Thanks for all the like and comment. For the tide shots, my feet was wet in the tide at almost 0 C and I am standing there like a fool. still feel excited without kids around
Derek, Thanks for the eyecap info. Will do some research. wonder Sony have official item?
^^^Both bird images Looks great!^^^
My attempt ISO6400, Leica 80-200 at 200 WO no crop. I want go closer but two people try to use iphone to capture it,(almost dark) sure it fly off. But you can see where A7R is really shine that there is no way I can capture these images by any other camera with this lens.
zhangyue wrote:
Thanks for all the like and comment. For the tide shots, my feet was wet in the tide at almost 0 C and I am standing there like a fool. still feel excited without kids around
Derek, Thanks for the eyecap info. Will do some research. wonder Sony have official item?
sony does not offer anything useful in that respect unless they've recently released it for the a7(r). i looked at a bunch of options for a long time.
@Michael...really like the first above, and then the second pics for its contrast, and detail in the sand! BTW, I'm receiving a Lux R 50 E55 that I was fortunate to find in BC, Canada from a fellow FM'er(Flyingplam). I've been going through the R forum looking for examples of the Lux R 50 shot at f2 or 2.8...I really liked your review of the Cron R 50, back some pages-very thorough!, so I was wondering if you'd done the same for your Lux 50? Or anyone with knowledge...I know the Cron is super sharp @2.8. Does the Lux match or excede it?
Here are two shots while on my Route delivering...
Thanks, Gregg
Toys6 wrote:
Fantastic shot! Did you use a tripod for this shot? How about the handling with this combination (handheld)?
Thank you for looking and commenting on my shot.
I never use tripod (or very rarely and only for night shots). The 180/3.4 Apo telyt handles well with the D700 even if it is not the easiest lens to focus.
Greg, congrat! For such a fine lens. I almost fixed my 50lux at f1.4 as that lens perform gracefully at f1.4, the in focus plain is well defined with smooth DOF transition. The bokeh at edge can be tricky that you can trace double edge there, so avoid put high contrast stuff with strong line in background if possible.
I did shoot some images at f2.8, the same story as most 50mm lens if not all: very sharp, more than I or most people who don't count pix needed. The reason I don't use my lux at f2 like nikkor 1.2, rokkor 1.2 as l feel it offer stellar performance WO already, and I don't feel its bokeh improve much as other fast glass, so I just don't bothered. For 35lux R, it is also very sharp lens at WO, but I use it at f2 more often as its bokeh improve a lot by stop down 1 stop. Make it having one of most beautiful bokeh lens.
I only test once for its landscape performance but soon lose appetite to zoom it everywhere on my D700, cause the difference is very small. But I feel it is not as good as cron, zezf p50, nikkor 1.2. The reason I don't care 3 luxs' f5.6 performance is that is not the reason I bought those lenses, or what I paid for. Sharpness can be cheap these days having said that: they seems all perform great and better than their MTF suggested.
you have to take my word than seeing test pic as I hate do that lens like 21/25 biogon or leica 24, 21sem, I will definetely do tripod infinity test but not for my 3 lux.
hope this make sense and help you a little bit if any.
Thanks for your input, Michael! Just got the lens today, but unfortunately for me, I won't be taking too many shots soon...Christmas is here, and I'm at full tilt as a UPS driver in a rather ritzy Seascape neighborhood where my stop count goes from 200 stops a day, to roughly 450-500!!! But, I will get some shots hopefully this weekend, and will post when I can!
Thanks again, and thank you for the likes, from you, and others, too(LTZ, Jon, Carsten...to name a few)
Gregg
Greggf wrote:
Thanks for your input, Michael! Just got the lens today, but unfortunately for me, I won't be taking too many shots soon...Christmas is here, and I'm at full tilt as a UPS driver in a rather ritzy Seascape neighborhood where my stop count goes from 200 stops a day, to roughly 450-500!!! But, I will get some shots hopefully this weekend, and will post when I can!
Thanks again, and thank you for the likes, from you, and others, too(LTZ, Jon, Carsten...to name a few)
Gregg
You are welcome. BTW, be sure at least test it well to make sure it has no problem though.
Oh! and you are the one delivery the happiness to every home Every time, UPS or FEDEX truck drive by, my heart beat get accelerated!
Lieutenant Z wrote:
Thank you for looking and commenting on my shot.
I never use tripod (or very rarely and only for night shots). The 180/3.4 Apo telyt handles well with the D700 even if it is not the easiest lens to focus.
Thanks for your immediate answer. But I thought, you used an A7/A7r like most of the others here at the moment.
Anyway, it is a great lens and I am wondering if stabilisation like IS or VR would improve the performance in this focal range?
Toys6 wrote:
Thanks for your immediate answer. But I thought, you used an A7/A7r like most of the others here at the moment.
Anyway, it is a great lens and I am wondering if stabilisation like IS or VR would improve the performance in this focal range?
IMHO, stabilisation is just a gadget. For a 180 mm telephoto you just need a steady hand and a minimum speed of 1/250 s.
