I just got this lens used to replace my Samyang 1.4 for portraits. I love the rendering of the Sammy but I get way way too many misses with it even with the latest firmware on my a7iii. I think I will live with the arguably harsher rendering in exchange for the much better AF. I need to do a real shoot with it and see how I feel after that though.
6683 wrote:
Talking about portrait shots…
A bit too crunchy and lacks character , a bit too clear
Reminds me of Sony 35/2.8
Images don’t have that soft feel a 1.4 lens should have
I like Samyang 1.4 images more, also few other manual focus 35mm lenses
A few from yesterday in Edenton, NC. As a rookie I still have a problem getting everything in sharp focus even at small apertures and trying to focus 1/3 way into the image. I need advice....:
Neurad1 wrote:
A few from yesterday in Edenton, NC. As a rookie I still have a problem getting everything in sharp focus even at small apertures and trying to focus 1/3 way into the image. I need advice....:
Even with small apertures you can't get everything in an image with elements in the very near field and at infinity in super sharp focus using the standard technique of stopping down and focusing at the hyperfocal distance. And if you stop down too much on a single exposure (say from f11 on) you will induce diffraction, which will slightly soften your images. This is just a consequence of optical physics.
Many landscape photographers use focus stacking to get maximum sharpness from foreground to infinity. Requires use of a tripod. Three (or more) shots with different focal planes. Merge in software (photoshop, lightroom, other). Makes incredibly sharp images from front to back, but doesn't work well if there is any movement in the image frame between exposures.
Tilt-shift lenses are an alternative means to a similar end.
Neurad1 wrote:
A few from yesterday in Edenton, NC. As a rookie I still have a problem getting everything in sharp focus even at small apertures and trying to focus 1/3 way into the image. I need advice....:
