Ron Pfister
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+1 What a sunset!
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Wides for A7R
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My results with various lenses are as follows (A7R, Kipon adaptor), looking at smearing and not colour.
21 Biogon: Unacceptable even at f11 in the corners. Just not crisp enough. Close but....
24 Summilux: f5.6 is bloody good and f8 perfect. F11 is no better and losing resolution due to diffraction. I'd have no hesitation using this lens for critical work, printed big, on the A7R. Only distortion is the issue!
35 Summarit-M: Pretty good by f11 and this aperture stands up to critical inspection of the corners, though perhaps not quite as crisp as the 24 lux gets. I would not be happy using it for landscapes at less than F11, were they to be printed large.
35 CV 1.2 II: Well, what a lens. Great by f5.6, even in the corners. Really. At f8 its absolutely immaculate and I'd have no hesitation using it for huge prints. Some might not believe me, but this is by far the best value M mount lens I own. Performance is absolutely spectacular on the Monochrom from wide open right to the edges. By f2.8 it is close to perfect corner to corner. I very much doubt the 35 Lux FLE can match this and it costs about $4K more.... oh and bokeh is sublime.
50 Planar ZM: Superb. For landscapes, I'd say its effectively perfect at 5.6, although F8 does bring a small improvement in the margins/corners. F 5.6 is sharper centrally though. Who needs a 50 APO Summicron?
So, out of these lenses, I have a 24, 35 and 50 I would be happy using for critical landscape work; however, I plan on selling the 24 lux and will do so as soon as Sony has released a good sharp 24mm lens (even if is the zoom). Need to do this to pay for the A7R and the A7 I am sure to buy!
21 Biogon: Unacceptable even at f11 in the corners. Just not crisp enough. Close but....
24 Summilux: f5.6 is bloody good and f8 perfect. F11 is no better and losing resolution due to diffraction. I'd have no hesitation using this lens for critical work, printed big, on the A7R. Only distortion is the issue!
35 Summarit-M: Pretty good by f11 and this aperture stands up to critical inspection of the corners, though perhaps not quite as crisp as the 24 lux gets. I would not be happy using it for landscapes at less than F11, were they to be printed large.
35 CV 1.2 II: Well, what a lens. Great by f5.6, even in the corners. Really. At f8 its absolutely immaculate and I'd have no hesitation using it for huge prints. Some might not believe me, but this is by far the best value M mount lens I own. Performance is absolutely spectacular on the Monochrom from wide open right to the edges. By f2.8 it is close to perfect corner to corner. I very much doubt the 35 Lux FLE can match this and it costs about $4K more.... oh and bokeh is sublime.
50 Planar ZM: Superb. For landscapes, I'd say its effectively perfect at 5.6, although F8 does bring a small improvement in the margins/corners. F 5.6 is sharper centrally though. Who needs a 50 APO Summicron?
So, out of these lenses, I have a 24, 35 and 50 I would be happy using for critical landscape work; however, I plan on selling the 24 lux and will do so as soon as Sony has released a good sharp 24mm lens (even if is the zoom). Need to do this to pay for the A7R and the A7 I am sure to buy!
fmueller
Active member
Amen to that. It is spectacular on my M9 and spectacular on my A7r.
Fred
www.fredmuellerphotography.com