Whoa...just got back from 5 days of camping and I come back to all this discussion about the 50ZA. I received mine first thing Tuesday morn, then promptly left for a 5 hour drive. I haven\'t read this whole thread yet(1-4, 11-now) but I\'ve got some killer grabs from our camping trip. I left the Loxia 50 at home so I could concentrate on using the ZA(took almost 300 images with it alone!!) for both wide open and stopped down work. Here my take, and now I know about EFCS, too, I can adjust for that...
I really don\'t mind the size. It feels and acts like a mini 85GM IMO.
Gregg
A7rll and FE 50 1.4 ZA
My thoughts vs my Loxia: Initially I don\'t think the ZA will be as good as the Loxia for edge to edge sharpness, but the ZA can hold its own. Stopping down to f2.5(my fav f-stop for the Loxia) the ZA blows it away. Way more pop and contrast, and as others have said, the bokeh of the ZA does seem to smooth out stopped down a bit. I really don\'t mind the size at all. It just feels good in your hands!! I will be keeping it! And, it seems the camera/lens combo really works well in jpg mode. Very different than shooting raws....hmmmmm...
Aug 06, 2016 at 10:49 AM
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Whoa...just got back from 5 days of camping and I come back to all this discussion about the 50ZA. I received mine first thing Tuesday morn, then promptly left for a 5 hour drive. I haven\'t read this whole thread yet(1-4, 11-now) but I\'ve got some killer grabs from our camping trip. I left the Loxia 50 at home so I could concentrate on using the ZA(took almost 300 images with it alone!!) for both wide open and stopped down work. Here my take, and now I know about EFCS, too, I can adjust for that...
I really don\'t mind the size. It feels and acts like a mini 85GM IMO.
Gregg
A7rll and FE 50 1.4 ZA
My thoughts vs my Loxia: Initially I don\'t think the ZA will be as good as the Loxia for edge to edge sharpness, but the ZA can hold its own. Stopping down to f2.5(my fav f-stop for the Loxia) the ZA blows it away. Way more pop and contrast, and as others have said, the bokeh of the ZA does seem to smooth out stopped down a bit. I really don\'t mind the size at all. It just feels good in your hands!! I will be keeping it! And, it seems the camera/lens combo really works well in jpg mode. Very different than shooting raws....hmmmmm...
Aug 06, 2016 at 10:19 AM
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