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Francesco Zambotti www.juzaphoto.com/p/FrancescoZambotti  |
The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Leica Q3 43 Pros: Superlative image quality, relative compactness that makes it a possible single machine to carry around, materials, menus, interface Cons: Not pocket-sized, AF not first in class, price (but justified by the yield), lack of double slot, lens hood that prevents you from mounting filters Opinion: It is a camera at the same time similar but different from the original Q3: the 28mm is more suitable for landscape and "wide" street while this one is more portrait and more classic street. The image quality of the aspherical Summicron is an impressive thing, it's incredible and worth the price of the machine alone. The 43mm is the right middle ground between the 35mm and the 50, it can act as both even if it is closer to the 50 in terms of yield. Also very suitable for portraits and honestly pairing it with the Q3 28mm I will make the perfect match for wedding shoots. Too bad the double slot is missing but having reliable SD there are no major problems. I think I will take it on the road with me as the only camera instead of the 28mm, even if I will give up something on the landscape to prefer details and a "normal" format without distortions. Compared to the 28mm, the minimum focusing distance is a bit farther away, so you use the macro trigger ring more for details. The original lens hood is designed so that you cannot mount filters and use the macro mode that advances the lens and slams into the lens hood, so if you use filters you have to look for a third-party one. But the fundamental thing is that this camera can truly become a truly professional definitive "one Lens camera", the quality of the files it churns out is literally incredible, from the colors to the three-dimensionality, to the bokeh it provides to the lack of distortions and non-existent chromatic aberrations, with an unsurpassed paste. If you like the 40mm and you are able to sustain the expense, it is a camera not for everyone but for those who know how to exploit it it is really THE choice. sent on December 13, 2024 |
 | Leica Q2 Pros: file quality, detail, lightness, solidity, blurry, colors, menus Cons: Precise but not very fast AF, held above iso 3200 Opinion: I have this car for a year now, it was a challenge for me, I still have a Sony kit (A7R3) but I wanted to make the leap and ... I fell in love with it. I use it as a second room for the large at weddings, and for the rest ... when I go around it made me want to photograph again, to get involved. The 28mm is a lens that I had never evaluated and at the beginning it was love and hate but now I can not do without her: it is minimal, compact, very comfortable to use, lightweight, has an exceptional file quality and incredible detail even at full aperture. But the most important thing is that from addiction, it pushes you to move to compose and you become one with the machine, it is a strange feeling to describe but everything is in the right place (and customizable) there are no unnecessary frills, a thousand buttons ... and just this setting makes you go back to thinking about the shot, it is a machine that is good for everything, from travel to portraits (yes I said portraits), perfect for the street, it costs a lot, a lot, and maybe an X100f that costs a fifth is more "reasoned" but here we talk about a completely different machine, with me it had an incredible impact and made me re-evaluate the way I shoot, I took it used at 3900 euros and I must say that it was perhaps the best purchase in the photographic field that I have ever made. sent on August 09, 2022 |
 | Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM Pros: Sharpness, absence of aberrations, weight and size, incisiveness, three-dimensionality, Autofocus Cons: price? (but justified by surrender) Opinion: The more I use it and the more I'm falling in love with it: it has an absurd Autofocus, to the point that with the R3 I can keep the chase on my eyes with any situation (jumping children, acrobatics, scooter jumps) also although it has a blurry a less "poetic" strand than Distagon, the rows are literally perfect: chromatic aberrations almost absent (in the distagon they were a nice problem especially in the bokeh controluce) , incredible flare control, there was no incisiveness even with the sun shot in the face, I never found myself with practically perfect files just snapped. It is also comfortable and lightweight, compact, durable. Ultimately, it's a Distagon without the flaws of the distagon, a modern lens, and if you ask me if it's worth its price I absolutely say yes. And I'm not saying that because I bought it, at first I was really in doubt about whether to keep it or not, but the more I use it, the more I convince myself that it's an incredible lens. sent on April 18, 2021 |
 | Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 Nokton Pros: Character, sharpening even at full opening, size and weight, bokeh, construction, subject detachment, "starlet" already from F1.4 Cons: very light chromatic aberration to TA (and we would miss it) correctable with one click, polygonal bokeh from f1.4 to f4 Opinion: I start that I tested the Leica version and the E Mount version, also the latest (SE) and they have a very similar yield (same optical scheme) but I chose the Leica to be able to use it with the Techart. It is an optics that you would never want to detach from the machine: small but very bright, comfortable to carry around, a completely manual fixed, formed by 8 lenses in 6 groups of which an aspheric one. All glass and metal: solid, weighs only 315 grams but looks like a grenade. The rings are absolutely perfect: fluid, the helical focus neither too soft nor hard, thanks to the use of a special grease to lubricate it. The construction of grip engravings (also in metal) is similar to that of the glorious Super Takumar of the 1960s. The diaphragm moves to third of Stop, positioned before here too you can see the perfection in the construction: no game, precise clicks and that offer the perfect resistance. The ten slats of the diaphragm offer a "poetic" and ancient yield at full opening, but it is still a modern lens and already very incisive at F1.2. Already from F1.4 it provides a beautiful star effect on the light points. At F1.2 the bokeh is very pleasant, unlike its (albeit excellent) little brother F1.4, which has a much more present blurry, soft and very pleasant "balls" are formed here, a sign of what the Japanese technicians wanted to achieve. On the edges are formed the classic "cat's eyes" that are not annoying and help to enclose the subject. The detachment with the subject itself at 1.2 is impressive and when used with a Techart pro it becomes the perfect lens for the Street. I can't wait to use it for a little more thought-out photos on a trip to Budapest or Lisbon (we hope for the future). Unlike the Nokton Classic F1.4, which suffers from a heavy coma and sharpness is questionable, this is usable already from F1.2. One thing to keep in mind is that as soon as you close at F1.4 the bokeh becomes polygonal, so beware of this factor. back round beyond F4. Sometimes they are a bit of onion rings in the bokeh pellets but they are barely perceptible, and the aspheric elements of the lens correct most aberrations, which persist only in a small part at full opening, but in an absolutely correct way. The distortion is practically absent. You can see the wisdom and mastery of Japanese technicians who manage to insert in an optics what is the pleasure of returning to manual photography, an ancient and modern flavor at the same time, with a "granite" quality giving character to the lens. Congratulations to Cosina Voigtlander on this little masterpiece. sent on January 30, 2021 |
 | Sony FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Pros: bokeh, sharpness, colors, fast and precise af, construction, compactness Cons: price, minimum focus distance Opinion: A lens that At first I underestimated, using it little (I'm not one from 50ini but more from 85mm) but then I re-evaluated in an extremely positive way. Sharp already at full opening, very light but built very well, it is a fantastic handyman, if I had to go out with a single lens would be this. The color yield is fantastic, it suffers a thread of full-open aberrations but nothing unsolvable, and the full-opening sharpness is slightly lower than the Samyang 50mm F1.4 or Sigma, but there is always talk of excellent sharpness and it is a compromise to which you have to go meeting given the size practically halved compared to the little brothers. the minimum distance of focus is unfortunately a distant thread, but here it is the quality of the bokeh that dominates: it is a poetic, modern optics and that for portraits or for the street is perfect, has character and a great detachment of the floors despite being a 1.8 does not make me regret most of the 1.4. I read that some people were disappointed by the construction, but I don't see how: it's all metal, the lampshade is also partly metal and partly rubber to absorb the bumps, the focus dial is precise and the design on my own is excellent. A lens that is not "perfect" but that you can fall in love with, absolutely recommended sent on January 04, 2020 |
 | Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE Pros: general yield, price, transportability Cons: plastic construction, bokeh (for what can be used on such a lens) Opinion: taken to replace the Samyang AF 14 2.8 and get more transportability and reduce weight and size, it is a very pleasant discovery: despite the plastic construction (it is light to look empty, the lampshade I guess will break the day after tomorrow from the so much is cheap) optically it proved to be really good: sharp already at full opening, do not "unmit" the edges as does the "brother", the overall yield is very similar: excellent even backlight does not present obvious flares or drops of light, distorts less than 14mm and has excellent colors. The blur is not soft but is quite nervous, but on an 18mm serves up to a point The star effect is decent, it will not be a Voigtlander but it is analogous to 14mm, almost equal. The af is safe and very fast, even if it makes a very light noise, maybe it is not recommended for videos. Ultimately, you lose 4mm from your older brother, and a slightly cheap construction, but you gain a lot in lightness and size, and optically it looks even better. for what it costs for me is absolutely recommended. sent on January 04, 2020 |
 | Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 Pros: Full-open yield, portability, solid construction, bokeh Cons: a little aseptic Opinion: I took this lens after giving away the Sony Zeiss 1.4 for the issue of weight and transportability The 35mm 1.8 is built well, light, it is an all-rounder lens suitable for both the Street and groups of people. Great colors, good bokeh, very sharp already at full opening If I have to find a flaw is perhaps to "have no defects", I explain: it did not trigger a "poetic spark" that pleases me in everything as happened with the 55 Sony Zeiss or the 85 1.4 GM, I compare this lens to the FE 85 F1.8: it doesn't have great character, but it's versatile, comfortable, light, well built, and the optical yield is excellent. Very recommended for street and reportage, a thread less for portraits. sent on January 04, 2020 |
 | Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM Pros: "Poetic" Yield, Bokeh, Sharpness, Colors, Solidity and Construction Cons: slight AF noise, weight, cost, a thread of aberrations at TA backlight Opinion: My favorite lens, despite having the 135mm 1.8 (excellent) is versatile, comfortable, but above all it is a lens that makes you dream: a blurry exemplary, beautiful colors, three-dimensionality, is a lens that for a portraitist is absolutely to have. The construction is very solid, it looks like a grenade to hold in your hand, the dials are precise and the customizable button is very comfortable. During the shot it gives me a feeling that no lens is able to return. At full opening it is crisp although not perfect as the 135, it has a thread of chromatic aberrations and backlight softens a thread the contrasts, but it is all balanced by a general rendering of the image that makes you dream. I prefer it by far to the Sigma (giant and uncomfortable) or Samyang alternatives of which I am not convinced by the bokeh. The AF makes a constant noise in the focus that can give a bit of a nuisance and the focus is not as fast as the 135, although it is precise and definitely not slow. It's a lens that I personally love, it won't be perfect but it's literally "Magic", I had sold it to take the 135 GM and flank it the as good 85 1.8 because of the size, but I went back on my steps and bought it back because I realized it's a cu lens i I couldn't help it. sent on January 04, 2020 |
 | Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM Pros: Sublime, AF incredible and Precisissimo, sharpness already TA, blurred enchanting, well balanced, no aberrations even at full aperture, minimum distance of focus Cons: Price but for quality is justified Opinion: Sony has churning out a work of art, maybe the best 135mm for existing full frame, I'm not kidding. Already at F 1.8 has an incredible sharpness, at full aperture there is virtually no chromatic aberration (which instead is noted on 85 1.4 for example), zero distortion and Autofocus is something impressive, is silent and on the A7R3 with firmware 3.0 even if Not set on the partial selector that makes it even faster, allows you to focus in fractions of a second on details even small and fast as two butterflies "on the Fly" or a dog running with the AF over the eyes the focusing distance for a 135 allows a Otti But versatility there are very few flare in backlight even without lens hood, usually you create a semicircle rainbow in hand is well, is well balanced and is held well although obviously weighs a little Costs so much, and weighs enough if compared for example with the Ca Not F2, but we are on a different level and we talk about a modern optics that solves the 40MP of the R3, practically without defects. sent on April 21, 2019 |
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