Seven or eight years ago, the Nikon D3 came out, and it changed the way I looked at fast lenses. At first, I noticed that it made my fast telephotos, the 200mm f/2, the 400mm f/2.8, and the 200-400mm f/4 useful indoors, which had never been the case before. Then I noticed that I was… [Read More]
Archives for March 2015
Testing 5 medium telephotos on the a7II — summary
I will attempt to summarize what I’ve found over the last few posts, starting here. This is a complicated subject. I’ll tell you what my conclusions are, but you may have different priories, and I welcome your comments. The lenses: Zeiss 85mm f/4 ZM (Leica M mount) Tele-Tessar. Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus. Leica 90mm f/2… [Read More]
4 medium telephotos on the a7II at f/2.8
This is a continuation of the test that started here. In this post, I’ll compare the following lenses: Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus. Leica 90mm f/2 Apo Summicron-M ASPH. AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 G. Tamron SP AF Di 90mm f/2.8 Macro. at f/2.8. The center 1:2 crops: The Summicron and the Otus are close, with the… [Read More]
3 medium telephotos on the a7II at f/2
This is a continuation of the lens test that started here. I think I’ll jump right to f/2 and compare these three lenses: Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus. Leica 90mm f/2 Apo Summicron-M ASPH. AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 G. I’ll go back to f/2.8 and compare the four lenses that share that aperture if I still… [Read More]
5 medium telephotos on the a7II at f/8
This is a continuation of the test that was started in this post, of these lenses: Zeiss 85mm f/4 ZM (Leica M mount) Tele-Tessar. Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus. Leica 90mm f/2 Apo Summicron-M ASPH. AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 G. Tamron SP AF Di 90mm f/2.8 Macro. on the Sony alpha 7 Mark II. At f/8… [Read More]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- Next Page »