While in Melbourne I went to check out a Loxia at the only camera store that showed them as being in stock - I\'d been tossing up between this and the new Ultron 35mm F/1.7 which has been long promised down under, but has proved to be rather scarce. When I indicated my interest in the Ultron, the salesperson indicated that they had just received their first one, so after a quick trial with it, I put my money down.
I\'ve shot a range of stuff with it since, and am mostly very impressed - very compact and light (220 gm), none of the glow of my old FD 35 F/2 when used wide open, and nice out of focus rendering. Central sharpness is noticeably ahead of the FD all the way up to about F/8 from wide open, although the corners don\'t sharpen up quite as fast or as far as they do on the FD. The most disappointing aspect is that I\'m getting a slight magenta cast around the periphery, although it corrects very easily with a radial filter preset in LR. And I\'m really appreciating using just one adapter with the Heliar 15, Ultron 21 and Ultron 35. Here are a few samples...
John
Sep 14, 2015 at 02:28 AM
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