nehemiahphoto wrote: AGeoJO wrote: nehemiahphoto wrote:
I really liked the Sony Zeiss 85 1.4, except all that purple
Purple? As in purple fringing or longitudinal CA? I couldn\'t say that I noticed that in excessive level, if any.
Yes, purple fringing. It has massive amounts--more than any other 85 1.4 I shot. I actually just got tired of trying to process it out and went with the Canon 85FD instead. Most lenses have some fringing, but the 85CZ was annoyingly high. I have posted some examples below. One uncorrected (raw export), one with the LR5 Defringe tool on max (still leaves purple patches in the dark), and one with the color purple entirely desaturated, which does get rid of the fringing, but obviously screws everything else up.
OK, your definition of purple fringing differs from mine. I consider longitudinal CA or purple fringing to be more the color shadows at harsh contrast transitions and that most noticeable at OOF areas. In my book it is not in the overall tone of the subject like in your case. Again, my observation it is generally very well controlled in that lens. You may spot some at f/1.4 or f/2.0 at 100% image magnification but not bothersome.
May 21, 2015 at 10:09 AM
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