Steve Spencer wrote: 1bwana1 wrote:
Sharpness wide open looks good to me. I do really like the rendering. Optically it looks like a wonderful addition to the Z ecosystem. I expect that it will build a good following among Z system portrait photographers.
It does look huge to me. But I don't think photographers buying into the Z system are looking for small and lite.
Congratulations on your new lens guys. Enjoy it. I am looking forward to seeing many more images posted.
P.S. like Scott I prefer EXIF data to be exposed. But if that is not your style post it your way. I am in California we are a bit more liberal than Texas out here.
I think that some photographers buying into the Z system do and will want small and light. If they want small and light, however, they aren't going to be able to get f/1.2 lenses for the Z system. Not from Nikon, anyway. The 50 f/1.2 and 85 f/1.2 are big lenses, but both have really nice performance. If you want small and light on the Z system you will pick the f/1.8S lenses or if you want very small and light you will pick Nikon's compact primes which are tiny.
The simple and obvious solution is to adapt whatever more compact f1.2 lens Sony would release. Adapters work amazingly well nowadays with excellent AF performance.
Way better than what many Canon shooters who added Sony bodies to their line up for pro use used to see with their EF lenses.
This is a key value of the Z mount.
As a Sony user if you need a top quality 85mm f1.2 with good AF you are out of luck, there simply isn’t any solution but to buy a Z9.
Mar 26, 2023 at 02:14 PM
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