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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 Pros: The most Zeiss could do in 2014 Cons: Bokeh with onion rings. Weight and dimensions. MF Opinion: A frankly very exciting lens for me who am a bit of a fetishist. It's exactly everything you can expect from his fame. Build quality and optical characteristics out of the ordinary, apochromatic and razor-sharp. The benchmark of 2014. Typical color setting of the brand I love (I also use 85 batis and planar classic). Built to last. The weak point is the onion rings in the bokeh, the only good reason to want the otus 100. sent on August 08, 2024 |
 | Leica M10 Pros: It's a gem Cons: Does not allow a low profile Opinion: I've been thinking about this section of Juza's magnificent site for a while. It is the one that leaves me a little more perplexed. You have to look carefully between enthusiasm and desire to shine to find some information that can really serve. The term "review" has a deadly appeal and certainly works great for the purposes of the site; However, its adherence to the reality of what you read is questionable. And certainly what I write is no exception, light years from a review. Having said that, I would like to make some reflections on the M10 after 6 months of use, not only my first leica given to me by my wife for my 50th birthday (holy woman!), but the first Leica M that I have picked up in my life. My desire to have a leica is almost twenty years, made particularly vivid by Sante Castignani and his sagas. And so on and so forth. Now I try not to digress anymore. The first impression when the emotion of finding it in your hand fell a little was that the handle is not very comfortable. I have used so many cameras in my life but in his case without an additional grip on the fingers, since the weight is not really feather (I also use an x100 only with the thumb rest), it is not comfortable and in my opinion it is just intrinsic of the object that should be used with comfort because precision is a necessary condition. So I took the chamois with the grip, it raises it a minimum but makes it perfect in the hand. Small parenthesis on the relevant cost of accessories. But when you put on and take off the case back it is an epiphany on the precision and probably on the zero tolerances on which this project is based, never seen something like this before. Attaching the case back and turning the wheel that makes it adhere is an extraordinarily simple and precise maneuver to perform. I use it with three lenses, a biogon 35/2, a planar 50/2 and an apo summicron 75. Taking into account not only the manual focus but also the fact that with the rangefinder you focus in the center and then recompose the number of photographs in place is surprisingly high. And I'm not a manual focus genius. Let's say it's really simple, you lose sight of the composition by focusing on the rangefinder in many portrait situations, which is my main activity, in short, you have to have in mind what you want to do, but without squeezing your brain. I believe that these good results derive above all from a fact, that the instrument is very precise. On a whim I bought the electronic viewfinder visoflex 020 (the round one) and despite having read a thousand atrocities to me it seems very interesting and effective. Taking advantage of the focus peacking and the automatic magnification that the machine does (similar to the LV) you can also focus on decentralized subjects. Here too much better results than I expected. The sensor is also excellent, the photographs are clean and with little noise, I have the impression of having to be a little more attentive to the highlights than my other SLR-mirrorless but I am very satisfied. As for the resolution for the portrait is perfect, it also allows you to crop without losing much. Note that I have had the M lenses for a while and I had adapted and used them on A7rIV, the yield on leica is much higher, much more homogeneous, especially that of the 75 (already seems obvious). I conclude by talking about the real cons that must be considered. It is a prestigious object, very visible to the eyes that know how to recognize it, it makes me a little uncomfortable the idea of taking it with me in crowded situations. For now I ended up leaving her at home on more than one occasion to keep a lower and more relaxing profile. But you know this thing can also be seen in reverse. I will now conclude. It is an extraordinary gem and has made me really happy so far. sent on June 27, 2023 |
 | Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Pros: Absolutely satisfactory optical quality Cons: It's really cumbersome. Opinion: It's a little bit that I think I write two lines on this lens that I have for a year and a half, my second "art" bought when with the passage of the years and the goals that I used, especially medium portrait canvases, my palate has come to an end. Buying sigma, especially when you take a lens that points to the top as in this case, for me means facing essentially two ghosts. The first is quality control. Personally I am extremely satisfied with my copy, I do not know if the level is uniformly high on all production (doubt that I always have even when I buy zeiss or leica), but the results of microcontracting, AF speed and creaminess of blurring are extraordinary, as I basically expected. I was surprised, however, by the level of control of chromatic aberrations, perhaps the most significant sign of technical progress in this category of objectives. The second ghost is the color balance on the sensors I use (d800e and a7r4). This was the most welcome surprise, the colors are not excessive, the result is not too contrasted, absolutely to my taste. I recommend to those who are interested in buying to reflect on the clutter, although the appearance so "muscled" undoubtedly has its appeal, for those who use it sporadically and for pure pleasure as myself is a feature that does not give serious limitations, for a professional or for photographers who travel a lot can be a serious limitation. I conclude that if to the goals we have tried and known in the practice of our passion we give a rational judgment that weighs price and performance probably the 105 1.4 art with nikon bayonet is the best I have ever had. sent on July 31, 2020 |
 | Canon EF 200mm f/1.8 L USM Pros: It's an extraordinary goal Cons: The only real one against it is that it is no longer possible to repair it, if it skips the focus by wire it is impossible to seal by hand. Opinion: It is a very valuable optics, built very well. I read who speaks of sharpness not at the top. apart from that when it comes to "extreme" optics and pieces of history from one of the world's largest optical manufacturers, it's probably a phrase that probably makes little sense in itself, Plus, at least as far as my copy is concerned, there are no visible differences with medium canvases of successive generations known for their great sharpness (I usually use medium canvases designed almost thirty years later as Sigma 105/1.4 or Zeiss 135/2) indeed it could also be a hair better. It has flanked a 180/2 summicron that is not afraid for sharpness at TA, the best color correction of the leica is balanced and perhaps surpassed by the best microcontract of the canon. On the very thin focus and Sony's 61mpix sensor that I use it with, believe me to be crisp throughout the frame and at any distance. The images are really great, ready with minimal PP adjustments. The strength of the medium canvases of this focal length so bright (actually the plural used to understand less bright lenses because of 200 1.8 standard product there is only him) in the portrait is the separation of the medium-distance planes with "tight" angle, from the half bust to the whole figure, in this setting shows off a bokeh that is perhaps the best I have ever seen. Not only that, color balance and macrocontracting are almost perfect. It's a 200 f1.8 with which you can do everything (at least I do everything) in TA thanks to the AF that for the portrait is great even with sony (with a7RIV the good eye is almost always in focus). Regarding the AF on sony with mc-11 I have to say that in the pursuit of fast-moving subjects the performance did not seem exhilarating, if someone wanted to use it for indoor sport maybe it would be better a Canon body. but I'm talking about things I don't know thoroughly by not doing indoor sports and never having tried a canon-rank digital body. Then as for weight, center of gravity forward etc etc. are all things that for those interested in these kinds of objects do not have the slightest sense. sent on March 31, 2020 |
 | Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Apo Sonnar T* 135mm f/2 Pros: Optical yield Cons: Mf Opinion: After a year of use I want to say two things about this lens because I saw copies flagged as perfect pass on the used market for less than 1000 euros... I am not at all authoritative and I would not like to think that I consider myself such but I have experience of years of goals of "high lineage" , especially medium bright canvases, which are my passion. Having said that, I think that those who want to experiment with the highest level of optics have a really good value for money on the used. with the limits of course of a 135 bright manual focus that to show its potential needs to be sealed to perfection, the perfect shots will not be many but when the fire takes it is a show. very detailed apo microcontract, Zeiss colors and creamy blurry. from what you read we are almost at level otus 85. although relatively less bright. For those who use sony there is to consider as an alternative the excellent 135 1.8 GM that would seem to be even sharper in the center! sent on March 14, 2020 |
