pleaseshoot wrote:
The Marumi close up filter is double in Canada
But it's worth it. I'm getting tack sharp results starting at f/2.8 at 1:1 Macro. (Very good wide open as well)
I'm thinking I may skip the new CV 110/2.5, although working distance will be much longer.
Fred Miranda wrote:
But it's worth it. I'm getting tack sharp results starting at f/2.8 at 1:1 Macro. (Very good wide open as well)
I'm thinking I may skip the new CV 110/2.5, although working distance will be much longer.
I caved, then went to order on amazon.ca. Out of stock now haha
Picked up a 65 f2 on the weekend and found that it had the same intermittent focus magnification issue that was mentioned by a few members back on page 48. Have returned it to the store and am waiting for a replacement.
I did get a chance to test it and was amazed by the sharpness.....
Thanks to all that have posted on this thread with reviews, updates and photos!
Fred Miranda wrote:
Sorry guys, that wasn’t handheld. Sturdy tripod!
I figured so, I was kidding. When I was around 20 I was able to hold for 1 second. Still don't know how I did it but the proof was in all the blurred people around me, that would not have allowed for a tripod and the image of a wall clock that is tack sharp. My first real camera, a Leica IIIC with a a 50mm, no meter, slide film and had to learn to judge exposures by trial and error.
jamato8 wrote:
I figured so, I was kidding. When I was around 20 I was able to hold for 1 second. Still don't know how I did it but the proof was in all the blurred people around me, that would not have allowed for a tripod and the image of a wall clock that is tack sharp. My first real camera, a Leica IIIC with a a 50mm.
Yes but that was shooting film or lower megapixel cameras. This level of detail would be lost if handholding your A7R3 even for shorter shutter speeds. But yes, I see what you mean. We don't have sturdy hands anymore.
Fred Miranda wrote:
Yes but that was shooting film or lower megapixel cameras. This level of detail would be lost if handholding your A7R3 even for shorter shutter speeds. But yes, I see what you mean. We don't have sturdy hands anymore.
My trusty Leica IIIC. :^)
Yes, the only film I used that could come close was H&W Ultra a high contrast copy film (ASA 25) in low contrast developer. An incredible B&W film.
This has fast become my favorite lens for landscape. it was by far my most used lens on my recent trip to Northern Wisconsin, Red Rocks Canyon and Death Valley. If you've got a tripod, pano to use its compression over a wide angle.
liftedspirit wrote:
This has fast become my favorite lens for landscape. it was by far my most used lens on my recent trip to Northern Wisconsin, Red Rocks Canyon and Death Valley. If you've got a tripod, pano to use its compression over a wide angle.
I can only agree that this lens is outstanding for landscapes. Because it's a FLE (floating) design, it's capable of high IQ at 1:2 macro and infinity distance.
Exactly my experience. Tremendous detail, almost impossible to believe. Panos without tripod, handheld on manual... make my jaws go wide in awe.
BTW stitching panos is just 3 step procedure in PTGUI+Capture One: select images, batch process as Tiff 16bit non compressed into a dedicated folder and let PTGUI be the application to open them. Then just hit Align in PTGUI and there is the pano. When saved, capture one automatically adds it to the Session.
We've had the 65mm Macro working in our repro studio for some time now. It has a problem unfortunately not uncommon even in macro lenses of not holding its focus point over time when pointed straight down on a copy stand. Very problematic when photographing hundreds of frames with the same focus point. It counted out using the camera/lens on one of our other setups where constant refocus was not a possibility.
With extensive testing we learnt that it was the movement of the shutter which would jolt the lens just enough that over tens of images the focus would shift, weird but true, believe me we tried everything else it could have been. It's not the weight of the elements or time which does it. Only shutter actuations (tested using tethering, etc). Unfortunately silent shutter doesn't work with the flash that our setup requires.
We knew our Nikkor 60mm Micro did not have this problem and tried it adapted on our A7rIII but it's so much less sharper at f2 (though equal at f8) that with the lack of a decent manual focus ring, focusing wide open was a real pain in the neck in comparison with the Voigt. Enough that I wanted to find another, any other solution.
Today I think I found it. After focus I stick a thin piece of gaffer tape from the focus ring to the barrel. It has to be here, lower down the entire barrel rotates with the aperture ring. So far with testing (250+ frames) it has solved the problem, no focus shift at all. Rather a pain but far less than refocusing every 30 frames which we had been doing until now!
Probably an incredibly niche problem and solution but in case it might help anyone, I thought I'd share.
