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3 hours ago, Eclectic Man said:

The top half of the seascape with the cloud reminded me a bit of a blue version of a Rothko ...

(Other images edited out to save space, please see Jono's other posts for his excellent images.)

Thank you! a bit more literal, but the point was the blocks of colour, so I'm duly flattered!

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Apo Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm

f/3.1 ISO 320 1/60s 106mm

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sl-3 + Sigma 135mm at f1.8 Iso 1250 1/25 sec handheld, only postprocessing in monochrome

 

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Blue skies came out for Easter in Boston

 

 

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The 90mm APO SL Summicron doesn't seem to generate lens correction data on the SL3.  It does, however, produce a much narrower depth of field than the 100mm Panasonic (here at f3.5), followed by a couple using the Summicron at f2:

 

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Pointing the 90mm APO Summicron into the sun upsets it, however:

 

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1 hour ago, scott kirkpatrick said:

I was also impressed.  I don't have anything 100 macro that autofocuses on the SL3, but I might give it a try with my R100/2.8 macro.

The Panasonic 100mm f2.8 Macro lens is under 300g ...

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Sigma 85mm f1.4

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Sigma 85mm f1.4

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10 hours ago, algrove said:

Jono

You sure seem to be having fun with that 100. How do you find it when comparing it to the APO 90?

 

11 hours ago, tom0511 said:

great images Jono. How do you like the lens / what do you think?

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It’s unbelievably small and light, at just under 300gm it’s less than half the weight of the SL APO, and it focuses notably faster on the SL3. 
I imagine that doing a detailed IQ comparison the APOs would be better. Still, this is 1/4 price! It has nice bokeh and goes down to 1:1 as well. 

I was expecting to have it in my bag for occasional use, but it’s actually a joy to use  - although light and plasticky it does feel quite solid

what’s not to like!

all the best to you both

Jono

 

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1 hour ago, jonoslack said:

 

Hi there

It’s unbelievably small and light, at just under 300gm it’s less than half the weight of the SL APO, and it focuses notably faster on the SL3. 
I imagine that doing a detailed IQ comparison the APOs would be better. Still, this is 1/4 price! It has nice bokeh and goes down to 1:1 as well. 

I was expecting to have it in my bag for occasional use, but it’s actually a joy to use  - although light and plasticky it does feel quite solid

what’s not to like!

all the best to you both

Jono

 

Regarding focus speed, particularly evident when using FAc, Panasonic and Sigma have very, very fine lenses with very fast focussing mechanisms. Personally, I use Sigma 85mm DG DN and Sigma 70-200 DG DN when primarily shooting in AFc mode. The Leica APOs work as well, clearly, but focus speed is slower. Panasonic has also many fast focusing lenses, 100 mm macro included. Diversity is good!

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Thank you Jono!

I just compared cropped APO SL 75 images to the 100 Macro Para. I don't own the 90 APO, but from what I have seen in the Internet the 90 might draw even slightly smoother than the 75.

The 100 Pana images are really nice, sharp, good bokeh. But from first look I preferred the (cropped to same FOV) images from the 75 (I shot the 75 at f2.0 and the 100 at f2.8).

The bokeh is even smoother and the midtowns seem richer. Sorry I don't have time today to post images. I have to admit though that the light weight of the 100, the focal length and combination of a Macro and portrait lens makes it very interesting.

 

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36 minutes ago, helged said:

Regarding focus speed, particularly evident when using FAc, Panasonic and Sigma have very, very fine lenses with very fast focussing mechanisms. Personally, I use Sigma 85mm DG DN and Sigma 70-200 DG DN when primarily shooting in AFc mode. The Leica APOs work as well, clearly, but focus speed is slower. Panasonic has also many fast focusing lenses, 100 mm macro included. Diversity is good!

How is the 70-200 DG DN? I'm very tempted!

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