Dr. G Posted January 18, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 18, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) This past weekend I had to help a friend with a project for his business. We had to do a product shoot and I took a simple setup of a portable light box, SL2-S, Summicron-SL 25, 50 and 75. I ended up using the 75 for the whole shoot. The challenge was that without a tilt function I had to use apertures of 18-22 to keep everything in focus in a single shot. Last time I helped him with something like this I was using my a7r iv and G Master lenses. As I was using similar apertures I found that diffraction became a bit of an issue with the Sony system and had to do a lot in post to try to correct as many of the flaws as possible. My images taken with the SL2-S and SL 75 have been incredibly easy to edit. I didn't need to edit the colors much (it always took a long time with my Sony setup) and the sharpness and lack of diffraction at higher apertures is really impressive. If I have one complaint, it's that a depth of field preview would have helped a lot and I could have worked more efficiently without having had to take test shots at different apertures. Once I'm done editing and have permission I'll post a few images. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chuck Albertson Posted January 18, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 18, 2022 That's an interesting take on the SL line - most people focus on their performance wide open. The SL (Type 601) has a DoF preview, but for some reason it has been left out of the SL2 and SL2-S firmware. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lehner Posted January 18, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 18, 2022 Just press the trigger half and move the distance barrel 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Richardson Posted January 19, 2022 Share #4 Posted January 19, 2022 Diffraction is a property of the aperture, not the camera...are you sure you are just not noticing it? The SL2S is 24mp rather than 61mp, so it would show a lot less diffraction at 100% than the A7RIV.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. G Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted January 19, 2022 Perhaps that's why I'm not seeing it. I can say that sharpness doesn't suffer too heavily at higher apertures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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