Here are three that I took from Paris. Rather than the usual tourist spots these try to capture some of the results of the recent protests that were near where I was staying.
Steve Spencer wrote:
Here are three that I took from Paris. Rather than the usual tourist spots these try to capture some of the results of the recent protests that were near where I was staying.
Lovely series Steve.
I love the first image and is it was mine I think I would crop the top just a bit. (removing the lines)
Steve Spencer wrote:
Here are three that I took from Paris. Rather than the usual tourist spots these try to capture some of the results of the recent protests that were near where I was staying.
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Fred Miranda wrote:
Lovely series Steve.
I love the first image and is it was mine I think I would crop the top just a bit. (removing the lines)
The first one is very strong indeed. Somehow it work for me with the lines included, it provides some kind of frame. Maybe using a tad of perspective correction to make them parallel to the frame? But then sometimes photos work better when looking a little bit imperfect and thus more spontaneous.... Up to Steve to decide how he wants it.... I like it as is too.
Mar 11, 2019 at 08:56 PM
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Fred Miranda wrote:
Lovely series Steve.
I love the first image and is it was mine I think I would crop the top just a bit. (removing the lines)
Thanks Fred and vdo1 for your very nice and thoughtful comments. I had tried to include the window frame to give a little context but in trying to get the reflection I wanted it made the window frame out of square and slanted. Not really anything I could do to fix that and the reflection is my view is far more important to the image in my view, so in the end I thought that Fred's suggestion of just cropping out the frame makes the most sense. Here is what I looks like if you do that. Thanks again for you help and thoughtful replies.
Been a relatively longtime (2 years about) lurker but had to finally sign up because of this lens! Switched from Panny 4/3 to Sony FF end of 2018 and been holding out for the same 35 1.8 native lens everyone else also wants. Almost pulled the trigger on the Zeiss 35 1.4 until I read some unloved aspects of it in the midfield (among the bad sample variation).
Resigned myself to waiting until I read about this lens, and purposefully avoided learning about Voigt because of the manual factor (and intimidated as a pure hobbyist). I found myself at the beginning of this thread and read through it all the past few days, and just heard of this lens a few days back.
Fully convinced now and will perfectly complement my 24-105 and 85 1.8, which both have AF and happy with that for my toddler. Excited for the manual only charm (and to learn how to use it for a fast paced toddler), and I liken the idea of it to driving stick. More engaging interactive driver’s experience that gets you involved in the moment. Once I thought of that metaphor, game over.
Thanks to the unanimous enabling from this thread and will be posting test shots in days.
Sound advice is to not read too much about the Voigtlander range, lol. If you get hooked, at least they cost 50-60% of the price of their competition, so you can buy several of them. I just did, and I doubt it ends there, lol. Their haptics are so good, a better focus analogy might be sports sedan paddles rather than stick. And, welcome!
I have spent too much time reading and rereading this thread. I’ve been considering the 40 since it was announced but promised myself I was “done” with my kit: CV15, Batis 25, Sony 55.
Even if I don’t like the 40 I think it will save me time/money if I just purchase it already!
Mar 12, 2019 at 08:11 PM
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I finally gave in and switched my travel kit from the Nikon Df to an A7R II. Best decision ever. Here's the first outing with the 40mm f/1.2 Nokton at Mardi Gras in New Orleans
eke2k6 wrote:
I finally gave in and switched my travel kit from the Nikon Df to an A7R II. Best decision ever. Here's the first outing with the 40mm f/1.2 Nokton at Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Hello guys! It's my first post on the forum!
Such nice pictures here! It was a great influence to buy a Voigt 40mm 1.2 for my sony a7iii.
I saw that some people had a bad copy, I'm a little in doubt about center and edge sharpness fully open with mine, when it's closer to the subject it's more noticeable. What is a good way to test it and send to you guys to have a second opinion?
Thanks!
grahamgibson wrote:
One tip for manual focus is to set a Creative Style with max contrast/sharpness and turn off auto-magnification (instead, set magnifier to a custom button instead so you can engage it when needed). With contrast and sharpness at max, when something is in sharp focus you'll see a little shimmer or moire or jaggies around it. It's easier to hit it right on compared to peaking in my use. Of course, it's still tricky to hit a small moving target like someone's eye.
Post necro, I know. I had this set up previously on my A7RIII - it worked well. Peaking is too distracting for me, and this technique was a joy to use.
I had to reset the camera because of some wonkyness last week, and tried to set it up again today. No joy.
I can't get any sort of focus-effect in the VF, regardless of which Creative Style I choose (with max contrast and sharpness).
Also, I thought I recalled the C/S going to 5, but the menu clearly only has three +/- levels. So, maybe I'm also going a bit nuts.
Perhaps I'm forgetting some other necessary setting to make this work as described.
Can anyone provide more details on what menu settings they're using for CS as a focus aid?
JUST received my copy after my post a few days back.
Here are a few pictures to test decentering and sharpness following Fred's "two portrait" + "two landscape" image testing methodology from a few years back following his camera settings. At 2.2. I focused to infinity on the telephone pole that's against the sky. Unless I'm missing something, they look consistent and ideal. Then two shots of the brick wall - at f/2 and f/4 both with center focus. All handheld at 1/4000, no image stabilization, etc consistent with Fred's guidelines.
Looks great to me but I'm completely untrained in this. What do you think? Would love any/all expert's opinions! Just opened this lens up so can return and try new ones as needed. Images have metadata and can be downloaded for ideal viewing.
