You can see from this image what a dreary day it was. I must admit this wasn't much fun but it is something I have to do. It's become like a drug and whenever I haven't taken some shots for a couple of days I start to get withdrawl symptoms. Really.
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02/23/13  Panasonic G5 with the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8967
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 35 mm Aperture: f/2.8 Exposure Time: 1/1250 sec ISO: 200 • Panasonic • 12-35 f2.8
02/22/13  Panasonic G5 with the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8This image was taken at f4 which is about the best aperture for m4/3 lenses. F/5 will probable give you the same sharpness with a little more depth of field.
As you can see, even at this size everything is in focus from near to far. I did have to process some distortion out of the image but it wan nothing too dramatic.
Again, I'm really glad I kept that 14-45 kit lens. 951
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 16 mm Aperture: f/4.0 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 200 • Panasonic • 12-35 f2.8
02/21/13  Panasonic G5 with the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8The reason for this image is I wanted to see how purple fringing is controlled (or eliminated in-camera). For those of you who don't know: Panasonic adjusts for distortion and purple fringing in-camera. Olympus do not, even with their own lenses, adjust for purple fringing.
There was no adjustments made in PP for purple fringing on this image, and as you can see, there is little of it, if any at all.
Really impressed by this. I wonder if the 35-100 f2.8 zoom is the same. That's another lens test to do, I just wish I had the time for all these things I have on my to-do list. I think for every one I cross off, another 3 takes its place. As you can see, the image is quite sharp and I can't fault the lens at all.
BUT...it is expensive. Think twice before you buy this lens if all you do is general photography. 960
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 35 mm Aperture: f/4.0 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 200 • Panasonic • 12-35 f2.8
02/20/13  Panasonic G5 with the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8I wanted to test this lens pretty badly so I really didn't have a choice but to out of a cold rainy miserable day. Not my choice weather for this sort of thing but the forecast didn't exactly predict some nice weather for the foreseable future, so out I went.
My normal walk is the same as ever, a circular route around the west docks in Frankfurt, Germany. I've stated before that I know what to expect from images of this area when a good lens is used so that I can tell instantly how good a lens is by looking at the images on my screen. In my opinion the lens is too expensive for this sort of photography but the lens should come into it's own when fast apertures are required.
The original 14-45 kit lens is still hard to beat for this purpose, especially at the price. You can't buy them new because they're out of production but they do come up on ebay. my adive, Just get one, you won't regret it. 919
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 35 mm Aperture: f/4.0 Exposure Time: 1/640 sec ISO: 200 • Panasonic • 12-35 f2.8
02/19/13  Panasonic G5 with the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8Things are hotting up on the lens market for the m4/3 system. Panasonic have brought out the 12-35 f2.8 zoom (35mm=24-70mm) and a nice lens it is too. I have to test this a little more but I would say that it is not made for landscaping. I think the very good 14-45 kit lens gets better results than the f2.8 zoom. Certainly I would use this lens when portraits are required and when the light gets a little low for hand-holding a slow zoom. I like the rendition and of course it's a f2.8 lens.
When taking landscape shots you will stop the lens down for optimal depth od field (normally) so this lens has no advantage against the 14-45 kit lens. It is heavier and the build quality seems better. 967
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 26 mm Aperture: f/2.8 Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec ISO: 200 • Panasonic • 12-35 f2.8
02/11/13  Minolta 35-70 f3.5This is the last post regarding this lens for the present time. I might just sell the lens on as I can't really see me using all that often, especially since there are much better lenses out there. I tend to use my Nex cameras for legacy lenses only and I do like using the longer prime lenses. I'm not really a wide angle kind of shooter and I always take something in the 50mm+ range when going out, giving me something between 75 and 100 depending on which system I use. 1167
NEX-5N Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/30 sec ISO: 200 • Minolta • 35-70 f3.5 • bokeh • Sony • Nex-5N
02/10/13  Minolta 35-70 f3.5The reason for the image: I just hadn't seen so many Mandarin Ducks males in one place before. As I processed this image I did notice that the lens performs better at the shorter end and stopped down a little it is quite sharp. 1138
NEX-5N Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/160 sec ISO: 200 • Minolta • 35-70 f3.5 • bokeh • Sony • Nex-5N • Mandarin Ducks
02/09/13  Minolta 35-70 F3.5I was focusing on the reeds to see how the background separation works. I added some vignetting to the image to draw the the eyes towards the middle of the image. Also works. I should try this more often. I'll have to try this lens on the Nex-7 when I have the chance, it may handle a little better.
I've been thinking of getting a smaller zoom, something like the Olympus OM 35-70 f4. Anybody out there with experience of this lens? I just don't want to purchase one to find out there's hardly any difference between the Olympus and Minolta.
Converted, as usual in Nik SFXII. 1012
NEX-5N Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/125 sec ISO: 200 • Minolta • 35-70 f3.5 • bokeh • Sony • Nex-5N
02/08/13  Minolta 35-70 f3.5I wanted to see how the bokeh was with this lens and I must say it's not bad at all. I expected a lot more CA in this image that what was present which says a lot for the lens. It's actually not bad but there are better lenses out there. Maybe I should try it on a m4/3 camera, something like the G1 or G5 because they have a grip. This lens is a little bit too big for the Nex-5N. Front heavy and the balance just isn't there. 992
NEX-5N Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/60 sec ISO: 200 • Minolta • 35-70 f3.5 • bokeh • Sony • Nex-5N
02/07/13  Minolta 35-70 f3.5 zoomThis is a first for me, using an old manual focus zoom. It's not small and I tried this on the Sone Nex-5n which isn't exactly big. I have to admit the whole rig is simply a little front heavy. I may try it on the Nex-7 if I have the time but I don't think it's going to work. The reason I haven't tried these zooms before is that they tend to big and heavy. Zooms of this period were not renowned for their image quality, it's just in recent time that zooms have improved considerably thought he help of computer aided design.
I also noticed that it lacks contrast somewhat and that in itself increases post processing time. It seemed quite sharp at times and other times not. I just couldn't nail it down to a focal length and aperture setting. Looking through the test images I see they do respond to some processing quite well and the colour is accurate.
More on this lens in the next few posts. 1039
NEX-5N Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/25 sec ISO: 200 | |
