[Leica] 135mm Apo-Telyt-M on Sony a7rii

[Tina Manley]

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Tina

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> My latest acquisition is the 135mm lens.  I must admit, I'm having to
> re-learn a few things.  This lens on the 42mp Sony is reminding me that DOF
> is really just differing degrees of unsharpness.  What I, in the past
> (pre-135 Apo), thought was my "infinity" focus set target across a canyon
> from my back yard, turns out not to be at "infinity."  This lens-camera
> combo has no DOF.  Getting focus right-on is nearly impossible due to the
> potential this combo has.
>
> At any rate, since I like the appearance of things being sharp, the first
> non-test shot a couple of days ago turned into a test of whether I could at
> least approach the potential of the lens in a real world, relatively fast
> shooting, hand held,  focus stacked shot.  Here is the answer:
>
> OldAlamoPintadoHouse_SantaYnezValley.jpg
>
> (After a few years of drought in So. California, the greenery this year was
> something I could not resist.  So, this one is in color.)
>
> This took 19 shots.  (Farm workers where moving into the field just to the
> right, so my tripod was not an option.)  A fair amount of PS work was
> required to mash the exposures together, but the bottom line is probably
> within what I'd call acceptable results from a technical point of view.
>
> It's not perfect, but by comparison, it beat the 90mm Canon Tilt-Shift,
> which I used to think was a great lens.  (Not so much any more.)
>
> So, bottom line, I think I'll be able to use this optic, but it's not
> forgiving at all.
>
> BTW, I suspect the "used" "Mint" lens I bought from a major dealer was, in
> fact, "new" pre-6-bit-coding unit from inventory that they are dumping.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
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