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genji wrote:
That does seem prudent although Bastian’s very favourable review suggests that there may not be a lot that needs to be (or indeed can be) improved.
The optics are fine, unless they can improve flare resistance, which I am not sure they easily can.
Filter thread and f/1.4 marking on the aperture ring are things I hope will be improved.
I would love if the aperture ring was turning in the other direction, but this might need a bigger redesign, so not sure we should hope for that.
rscheffler wrote:
Do you recall what aperture was used for the snow-covered trees and also the other fence photo with the ice covered shrubs?
Guess those have been f/2.0, I have f/1.1 versions as well, but the contrast of the scene was so low to begin with, I like the contrastier f/2 ones more.
rscheffler wrote:
I also posted this in the Nokton 50/1 thread, and wondering if Bastian noticed it, but the Syoptic appears to have some field curvature towards the camera that might swing away at the extreme edges. But it's difficult to tell without seeing more images. For example the forest of snowy trees, if focus was on the one near the center, the one to the right, slightly closer to the camera, is also in focus. In any case, this direction of FC would result in generally better background blur, but appears to mean there's a sweet spot in which focus is good before appearing to fall off. It seems you can get good off-center focus, for example the one of the woman leaning against the window in front of the theater, shot on the a7III where this would be easier than with the M10 (assuming no use of the EVF)....Show more →
Field is wavy, therefore the midzone dip when taking pictures of a flat scene.
Not very surprising, I see this in all lenses faster than f/1.4 that do not feature ~15 or more elements like Sigma 35mm 1.2 or Sony 50mm 1.2 GM.
Extreme corners are in the same (or at least similar ) plane as the center though.
Field curvature in the corners is more likable than that of the Laowa 45mm 0.95, MS-Optics 50mm 1.1 or (as first samples suggest) VM 50mm 1.0.
If I get a review sample of the VM 50mm 1.0 I would include some comparisons in its review, but currently I think the earliest this may happen is in March,
as Robert White - lately my source for Voigtländer review samples - doesn't have any stock atm and I am not too interested in spending ~2 grand of my own money on one right now.
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