David -- Sorry to derail the thread into a bunch of technical examples.
I'm wondering if you had a slightly bum copy, or maybe it just wasn't the right time for you to play with the Loxia 35. After your previous comment about poor wide open performance, I went to another section of my trip involving the local area museum, where I had done comparisons of various apertures, including wide open, right after I recieved the lens from Chuck Coyne. Keep in mind, I wasn't able to properly evaluate at that time, due to no computer there. So now is the first I've seen them and played with images in LR.
Here is a shot wide open that I find pretty impressive, at least for my expectations. Focus was at the window on the far wall of the "town". There is slight haloing veil around bright objects in the center window (when I looked at 100% in LR) and tall lamp in upper left corner (due to strong coma when shot wide open -- see other light smears directly below at the "Weir" sign), and there is evidence of slight forward curvature on the sides (see through the closest window, clock on the wall, etc). It should be fairly apparent even at this 1400px size. Otherwise, it's pretty darned good performance, don't you think?
The second shot is at f/5.6, and it virtually eliminates all concern -- see the lack of halo and coma, and added brightness (same PP settings as f/2.0). Curvature is minimal -- note that the urn on the table to the right isn't completely brought into focus through DOF.
David -- Sorry to derail the thread into a bunch of technical examples.
I'm wondering if you had a slightly bum copy, or maybe it just wasn't the right time for you to play with the Loxia 35. After your previous comment about poor wide open performance, I went to another section of my trip involving the local area museum, where I had done comparisons of various apertures, including wide open, right after I recieved the lens from Chuck Coyne. Keep in mind, I wasn't able to properly evaluate at that time, due to no computer there. So now is the first I've seen them and played with images in LR.
Here is a shot wide open that I find pretty impressive, at least for my expectations. Focus was at the window on the far wall of the "town". There is slight haloing veil around bright objects in the center window (when I looked at 100% in LR) and tall lamp in upper left corner (due to strong coma when shot wide open -- see other light smears directly below at the "Weir" sign), and there is evidence of slight forward curvature on the sides (see through the closest window, clock on the wall, etc). It should be fairly apparent even at this 1400px size. Otherwise, it's pretty darned good performance, don't you think?
The second shot is at f/5.6, and it virtually eliminates all concern -- see the lack of halo and coma, and added brightness (same PP settings as f/2.0). Curvature is minimal -- note that the urn on the table to the right isn't brought into focus through DOF, but clock wall is much sharper.
David -- Sorry to derail the thread into a bunch of technical examples.
I'm wondering if you had a slightly bum copy, or maybe it just wasn't the right time for you to play with the Loxia 35. After your previous comment about poor wide open performance, I went to another section of my trip involving the local area museum, where I had done comparisons of various apertures, including wide open, right after I recieved the lens from Chuck Coyne. Keep in mind, I wasn't able to properly evaluate at that time, due to no computer there. So now is the first I've seen them and played with images in LR.
Here is a shot wide open that I find pretty impressive, at least for my expectations. Focus was at the window on the far wall of the "town". There is slight haloing veil around bright objects in the center window (when I looked at 100% in LR) and tall lamp in upper left corner (due to strong coma when shot wide open -- see other light smears directly below at the "Weir" sign), and there is evidence of slight forward curvature on the sides (see through the closest window, clock on the wall, etc). It should be fairly apparent even at this 1400px size. Otherwise, it's pretty darned good performance, don't you think?
David -- Sorry to derail the thread into a bunch of technical examples.
I'm wondering if you had a slightly bum copy, or maybe it just wasn't the right time for you to play with the Loxia 35. After your previous comment about poor wide open performance, I went to another section of my trip involving the local area museum, where I had done comparisons of various apertures, including wide open, right after I recieved the lens from Chuck Coyne. Keep in mind, I wasn't able to properly evaluate at that time, due to no computer there. So now is the first I've seen them and played with images in LR.
Here is a shot wide open that I find pretty impressive, at least for my expectations. Focus was at the window on the far wall of the "town". There is slight haloing veil around bright objects in the window (when I looked at 100% in LR) and tall lamp in upper left corner, and there is evidence of slight forward curvature on the sides (see through the closest window, clock on the wall, etc). It should be fairly apparent even at this 1400px size. Otherwise, it's pretty darned good performance, don't you think?
David -- Sorry to derail the thread into a bunch of technical examples.
I'm wondering if you had a slightly bum copy, or maybe it just wasn't the right time for you to play with the Loxia 35. After your previous comment about poor wide open performance, I went to another section of my trip involving the local area museum, where I had done comparisons of various apertures, including wide open, right after I recieved the lens from Chuck Coyne. Keep in mind, I wasn't able to properly evaluate at that time, due to no computer there. So now is the first I've seen them and played with images in LR.
Here is a shot wide open that I find pretty impressive, at least for my expectations. Focus was at the window on the far wall of the "town". There is slight haloing veil around bright objects in the window (when I looked at 100% in LR), and there is evidence of slight forward curvature on the sides (see through the closest window, clock on the wall, etc). It should be fairly apparent even at this 1400px size. Otherwise, it's pretty darned good performance, don't you think?
David -- Sorry to derail the thread into a bunch of technical examples.
I'm wondering if you had a slightly bum copy, or maybe it just wasn't the right time for you to play with the Loxia 35. After your previous comment about poor wide open performance, I went to another section of my trip involving the local area museum, where I had done comparisons of various apertures, including wide open, right after I recieved the lens from Chuck Coyne. Keep in mind, I wasn't able to properly evaluate at that time, due to no computer there. So now is the first I've seen them and played with images in LR.
Here is a shot wide open that I find pretty impressive, at least for my expectations. Focus was at the window on the far wall of the "town". There is slight haloing veil around bright objects in the window (when I looked at 100% in LR), and there is evidence of slight forward curvature on the sides (see through the closest window, printed items on the wall). It should be fairly apparent even at this 1400px size. Otherwise, it's pretty darned good performance, don't you think?
