I’m not a believer in photographic boxes or restrictions, but I was intrigued by the question, “What is the prototypical focal length for landscapes?” Just to calibrate myself, I went through all 40 images in Ansel Adams’ Examples. I threw out the ones the weren’t landscapes (surprisingly, there were a lot of those), and the one or… [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. Yesterday, I showed chromaticity shifts among the test lenses with development 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. In yesterday’s post I showed a set of pictures of Macbeth charts… [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. It is a widely-held belief that lenses have subtle differences in their… [Read More]