Yeah, the 16mm lens is the lens people love to hate, but thanks to David, I gave it a try and found it pretty useful. I recently got the .75 converter, making it a 12mm lens. Now, I've not had anything this wide before, so I'm still trying to get used to it! Not sure how best to use it, but I'm trying.
http://www.computingbits.com/gallery/12 ... _small.jpg
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What's annoying is that I forget which photos I took with the converter and which without, so some of what I think may be 12mm photos are really 16mm.
Oh, and I was getting moire artifacts, once I processed from RAW, so I don't think sharpness is a problem, through most of the photo. The corners, well, let's hope you don't have anything important there!!! Corners are pretty sad unless stopped down a lot. BTW, I find that the RAW processing is even more important with this lens. The CA is kind of noticeable, but I think the whole image sharpens up with post-processing the CA. Nothing's perfect, but if you can live with a bit of imperfection, this seems like a great bang-for-the-buck combo. How are you going to beat it? With something larger and a lot more expensive, probably!
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Re: 12mm
Vidgamer, I bought that .75 converter for E16mm as well and I have concluded like you that the image quality is as good as the 16mm alone and the main problem is CA. Quite a lot of careful work with the sliders is required to remove the CA. In addition my 16mm is good, but only after Sony had it back for repair.
Re: 12mm
Thanks!Birma wrote:Very nice picture Vidgamer - great tractor and I think that is a fantastic example of a wide angle shot
Here's another one I uploaded. I'm still confused as to which photos were taken with the adapter and which were not!
http://www.computingbits.com/gallery/12 ... _small.jpg
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I'm surprised they were able to adjust it. I've seen comments about how it's shimmed in place or something where it's not really that adjustable? I dunno. Can't believe everything written on the internet.alphaomega wrote:Vidgamer, I bought that .75 converter for E16mm as well and I have concluded like you that the image quality is as good as the 16mm alone and the main problem is CA. Quite a lot of careful work with the sliders is required to remove the CA. In addition my 16mm is good, but only after Sony had it back for repair.
I guess with the 5n, with it's built-in adjustments, it would look better OOC. I've found that DxO is giving me a lens upgrade. Photos come out sharper, CA mostly removed or at least reduced, distortion straightened.... And then there's a corresponding "camera upgrade", by getting the most DR out of RAW, adjusting color, etc. So, my thinking is that while these e-mount lenses are compomises, their weaknesses are greatly reduced making it a real bang-for-buck value.
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