Jump to content

helged

Members
  • Posts

    3,965
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

7 Followers

Contact Methods

Profile Information

  • Member Title
    enjoying light, simply
  • Country
    Norge

Converted

  • City
    Norway
  • Job
    Researcher
  • Your Leica Products / Deine Leica Produkte
    M, R, S006, S3, SL2-S, SL3, SF-60/SF-C1
  • Website

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

  1. I don’t have access to Sigma 85 and SL90 where I am at present, otherwise I would run some twin shots for comparison. I would say that the Sigma - wide open - has a palette with somewhat deduced blues compared to SL90; or that the latter has a more vivid palette. I actually like the Sigma colours, but I dont know the extent to which the Sigma palette blends in a mix with images taken with the SL primes.
  2. Looks excellent! The lens is very small and light, so I would really like to use it. Hopefully I get the lans back fixed, or another lens that is acvirding ti the specs… Looking forward seeing images from your adventure!
  3. For AFs, the APOs work perfectly well. For AFc at 4 or 5 fps (with AFc), Sigma 85, 70-200 and SL24-90 focus faster. The above is based on my experience with our doggie running towards me. And actually, SL50Lux is much faster than I would expect based on the previous SL-bodies. It is still slow-ish (ans slower than the APOs), but it is much improved on SL3. This is great since the SL50Lux can deliver special images.
  4. I actually think that really fast-focusing Leica lenses may see the light (=being produced) when bodies allow for, lets say, 10-ish fps with AFc. So 1-2 SL-body generations forward in time.
  5. If fast AF, particularly AFc on SL3, is central to you shooting, SL24-90 is much faster than the SL-APO-Crons. I don’t have experience with the non-APO-Crons, but I understand these are fast focussing lenses as well.
  6. The Sigma 85 is much quicker to focus compared to SL90-APO-Cron. The 85 is a lovely lens; not as bitingly sharp wide open as the SL APO-Crons, but this can also be used as an advantage. Nice and pleasant oof (or bokeh) rendering; much better for my eyes than the SL90Cron. The lens is well corrected, although some weak croma might bee seen in oof highlights; nothing that has bothered me, anyway. One aspect to be considered is the colour rendering; this is somewhat different from the SL-APO-Crons. The latter being very consistent regarding colours. I think you need to see and check in order to decide whether this difference is of importance for you (not a problem for me). All in all, I very much like and appreciate the Sigma 85mm DG DN lens; this is the 90mm-ish lens I go for if AF is of importance.
  7. +1. Both Sigma and Panasonic have lenses that focus very fast in general, on SL3 included. The SL non-APOs are rebranded+ Panasonic lenses, with fast AF. Personally, I use Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 DG DN and Sigma 85mm f1.8 for their fast (and mostly accurate) AF, also in AFc with 4 (14 bit) or 5 (12 bit) fps on SL3. Actually, I use the Sigma 85mm as a fast AF alternative to SL90. As a side note: A very fast focusing Leica lens on SL3 is SL24-90. Not a prime clearly, and not a small lens by any means, but fast focusing it is. I think the same holds for SL90-280, but I don’t have that lens anymore.
  8. I was told it was likely a misalingnment/decentering of a lens element.
  9. +1. I eagerly wait to report back that the issue with the 500mm has been resolved! I do have - and I am overly satisfied with - Sigma 70-200 f2.8 DG DN (as well as Sigma 85mm f1.8), so Sigma delivers, no doubt about that. The quality control can, as always, improve.
  10. Please report back regarding your Sigma 500! The lens I picked up a week ago or so was soft at long(ish) distances. It was sharp on short distances, though. But still unusable. The lens will either go to service, or it will be swopped with another lens. The size/weight is really something; one can easily bring this lens around (given it's a 500mm).
  11. Some of todays impressions from our little farmhouse. SL3 with S180. From W Norway (as always...).
  12. Moon illuminated fjord view. Hardanger, W Norway. SL3 with SL50Lux.
  13. No, it's not about AF. I did run tests with and w/o AF, same result (also with/wo stabilisation, with/wo electronic shutter). The lens is sharp at close distances, though. At longer distances, the images are soft, possibly due to lens misalignment. The lens is now being serviced, so I have some hope that things can be resolved. Second option is to test another version of the lens.
  14. I picked up a Sigma 500 f5.6 DG DN Sport today. The lens will unfortunately have to go back to the store; it's simply not sharp. I suspect I have got a bad copy and I want to test another copy just to check... Those that are using the Sigma 500 DG DN in L-mount; please chime in regarding the sharpness of your copy ( @mschuette and others...). I add an example here, shot at f5.6 from tripod with electronic shutter on and stabilisation off (I also run some tests with the stabiliser activated, same results; also same result stopping down to f8). To be sure, I shot with both SL3 and SL2-S, same softness. Image is with SL3, the cropped image is from the centre of the main image and with 100 percent magnification. No processing, just uploading in Lightroom and exporting jpegs. Regarding Sigma and sharpness: The Sigma 70-200 f2.8 DG DN Sport is amazingly sharp...
  15. Can't really tell who it comes to portraits; I have 'only' been using the lens for landscape (at 'infinity' and for close details) and our doggie so far. Sharpness wide open and at 200 mm is amazing; focus fall-off is nice and (generally) smooth, so I would think the lens is well suited for portraits. It is always wise to test out gear upfront - to the extent that such options exist...
×
×
  • Create New...