Re: Fun with the Sony A7 Series Cameras( all of them)
Barry,
yes i made one with color checker and x-rite, but i don't use it much.
I think you can remove the colorcast with white balance sliders quite good.
I prefer the more warm cast of the BW to the cold blue cast of the Lee....
There is no 1000x ND filter with no cast.
At 16mm with the 16-35 and the BW110 ( i have a 77mm and step-down ring) i get very strong vignetting in the corners otherwise the combo is perfect.
I like the BW filters because they are not bulky compared to the Lee System.
In sunny conditions or at sunset with strong backlight the 110 is not enough....
My best Regards
Werner
Re: B+W 10 stop ND's. Thank you Werner, always a full informative answer my friend...I have tried the WhiBal method in the past and wasn’t entirely happy...I will see if I can tweak it a bit better with the CB sliders as you say.
Likewise I used to use the Lee filter system with ND Grads + LF 5”x4” (Film days) etc...I was only too glad to dispense with it when digital came along, it was much bulkier and slower to use.
I now have 3 of these filters (B+W MRC 1000x ND - 72mm, 67mm and 52mm) + A few step up rings for the lesser used lenses.
The colour cast with the WATE on the A7R + The cast from the 1000x ND filter were pretty impossible to neutralize...Out of pure frustration I just ended up doing black & white!
The final straw for me was the WATE’s even stronger vignetting + That awful Leica WATE filter holder which only ended up making matters worse. I now much prefer using the 16-35mm lens with the A7R + 10 stop ND’s.
I’m now thinking that if Sony decides to battle Canon’s 50mp camera with a possible 50mp rumoured A9/A7RII camera, then the colour cast corners are going to be even more evident, just like they were when the Nex-7 (24mp) came along over the Nex-5N (16mp)...Personally I just hope they stick with 36mp’s and concentrate the batteries power to improving ISO noise, DR, FPS and bit processing of raw files.
A9/A7RII used in conjunction with the 35mm FE Distagons heavy wide open vignetting I might just end sticking with the lighter manual focus Voigtlander 35mm F1.2 II (which doesn’t vignette to badly wide open) as I’m more interested in updating my camera than necessarily the 35mm lens.
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Ron and Tom...Great wildlife shots :thumbup:
Not so keen on zoos if I’m being honest :thumbdown: but as you say Ron a lot has changed for the better with most of them, just unfortunately not all of them!
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Edit: Louis, loved the CV15mm (Mk1 & 2) in the past on film and APS-C it's obviously much improved for the Sony 7 series nowadays in a Mk3 form...but it has grown in weight and size and is no longer that lens that took up no space in your camera bag where the 16-35mm is even bigger and heavier (and obviously not a 15mm FL) but the benefits IMHO outweigh the negatives and make that a much more appealing lens to take out for the day, especially if you leave behind your CV21mm and you want to walk around the streets of London not having to keep switching lenses...Just my 2 pence worth.
Cheers Barry