Photo cross posted in the Sony FE image thread and taken the evening of July 16, 2015, about 27 minutes before sunset, New Tripoli, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted Leica R 180mm f3.4 ApoTelyt lens and my A7r, ISO 100, lens set to f16 for 1/10 second and processed in LR6.
JonPB wrote:
To be fair, part of my blame should fall on Apple. I was content with Sony colors until I started editing photos on a Mac, where the screen is well beyond anything else I had used. Even though it has been a struggle, working with Sony has forced me to learn how to manipulate colors to my liking, a skill that will serve me well even if/when I use Leica for capture as well as for drawing onto the sensor. Regardless, I'm now able to move from "I want to get there but I'm not sure how, I guess I'll have to buy a better camera" to "let's go back through the catalog and see what old gems I can polish up." I'm quite excited to see what happens next in this hobby of mine. :-)
I guess you have never tried Eizo CG series screen. Apple screens are good amongs mass market screens but far behind the quality of Eizo CG series which are pretty much the best out there. There is no going back once you try one of them. And to be fair the prices of them considering the cost of high end bodies or lenses are very resonable. I use them for years and these are just fantastic, any of them, regardless of small diffrances between the models.
zygibajt wrote:
I guess you have never tried Eizo CG series screen. Apple screens are good amongs mass market screens but far behind the quality of Eizo CG series which are pretty much the best out there. There is no going back once you try one of them. And to be fair the prices of them considering the cost of high end bodies or lenses are very resonable. I use them for years and these are just fantastic, any of them, regardless of small diffrances between the models.
Right again. Eizo is one of the best new kind of digital screens nowadays, like CRT screens were at their time.
I use a profiled Nec PA271W, it"s not the best one you can get, but Apple screens cannot even compete with Nec....
Hindu Priest, Bali, Canon EOS 6D, Leica-R Apo Asph 90/2, ISO100, 1/2500s @ f1:2.4. LR5.7 SEPRO2.
Love this thread. I have one R series lens and keep going back and forth on whether to part with it. It is exceeded in some ways by the new Batis 25, but then the colors pop on some images in a way that the Batis cannot equal. This, is to me, an example. sorry about the blurry people. I took this not to try to make a great pic, but as part of testing lens characteristics. This is with A7r2 at F8 with polarizer:
zygibajt wrote:
Leica R 90mm AA is a great lens, it is clearly visible out of your photos teiki arii. Even compared to 28mm MKII
Hello zygibajt,
difficult to say on that small enlargements how good can be a lens. Besides, post production is very important. Actually, the Leica-R 28/2.8 ROM is very good. The difference is more about bokeh, grey scale rendition than pure resolution. I have bought Leica-R at the time where Black and White rolls were the only way to express my passion of photography. I decided to keep my Leica-R in despite of Leica's politic to give up digital SLR. Because I was not convinced by New L Canon lenses vs photos with Leica-R...
New lens production is all about resolution, which is a good thing, anyway. But new generation shoots fluently because of lens resolution rather than the will of creating a great photo. Photos of Cartier Bresson for example, don"t reach the quality of nowadays, but his photos are so beautiful and powerful, as for Jeanloup Sieff, Irving Penn and so many photographers...
Yes, Leica-R Apo Asph 90/2 is a terrific lens, but I prefer the Leica-R 90/2 pre-Asph for his bokeh wide opened. That's why, I nearly never use it at f1:2.0 but at least f1:2.4. Leica-R 28/2.8 ROM is already good wide opened with beautiful bokeh and excellent after f1:4.0 (except distorsion but easily corrected by software). And these two lenses are not monsters, not heavy and marvelous built...
Best regards.
Photo cross posted in the Sony A7 Image Thread and taken at 11:02 AM on June 29, 2015 of a crashing wave, Mount Desert Island in Acadia National Park, Maine. Image taken hand held with my A7r and my Leica R 180mm f3.4 Apo Telyt lens, ISO 100, lens set to about f8? for 1/250 second. Exposure adjusted and Processed in LR6.
teiki arii wrote:
Hello zygibajt,
difficult to say on that small enlargements how good can be a lens. Besides, post production is very important. Actually, the Leica-R 28/2.8 ROM is very good. The difference is more about bokeh, grey scale rendition than pure resolution. I have bought Leica-R at the time where Black and White rolls were the only way to express my passion of photography. I decided to keep my Leica-R in despite of Leica's politic to give up digital SLR. Because I was not convinced by New L Canon lenses vs photos with Leica-R...
New lens production is all about resolution, which is a good thing, anyway. But new generation shoots fluently because of lens resolution rather than the will of creating a great photo. Photos of Cartier Bresson for example, don"t reach the quality of nowadays, but his photos are so beautiful and powerful, as for Jeanloup Sieff, Irving Penn and so many photographers...
Yes, Leica-R Apo Asph 90/2 is a terrific lens, but I prefer the Leica-R 90/2 pre-Asph for his bokeh wide opened. That's why, I nearly never use it at f1:2.0 but at least f1:2.4. Leica-R 28/2.8 ROM is already good wide opened with beautiful bokeh and excellent after f1:4.0 (except distorsion but easily corrected by software). And these two lenses are not monsters, not heavy and marvelous built...
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Halo, yes both are great lenses and 28mm/2.8 MKII is superb but where the best lenses shine is the realism of the picture and 3 dimensionality, this is where 90mm AA shines. It is also where the medium format shines most often compared to full frame. I do not care about the bokeh that much and I'm also not the fan of new multi million pixels resolutions bodies as I find some classic bodies with fewer piexels can get more real pictures.
Good evening,
at 1440px jpeg, compression looks acceptable for this collection/tryptic.
Thank you for watching.
zygibajt wrote:
It is also where the medium format shines most often compared to full frame. I do not care about the bokeh that much and I'm also not the fan of new multi million pixels resolutions bodies as I find some classic bodies with fewer pixels can get more real pictures.
Hello zygibajt,
You are right about the medium format. But bokeh cares to me. I am a fan to millions pixels if I can manage with it according to the skills of my PC (it's not a problem), to the quality it is supposed to improve (not always), to my wallet (I totally disagree with Canon EOS 5DSR bad in shadows and High Isos for the price, Sony A7RII where I'm still not found of EVF but I should opt for it in few years I suppose...)
Kuningan, Ubud, Canon EOS 6D, Leica-R 28/2.8(II), ISO100, 1/500s @ f:4.8. LR5.7 SEPRO2.
Kuningan, Ubud, Canon EOS 6D, Leica-R Apo Asph 90/2, ISO100, 1/400s @ f:4.0. LR5.7 SEPRO2.
Kuningan, Ubud, Canon EOS 6D, Leica-R Apo Asph 90/2, ISO100, 1/400s @ f:4.0. LR5.7 SEPRO2.
Photo cross posted in the Sony A7 Image Thread and taken the evening of July 16, 2015, about 8 minutes before sunset looking at a Corn Field toward the sun along Loch Valley Road, New Tripoli, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted Leica R 180mm f3.4 Apo Telyt lens and my A7r, ISO 100, lens set to about f11 for 1/200 second. Processed in LR6.
