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01/09/14  Sony Nex-7 - Voigtländer M 90 f3.5Continuing on from yesterdays post, this image was very good from the time I opened it in Lightroom. There was hardly any post processing done and as you can see there is plenty of micro contrast in the image and it's tack sharp. The next few posts I'll be showing some more from this lens and you can make your own decision if it's a worthy buy or not. 871
NEX-7 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec ISO: 100 • Sony • Nex-7 • Voigtländer • 90 f3.5
01/08/14  Sony Nex-7 - Voigtländer M 90 f3.5I bought this lens on ebay for a very good price and I had high hopes for it when used on the Sony Nex cameras which are the best at present for using legacy manual focus lenses. Since the Nex-7 has a purple cast to the images when using wide rangefinder lenses I decided to give this lens a go on the Nex-7, it being longer than a 35mm lens. Anything 35mm or wider will give you a nice purple image, which can be corrected is post but it really is a lot of work to do. My wide lenses have therefore been relegated to the Nex-5N or my m4/3 cameras. M4/3 cameras are harder to manual focus with, having no focus peaking (apart from the new models coming onto the market), but I still like using them. Another problem I have with the Nex is they only allow you to the 3:2 or 16:9 aspect ratio, whereas the m4/3 cameras allow 1:1, 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9. I really don't know what Sony were thinking here as I personally like the 4:3 and especially the 1:1 ratio options. I digress, so back to the lens it is. I'm not sure really what to make of the lens. In some situations the image quality is brilliant and in others it lacks contrast. The image above took a lot of work to get it the way it looks, there was definately a lack of contrast when I opened it in Lightroom. 1167
NEX-7 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/60 sec ISO: 100 • Sony • Nex-7 • 90 f3.5 • Voigtländer
01/07/14  Sony Nex-5N - Pentax M Takumar 28 f2.8This is the last image from the Takumar 28 f2.8 for now and I hope you have had an insight into this wondeful lens. I will be keeping the Nex-5N as well as I think it's ideal for using these legacy lenses. Again, if you haven't tried a Nex-5N, see if you can get one from a photographer friend or rent one for a day, I think you'll be surprised at the image quality.
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unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown 01/06/14  Sony Nex-5N - Pentax M Takumar 28 f2.8I have a lot more images taken with this lens so instead of posting one image per day I've decided to compile 2 or 4 images together as a single post. I hope you find this better than posting too many images from a system one per day. I'll be doing this more and more in the future as I think it gives you a better idea of the quality one can achieve with these lenses. One more to come after this one today. 1220
unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown 01/05/14  Sony Nex-5N - Pentax M Takumar 28 f2.8The image above is one of the best renditions I have achieved with any of my lenses. All I can say is that it's excellent and I can only astound when looking at this image at 100%. 1285
NEX-5N Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 100 01/04/14  Sony Nex-5N - Pentax M Takumar 28 f2.8For some reason I feel that some lenses focus better on the Nex cameras than others, and by that I mean using the peaking function to manually focus at a certain point. This lens is one of the better ones as I find it very accurate. Some of the longer focal length lenses (e.g. the CV 90 f3.5) takes a lot more work to achieve the correct focus point. This lens is real fun to use as I can focus quickly and accurately. The better handling makes me want to use the lens more hence I tend to photograph more subjects. I tend to be more creative when using lenses I like using, but then again, I think that's true of everything in life. 1176
NEX-5N Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/2000 sec ISO: 100 01/03/14  Sony Nex-5N - Pentax M Takumar 28 f2.8I've got a few Pentax lenses stored away in boxes with the rest of my manual focus lenses, but unfortunately, time is at a premium and I don't get out as much as I would wish to use these older lenses. On this occasion though, I mounted the Pentax Takumar 28 f2.8 on my favourite manual focus camera, the Sony Nex-5N. The image quality from this camera is astounding and if you haven't tried one, do, as you can get them very cheaply right now. I prefer it much more than the Nex-7 and I'm sure some people are going to think I've a screw loose somewhere for saying that. The Pentax Takumar 28 f2.8 can be had today for €100, and believe me, that is a real bargain. I can't think of a single thing to say against this lens, it's cheap, pretty wide, focuses great on the Nex-5N and produces great images. I can recommend this lens to anyone who likes these legacy manual focus lenses. The adapter is very cheap too, costing around €10. It can't get much better than that. 1074
NEX-5N Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/2000 sec ISO: 100 01/02/14  Olympus OM-D E-M5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6If the PZ 14-42 f3.5-5.6 performed better on the E-M5, how would the relatively new 45-150 f4-5.6 perform? Well, pretty well actually. I'm just posting this one image from this combination as I didn't take too many images with it. I would say this lens performs well on both Olympus and Panasonic bodies and is a bargain at the price. It is also quite small and light. I can recommend this lens to all those who want a little more range than the kit lenses. 1124
E-M5 Focal Length: 150 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/250 sec ISO: 200 • Panasonic • Olympus • OM-D • E-M5 • 45-150 f4-5.6
01/01/14  Olympus OM-D E-M5 - Panasonic PZ 14-42 f3.5-5.6I'll start this year off by posting another image from the Panasonic PZ 14-42 f3.5-5.6 mounted on the Olympus OM-D E-M5, which will be the last in the series. The above image was taken at f8 and the lens was at full zoom, 42mm, and I'm quite satisfied with the quality. If anyone has an idea why this lens seems to perform better on the E-M5 please let me know as it's a bit of a puzzle to me. I would have thought it would have performed better on the manufacturers own bodies, but that is not the case (in my opinion). 1118
E-M5 Focal Length: 42 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec ISO: 200 • Panasonic • Olympus • E-M5 • 14-42 f3.5-5.6
12/31/13  Olympus OM-D E-M5 - Panasonic PZ 14-42 f3.5-5.6I personally like the above image and it was taken at 30mm, which is in the middle of the focal range of this lens. Sharpness should be at it's maximum at this point. Aperture was f8, and I don't tend to stop the lens down further than that on the m4/3 bodies. If you do step down further than f8 you will more than likely see some diffraction creeping in and image quality will suffer. This is the last post for 2013, and I would like to thank all of you who have been visiting this photoblog and helping me posting these random images. Any requests for 2014? Just mail me if you do and I'll see what I can do. 1324
E-M5 Focal Length: 30 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 200 • Panasonic • Olympus • E-M5 • 14-42 f3.5-5.6
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