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

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Richard.   Nice DoF, in spite of Paul's misgivings.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/21/2016 4:05 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
>> --
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>>
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