Sony A7/(r) image sharing thread

[ricleo]

Better be fast... I have posted in quite a few places and people are already preparing to go down to P&G to get it... Good luck bro...

Bbb! I think Thoth singlehandedly brought up the price of the 58 1.2 rokkorby a few hundred bucks

 

[tsammyc]

(2) The subject isolation of FE lenses seems to lack character. It is just so clean, high contrast, sharp and predictable. Imagine anyone with these lenses crank it to widest aperture, you will get tonnes of similar images. Bokeh is the artistic quality of OoF area. Can the term bokeh still be used to described the OoF of FE lenses. It is almost a guarantee that you get these similar effect once you crank it wide open. There is no swirly bokeh, there is no light falloff, there is no abrupt transitions, etc.

Take the difference between the Zeiss ZM 50mm Planar vs Sonnar. The Sonnar is the 50yr old design, which has character (swirly bokeh, transitions etc), but is pin sharp in the center and when stopped down. The Planar is the much more perfect lens and is sharp across the frame wide open. The Sonnar is 40% more expensive than the Planar. They are for different purposes with the Sonnar for artistic shots and the Planar for landscape and architecture. One would use the appropriate lens in the appropriate situation.

The FE prime lenses so far are virtually perfect lenses and such lenses are very very rare. Not common like some people imply. They exceed the ability of many of the most expensive "perfect" lenses from Leica and their own Zeiss ZM counterparts including the 50mm Planar. The only lens that clearly exceeds the FE lenses and not by much is the Otus. The fact that they cost only around USD1K is truly extraordinary. One of their key attributes is that they can resolve every pixel of the 36MP sensor on the A7r. Almost no other lens can except for a few extraordinarily expensive Leica lenses and perhaps some Nikon glass. If you are using the A7 or some 16MP full frame sensor then no issue with most of the stuff out there. All the Minolta, Pentax, Contax, Canon stuff works fine and you won't notice the difference. But if you use the A7r, you will see the difference.

 

[pinholecam]

Some from the Pentax K135/2.5



DSC0314520140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr



DSC0317820140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr



DSC0318220140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr



DSC0318620140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr



DSC0314320140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr

 

[Anthony Lee]

Some from the Pentax K135/2.5



DSC0314520140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr



DSC0317820140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr



DSC0318220140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr



DSC0318620140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr



DSC0314320140125ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr

For a mere SGD 300+, depending on condition, this lens is super on FF. When I first used it on my 5D, it remained my favorite. Love the rendering of these photos.

 

[Halfmoon]

For a mere SGD 300+, depending on condition, this lens is super on FF. When I first used it on my 5D, it remained my favorite. Love the rendering of these photos.

Is this af or mf?

 

[Thoth]

Is this af or mf?

MF! M loving mine on d A7. Superb value for money lens.

 

[Thoth]

Bbb! I think Thoth singlehandedly brought up the price of the 58 1.2 rokkorby a few hundred bucks

Nahz. This lens by itself is already legendary. I'm merely showing watz its capable of on a noob hands n eyes like mine. D pros will b able to really show u its prowess.

 

[albertri]

Trying out my el-cheapo Vivitar 135 f2.8 MD-mount

 

[Thoth]

Trying out my el-cheapo Vivitar 135 f2.8 MD-mount

Cheap n good. Alwayz like d colors from rokkor.

 

[albertri]

Cheap n good. Alwayz like d colors from rokkor.

I didn't like this on NEX7... on A7r it's a different lens

 

[Thoth]

I didn't like this on NEX7... on A7r it's a different lens

Definitely. A7/R puts lives bk to all these lenses.

 

[ricleo]

nice! looks like i need to go shooting during lunch time after i go back to work. otherwise not much chance to shoot candids

Trying out my el-cheapo Vivitar 135 f2.8 MD-mount

 

[albertri]

nice! looks like i need to go shooting during lunch time after i go back to work. otherwise not much chance to shoot candids

That's what I normally do when I have time I walk around to de-stress and shoot some candid . Specially if I started to get annoyed in the office (some of my officemates would conduct conf meeting in the office not in the meeting room and talk loud) :-( I would go out take a quick walk around the office an snap some pix

 

[albertri]

For a mere SGD 300+, depending on condition, this lens is super on FF. When I first used it on my 5D, it remained my favorite. Love the rendering of these photos.

This lens and some other Takumar are legendary also

 

[Thoth]

This lens and some other Takumar are legendary also

Both Pentax n Minolta lenses works awesomely on d A7/Rs.

 

[albertri]

Both Pentax n Minolta lenses works awesomely on d A7/Rs.

yeah true bro... any other lenses in the Canon FD/FL and Nikkor AIS that has the creamy bokeh like the rokkor 58 f1.2?

 

[pinholecam]

For a mere SGD 300+, depending on condition, this lens is super on FF. When I first used it on my 5D, it remained my favorite. Love the rendering of these photos.

Yes, its certainly one of the very good 135mm out there to consider.

This lens and some other Takumar are legendary also

Pentax was the first Japanese SLR manufacturer, with many innovations to the SLR and lenses (eg. pentaprism; spotmeter; super multi coat)
So for old slr lenses of that 1960-late 1970's period, they are well worth a look.

The K135 is the same optical formula as the S.Takumar 135/2.5 (v2)

 

[albertri]

Yes, its certainly one of the very good 135mm out there to consider.




Pentax was the first Japanese SLR manufacturer, with many innovations to the SLR and lenses (eg. pentaprism; spotmeter; super multi coat)
So for old slr lenses of that 1960-late 1970's period, they are well worth a look.

The K135 is the same optical formula as the S.Takumar 135/2.5 (v2)

thanks for the info bro all these old lenses surely comes back to life again during the mirrorless era... I still remember my EPL1 those time the MF lenses are dirt cheap I have my Switar 25mm Cine cheaply after few months the price when up to almost double.....

 

[pinholecam]

thanks for the info bro all these old lenses surely comes back to life again during the mirrorless era... I still remember my EPL1 those time the MF lenses are dirt cheap I have my Switar 25mm Cine cheaply after few months the price when up to almost double.....

Yeah.
prices have gone up for lots of stuff over the years with the coming of mirrorless cameras.

 

[Thoth]

yeah true bro... any other lenses in the Canon FD/FL and Nikkor AIS that has the creamy bokeh like the rokkor 58 f1.2?

IMHO, just my personal preference. Canon FD/FL and Nikkor AiS might only win on the sharpness space. Color rendering, Contrast & certianly in Bokeh wise, cant touch the MC Rokkor 58/1.2. Go google around in Fred Miranda forums and U can do the judgement yourself.