Viramati wrote:
...Sony and all the other E mount lens makers have yet to make a quality compact copy that would equal the one on my Leica Q2 monochrom.
You can't compare the image quality of a lens mounted on a camera without color filter array (CFA) to the image quality on a Sony body. The lack of CFA implies: i) less noise (CFAs absorb some incoming light), ii) higher resolution for a given pixel count (no interpolation to produce a full-color image).
For sure, the 28 mm f/1.7 ASPH is an excellent lens, and to get same results on a CFA sensor as on Q2M, you'd need a significantly better lens. A higher res (60 Mpix) sensor wouldn't work, due to the lower signal-to-noise ratio.
If you can survive with MF, wait for the CV 28/2 Apo-Lanthar in E-mount and wait to see how it performs. I bet it won't perform on Sony like the 28/1.7 ASPH does on a 47Mpix monochrome sensor.
Mar 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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