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The eagle has landed!

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Vivek

Guest
Finally!

Untitled by Vivek Iyer, on Flickr
A7s, Sony FE 28/2, f/2, Speed priority continuos capture (one of dozen or so shots).
Against the sun to the boot!

With 3 A7 cams, this is my first FE lens. Naturally, I am excited. :)

It is an awesome lens! :thumbs:
 

pegelli

Well-known member
Congrats on the lens Vivek.

I didn't know your son could fly, it's probably some magic in his genie colored shoes and sweater ;)
 

jfirneno

Member
Finally!

A7s, Sony FE 28/2, f/2, Speed priority continuos capture (one of dozen or so shots).[/SIZE]
Against the sun to the boot!

With 3 A7 cams, this is my first FE lens. Naturally, I am excited. :)

It is an awesome lens! :thumbs:
Congratulations. I know that you will put it to very good use and await your photos and opinion on its characteristics.
 

Eoin

Member
I am more than curious about your opinion on this lens ... please give some more insight as you get to know it.
 

iiiNelson

Well-known member
Nice... Congrats... I'm not normally a 28mm guy but I may give this a try for the price. Oh and maybe that 28FE will pair well with the 55FE... Just saying.
 
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Vivek

Guest
Thanks a bunch folks! :)

I took it out for a spin and ended up using the A7s most of the time (only a few shots with the A7r).

The refreshing feeling is with the flare control. It is a very sharp lens and quite contrasty.

This was shot against sun.

Untitled by Vivek Iyer, on Flickr

A7s, FE 28/2, f/9, ISO640, 1/250, Matrix metering, +1.3 eV, DRO Auto, AF (multi).

I overexposed and adjusted it in the post (to take advantage of the camera's feature).

Infinity shots, not so nice.

Untitled by Vivek Iyer, on Flickr

A7s, f/7.1, ISO500, AF

Reason is the huge distortion that also messes up the perspective. Distortion and perspective corrected to get the horizon nearly level and flat.

The bokeh is wonderful! :thumbs:

Untitled by Vivek Iyer, on Flickr

A7s, FE 28/2, f/2.8, ISO500, 1/800s, Manually focused. ~0.8m distance.

I left the hood back. That was a mistake. Although the hood will do little (if anything) for flare and such, it will keep your finger grease off of the front element which is flat and very exposed.

So, keep the hood on all the time.

The lens isn't as small as I would like (!) but makes a good fit on the A7 cams. It is light. All the claims about this being "full metal" is BS. Build quality is exactly like the 50/1.8 OSS. Plastic with micron thick metal covering (how can it be lightweight and cheap if it isn't?). So, that fact alone rules out any use of the heavy and aweful converters for me.

The AF is quite fast (A7r) in good light. It is awesome on the A7s even in dim/poor light. AF is also very quiet. :thumbs:

Preliminary check (have to do it more thoroughly) indicates that it will do well for Infrared captures as well. :thumbup:

Overall, I am happy that I bought it. :)

PS: I put all the pics here in color deliberately. In B&W, a lot of manipulations can be done to taste.
 

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
Converters are really not for most folks on this forum anyway. I personally would never use a converter but that's me.
 

iiiNelson

Well-known member
Converters are really not for most folks on this forum anyway. I personally would never use a converter but that's me.
I generally agree but if it performs I've learned to never say never with the flexibility of being able to attach just about anything to the FE cameras.
 

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
I never say never that's for sure. Given how much glass I bought over the years I could own a factory full. Lol
 

iiiNelson

Well-known member
Yeah... I might have to scrounge up $500 for this too... Already planning on having the 90 Macro as well.
 
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Vivek

Guest
One shot with the A7r. By this time, I think the front element was covered with finger grease. :eek: I think it is sharper on the A7r (will have to check that properly).

Untitled by Vivek Iyer, on Flickr

A7r, Sony FE 28/2, f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO500. AF.
 
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Vivek

Guest
Kitchen sink close up! :D

The lens works fine with the AF extension tubes- no troublesome vignetting. Here is a snap with a 10mm extension (A7s).

Untitled by Vivek Iyer, on Flickr
 

turtle

New member
Good to see you enjoying your first FE lens! So far I have been very impressed with the out of focus areas with this lens. I have a feeling it will do a very good job for B&W work too. It is sharp, but kinda gentle with it.
 

Viramati

Member
Vivek. Is this lens already available in Holland or did you get from so far Easten source?
 
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Vivek

Guest
David, From HK. Serhan's post inspired me. :)

Turtle, You are correct, It will do quite well for B&W as well.

Thanks again, folks. You have been very kind. :)
 
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