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| A7r, 55 FE, f/1.8, 1/80s, ISO 320. Click through to zoom in. |
Ok, this is a post for the camera gear nerds mostly. A lot of photographers are talking about the Sony A7r and the two primes released with it (the 35 and the 55). It seems everyone is writing a review and normally I'd just be out shooting with new toys but since I'm tied to sitting in one place and then another my options are limited. So I photograph what is within reach and usually means just the kids. Many are reporting the new lenses are sharp and I can verify, yep they are. The image above was shot hand held at 1/80s, looks pretty good to me. I used the eye focus feature on the A7/A7r and am generally finding that it works very well.
Close up of the eye, looks great to me. I sharpened my standard amount of 70/0.8/44 in Lightroom and at ISO 320 the file holds up to the sharpening well.
I noticed that qualitatively the 55 f/1.8 has fairly pleasing bokeh and so I wanted to compare against the Leica 50 f/1.4 Summilux.
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| Sony 55 out of focus highlights |
This is kind of torture test for bokeh and this is actually quite good. There is faint bit of green fringing on the edge of the highlight with the Sony.
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| Leica 50 f/1.4 Summilux out of focus highlights |
The Leica is also good but omits the fringing of the Sony. I also compared sharpness and found the Sony to be as good if not better than the Leica at all apertures, especially at the edges. Not bad for the Sony at 1/4 the price, even if it is physically larger, but you get AF.
