jeffreybehr
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...or maybe GAS has overwhelmed me, but, after never falling in love with my Sony 24-105/4 midlength lens, this week I bought a couple Zeiss Otus lenses, a 55- and 85/1.4, for use with my 'R4.. The 55 is here, while the 85 is supposed to be here, but even FedEx's 1-day-by-10:30AM service in NOT working well this week.. Bought both from B&H, used, so I didn't have to spend TOO TOO much, just TOO much*.. The 55 works very well with my Metabones-5 smart adapter except that the manual-focus magnification doesn't turn on automatically when the focus ring is moved.. I have a couple Sigma MC-11s coming; maybe they'll work better.
All the pics I shot last nite coming home from FedEx were at F1.4, ISO800, and handheld; except that I was using my default full-electronic shutter which produced some banding in some shots, all pics looked far better than I thought they would.. (I found no difficulty manually focusing this 4.5-pound combination while handholding, something mentioned in at least one review I read.) The lens is heavy and large, but I never felt that the body and lens were too heavy, as I did with my 4.8-pound Panasonic S1R and Leica 24-90..
The images have more of the Zeiss aliveness than I expected.
Still waiting for the 85.
* but I'm NOT spending the rent or mortgage money!
All the pics I shot last nite coming home from FedEx were at F1.4, ISO800, and handheld; except that I was using my default full-electronic shutter which produced some banding in some shots, all pics looked far better than I thought they would.. (I found no difficulty manually focusing this 4.5-pound combination while handholding, something mentioned in at least one review I read.) The lens is heavy and large, but I never felt that the body and lens were too heavy, as I did with my 4.8-pound Panasonic S1R and Leica 24-90..
The images have more of the Zeiss aliveness than I expected.
Still waiting for the 85.
* but I'm NOT spending the rent or mortgage money!
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