 | Sony A7r IV Pros: Weight and size, sensor, autofocus, quick buffer, extraordinary versatility, excellent key configurability. Cons: Signal-to-noise ratio lower than I expected. Opinion: I decided to write two lines after the first month of use focusing only on some aspects that impressed me. I agree with what Nangi said about the noise signal ratio, although we talk about hair in the egg given the density of pixels you have to know how to master these raw because even at low iso there is more noise than I thought in the shadows. Of course a photograph properly exposed in optimal light gives mostly amazing results but otherwise you always have to work a little with noise reduction (one of the reasons for buying can be just the critical shots). The autofocus for me coming from the D800e is excellent, a huge step forward, considering that then it is a sensor with such high resolution that it shoots 10 fps. almost an epochal leap from 2012! The viewfinder is great, especially for the functions to help the manual focus, it was the needle of the scale for me to decide the purchase since my kit is mainly MF. I didn't think a mirrorless could have such a good viewfinder, with a couple of considerations to add. The first is that the perfect fire percentage remains not very high on moving subjects even slow (for example in the portrait of my little ones) and if I want the result I have to resort as with the reflex to the "human bracketing of MAF", that is to oscillate during short Gusts. The second is that I did sessions with d800e shooting a little with one and a bit with the other and the brightness of the reflex crosshairs still gives me a better feed-back, albeit not much. The last observation is that being used to larger reflexes requires a bit of adaptation. In short, a great machine, very versatile, a new era in photography in many respects especially dynamic. However, the 2012 D800e sensor is still very close! sent on February 25, 2020 |
 | Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Distagon T* 35mm f/1.4 Pros: It's fascinating Cons: Weight and size. Poor value hold. Opinion: In the lab, he's not the best of 35/1.4, not even lower-ranking ones. Chromatic aberration, a little flare and TA vignetting, important weight, high price (in acceptable used). But it's very charming especially at TA. It is also thanks to this lens that I realized that behind the optical engineering of some rank companies there are alchemies that add something that goes beyond the numbers, create atmosphere. I recommend it. sent on July 10, 2018 |
 | Leica Apo Telyt-R 280mm f/4 Pros: Medium apochromatic canvases of 1993 (not 1983 as written on the site), concentrated with leic technology. Cons: Bokeh not loved by everyone. With apo multiplier 1.4 slight veiling in backlight. Difficult conversion to nikon f(certainly wasn't a priority of the leica engineers..). Opinion: Born in 1993 to lighten 280/2.8 is a lens known by those who love extreme optics and class, for an aura of legend that he said was the most solving lens ever, close to the limits of physics. It is a lens with prodigious control of the TA and apochromatic vignette, it gives amazing details. I use it as a lens from a "meditated" landscape, in the colors it produces it is immediately recognizable the "family feeling" apocromatic leica apo. Relatively light for the focal length, for me it should always be used with monopod, the stability also helps the maf which is always difficult. I used it for a while with the apo 1.4, but in that configuration it suffered from a slight backlight veil. Surely it is better to use it smoothly so as not to harness even part of its potential. sent on July 25, 2017 |
 | Leica Apo-Summicron-R 180mm f/2 Pros: Masterpiece of optics. Minimum focus distance of 1.5m. Weight and footprint less than targets of the same rank. Cons: It's MF and the perfect fire is hard. Opinion: For seven years I have given myself this 1994 gem that I use with nikon f bayonet. The conversion was very simple and completely reversible, with the bayonet dedicated only to the 180 cron that I found there is no game. Designed as a medium-distance superluminous, it is a very sharp "extreme" portrait lens in the very thin focus plane with a sea of apochromatic bokeh that I personally find very pleasant. In the focus plan it gives results similar to the 100 2.8 macro apo of the same stable. Already very sharp in TA the microcontract improves decidedly to 2.8. The minimum distance of 1.5m focus gives spectacular close-ups even if at this distance, the depth of field is so critical that it is almost impossible to bring home perfect results without closing at least one stop. sent on July 25, 2017 |
 | Leica APO Macro-Elmarit-R 100mm f/2.8 Pros: Details. Colors. Constructive quality. Versatility. Cons: Bokeh in the portrait Opinion: Leica masterpiece of optical glass and anodized aluminum, one of my absolute favorites. It is excellent from 2.8 to medium diaphragms without significant optical quality improvements. For a long time reference point for sharpness and chromatic correction, to be considered that it was calculated in 1987. Precisely because of its characteristics the macro epithet is tight, it is to open diaphragms that it is superlative. Ergo versatile goal. I use it more than anything in the portrait because in the plane of focus (eyes) gives exciting details, although it must be recognized a certain nervousness in the bokeh that in objectives of the same stable brighter and designed for portrait is not seen (I have a 35/2 first series and a 180/2 apo summicron); but as you know it's a matter of taste. On the focus plane for details and colors is almost indistinguishable from 180/2. To understand its qualities, it needs sensitive elements with very high resolutions. sent on July 22, 2015 |
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