jonpais Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 What the hell? Panasonic just announced the world’s first constant aperture 10-25mm f/1.7 MFT lens - a Leica DG Vario Summilux. That is insane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart0less Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Meanwhile Sony promises 12 more E-Mount lenses soon. jonpais 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRenaissanceMan Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Got to try something fun on my F3 today, but only in passing. Hopefully I can give it a proper workout some other time. And yes: it was heavier than the camera body. webrunner5, PannySVHS and Geoff CB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 @TheRenaissanceMan whenever I see a picture of a F3 on this forum I start to lust for one. How has it been treating you? Shooting externally 422 or even 444? Tell me all about it. And IronFilm might also chim in:) Cannot get enough of these F3 stories. The m43 10-25 is for some reason of eventual lack of my competence not as appealing as a 20-100 on m43 would have been to me. Andrew wrote something about these focal lengths in the Panny FF thread. Unfortunately a mixup of numbers:( That 20mm on m43 or 28 boosted are my favorite focal lengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Some reader comments re: size/weight penalty of Sigma ART series over at diglloyd. Couldn’t agree more. Lloyd owns all the Otus lenses for Nikon mount but seldom uses them for the very same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart0less Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/viltrox-announced-one-new-autofocus-and-two-manual-lenses-for-sony-full-frame-e-mount-cameras/ Yet another 85s for Sony E.. How many of them do we already have? 85FE, Batis 85, 85/1.4 GM, Sigma 85/1.4.. Still no single 35/1.8. What's more, why are the Viltroxes so heavy? The 85/1.8 STM is almost twice as heavy as Sony FE 85. 20/1.8 looks quite nice, though, but it's still a beast. ~780g, whereas Tokina Firin 20/2 - 470g, Samyang 20/1.8 - 490g + adapter. jonpais 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, heart0less said: https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/viltrox-announced-one-new-autofocus-and-two-manual-lenses-for-sony-full-frame-e-mount-cameras/ Yet another 85s for Sony E.. How many of them do we already have? 85FE, Batis 85, 85/1.4 GM, Sigma 85/1.4.. Still no single 35/1.8. What's more, why are the Viltroxes so heavy? The 85/1.8 STM is almost twice as heavy as Sony FE 85. 20/1.8 looks quite nice, though, but it's still a beast. ~780g, whereas Tokina Firin 20/2 - 470g, Samyang 20/1.8 - 490g + adapter. At $200 bucks a pop, pretty crazy cheap, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart0less Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, jonpais said: At $200 bucks a pop, pretty crazy cheap, no? Yeah, that's right. Let's hope they deliver a good quality image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noone Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I would think it will be ok but then again, the FE 85 1.8 is to me the best bang for buck thing going in photography. It will sell ok if it is good for its price point. The 20 1.8 on the other hand is not that much more expensive but has a lot less competition and might make a fair cheap astro lens for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 A dissenting view to Lens Rentals, in which Lloyd Chambers criticizes the increasingly common habit of companies publishing charts showing MTF results without distortion correction applied, claiming that lenses can never achieve the same results with correction enabled, that certain lenses actually require correction in software (Fuji X in Adobe Camera RAW for example) and that correction actually hurts micro contrast. The benefits of such software correction are obvious: cost reduction and the ability to design smaller, lighter lenses. The problem as I see it is when using lenses relying on software correction on a body without such software, like the P4K. We are seeing some manufacturers allow disabling in-camera vignetting and diffraction correction and perhaps in the distant future a fn button can disable them all. But I still see Lloyd’s rant as a bit of a tempest in teapot, since most if not all manufacturers’ charts are nothing more than idealized computer generated models based on fairy tale conditions. Which is where Lens Rentals comes in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart0less Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 More manual E-Mount lenses announced. 24/1.8, 40/1.8, 75/1.8 ~400$ each. At least these are lighter. https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/reflex-announces-the-new-40mm-f-1-8-75mm-f-1-8-and-24mm-f-1-8-full-frame-e-mount-lenses/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart0less Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 3 hours ago, heart0less said: At least these are lighter. Actually, the 40/1.8 for Canon EF Mount is really tiny! https://www.photographyblog.com/news/reflex_40mm_f_1_8_lens_hands_on_photos Geoff CB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padam Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, heart0less said: Actually, the 40/1.8 is tiny! Not sure which mount is it, though. https://www.photographyblog.com/news/reflex_40mm_f_1_8_lens_hands_on_photos Konica Hexanon 40/1.8 clone? (also 6 elements in 5 groups) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexTrinder96 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Just read that the Laowa 25-100 will be available in PL and EF Mount! Great stuff ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart0less Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Here is a Philip Reeve's look at the Viltrox lenses I mentioned earlier: https://phillipreeve.net/blog/photokina-recap-part-1-viltrox-e-mount-lenses/ Things aren't looking as good as they seemed to in the SAR post. MF 85/1.8 is to be more expensive (300$ vs 200$), 20/1.8 will cost even more (489$). And the AF version of 85/1.8 will only come in Fuji Mount (?) at the price of 379$. I guess Sony FE 85/1.8 is still the choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Someone stole one of the prototypes at the show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart0less Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 The worst thing is that since the lens doesn't provide any EXIF data, the thief can freely take pictures with it, share it on a web and nobody will be able to pinpoint him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 A mockup of Fuji’s 33mm f/1 - can we say this is a massive achievement? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 44 minutes ago, jonpais said: A mockup of Fuji’s 33mm f/1 - can we say this is a massive achievement? ? Kind of a dumb focal length to spend all that money on. Years ago that was a pretty normal lens length. But now, hmm, it would be about the last lens I would buy for a kit. It is not wide enough, not long enough. I don't get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 9 minutes ago, webrunner5 said: I don't get it? Neither do I! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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