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 Sony A7 24mm F2.8 Lens Comparison/shootout | |
So sorry about my broadband!
I have realised that the MC VFC is showing a real adapter issue showing up at infinity settings. At least I hope that is what it is. Looking back at my 5DII results with it, I can\'t detect anything wrong there. The results obviously aren\'t what it is fully capable of. I wish I had got an MD before starting the comparison now.
I\'ve been studying my infinity-focus \"brick wall\" sequences and it is obvious that the Fuji has a dip in the \"B\" region, which is almost gone at F8 and completely gone at F11. In fact at F11, I\'m finding the OM and Fuji results the most similar and pleasing of all. (Full marks to Fuji, I hadn\'t expected it to be as good as that, though, as I said earlier, it only catches up at the edges at F8, from F2.8-4, it is much weaker.)
As I expected to find, from what I\'d heard, the FDn is probably a tad sharper in the centre than the OM and matches it in at edges and in corners, but it exhibits a rather unpleasant yellow colour, almost muddy (rather like that given by thorium containing optics) Probably not noticeable when viewed alone, but alongside the OM it is lacks the \"clarity\" of the other.
So, the FDn is best for sharpness, worst for moustache distortion, worst for colour/clarity, and my least favourite to handle! (Though another copy may have a more freely moving aperture ring.)
Most surprising to me is that the ZS isn\'t much, or any, sharper than the OM/Fuji/FD overall. I do realise that sharpness isn\'t everything, but because there\'s a lot of kidology involved (It\'s a ZEISS!), I\'m wondering in a blind viewing, if I would really pick it out as my favourite over the OM after all! Also it is so much bigger and heavier than the others, it doesn\'t feel as well balanced on the A7.
So, if this was a first round in a knock out, (by personal likes), I\'d put OM, Fuji and another MD through to round two, and knock out the FD and ZS!
The MD gets through, only on what I\'ve experienced with one before. I feel that I\'d prefer a good copy over the FD, which apart from it\'s sharpness, I\'m really not keen on.
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