Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken the evening of April, 16, 2016 at 6:48 PM of a field of Muscari "Bluebells" at Lock Ridge Park, Alburtis, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7rM V3 and my Zeiss 35mm f1.4 Distagon ZM lens. ISO 100, lens set to f11 for 1/15 second. Exposure corrected by +0.34 Stops and processed with CornerFix and LR6.
John, TT85 results look great. All that snow will stress the stray-light suppression capability of the lens. I may see a touch of transverse color in the last pic (purple at lower left).
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken the evening of April 24, 2016, at 7:23 PM (27 minutes before sunset) looking at farmers fields along Loch Valley Road, New Tripoli, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7rM V3 and my Zeiss 35mm f1.4 Distagon ZM lens, ISO 200, lens set to f11 for 1/40 second. Exposure corrected by +0.12 Stops and processed with CornerFix and LR6.
rico wrote:
John, TT85 results look great. All that snow will stress the stray-light suppression capability of the lens. I may see a touch of transverse color in the last pic (purple at lower left).
Couldn't have been happier with the TT85 for a compact travel lens. I have many more images with this lens, but most of them not postable (family images).
I will try to post-process the rest of the TT85 images this weekend and post what I can.
I took my recently acquired ZF 25/2.8 along on an afternoon date with my wife in South Haven, MI. It was nice carrying a lens much smaller and lighter than my favorite ZF.2 35/1.4, and trying to see things from a wider perspective. I haven't tested this side by side with my Sony FE16-35, which I suspect is sharper with less CA when stopped down, but I do enjoy the rendering of this lens and its close-up abilities.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken the evening of June 20, 2016, at 7:27 PM (36 minutes before sunset) looking at farmers fields along Loch Valley Road, New Tripoli, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7rM V3 camera and my Zeiss 35mm f1.4 Distagon ZM lens, ISO 100, lens set to f11 for 1/50 second. Exposure corrected by +0.24 Stops and processed with CornerFix and LR6.
Some "bokeh test" shots with the new-to-me Milvus 50/1.4. All of these are heavily cropped, the last one is 100%. I've been shooting with 85 and 135 a lot lately so I need to retrain myself to get closer.
3 out of the 5 are wide open, other 2 are stopped down to f2.
Thanks, Joe
flower with my daughter in the background
wide open with the flower right at minimum focal distance
twirling at concert in the park
musician in the park
Mother and child. 100% crop, wide open, about 50 feet away
Steve Spencer wrote:
There shouldn't be. Optically the Milvus 35 f/2 is the same as the classic 35 f/2.
I agree with you, but it's interesting that in the case of the Milvus 50/2 MP, which should also be much the same as the classic equivalent, DXO testing results show the new one as much sharper than the old one. Not just a little, a lot. The optical formula of 8 elements in 6 groups is the same, so we tend to say it's optically equivalent and the only difference is coating. But we don't know if they tweaked the shape of those elements a little which makes a big difference in the personality of the lens. On the other hand, DXO might have a good sample of the Milvus and a poor sample of the classic. We don't know.
That said, I'm not "upgrading" just for the heck of it. I have classic models of the 21, 35/2, 100, and 135 and I'm perfectly happy with them. I got Milvus versions of the 50/1.4 and 85/1.4, but I didn't have the classic ones, and in just these 2 it really is a different lens.
----
Here's one with the Milvus 85. Simple on camera flash bounced off the ceiling. f/2.8 gave enough DOF so most of the dog's head is reasonably in focus.
This is our 3-legged rescue dog who is afraid of everything.
jbouchard wrote:
I agree with you, but it's interesting that in the case of the Milvus 50/2 MP, which should also be much the same as the classic equivalent, DXO testing results show the new one as much sharper than the old one. Not just a little, a lot. The optical formula of 8 elements in 6 groups is the same, so we tend to say it's optically equivalent and the only difference is coating. But we don't know if they tweaked the shape of those elements a little which makes a big difference in the personality of the lens. On the other hand, DXO might have a good sample of the Milvus and a poor sample of the classic. We don't know.
That said, I'm not "upgrading" just for the heck of it. I have classic models of the 21, 35/2, 100, and 135 and I'm perfectly happy with them. I got Milvus versions of the 50/1.4 and 85/1.4, but I didn't have the classic ones, and in just these 2 it really is a different lens.
----
Here's one with the Milvus 85. Simple on camera flash bounced off the ceiling. f/2.8 gave enough DOF so most of the dog's head is reasonably in focus.
This is our 3-legged rescue dog who is afraid of everything....Show more →
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken the evening of April, 16, 2016 at 6:04 PM of a field of Muscari "Bluebells" at Lock Ridge Park, Alburtis, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7rM V3 and my Zeiss 35mm f1.4 Distagon ZM lens with my Hawk's Factory Helicoid V5. ISO 100, lens set to f11 for 1/13 second. Exposure corrected by +0.12 Stops and processed with CornerFix and LR6.
