Well, got my adapter in today, so got to try out my newly incorrectly-rebuilt Rokkor 58mm f/1.4 and my 24mm f/2.8
Love the 24, "meh" on the 58, especially since I lost my aperture click stops. I'll have to reassemble it or something, maybe I messed something up. The bokeh is pretty harsh though.
First one the 58, other 3 the 24. Love the 24! (all just test shots, late in the day, etc etc)
Well, got my adapter in today, so got to try out my newly incorrectly-rebuilt Rokkor 58mm f/1.4 and my 24mm f/2.8
Love the 24, "meh" on the 58
told ya so.
the 58/1.4 has pretty low contrast and funky bokeh, but the 24/2.8 is one of my favorites.
your shot with the 58 looks like mine did (which was a pristine copy), the bokeh from your 24 looks a bit different from mine though, is yours the 55mm filter thread version?
get a $50 MC PG 50/1.4 and see if you can get used to the focal length – the lens is much better and draws similarly to the 58/1.2.
Ok, weird question, I was just comparing the d700+sigma50/1.4 with the nex-5+cv35/1.2 when I realized that the nex-5 with 1/60, f/2.8, iso3200 is substantially (1-2 stops) darker than the nikon d700 with 1/60, f/2.8, iso3200.. I guess I'm doing something stupid, but the question is _what_? (Both are in full manual..). I have gone trough the settings on the nex-5, but can't find anything that should lead to this. Adapter-issues? Lens-issues? lens+adapter+camera? Gah.. :P
I bet there is something really, really simple that explains it though.
philber wrote:
Is this a high contrast situation, Ulrik?
Not really, no. Tried it on a few different motifs, turned DRO on and off and tried a few other things. I'm not quite sure what can be causing the difference.
I have noticed the same thing, but, I think, only on high contrast situations. Being lazy, I just boosted exposure compensation (by up to 1.3 stops!) and wrote it down after the fact to my not changing exposure mode.
ulrikft2 wrote:
Ok, weird question, I was just comparing the d700+sigma50/1.4 with the nex-5+cv35/1.2 when I realized that the nex-5 with 1/60, f/2.8, iso3200 is substantially (1-2 stops) darker than the nikon d700 with 1/60, f/2.8, iso3200.. I guess I'm doing something stupid, but the question is _what_? (Both are in full manual..). I have gone trough the settings on the nex-5, but can't find anything that should lead to this. Adapter-issues? Lens-issues? lens+adapter+camera? Gah.. :P
I bet there is something really, really simple that explains it though.
beats me, if your in manual mode the only explanation i can think of is that sony is seriously optimistic in their iso ratings.
i the iso is off at one point, it should be off at most of them. i haven't seen any changes in iso that look noticeably smaller or larger than they should.
the 58/1.4 has pretty low contrast and funky bokeh, but the 24/2.8 is one of my favorites.
your shot with the 58 looks like mine did (which was a pristine copy), the bokeh from your 24 looks a bit different from mine though, is yours the 55mm filter thread version?
get a $50 MC PG 50/1.4 and see if you can get used to the focal length – the lens is much better and draws similarly to the 58/1.2.
ulrikft2 wrote:
Am I being stupid here or something? Why is this?
Do you have an F-mount adapter for the NEX? If so, you could use the same lens on both cameras, just to rule out the lens as a potential cause. Not sure how the lens could cause such a deviation, but it wouldn't hurt to exclude the possibility.
I have one on it's way, but tried with 16/24 and 35/50 now, happens with both lenses. Either Sony is pessimistic (or nikon optimistic) with their iso ratings, or something is wrong with my nex-5
sebboh, maybe try a dark layer and a light layer in photoshop with a mask, since you have quite definded borders towards the light part. Two exposures (or more) would have been good. I also still struggle with that kind of thing. Haven't figured HDR processing either...
@sebboh: Perhaps you can do two RAW exports (one developed for the highlights and one with higher exposure for the shadows) and try to merge them with this technique: http://jtrujillo.net/qpix/
I must say that I usually don't like the washed out look that fill light and highlight recovery (esp. the latter) usually give. In Lightroom I often try to use the GND tool to tone down and get more detail in overexposed skies (or the opposite, lowering exposure and raising the landscape with the GND). Even so, this doesn't work well in many cases because gradient simply doesn't look natural.
The 18-200 is the best Sony lens for NEX, as of now. It is just a plain good lens, if you can live with the specs (size, weight, lack of speed, range). A good lens, yes but don't expect this wide range zoom to match the IQ of great primes. The difference before resizing for Web is clear.
If you like the pics so much, maybe you and I can trade the Sony against your two ZMs
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