Fred Miranda wrote:
The Loxia’s rendering is the most unpleasant at f/2. The Sony not much behind.
The answers are below. The most interesting thing to me about these test, it’s just how smooth the sigma is, especially the transition zone — some people had the RX1 and Sigma switched around. The bokeh is not as good as the RX1 but it is a significant step up, along with the transition zone over any of the Voigtlander’s (at comparable apertures), the FE, the Pentax, and the Sammy. In addition, the build quality is absolutely superb, and the axial CA is way ahead of everything else.
To me there are four clear pecking tiers for a smooth rendering in 35mm (mid speed, not 1.4/1.2’s) at this point RX1 > 35i > FE/Samy/Pentax/Voigt 35 1.7 & 1.2 > Loxia/CV35-2/etc.
@phillipreeve I would be very surprised if you did not sincerely enjoy your copy, if you can get over that it is not mentual focus. And the flare resistance is wonky, in real world shooting, which you won’t enjoy.
Scene 1 (0.6 meter bokeh)
1 = FE
2 = Loxia
3 = Pentax
4 = Sigma
5 = RX1
Scene 2: (1.2 meter bokeh)
1 = Sigma
2 = FE
3 = Loxia
4 = Pentax
5 = RX1
Scene 3: (Flare)
1 = FE
2 = Loxia
3 = Pentax
4 = Sigma
6 = CV 35/2
Scene 4: (transition 10 feet)
1 = RX1
2 = Loxia
3 = Pentax
4 = Sigma
5 = FE
Scene 5: (F8 scene):
1 = FE
2 = Loxia
3 = Pentax
4 = RX1
5 = Sigma
