September 2024

[Frank Fremerey]

September 19

workshop

Iphone

very beautiful scene and picture

[Frank Fremerey]

Saying farewell to a dying is the hardest thing in the world.
We lost a loved member of our family today.
Zf & Z 35mm f/1.8

my condolences to you and your family and good that you got photography to express feelings

[aerobat]

That sunstar is 'unreal'!

Fons is that good or bad?

[Fons Baerken]

Frank. I use the 40/2 in autofocus, the autofocus isnt always reliable, but if you have the 40/2 SE you have a different focusring, should make focusing manually easier.
Daniel had a point on vr and focuspoint not to engage simultaneously !

[Fons Baerken]

Fons is that good or bad?

No such thing good or bad, the sunstar is quite striking, very pronounced, i meant to say.

[aerobat]

No such thing good or bad, the sunstar is quite striking, very pronounced, i meant to say.

Thanks Fons, this lens offers so much depth of field that aperture more or less just controls the size of the sunstars. One can already see them fully open at F4.5

[Birna Rørslett]

The 15 Heliar has electronic communication to the camera ? I have used the old 15/4.5 for F cameras through a nice F-Z adapter, and the solution is extremely compact and light weight, but prone to severe vignetting. What about the new design in that respect?

I just got the Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 for my Zf, and it is an excellent performer, but rather heavy.

[Birna Rørslett]

Ruth is to perform at a reunion concert with her old rock band this weekend and we had some discussion as to the best dress for the occasion, before deciding on this bright red one with black lace trim.

A nice opportunity to test that the Z9 works after the recent make-shift "untiling" operation, and that the Viltrox 75mm F/1.2 has survived the bad knocks and bumps it -- unintentionally -- received of late. Shooting the lens almost wide open answered both question with a resounding 'yes'.

[Frank Fremerey]

Fons is that good or bad?

good of course and it makes the VOIGT 15 mm all the more interesting

[Birna Rørslett]

do you think the 2.0/40 would work well on the Z6?

or better on the Zf in manual focus mode?

I'm using the 40/2 SE on Zfc and Zf, and on Z5 (for IR). It works very well on all these bodies. No complaints as to AF functionality and accuracy on either of these cameras.

[Akira]

The 15 Heliar has electronic communication to the camera ? I have used the old 15/4.5 for F cameras through a nice F-Z adapter, and the solution is extremely compact and light weight, but prone to severe vignetting. What about the new design in that respect?

I just got the Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 for my Zf, and it is an excellent performer, but rather heavy.

Cosina now offers a Z-mount version of 15mm f4.5 Heliar which allows the electronic communication with  the Z body (with the latest firmware), just like the 50/1.0 Nokton.

[aerobat]

Cosina now offers a Z-mount version of 15mm f4.5 Heliar which allows the electronic communication with  the Z body (with the latest firmware), just like the 50/1.0 Nokton.

That's the one I got Akira and Birna. It mounts smoot to the Zf and communicates focal length & aperture to the body.
I love the handling on the Zf with the aperture control on the lens. So far I haven't seen excessive vignetting but will do a test for it.
The Viltrox has obviously much larger aperture. Is it good for night sky (coma)?

[Akira]

That's the one I got Akira and Birna. It mounts smoot to the Zf and communicates focal length & aperture to the body.
I love the handling on the Zf with the aperture control on the lens. So far I haven't seen excessive vignetting but will do a test for it.
The Viltrox has obviously much larger aperture. Is it good for night sky (coma)?

The combo looks nice!  Hope you enjoy it and share more more results.

[golunvolo]

Black beauty & super wide - iPhone mini 12

  Black beauty indeed. Lovely combo

[golunvolo]

No such thing good or bad, the sunstar is quite striking, very pronounced, i meant to say.

  Agreed, it has a special quality about it and It sits perfectly on the frame too.