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Low light lens
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:20 am
by jozphoto
Which is your favorite ? Mine is 135ZA, it produces killer images.
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:54 pm
by AndyG
All-time favourite was the Vivitar Series1 28mm f/1.9 on an XD7. The Sigma 28/1.8 AF doesn't seem anything like as good and I can't afford a Minolta 28/2 (yet!).
Currently getting good results with the Tamron 11-18 on an Alpha with SSS but would be interested to see an 18/2!
AndyG
Re: Low light lens
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:07 pm
by Pirate
jozphoto wrote:Which is your favorite ? Mine is 135ZA, it produces killer images.
First post . . but . . what's a 135ZA lens?
In low light conditions, I used my Minolta 50mm f1.7 AF and I had to have it wide open more-or-less and got shallow DOF as a result. Was under tungsten lighting conditions and no flash allowed!
would love a lens that gave DOF without flash and wide open (ish).
Re: Low light lens
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:16 pm
by rogprov
Pirate wrote:
..... would love a lens that gave DOF without flash and wide open (ish).
You're wanting to defy the laws of physics
Re: Low light lens
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:08 pm
by Dr. Harout
Pirate wrote:
First post . . but . . what's a 135ZA lens?
135mm Sony-Carl Zeiss lens (more precisely Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135/1.8 ZA, code: SAL-135F18Z). A lens I don't own but desperately wish...
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:16 pm
by David Kilpatrick
28mm f2 for me. I tend to be close in in low light. Here's an Alpha 700 shot - Kelso Abbey on the way back home from the post tonight:
1/50th at f2, handheld, 6400 ISO, tungsten setting, normal NR. Reduced to 1000 pixel width and verticals corrected before doing this, using distortion to get a better balance than the original shot.
David
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:23 am
by Dr. Harout
Nice shot David.