Barry Haines
Active member
Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series
No point in keeping both of them it seems if the difference in sharpness is that minimal that you have to pixel peep, the character of the lens and the extra stop are more beneficial if the weight is close-ish...Cheers Barry
Thanks Ben, That does seem to tie in with the general consensus over at photodotnet, that the f2 is preferred very slightly over the f2.8, not that the f2.8 is by any means a duff lens...Thank you for the kind offer of the download but I am more than happy to except your take on it.Dufus here was looking at the pics from his new 24mm with the raw downrezzed to 12 megapixels, no wonder it was so spectacularly sharp! It's a good trick actually on these cameras, if a lens isn't sharp enough, sacrifice a few megapixels, downrez and hey presto it's incredible!
Shot one after the other, in comparison to the FD 24mm f2.8, I actually find the 2.8 a hair sharper though it's eyes bleeding pixel peeping territory. The f2.8 has a colder and more clinical rendition. In other words the f2 stays! I like a more relaxed rendering and the extra stop even if it means a slightly bigger lens and slightly less sharp, especially when it's only very very slightly I can upload the comparison file from the 2.8 if you want Barry. The f2 wide open also has a really nice soft/haze feel to it, similar though not quite as dramatic as my Tak Super 35mm f2 but with better colour due to the modern coatings. By f2.8 it is very sharp already, peaks at f8 and then diffraction kicks in.
No point in keeping both of them it seems if the difference in sharpness is that minimal that you have to pixel peep, the character of the lens and the extra stop are more beneficial if the weight is close-ish...Cheers Barry