Holger wrote:
I think people here get crazy about minor differences, including color difference between the Loxia and Sony. I think it is minor and post processing can overcome that easily.
I personally don't return lenses if I don't keep the lens for preferential reasons. I only return when something is wrong--de-centered, already opened when it says it's new and such.
Fuji and Zeiss and Leica (and others) put a ton of emphasis on their color science tonal signatures, micro-contrast, etc. The Zeiss T* coatings and micro-contrast has been one of the main selling points and differentiators of Zeiss for the last 40 years. I guarantee you're not getting the G 20 to look like a Loxia 21 with moving one or two sliders. You can color correct, and such which I have done, but you're not getting the same nuanced color--you're getting in the ballpark. For some that's good enough.
Much of the magic lies in all that tonal minutia and subtlety, which is interwoven with sharpness and CA and SA and other optical parameters. Fine tonal shifts and lighting are so dynamic and responses different situationally for each camera. And aside from all that, a Loxia lens is just so much less work.
When I am shooting the G20, and looking at selling my GM 24 and Tamron 17-28, I have over 3k involved, so I don't think it's being too picky. Also, different shooters have different parameters that are important. I think the obsession over sharpness is absurd the last several years in photography. I honestly can't remember a photo I saw and said, wow, if only the photo were sharper it would have been better. Or, that's a great photo, but let's look at ultimate corner crops magnified to see how good it really is.
On the other hand, I see photos constantly where the renderings--color, bokeh, transitions, SA and CA correction or lack of, flare due make or break a photo, or at least heavily impact my perception of it.
And like I've stated before, I don't think the G 20 is a bad lens by any means. It's really quite a good one. Just not one I'll be keeping.
Mar 21, 2020 at 09:44 PM
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