nehemiahphoto wrote:
Are these shot on a Sony? If so, I think this is pretty typical behavior for the Simera 28/1.4 on that sensor.
The size/res/contrast/price/haptics of the 28 APO are impressive.
But I’d still opt for the CV 28/1.5 or a maybe the Simera 28/1.4
tsdevine wrote: Yogifi wrote: tsdevine wrote: mudlake wrote: tsdevine wrote: mudlake wrote:
Great test Tim! Wow. All three look really good (as they should!). I see that the zoom has slightly more blur than the APO. It would be hard for me to choose a favorite, but if pressed, I like the APO slightly more.
Thanks, I also shot the Simera, but at wide apertures it seems much much softer. Even focusing it was tough, couldn't get much peaking to show. Makes me think I have a duff copy, so I left it out of the posts.
That 28mm Simera should be very sharp at f2 at that distance (looks like about 2 meters). At two meters mine is pretty sharp at f1.4. I hope you don’t have a bad copy!
Well, I must have a bad copy....there is a huge difference between it and the other lenses. Shame on me for not testing it at wider apertures when I got it. Stopped down it seemed "reasonable" based on what I had seen from other posts. C'est la vie, it happens.
With my simera 28 wide-open, I'm looking through the viewfinder and I'm like, this is tough to focus. I put on my nokton for a comparison test and bam "this is SO much easier to focus" but then I look at the results and it's not a huge difference, not sure what's goin on. Maybe the contrast when you're that zoomed in makes the difference with focussing. Not sure. Zooming in on the images centrally on mine, there's a decent jump between 1.4 and 2. I don't know if it's visible in the viewfinder.
Actually someone mentioned this with the viewfinder when adapted to fuji apsc and I found it similar. End results looked decent though.
Here is the second scene, shot with the Simera at f/2 and f/2.5. Focus was on the right most statue's right eye for all of the shots in this scene.
I would have to believe the above is not representative of a normal copy of the Simera based on what you guys say your experience is.
Yeah, all the shots I posted in this thread were shot on my Sony a7R V.
Yeah, definitely not trying to push any specific lens here...just thought I'd share the comparison, since I have the lenses to do it. Everyone should shoot the lenses they find most pleasing to them.
