This forum should be shut
After reading all those pages and seeing all those amazing photos I bought this lens last night.
Managed to find nice copy, used on ebay.
Soon I'll find out how bad I am in MF...
phinix wrote:
This forum should be shut.
After reading all those pages and seeing all those amazing photos I bought this lens last night.
Managed to find nice copy, used on ebay.
Soon I'll find out how bad I am in MF...
I've read loads here about these lens and wanted to ask you guys, what should I check when it arrives?
How can I test it to make sure its all working ok?
Some sharpness tests you have done with yours?
This is my first MF lens for my Sony camera - are there any specific settings you guys switch on on your bodies to work best with this lens?
I have Sony A7II by the way.
phinix wrote:
I've read loads here about these lens and wanted to ask you guys, what should I check when it arrives?
I have Sony A7II by the way.
I first used mine on an A7II too, and am now using it on the A7R4. You should be able to get a lot of great pictures out of it.
There isn't too much to check once it arrives. If it opens and closes the aperture as it should and it's not horribly unsharp there's nothing that can be wrong really. It's a made in Japan lens and you can trust that.
Having focus peaking on high helps me a lot personally (in red). I sometimes struggled with it still on the A7II, but on the R4 it's a lot easier (due to high resolution EVF).
Just try to have fun with it and give yourself the time to try it all out. It's a lens you have to get a feel for.
Personally, I turn off auto-magnify and focus peaking for using this lens. Use a zoom button to confirm focus when you really need it, but otherwise you'll be faster if you just learn recognize and use the moire on the EVF when things are in focus. I can be quite accurate with just that on my older A7rII (which I think has the same EVF as the A7II).
One of my best friends is pregnant and asked me and a friend to do a maternity shoot with her and her husband.
It was really fun, the location I picked had a nice spotlight through the trees with some good framing. Here’s a pic from the CV 40 before switching to the Batis 85. I darkened the tree a bit, but looks like it could use more.
PS: always place a hand below the belly to emphasize the bump, otherwise it just looks like a flowy dress!
gbinoz wrote:
Really illustrates how the transition zone is an interaction between the lens and subject matter.
Transition is pretty faultless here but compare Shapencolor's last image above (stone table and chairs) where the leaves on the right are slightly double image.
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