nhsonyshooter wrote:
I may have missed it but has anyone compared the Emount and Mount versions of this lens. I am considering getting the techartpro. It's crazy I know, I have the Emount version already, favorite lens. I like the lens so much sometimes it would be great to have AF though. Any thoughts from anyone or anyone have that set up. Thx
Page 141 & 143 for a quick comparison of both lenses by myself. There are a few others that had the VM dispersed in the 146 pages of this thread. I'm pretty time starved, but could try a different comparison if you have something specific in mind.
nycdude wrote:
Hey why do you change the Creative Style? Just curious.
It just makes it easier to see the sharper area on your subject. Another trick I sometimes use (especially for street photography) is to set Creative Style to "Black & White" with Contrast +1 and Sharpening +3 while keeping peaking set to Low and Red.
It's so easy to see peaking since it's the only color on your image. If you shoot RAW, the image will be color when you bring it to Lightroom. (only the initial preview will be b&w)
Fred Miranda wrote:
...it just makes it easier to see the sharper area on your subject. Another trick I sometimes use (especially for street photography) is to set Creative Style to "Black & White" with Contrast +1 and Sharpening +3 while keeping peaking set to Low and Red.
It's so easy to see peaking since it's the only color on your image. If you shoot RAW, the image will be color when you bring it to Lightroom. (only the initial preview will be b&w)
I have my A7II set the exact same way--Creative Style to B&W with Contrast +1 and Sharpening +3. While it can create some challenges in nature photography, doing this also helps me be more conscientious of the overall composition of the photo, along with assisting focus (all of my lenses are adapted MF).
expwmbat wrote:
I have my A7II set the exact same way--Creative Style to B&W with Contrast +1 and Sharpening +3. While it can create some challenges in nature photography, doing this also helps me be more conscientious of the overall composition of the photo, along with assisting focus (all of my lenses are adapted MF).
DJK
Yes, it can also be a composition aid as it makes light and shadows more obvious. It seems like we played with the exact same settings.
After my interest in this lens got stirred up not least by this forum thread, I got myself a copy. I made a test if the lens is decentered. I'm not 100% sure about the results. The right side is a bit less sharp but it's only a tad.
Fred Miranda wrote:
No, you were right. I overlooked the 'circular' word as it's unusual for Cosina.
The translated Japanese version reads:
"Beautiful blur taste with 10 diaphragm blades. In order to make the hole in which the diaphragm blades form a circle, we adopted a 10 aperture diaphragm.
The out focus part is a natural depiction, the point light source etc is also not a polygon but a round and soft blur."
No, Fred, both of you are wrong.
I have my Nokton 40mm 1.2 VM here and it definitively has no curved blades. They are as straight as in the E-Mount version.
Juha Kannisto wrote:
I'm also happier with the straight blades we got Sunstars for the win!
M-Mount user here. We also have got the straight blades. Fred's information were misleading.
jessi123 wrote:
No, Fred, both of you are wrong.
I have my Nokton 40mm 1.2 VM here and it definitively has no curved blades. They are as straight as in the E-Mount version.
M-Mount user here. We also have got the straight blades. Fred's information were misleading.
Wow, that was our early assumption based on Cosina's description in Japanese when the VM version was first introduced. We are a friendly community here and were not misleading anyone. Instead, we were just trying to decipher whether or not the new M-version's blades were straight or circular before more information was out. Once the correct info was officially confirmed, it was posted on this thread. It looks like you just quoted a very early post on this. Welcome to FM...
