Sony A7/(r) image sharing thread

[kei1309]

how's the Ninja Star bokeh?

 

[coolhirako]

how's the Ninja Star bokeh?

Nice & wonderful

http://allphotolenses.com/articles/item/c_21.html

 

[guseliz]

Last 5 for the nitez... On a spamming mood...

Is that 58mm rokkor 1.2?
Do you know how much they're selling?

it's all your fault.. kena poisoned by you liao

 

[silgt]

i think if a F1.8 can't give a creamy background, an f4 will suit you even less. the 24-70 is more for flexibility i guess. not my usual cup of tea unless i am on holiday

My intention is to get this as my lazy day lens or as my one body/lens kit when travelling.

Not that the FE55/1.8 is not good, in fact it is tact sharp (only been using it for a couple of days) but there are much more in what I'm looking for than just a sharp lens per se.

 

[silgt]

Is that 58mm rokkor 1.2?
Do you know how much they're selling?

More interesting question will be...who is selling this?

 

[ManWearPants]

Lens Porn for Bokeh Whores:

Contax CY 85/1.2 Limited Edition (50 years celebration)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacchia2505/12134652165/

Very impressed by the lenses you have. Do show the power of 85/1.2. Think this will be even more poisonous than the Rokkor 58.

 

[ricleo]

Very impressed by the lenses you have. Do show the power of 85/1.2. Think this will be even more poisonous than the Rokkor 58.

haha that was a picture of the lens in a shop display window.

 

[syke]

Some random shots I took today while looking at the some CNY goodies... A7+CV35f1.2

Can't imagine they do this every weekend... On one side members from Falun Gong... On the other, Anti Falun Gong protectors taunting and cursing every Falun Gong member.

 

[syke]

 

[syke]

 

[syke]

Contax CY 85/1.2 Limited Edition (50 years celebration)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacchia2505/12134652165/

Contax CY 85/1.4 AEG (Ninja Star version)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacchia2505/12134645235/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacchia2505/12135044864/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacchia2505/12135043434/

Bro, I don't like your Rokkor 58... I like these 2 better... Haha.... How much they are going for?

 

[pinholecam]

After seeing so many images at f1.2 and f1.4, I have 2 thoughts about this new zoom lens and the FE lenses.

(1) I wonder if f4 is sufficient as a normal zoom lens that is not UWA nor tele. While it works for the wide end but the tele end may not have the subject isolation that we have seen so much. 70mm f4, enough? I know we wanted smaller lenses. I wouldn't mind a 21-35/4 + 35-80/2.8 combo. The UWA can be a 14-21/5.6. I hope Sigma or Zeiss will tinker and experiment with a new focal range of zooms.

(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.

Anyway, just my opinions. I am grateful to Sony for A7 though.

I would tend towards your observations too.

That is the downside to conformity of lens designs nowadays to aim for flat field sharpness as well other optical corrections so that the lenses will always be the most chest thumping in a lab test review.
Don't do that, and that lens may well sink in sales from these many online lab reviews that penalize it for not having comparable sharpness on a piece of test chart, etc.

The FEs look real competent and sharp, but I too feel it lacks character.
But being what they are, they will be reliable (if clinical), not a bad thing, if that is what the user is looking for.
So its purely personal.
They also AF

f4 as a travel lens should be viable.
For the same FOV on aps-c, it will have the DOF of a 70/2.8, so its decent.
David duChemin used to go around with EF 24-105L as a workhorse lens.
But that said, he is a photographer that does not often use shallow DOF as an end itself, and often uses the f-stop that gets the job done. (as is most travel photography)

 

[pinholecam]

DSC0221920140117ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr
Pentax K24/2.8



DSC0210320140117ILCE-7 by jenkwang, on Flickr
Pentax K50/1.2

 

[Thoth]

Is that 58mm rokkor 1.2? Do you know how much they're selling? it's all your fault.. kena poisoned by you liao

I never get to ask. Haha. D owner went toilet break n never came bk. its at P&G at Adelphi. U guys can call n ask. Looks minty from d outside though.

 

[Thoth]

Very impressed by the lenses you have. Do show the power of 85/1.2. Think this will be even more poisonous than the Rokkor 58.

U really see me very up. Haha. I wish man!! Tks bro.

 

[Thoth]

Bro, I don't like your Rokkor 58... I like these 2 better... Haha.... How much they are going for?

Haha. F/1.2 ard 5k plus close to 6k here. D f/1.4 AEG Ninja Star is ard 1.4k. Come. BBB.

 

[pinholecam]

I never get to ask. Haha. D owner went toilet break n never came bk. its at P&G at Adelphi. U guys can call n ask. Looks minty from d outside though.

At the frequency you post photos of the Funan area, I won't be surprised that you will unknowingly reach for the Card and walk out with the lenses.

Every end of the year, when I clear leave, I will go down look see look see and end up bringing something home.

 

[Thoth]

At the frequency you post photos of the Funan area, I won't be surprised that you will unknowingly reach for the Card and walk out with the lenses. Every end of the year, when I clear leave, I will go down look see look see and end up bringing something home.

Heng Ah. I usually keep my cc at home n my ATM n wallet in d car when I go walk walk. Works great so far. Its d BnS here which is more poisonous. Just booked a 20M flash n will deal later. See? Bo Tai Bo Chi spend money again. Haiz.

 

[guseliz]

I never get to ask. Haha. D owner went toilet break n never came bk. its at P&G at Adelphi. U guys can call n ask. Looks minty from d outside though.

sure thanks.. will try to give them a call and hopefully get a reasonable price

 

[Thoth]

sure thanks.. will try to give them a call and hopefully get a reasonable price

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...