I traveled from central Massachusetts to NYC yesterday with a friend to attend PhotoPlus Expo and, of course, I spent some time around the Sony booth. One of my objectives while I was there was to talk to Sony about my FE 16-35mm lens that I had brought with me on my A7II, that is extremely soft at the 35mm end of the zoom range (unless stopped down to f/11-f/14).
Right from the start, the folks I spoke with from Sony were extremely helpful. The Product Support Manager, Johnny Pham, tested my camera and lens right there at the show, and agreed that it was a problem. He immediately gave me his business card and instructed me to get in touch with him after the show at which time he will provide me with an address for a Sony repair location, not a third party, and they will check it out and do their best to take care of the soft focus. This was good news since Precision Camera repair (one of the Sony third party repair shops in the U.S.) quoted me $300+ just to look at the lens. I\'ll see how this plays out, but I was very encouraged by the level of support and seemingly honest concern they had regarding this problem.
With my camera and lens cleaned and checked at their booth, I then walked around to another area within the large Sony exhibit where attendees could shoot a model who had been painted in a camouflage motif. After taking a shot at the 35mm-f/4 setting (I had to see if anything they had done in the clean and check process had affected the soft focus issue...it hadn\'t) I thought that maybe this wasn\'t a problem after all, as I liked the look the soft focus gave me in this particular image. Here is that shot, heavily cropped (she was pretty far away from me) and adjusted only slightly for sharpness, noise, and color profile in Lightroom. I suspect that in some circles, this soft focus \"problem\" may be referred to as a \"feature.\"
The second image is a classic capture of Grand Central Station. I don\'t get to NYC often, so I ask to be forgiven for this tourist shot, since I am one!
Jon
Oct 21, 2016 at 06:02 PM
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