ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 12:30 am Post subject: Father's Day with Sony SEL50F18 - Nikon 18-55 Kit |
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ForenSeil wrote:
A day in Germany at which almost without exception young men celebrate that they are still not fathers for some reason
Pretty cruel to see that many drunken young men with hand cart trolleys filled up with beer and barbecues shambling through the parks etc... but it was pretty productive day for photography for me, especially as it's a red-letter day
For a while I had the chance to swap my NEX with a Nikon D40 DSLR with 18-55 Kit from a friend.
BTW I was slightly suprised - the Nikon 18-55 seems to be much better than what I remember from Canon 18-55 Kit and slightly better than the Sony 18-55 Kit at the long end (55mm).
Klick on photos for EXIF Data
Nikon Kit:
Sony SEL 50/1.8 (all wide open @F1.8 ):
Some more pics should follow later... Flickr has some connection timeout problems here at the moment... I can't view my own pics at the moment.
The Sony has an amazing IQ (can be easily compared with modern Zeiss T* 50mm lenses etc.).
The wide-apertures-performance is very excellent if not outstanding (which is the reason for me to keep it). But the AF does almost never hit 100% correctly at wide apertures and manual focus with that lens is a pain in the ass - See what I mean: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54671350@N02/8723730555/sizes/k/in/photostream/
I might swap to (much more expensive) Zeiss Planar 50/2 ZM or Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 ZM soon. _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
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Jesito
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 5745 Location: Olivella, Catalonia, (Spain)
Expire: 2015-01-07
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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Jesito wrote:
Not bad results at all!.
But for the price of that lens (Sony 50mm 1., would'nt be better to get a couple of legacy ones, like a Planar and a Pancolar?
For sure you won't have AF, but who cares?. _________________ Jesito, Moderator
Jesito's backsack:
Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses
DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Canon Prima Super 105, Olympus XA2 and XA3
Compact Digital Olympus C-5050, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot A540, Nikon 5200, SIGMA DP1s, Polaroid X530, IXUS55, Kodak 6490, Powershot G9 and G10
CSCCanon EOS-M, Samsung NX100 and NX210, Lumix G5, NEX-F3 |
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
I would actually cleary prefer MF over AF! I got mine for comparable little money - so I won't have any loss when reselling it.
But as far as I know Planar 50/1.4, 50/1.7 and Pancolar are optically not as good as the modern 9-element Sony.
Planar T* 50/2 ZM might be better - but it's also much more expensive. _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
Canon 50/1.4 EF and SSC are known to be sharp but I doubt that the linked tests are really accurate (focusing and light are influencing resolution tests massivly - and it's very hard to focus perfectly with the Sony and most people don't know that the steady-shot also kills a little IQ if it doesn't get deactivated when the camera is used on a tripod.
Anyway resolution in this class is imho much less important than (micro-)contrast and colors - and there the Sony will cleary win, as well as all the modern T* lenses. _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
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