This will certainly be my 1.4 go -to lens! BTW, from what I can tell so far I think I am seeing some loss of sharpness at F8.
I spent the day with my old girlfriend, the Zony 35/1.4, after nearly 5 straight days and nights with my new flame.
While I\'ve been over the moon with the new 50/1.4, the old girl still has the moves to keep me interested.
Sort of close foc len, but enough difference to possibly keep both.
One girl has more finesse, the other a bit more zip.
As far as f/8, there\'s conflicting info on where diffraction starts on a 42mp sensor but it\'s somewhere around f8 so that\'s why I usually shoot at f5.6 but that may be a mistake bc a bit of softness vs more dof, not sure which is better overall. I\'ve actually meant to ask Fred about that bc I\'ve seen him shooting at f11 but also focus stacking as well, so heprob has a good handle on that.
I am a fan of the FE 35 F1.4 too! The 35 was my first fast lens. Now I\'ll roll with three fast lenses FE35, FE50 and GM85 and will probably sell the Sigma 50 1.4 Art ( another very good lens I will be sorry to see go but enough is enough! ) I noticed FE loss of sharpness at F8 when I was comparing the Sigma Art 50 F1.4 at F8 with the new FE 50 F1.4. But I think I see that in the MTFs too.
I just posted a few action shots with the FE 50 F1.4 wide open here https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58159610 What I learned from this outing is that I am very confident to use the FE 50 wide open hand held even for fast moving targets. I can\'t say this about the FE 35 or the GM85 where I tend to shoot a bit stopped down.
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This will certainly be my 1.4 go -to lens! BTW, from what I can tell so far I think I am seeing some loss of sharpness at F8.
I spent the day with my old girlfriend, the Zony 35/1.4, after nearly 5 straight days and nights with my new flame.
While I\'ve been over the moon with the new 50/1.4, the old girl still has the moves to keep me interested.
Sort of close foc len, but enough difference to possibly keep both.
One girl has more finesse, the other a bit more zip.
As far as f/8, there\'s conflicting info on where diffraction starts on a 42mp sensor but it\'s somewhere around f8 so that\'s why I usually shoot at f5.6 but that may be a mistake bc a bit of softness vs more dof, not sure which is better overall. I\'ve actually meant to ask Fred about that bc I\'ve seen him shooting at f11 but also focus stacking as well, so heprob has a good handle on that.
I am a fan of the FE 35 F1.4 too! The 35 was my first fast lens. Now I\'ll roll with three fast lenses FE35, FE50 and GM85 and will probably sell the Sigma 50 1.4 Art ( another very good lens I will be sorry to see go but enough is enough! ) I noticed FE loss of sharpness at F8 when I was comparing the Sigma Art 50 F1.4 at F8 with the new FE 50 F1.4. But I think I see that in the MTFs too.
I just posted a few action shots with the FE 50 F1.4 wide open here https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58159610 What I learned from this outing is that I am very confident to use the FE 50 wide open even for fast moving targets. I can\'t say this about the FE 35 or the GM85 where I tend to shoot a bit stopped down.
Note: If for some reason its against FM.com rules to post urls from other sites, just let me know and I will delete.
This will certainly be my 1.4 go -to lens! BTW, from what I can tell so far I think I am seeing some loss of sharpness at F8.
I spent the day with my old girlfriend, the Zony 35/1.4, after nearly 5 straight days and nights with my new flame.
While I\'ve been over the moon with the new 50/1.4, the old girl still has the moves to keep me interested.
Sort of close foc len, but enough difference to possibly keep both.
One girl has more finesse, the other a bit more zip.
As far as f/8, there\'s conflicting info on where diffraction starts on a 42mp sensor but it\'s somewhere around f8 so that\'s why I usually shoot at f5.6 but that may be a mistake bc a bit of softness vs more dof, not sure which is better overall. I\'ve actually meant to ask Fred about that bc I\'ve seen him shooting at f11 but also focus stacking as well, so heprob has a good handle on that.
I am a fan of the FE 35 F1.4 too! The 35 was my first fast lens. Now I\'ll roll with three fast lenses FE35, FE50 and GM85 and will probably sell the Sigma 50 1.4 Art ( another very good lens I will be sorry to see go but enough is enough! ) I noticed FE loss of sharpness at F8 when I was comparing the Sigma Art 50 F1.4 at F8 with the new FE 50 F1.4. But I think I see that in the MTFs too.
I just posted a few action shots with the FE 50 F1.4 here https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58159610 What I learned from this outing is that I am very confident to use the FE 50 wide open even for fast moving targets. I can\'t say this about the FE 35 or the GM85 where I tend to shoot a bit stopped down.
Note: If for some reason its against FM.com rules to post urls from other sites, just let me know and I will delete.
Aug 08, 2016 at 12:00 PM
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