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

[Richard Man]

This seems to work:
http://www.paulroark.com/OldAlamoPintadoHouse_SantaYnezValley.jpg

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> The link doesn't work?
>
> 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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