Sony A7 models with non-Sony lenses

navydoc wrote in post #16938506
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Well, that 35 certainly has that 3D-ish Zeiss contrast in spades, doesn't it?

vinmunoz wrote in post #16938601
amazing details. and sharpness...

Thanks. I failed to mention that those images were captured using the Zeiss FE 35mm F2.8 ZA and have now corrected that.

WhyFi wrote in post #16938677
Well, that 35 certainly has that 3D-ish Zeiss contrast in spades, doesn't it?

I just got this lens yesterday and I'm really liking the sharpness/contrast so far.

no worries, i checked the exif.

a7r/Sig 35mm HDR (little hot).

^^^ OT, but what is that in your avatar? VPI Aries maybe?

WhyFi wrote in post #16938977
^^^ OT, but what is that in your avatar? VPI Aries maybe?

Scoutmaster/Benz Wood.

peteg1 wrote in post #16938985
Scoutmaster/Benz Wood.

Ahhh - very cool. Worked at a shop that sold VPI for a while - between $1500 and $10k, I don't think that I'd more highly recommend any other brand. I like the Benz sound, too - I have an Ace S on my Roksan Xerxes. Also have the Benz Ti watch, but that doesn't sound nearly as good.

Question for you guys....

Who have tried the yongnuo 603s to work with our camera? I bought a couple of Pixel King mainly for outdoor HSS needs.

For basic studio lighting, i don't need HSS so i thought the 603s will work. I used to own the yn622c(canon) and it works in full manual(only) which is ok for me in studio work.

First visit to Rainier this season. Zeiss 21mm and 50mm. Made the mistake of wearing tennis shoes (trainers) and cotton socks...brr

SeattleSpeedster wrote in post #16942366
First visit to Rainier this season. Zeiss 21mm and 50mm. Made the mistake of wearing tennis shoes (trainers) and cotton socks...brr

Thanks for looking...Mike

What method do you use to balance the sky and ground exposures? I like the colourtones.

The last shot is a stitch of 3 50mm shots with no blending. I had hiked in there with nothing but my 50 and a polarizer so that's what I got. I wanted to stay til sunset but decided shorts/tshirt/tennis shoes wasn't a winning combination.

The third shot is unblended, just recaptured highlights in LR.

For the first two, I ended up at the smaller of the Reflection Lakes. Those were shot -3, 0, +3 using the $8 amazon remote. I experimented blending them by hand using alpha channel masking. It looked ok but not quite. I then went to Photomatix which 90% of the time looks like crap. Then onto Enfuse, which is the HDR plug in for Lightroom. It blends giving preference to exposure, contrast, and saturation. I played with the settings until it looked as I remembered it.

I then opened the file in Photoshop, darkened the midrange a bit, lightened some of the trees and darkened the foreground.

Hope that helps - Mike

All those shots are stunning mike. The dynamic range the sony captures is superb

Agree, all great shots Mike.

I like the whole series Mike but especially the last one.

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