2012/03/25

Spring rain

During lunch time
Sony NEX-5, Leitz Summicron-C 40mm f2.0

3 comments:

Matthias said...

Your photos are fantastic. I use the Summicron-C on a NEX-C3, but cannot use the lens on f2.0 or the photos will be too soft, so I have to use f2.8 :(
Do you have the same problem on your C3? I treid two different Summicron-C, but always have that problem.
If I knew of that problem before, I would have bought a NEX-5.

hsw said...

I do not have any problem when using Summicron-C. Also, I do not use any unsharpmask filter. So, I cannot find the reason why you have a problem at f2.0.

Matthias said...

Thank you for your reply.
As far as I can tell the problem happens with lenses where the light falls onto the sensor at a low angle. The problem can be reproduced with different Summicron-Cs on my NEX-C3 and it is also there with a Canadian Summilux 35mm f1.4, which I tried in a shop once. That Summilux, like the Summicron-C, is already a bit pancake-like, compared to most other lenses.
I thought the NEX-5 might be able to cope better with this type of lens, but if you don't have this problem with your C3 at f2.0 it must be my C3 that has the problem, not all C3s...

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