Check out the review of the Minolta AF 35mm F/2 lens, which turned in a stellar performance. This diminutive wide angle lens is as close to perfect as you can get on an APS-C camera, and almost as good on a full frame camera. For landscapes, I’d prefer this lens to the much more expensive Sony 35mm F/1.4…
A few people wrote to me and said my entry yesterday was off base because dpreview said the new lenses were “pre production” and scheduled for a 2010 release. I didn’t base the information written yesterday on what dpreview put out, I read the Sony press release, then wrote my comments.
Below is the Sony press release concerning the …
Sony once again offers some “conceptual” products. One of those products is a Carl Zeiss Distagon 24mm F/2, which was first offered up (called “large aperture wide angle fixed”) at a 2007 trade show, and a 500mm F/4 lens, (also shown a couple of years ago) which I estimate will have a $7000-$8000 price tag. Other conceptual products are …
Darn it! I usually like to do the full review of a lens before I try any comparisons, but the Minolta 35mm F/2 is so good, I can’t hold back! This comparison is between the super expensive Sony 35mm F/1.4, and the medium priced Minolta AF 35mm F/2, which is getting awfully hard to find lately, now I …
We’ve had some cloudy and rainy weather here in Tucson this past week or so, now I’m finally getting caught up on my jobs, (real paying jobs that is), and soon I’ll have time to finish up and post either the comparison between the Sony 35mm F/1.4 and Minolta 35mm F/2, or the complete Minolta 35mm F/2 review, I’m …
I finally have the 35mm comp done. This time you can check out the differences between the CZ Sony 16-35mm @35mm, and the uber expensive Sony 35mm F/1.4. Surprisingly, the CZ holds up very well when comparing the centers, even wide open at F/2.8. The corners are a different story, and the Sony 35mm is sharper at F/2.8-4, which …
Time for a few random thoughts about what’s coming up, and the rumors about what Sony will introduce before the PMA show later this month.
I’m still working on the Minolta 35mm F/2 review, and a comp between the CZ 16-35mm and Sony 35mm F/1.4, which I’d like to post next. It’s been cloudy with some occasional rain here …
I forgot to mention in the last update that I’ve moved the Sensor cleaning article to the lens review page, it’s in the bottom right square. I don’t know about you folks, but I’m not cleaning my sensor much anymore unless there’s a huge blob visible in my pictures somewhere. It seems after a while, the dirt doesn’t get …