Low light lens

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Low light lens

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Which is your favorite ? Mine is 135ZA, it produces killer images.
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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!

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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).
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Pirate wrote: ..... would love a lens that gave DOF without flash and wide open (ish).
You're wanting to defy the laws of physics :)
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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...
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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:

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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.

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Nice shot David.
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