I used EFCS and anti-flicker ON on all of the shots since the event hall is artificially lit and the shutter speeds were relatively slow so I think there would be no ill effects on bokeh from using EFCS. I didn't want to get any banding effects from using ES in artificial light.
There are a couple of sequence shots there where I tried to shoot the same target going through all the different SA control settings one by one from the most undercorrected (soft focus effect) to the most overcorrected (while shooting wide open at f1.8). There are markers for 6 undercorrected positions and 4 overcorrected positions and the middle position, so overall 11 different positions are marked. The extreme end positions have hard stops, and the middle position has a click stop as well, but the intermediate undercorrected and overcorrected positions have no click stops, so it's possible to use any in-between settings too.
When there are 11 shots of the same target in a sequence, they would always be progressing from most undercorrected to the most overcorrected, step by step. The 7th shot would be the one with standard correction. The first sequence has 12 shots so I must have made some mistake there and shot with one position twice. There are also some non-sequence shots. Not very scientific test but I think it gives some idea on the range of control.
The most undercorrected settings produce really strong soft focus effects.
I think I will enjoy this lens a lot personally as it offers a lot of shooting options. I didn't really explore other apertures than f1.8 except for the one wall shot at f5.6. I will try to get some better stopped down shots tomorrow.
I used EFCS and anti-flicker ON on all of the shots since the event hall is artificially lit and the shutter speeds were relatively slow so I think there would be no ill effects on bokeh from using EFCS. I didn't want to get any banding effects from using ES in artificial light.
There are a couple of sequence shots there where I tried to shoot the same target going through all the different SA control settings one by one from the most undercorrected (soft focus effect) to the most overcorrected (while shooting wide open at f1.8). There are markers for 6 undercorrected positions and 4 overcorrected positions and the middle position, so overall 11 different positions are marked. The extreme end positions have hard stops, and the middle position has a click stop as well, but the intermediate undercorrected and overcorrected positions have no click stops, so it's possible to use any in-between settings too.
When there are 11 shots of the same target in a sequence, they would always be progressing from most undercorrected to the most undercorrected, step by step. The 7th shot would be the one with standard correction. The first sequence has 12 shots so I must have made some mistake there and shot with one position twice. There are also some non-sequence shots. Not very scientific test but I think it gives some idea on the range of control.
The most undercorrected settings produce really strong soft focus effects.
I think I will enjoy this lens a lot personally as it offers a lot of shooting options. I didn't really explore other apertures than f1.8 except for the one wall shot at f5.6. I will try to get some better stopped down shots tomorrow.
I used EFCS and anti-flicker ON on all of the shots since the event hall is artificially lit and the shutter speeds were relatively slow so I think there would be no ill effects on bokeh from using EFCS. I didn't want to get any banding effects from using ES in artificial light.
There are a couple of sequence shots there where I tried to shoot the same target going through all the different SA control settings one by one from the most undercorrected (soft focus effect) to the most overcorrected (while shooting wide open at f1.8). There are markers for 6 undercorrected positions and 4 overcorrected positions and the middle position, so overall 11 different positions are marked. The extreme end positions have hard stops, and the middle position has a click stop as well, but the intermediate undercorrected and overcorrected positions have no click stops, so it's possible to use any in-between settings too.
When there are 11 shots of the same target in a sequence, they would always be progressing from most undercorrected to the most undercorrected, step by step. The first sequence has 12 shots so I must have made some mistake there and shot with one position twice. There are also some non-sequence shots. Not very scientific test but I think it gives some idea on the range of control.
The most undercorrected settings produce really strong soft focus effects.
I think I will enjoy this lens a lot personally as it offers a lot of shooting options. I didn't really explore other apertures than f1.8 except for the one wall shot at f5.6. I will try to get some better stopped down shots tomorrow.
Feb 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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