Showcase Sony FE 28mm f/2.0

[michealj]

Matt, what was your exposure for the Milky Way shot? Thanks.

 

[michealj]

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AL_Chalk_DSC2639.jpg by Micheal Johnson, on Flickr

 

[unlo]

Matt, what was your exposure for the Milky Way shot? Thanks.

I added it to the post.

 

[SamSS]

It's been quiet in this room.
I shot these in April 2016 of the B of A building in Dallas where shooting occurred back in July 2016
7m2 + FE 28mm @ f8 ...shot through a glass window

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Another shot with 7R2 + Sigma 35mm Art @ f4 at night.

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[ggibson]

I've really taken a liking to this lens in the last year. Normally my 55/1.8 gets the most use on my camera, but my 28/2 has slowly been catching up as a walk-around lens. It's much easier to get shots of my fast-moving toddler using a wider focal length!

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[runnerpsu]

I've really taken a liking to this lens in the last year. Normally my 55/1.8 gets the most use on my camera, but my 28/2 has slowly been catching up as a walk-around lens. It's much easier to get shots of my fast-moving toddler using a wider focal length!

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Beautiful set. Love the first one. Like you, I find myself using my 28 over my 55 when walking around. Can't go wrong with either, IMO!

 

[WoodWorks]

Yeah, that first one is golden.

 

[Kiwi Paul]

Here's one from my 28 f2.

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[Kiwi Paul]

I had a "prime day" last week, went out with my 10, 28 and 55. It was nice to just use primes for a change. The 10mm can be used as a 15mm equiv if I set the camera to crop mode.
here's another taken with the 28.

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[tino84]

Just bought used for 250€, just like very much the rendering

ILCE-7    FE 28mm F2    28mm    f/4.0    1/4000s    ISO 200

ILCE-7    FE 28mm F2    28mm    f/2.2    1/400s    ISO 200

 

[tino84]

With macro ring 16mm

ILCE-7    FE 28mm F2    28mm    f/2.0    1/3200s    ISO 125

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Morning naps are important to little girls...

NEX-7       28mm    f/2.0    1/60s    ISO 100

Nex-7 w/FE 2/28

 

[adammaniam]

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[adammaniam]

With the UWC on. A7rii.

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[bdbits]

Where is this? You in a tall building, or a helicopter/airplane? I'd guess a building as it looks like perhaps a long exposure to me.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Rediscovered some 'auto' focus rings I'd gotten some time ago (Christmas gift?).
Decided to try them out on the A7ii w/FE 28/2.
Here's a shot with the 10mm tube:

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And here's one with the 16mm tube:

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Both shots are SOOC jpegs done with just a quick and dirty setup on the tripod with available light from the front window (image left). I think this shows that with some serious setup this makes for a more than viable macro lens setup.
What do you think?

 

[Ad Dieleman]

Rediscovered some 'auto' focus rings I'd gotten some time ago (Christmas gift?).
Decided to try them out on the A7ii w/FE 28/2.
Here's a shot with the 10mm tube:
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And here's one with the 16mm tube:
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Both shots are SOOC jpegs done with just a quick and dirty setup on the tripod with available light from the front window (image left). I think this shows that with some serious setup this makes for a more than viable macro lens setup.
What do you think?

The second picture shows some serious fringing at the lower left side of the battery's label; also a fair amount of pin-cushion distortion is visible at the bottom of the battery. Would put me off, to be honest.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Like I said Ad, it was a very quick setup. I don't think I got the sensor perfectly aligned parallel to the surface so that may be adding to what you're describing.

 

[Ad Dieleman]

Like I said Ad, it was a very quick setup. I don't think I got the sensor perfectly aligned parallel to the surface so that may be adding to what you're describing.

Hmm, doubt it. Both aberrations don't really depend on having the subject plane parallel to the sensor plane, so I suspect that this won't go away by doing that. I'm not surprised really that this happens with a fast wide-angle lens that is used outside its specified range. The pincushion distortion may be correctable in Lightroom as well as (part of) the chromatic aberration. I can imagine that this will work well with e.g. flowers if you're able to mitigate fringing, wide-angle lenses are fun to use for that.

 

[TedG954]

A7RII Sony 28mm f2 Cropped (and you never have to worry about soft corners)

ILCE-7RM2    ---    28mm    f/2.0    1/640s    ISO 100

ILCE-7RM2    FE 28mm F2    28mm    f/2.0    1/640s    ISO 100