imoretti wrote:
I’ve been returning to this thread since last year mainly to enjoy the outstanding images being shared by 40/1.2 owners, and to imagine what it would be like to shoot one in my own kit. On Saturday, a copy arrived at my door (one I’d ordered, of course), literally moments before I was heading to the Mall in DC for Rolling Thunder, the annual event in support of Vietnam veterans, particularly those MIA and POW. Here are several that I captured with my Z7 + Novoflex + VM 40/1.2 Nokton. I’ve actually started investing in M mount glass for the Z, this one joins a VM 21/4 and 28/2, and perhaps a forward looking acquisition of a used Leica body. Next in my sights is the new VM 75/1.5. (Anyone heard of a date and/or pricing yet?)...Show more →
I was there too. I brought only two lenses with me, the CV 40 on the A7RII and the Sony 100-400 on the A7RIII.
Here are two shots with the CV 40. I have more but have not uploaded them to Flickr.
I love the photos you guys have been posting. Finally got mine, just a quick trial shot during dinner with my friends.C25B2C42-6968-4FC2-B939-41843F222557 by nwb_02, on Flickr
Nice shots... I didn’t make it to the wall as I was with my 10 and 13-year-old sons who were more interested in the bikes than the line to the wall. We drag them down to the Mall pretty regularly, so it was a challenge just getting them there on Saturday.
I also had a second camera: D850 + 70-200/2.8 VRII + TC1.4EII. Here are the rest of the shots:
twentysevenone wrote:
Share with me your manual focusing secrets oh great one.
Haha, well most of these are posed (even the drone), so I had time to dial it in exactly. I've definitely improved over the 6 months I've used this lens, I think a lot of it is practice. I can't claim to be anywhere close to AF speed though...
Some settings make MF a bit easier in my experience. I turn off peaking and auto-magnify. Magnification is a luxury if you have non-moving subject so it's better to turn it on manually (I have the C3 button set to magnify). Peaking is not accurate enough, and I've found I can see the focal plane by looking for aliasing/jaggies on the screen. You can set a custom mode with the highest contrast+sharpness and it becomes even easier, although I just use A mode most of the time anyways. Then it's just practice and a bit of spray & pray. You never see the ones I missed
grahamgibson wrote:
Haha, well most of these are posed (even the drone), so I had time to dial it in exactly. I've definitely improved over the 6 months I've used this lens, I think a lot of it is practice. I can't claim to be anywhere close to AF speed though...
Some settings make MF a bit easier in my experience. I turn off peaking and auto-magnify. Magnification is a luxury if you have non-moving subject so it's better to turn it on manually (I have the C3 button set to magnify). Peaking is not accurate enough, and I've found I can see the focal plane by looking for aliasing/jaggies on the screen. You can set a custom mode with the highest contrast+sharpness and it becomes even easier, although I just use A mode most of the time anyways. Then it's just practice and a bit of spray & pray. You never see the ones I missed ...Show more →
I've stopped using focus peaking but keep going back and forth on auto-mag. Aliasing is the jagged kinda pixely looking lines that appear?
twentysevenone wrote:
I've stopped using focus peaking but keep going back and forth on auto-mag. Aliasing is the jagged kinda pixely looking lines that appear?
Yep, specifically it's moiré appearing on the screen. It's easier to see with contrasty, detailed things--you can point your camera at that to see what you're looking for without magnification and how it moves when you turn the focus ring. In practice, it can still be challenging though and I often magnify. I tried turning auto-mag back on a few weeks back and it drove me crazy because my subject was rarely dead center anyways.
grahamgibson wrote:
I've found this lens goes pretty close without any close-up lens addon. Those shots at the butterfly house above were not taken with any addon.
Ah, thanks! I really like your wedding pictures above. That rendering is what finally made me pull the trigger on this lens, after browsing through the whole thread several times over the past 6 months...
I just remembered reading somewhere in these 180 pages that you needed a close-up lens for getting closer than 50cm. I ordered the VM version as I'll be using it on the Z6.
Bohemien wrote:
Ah, thanks! I really like your wedding pictures above. That rendering is what finally made me pull the trigger on this lens, after browsing through the whole thread several times over the past 6 months...
I just remembered reading somewhere in these 180 pages that you needed a close-up lens for getting closer than 50cm. I ordered the VM version as I'll be using it on the Z6.
Perhaps you've read that an achromat lens can give you better IQ at close distance wide open since you will be using the lens at infinity distance where it's optimal.
