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Depth

I was in Madison Wisconsin this weekend to see my sister and nephew.  I had some opportunity to take some shots with my NEX 7.  I’m still very happy with it’s results.  I think its auto white balance is better than my Leica M9.

This shot is a close-up of an organ’s keys.  I really liked the texture of the keys and thought a close-up would work well.  I set my f-stop to 1.8 so that I could get some depth of field.  I think it turned out well.  The “bokeh” is good but in my opinion it’s not as smooth as my Leica lenses.

ISO 500 1/60s f1.8 zeiss 24mm

 

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Sony NEX-7 – Our Future @ 9 months

I recently posted pics of our baby girl on our couch at nine months.  The picture posted was taken with my Leica M9 and Noctilux.  I also took a few pictures with my Sony NEX-7 and Zeiss 24mm.  Because, Aperture does’t process NEX-7 RAW files currently, I’m using Capture One Express and finally got around to processing them.

I have to say the images in my opinion are comparable to my Leica M9.  The sharpness is dead on and the colors are great.  I even noticed that the Leica M9 output causes some red tones in her skin that is not seen on the NEX-7 (I’ve heard others comment about these red tones but I never really noticed other than when shooting at high ISO’s).  Let me know your thoughts?

P.S. If you want to see the full size images let me know and I can email them to you.  Last, even though I speak very highly of the Sony NEX-7, I still love shooting with my Leica.  There is something I find fascinating shooting with an all manual camera (I suppose I like the challenge).

 ISO 100 1/200 f/1.8 24mm zeiss

 ISO 100 1/200 f/1.8 24mm zeiss

ISO 160 1/1000 f/.95 50mm

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Close-up shots with Sony NEX-7 & Zeiss 24mm f/1.8

This will probably be my last post in regards to showing the capabilities of the NEX-7 & Zeiss 24mm.  I typically leave these types of post to other bloggers but since there are not too many of us that have this camera, I felt that I should post some initial pictures and thoughts.

The Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 can focus within 6 inches of it’s subject.  I’ve had other lenses in the past that had this capability but since using my Leica lenses I’ve grown accustomed to having to be about 3 feet from my subjects.

These shots were all taken within 6-12 inches from my subject.  I’m truly amazed on the quality, detail, and sharpness when looking at these pictures at full resolution.  I definitely think Sony has a winner, my only hope is the next one will be a full frame sensor.

I’ve posted the original picture and a 100% crop of my subject.

ISO 160 1/60 f/1.8 24mm

ISO 100 f/1.8 1/60 24mm 

ISO 320 f/1.8 1/60 24mm

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