The title is a bit misleading. I’ve been asked to compare the Sony 70-200mm f/4 OGG FE lens to the Leica 180mm f/3.4 Apo-Telyt-R. For this test, I set the Sony lens to about 180mm. The camera was the Sony alpha 7 Mark II, hereafter called the a7II. It was tripod mounted with a RRS… [Read More]
Archives for April 2015
What’s MTF50 = x look like?
When I did the analyses of images produced with the Sony a7R and a7II and the Sony 70-200mm f/4 OSS FE lens with mountings of varying stability, I used MTF50 as a metric for sharpness, and presented the results as graphs with that metric as the vertical axis. Over on the DPR E-Mount forum, my… [Read More]
Field curvature with the 24mm f/3.5 PC-E Nikkor
A reader suggested that the disappointing showing of the PC-E 24mm f/3.5 Nikkor D ED might have been caused by field curvature. In order to check that out, I made an aperture series focusing in the upper right corner. The scene: The upper right corner, blown up 3:1: Looks a lot better, doesn’t it? Now… [Read More]
4 24mm lenses on the D810, part 3
This is a continuation of the lens test of the previous post. The lenses are: Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG Art AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 G ED AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5 D ED Today we test all four lenses at f/8 and f/11. In the center: Yawn… In the corner:… [Read More]
4 24mm lenses on the D810, part 2
This is a continuation of the lens test of the previous post. The lenses are: Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG Art AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 G ED AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 G ED PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5 D ED Today we test all four lenses at f/4 and f/5.6. The center, at f/4: I’m amazed at… [Read More]