It’s huge, but Kai seems to love the Zeiss Batis 18mm f2.8. Unfortunately his admission that his shots are shit seems to have reduced the amount of effort he his willing to put into showing off a particular lens. He spends the entire video on the sea shore and in one spot.
Kai takes the massive Sony 24-70 GM lens on a very uninspiring tour of London and determines it’s larger than it needs to be, but has prime level performance. It’s a shame Sony couldn’t shave a little size and weight off this lens. It’s basically a DSLR size lens without DSLR level autofocus performance.
image courtesy of japancamerahunter Most photographers that have been around a while are aware that Sony purchased Minolta/Konica about a decade ago. Minolta and Konica had rich histories in photography before their purchase, but the Minolta name and list of its accomplishments have largely been forgotten by photographers. The Japan camera hunter gives a good account of these accomplishments […]
DXO just released their Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 test results and it looks like a good balance between price/performance for portraiture. This isn’t the sharpest lens you can put on a Sony A7, but it’s close enough for 99% of shooting. The design of the Batis lenses have interested me since their announcement and I hope to pick […]
DxOMark published their list of recommended lenses for the Sony A77 II camera:
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