AGeoJO wrote:
Eric,
I wasn't too interested in this lens although it was optically a superb performer due to its size and weight. When the used priced for a mint one crossed that 1G "barrier" less than a year later, I went for it. That's the reason for me not to go for the Batis 135 right away.
Fred, I went through the first several pages of this thread and from reading your edited posts this is my understanding what to expect from the lens and some questions related to that:
1. The sweet "spot" (aperture} for the best bokeh is f/1.7, which seems to be smoother than f/1.4.
2. If the EFCS is turned off, the bokeh is smoother than with the EFCS on. Does this apply only to high shutter speeds or any speed? From what speed on is that considered high?
Thanks!
Joshua,
From what I remember, the EFCS = Off is for shutter speeds faster than 1/1000
unfortunately the financial considerations of these FE mount lenses (until the system is built out) needs to include a factor for 'what is the time value of the FIRST year' because the drop on the lenses for this system is huge - I never experienced anything like that when i was using Nikon (in fact, there were a few really expensive lenses that i bought new and sold at a premium because they were hard to find and the $/YEN had moved in my favor and the new prices had actually gone up).
AGeoJO wrote:
Eric,
I wasn't too interested in this lens although it was optically a superb performer due to its size and weight. When the used priced for a mint one crossed that 1G "barrier" less than a year later, I went for it. That's the reason for me not to go for the Batis 135 right away.
Fred, I went through the first several pages of this thread and from reading your edited posts this is my understanding what to expect from the lens and some questions related to that:
1. The sweet "spot" (aperture} for the best bokeh is f/1.7, which seems to be smoother than f/1.4.
2. If the EFCS is turned off, the bokeh is smoother than with the EFCS on. Does this apply only to high shutter speeds or any speed? From what speed on is that considered high?
Thanks!
Joshua,
From what I remember, the EFCS = Off is for shutter speeds faster than 1/1000
unfortunately the financial considerations of these FE mount lenses (until the system is built out) needs to include a factor for 'what is the time value of 1 year' because the drop on the lenses for this system is huge - I never experienced anything like that when i was using Nikon (in fact, there were a few really expensive lenses that i bought new and sold at a premium because they were hard to find and the $/YEN had moved in my favor and the new prices had actually gone up).
Apr 14, 2017 at 11:36 AM
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