Thanks to taz_k who made me aware the lens is available in Sweden!
Here are a few from a gloomy Gothenburg. The weather has been overcast as best the two days I had the lens.
But what a lens it is! I have never had a 35/1.4 this sharp wide open from edge to edge and even in the corners.
Some things:
The aperture ring is nice to have but it should be easier to find. I manage but not if it is cold or wearing gloves.
The focusing ring is too easy to move, could have been more damped.
The button... what do you guys set it to? Why can I chose between three lousy options only. It would have been nice if one could have jumped right into one of the camera presets for example. Mechanically and tactile the button is fine though.
Focusing:
When in DMF mode the focusing is made at the set aperture between f/1.4 and (nearly) f/2. When set to smaller openings the aperture jumps to (close to) f/2 for focusing and then goes back to whatever you set it to.
I'm not sure: I checked, carefully for focus shift but found none.
Focusing is very fast, as already mentioned in several reviews. It is faster (my impression, not measured, than the Sigma 35i 2.0 DG DN and the Samyang AF 35/1.8 and also more silent than any of those two lenses. Often you can't hear the four (?) engines work at all.
When in AF-C or Manual the lens focuses at working aperture of course.
Now looking at these images I realize I'm not worthy the 24MP the A7C so gracefully gives me at each exposure. The general disclaimer is that what you see is by me, my camera, at my place - your results will with no doubt look better.
The weather here makes the image above by abaze21 look like Disneyland to me...
First we have trees, at f/1.4 and f/2. Edge to edge as I seldom am interested in the corners and so I
didn't think about them when shooting:
EDIT: The extreme vignetting in the small image comeback from à tio long hood I tried. The vignetting is heavy wide open but not that ugly.
Above: Long distance and large aperture openings. The lens easily beats the mentioned Sigma and Samyang lenses also on the 24MP A7C.
Walking a little bit I found these twigs in assorted sizes. Half bright overcast so a tad better light. Unfortunately no sunshine which one day will change how the lens renders these images.
I think the twigs look OK. Not perfect. This lens make a thin semi bright outline around background highlights. There is also a hint of green fringe in tree, at the top. Then again, this is not an APO lens.
Bad weather forced me to go inside. A nearby shop offered the following ugly glass cups:
and a 100% crop of the image above:
and then the same scene again at f/2:
I also spotted the myriad of LED-lights giving the Coke fridges a tasty look:
So far so good. I was however asked to leave as taking images in the shop is verboten. I had avoided taking images with people in them but that didn't help. Please, just get out! That doesn't happen often but may have increased a little the last 5-10 years or so.
Maybe as they don't want people to see the ugly things for sale? Anyway, I went out and headed home again.
Here I am, in the elevator somewhere between fourth and fifth floor I think:
and a 100% crop:
Lol, that eyebrow! But WTH, by time we change.
So does lens tech, obviously. I'm looking forward to better light!
Cheers!
Edit: I now see I forgot the bokeh balls and some other images. Maybe tomorrow.
Mar 31, 2021 at 03:21 PM
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