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

[Tina Manley]

+1!

Tina

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> 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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