Archives for February 2016

This is a continuation of a test of the following lenses on the Sony a7RII: Zeiss 85mm f/1.8 Batis.  Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus. Leica 90mm f/2 Apo Summicron-M ASPH. AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 G. Sony 90mm f/2.8 FE Macro. The test starts here. We’ll look can look at 300% center and corner crops  images from… [Read More]

This is a continuation of a test of the following lenses on the Sony a7RII: Zeiss 85mm f/1.8 Batis.  Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus. Leica 90mm f/2 Apo Summicron-M ASPH. AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 G. Sony 90mm f/2.8 FE Macro. The test starts here. At f/2.8, we can look at images from all five lenses. In… [Read More]

This is a continuation of a test of the following lenses on the Sony a7RII: Zeiss 85mm f/1.8 Batis.  Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus. Leica 90mm f/2 Apo Summicron-M ASPH. AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 G. Sony 90mm f/2.8 FE Macro. The test starts here. Now we’ll look at the centers and corners of all the lenses… [Read More]

A while back, I tested a group of medium telephoto lenses on the Sony a7II. The lenses in the last test were: 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. The Otus and… [Read More]

Back in the large-format film era, there were many images that showed pronounced motion blur from moving water. In many cases, it looked really nice. When films were slow and lenses stopped down to f/90, it was pretty easy to get moving water looking creamy, especially since midday was usually a time for siestas and… [Read More]