This is a continuation of the real-world, informal testing of the Sony/Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar FE (Zony 55) and the Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus ZF.2 lenses on the Sony alpha 7R (a7R) and Nikon D810 cameras. The overall scene is in the previous post. In this post, I’ll present edge captures at various apertures from… [Read More]
Archives for 2015
Zony & Otus 55’s on a7R, D810 — evenness
There have been two controversies floating around the ‘net recently. Is the Sony/Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8 FE (Zony 55) the equal of the four-or-five-times-more-expensive Otus 55/1.4? Is the D810 somehow sharper than the a7R? I’ve got my own thoughts on both issues, but rather than just bloviate, I prefer to do some tests and report the… [Read More]
Process vs result
A couple of days ago I wrote about job satisfaction, and how, for, me it didn’t always correlate with enjoyment of the process of doing the work. Today I’ll take money out of the equation, and try to tease apart how process and result affect satisfaction and pleasure with performing a given task. The novelist… [Read More]
Does the D810 EFCS work with the intervalometer?
The Nikon D810 EFCS is a little finicky in use. To get it to work, you have to turn it on in the menu, and set the shutter control dial in Mup position. When that’s done, the first press of the shutter button will raise the mirror and open the mechanical shutter, and the second… [Read More]
Doing it for money
When I graduated from college, I was equipped for two professions. I could be an electrical engineer; I had a BSEE to testify to my training, and summer and part-time jobs gave me a limited amount of experience. I could have been a photographer; I had no formal training, but eight years of working on… [Read More]
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