepers. And it's way more rewarding as well.
Counting my pennies at the moment and selling some stuff. Hopefully soon I'll be able to order the VM version for my Fuji. Haven't seen many shots taken with crop sensor, so I'll definitely post some when I get the Nokton (might take a month or so until that happens)....Show more →
I was in Asia the last two weeks, without my camera...BUT I found the lens in Hong Kong! I am crazy excited, price was actually quite good too...
I just got home late last night and jet lagged but I plan to shoot with the lens and camera this weekend. I'll be at the Hershey PA Porsche show, so hopefully Sunday or Monday, I can upload my first shots and provide some feedback on the lens. Did I mention I'm crazy excited
I ordered the CV 40/1.2 from Adorama at the beginning of march, but switched to Photo Village (the CV distributor) 2 weeks ago having been told by them that lenses should be available this week.
I phoned them today and they gave me an update and it's going to be at least 2 more weeks before they see any lenses. I guess I have to just stay with watching the great work from other members for another few weeks.
I really like the honesty and openness of photo Village, even if the news is not great!
Finally, got to go out and shoot with mine. I love the size of the lens and the haptics. I am really liking the look it creates as well. Here are three of my son. The first is at a quite close distance and I stopped down to f/1.6 which seemed to work well. The second is the requisite f/1.2 shot at mid distance. The lens handles that very well, but I did have to clean up the CA in Lightroom. The last is at f/2 where this lens really shines.
