It’s natural to compare the new-kid-on-the-block Sony 20mm f/1.8 to the excellent Zeiss Loxia 21 mm f/2.8. Here’s a test with both lenses mounted on an a7RIV aimed at a low-contrast Siemens Star at about 8 meters, with the star in the center and the lower left corner. I used AF-S for the Sony, and… [Read More]
Sony 20mm f/1.8 G initial tests
I just received a copy of the new Sony 20 mm f/1.8 G lens. I’ve ordered the similar Nikkor S. I’ll be testing both of them, separately and together. FOr those of you who’ve been following the color profiling work, don’t worry; I’ll be doing both types of testing at the same time. Just don’t… [Read More]
Does pixel-shift increase resolution?
The a7RIV has 16-shot pixel shift technology. Fuji has said that they will be bringing that capability to the GFX 100 in a future firmware update. These events have rekindled the fires of discussion of that fifteen-or twenty-year-old scheme, specifically about how much the resolution of the system is increased. I am about to wax… [Read More]
Fuji 50/3.5 on GFX100, Sigma 35/1.2 on a7RIV
It’s a nice still morning, so I thought I’d test the new Fuji 50 mm f/3.5 on some foliage. For comparison, I chose the excellent Sigma 35 mm f/1.2 Art lens on a Sony a7RIV. Here’s the scene: Making three shots for each variation and picking the sharpest, I exposed at base ISO 100… [Read More]
a7RIV vs GFX 100 landscape IQ with GigaPixel AI — part 2
In the last post, I upsampled files from the Fujifilm 110 mm f/2 on the GFX 100 and the Zeiss Otus 85 mm f/1.4 on the a7RIV, using Topaz GigaPixel AI, with surprising results. I had concerns about possible under-the-hood sharpening differences with Lightroom, and also with Lightroom’s export resizing, so I decided to process… [Read More]
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