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Happydan wrote:
My friend and the Bison she raised
Simera 35
That image made me smile and then think about cows and other critters having followed me from the end of the garden and five minutes away every morning in the later part of the 90's. I liked them but I wouldn't dare stop my hand into the mouth of a bison!
Cool image and a fun memory!
The faraway bokeh - is there always this bright ring around highlights?
She bottle fed him and he’s only 2 years old, so that’s kind of his thing - sucking on her hand
She can even hold her head on his head for half an hour and every bison expert warns to never touch a bisons head!
It is truly so special to be with these animals! The cows are the very best! OMG!
The bright rings in the bokeh I’ve only seen in that flower apetature roll in the center background, it is a large metallic fence in the distance that had the sun reflecting it - if you are referring to that, I’ll post a pic at aperature stopped down
Happydan wrote:
She bottle fed him and he’s only 2 years old, so that’s kind of his thing - sucking on her hand
She can even hold her head on his head for half an hour and every bison expert warns to never touch a bisons head!
It is truly so special to be with these animals! The cows are the very best! OMG!
The bright rings in the bokeh I’ve only seen in that flower apetature roll in the center background, it is a large metallic fence in the distance that had the sun reflecting it - if you are referring to that, I’ll post a pic at aperature stopped down...Show more →
I think you have to take care of that "bison sucking hand" image so it doesn't get deleted! ;-)
I was thinking about the bison sucking hand image, the distant trees (?) to the right of your friends head. I suppose the image is taken at ƒ1.4.
Those bright spots are spacings in-between the trees
I for sure didnt shoot this wide open, probably f/2 or 2.8 rather - but the background swirl is still strong
It was already post-sunset, so the lighting was low
I had to blow up the highlights in this pic, as in the RAW you could not see any hair on the bisons fur — it was all very dark.
My camera ISO should have jumped but it stayed at 100.
I bought a new Simera 28mm f/1.4 (Sony E mount) this week. The issue is at wide open it focuses past infinity. The lens is not sharp at the infinity hard stop as marked on the barrel. Instead, I have to focus at roughly the 10 meter mark for the image to be sharp in the distance. This is my second copy of the lens and both are the same. They were purchased this month from B&H while they are on sale. B&H insists that this is typical for a lens of this quality and price.
Is this a bad copy, or are the tolerances for these lens not that good?
Of course! I actually find my Sony mount simeras to be a little loose on the focus ring - there a slight wobble with my 28 and 35. The m mount 50 focus ring is much more solid - much nicer:tighter production tolerance - much more dampened focus ring.
The e mount focus ring I find loose, which allows for faster focusing I guess. The 28 and 35 are actually the lenses with the most loose focus ring that I have. Then again, I’m spoiled from having used mainly cosinas voigtlander lenses for MF before (and Asahi Pentax).
Aperature ring is the opposite; 28 & 35 are solid and click hard
50 on m might has a very loose aperature ring that doesn’t really click.
The m mount feels more like a solid brass lens (even though it is Aluminium) and the Sony lenses feel much simpler in construction quality - which is fine. that’s probably a major reason why the m mount simeras are more expensive.
AC9999 wrote:
I bought a new Simera 28mm f/1.4 (Sony E mount) this week. The issue is at wide open it focuses past infinity. The lens is not sharp at the infinity hard stop as marked on the barrel. Instead, I have to focus at roughly the 10 meter mark for the image to be sharp in the distance. This is my second copy of the lens and both are the same. They were purchased this month from B&H while they are on sale. B&H insists that this is typical for a lens of this quality and price.
Is this a bad copy, or are the tolerances for these lens not that good?...Show more →
In my experience with many manual focus lenses of high quality (Zeiss, Voigtlander, etc.), most lenses do not focus at precise infinity at the hard stop. Most of my manual focus lenses are sharper at infinity if I back off just a tad from the hard stop. I learn each lens's little characteristics and then I know exactly where to go without looking. My Thypoch Simeras are the same. High quality and beautiful to use.
Thanks mudlake for that insight. I think what was a surprise is how far the focus ring turns from actual infinity to the hard stop. Actual infinity is at the '10-meter' mark on the barrel and it is seemingly a long rotation to the hard stop, at least 10% of the total focus throw. But I can't argue with the picture quality once it is in focus.
