Yeh i've got the 30M too. didnt like it for portraits. not bokehlicious enough.
SEL50 is nice.. but wide open its not super sharp. ): My Sigma30/2.8 is very sharp.. and i do prefer that distance. i feel a little claustrophobic with the 50.

just noticed... I CAN'T DO BW SHOOTING WITH SAMYANG!!!

I'm using FF body, don't really have enough budget for either FE1635 or the FE35 f1.4 though.
35mm is much more versatile length I think, and very compact. Erm...let me think.

This post has been edited by ganick5461: Nov 2 2015, 10:07 PM

30mm la

This post has been edited by hanafinoor: Nov 2 2015, 10:41 PM

You mean 35? Sony's 30mm is for crop if I'm not mistaken.

It's wider yes, but it's not really much brighter than the kit.

As for versatility, it's arguable because some like the 35 Focal Length while others like the 55. Personally, while I prefer the AOV of the 35mm between the two (I like wider FLs), the 55 is a much more flexible FL IMHO.

I mean, you can do portrait or landscape just the same with the 55 - while in comparison the 35 wouldn't be preferable for portraits (beside environmental/contextual/group portraits) due to the slight perspective distortion (of the FL, not optical distortion of the lens).

But that's just what I think. If you prefer the 35, there's no problem in getting the 35.

Another alternative, why not the FE28? It's fast (f/2), wide, sharp and even takes converters to go even wider.

Lol... back in the day exclusively portrait lenses aren't even supposed to be sharp wide open. The slight unsharpness was "flattering" for portraits.

But then, that was back before the age of Photoshop. Nowadays people just shoot sharp and smoothen the heck out of everything in PS lol.

But yeah, the SEL50 isn't super sharp by any measure... but the bokeh is sublime. I just shoot it slightly stopped down and it sharpens right up though - shooting wide open gives me a razor thin DOF anyway, especially for closer shots.

As for it being a tight FL, the SEL50 is a 75mm equivalent on FF. That's already a short tele, of course ler it's gonna be tight. I use it for tighter shots that I can't get with my usual SEL20 (which sits on my 2nd body almost 100% of the time for snapshots).

That said, the Siggy 30 is a fine lens too, though I kinda prefer Sony colour rendering compared to Sigma's.

What do you mean you can't shoot BW with the Samyang? I just dug out my camera and tested this - I could shoot BW no problem with the 12mm.

I used the BW Creative Style though, which is buried somewhere in the menus.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Nov 3 2015, 09:57 AM

Just a quick question,
SEL50F18, the lens turn ring is there any function in aperture first mode or others?

Err no.... unless you enable DMF (or MF) under AF. That ring is for focusing and focusing only.

AFAIK you can't assign it to do anything else unfortunately, as with every other E-mount lens that lacks an actual aperture ring (except the Distagon 35, which has one).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Nov 3 2015, 10:52 AM

Hi, i own nex5n with kitlens, today i found out that my lens have 2 spot of fungus. Is there any method to stop and remove the fungus w/o sending it for service? If no, where is recommended service centre that provide the service? And how much roughly the price will be? Im from KL btw... Thx

sell FE 28-70mm and get FE 28mm F2 and FE 55 F1.8
you also can buy ultra wide converter for FE 28mm to achieve 21mm F2.8

Yeah, hehe, my bad. I usually uses the one in Picture Effect, instead of Creative Style.

I remember reading about setting a certain distance on the MF so that whenever I shoot, subjects covered in the distance will be focus whereas the rest would be out of focus. How that works, really?

Err... that's Zone Focusing and DOF? The markings on the lens generally give you an idea of what distance it focuses at, and aperture determines DOF - but I usually don't bother and just do f/8-11 and infinity unless I need to get close; which is just a matter of peaking and praying pol.

How it works... err... Not really sure how to explain, but I know it has something to do with the circle of confusion. Or something lol.

akira87 Normally for fungus servicing I send my lenses over to Ving Son Service over at Klang Lama (contact him at zero-one-six-6322968) or J-One over at Amcorp PJ.

Prices not so sure cause it's been a while since I last sent in any fungified lenses - but expect something around RM80-100 depending on how bad the fungi outbreak is.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Nov 3 2015, 12:15 PM

Thanks for your advise, I just went to YL and got the 55mm. The 28mm will be on my next lens list, quite cheap though.

This post has been edited by ganick5461: Nov 3 2015, 12:16 PM

Can't sell it la, the kit zoom quite handy sometimes.

U can buy FE 16-35 F4 or Voigtlander 15mm F4.5 III to pair with it. best combo for travel, covers ultra wide to short tele.

28mm is a must buy lens, not so expensive and good in quality.
I also only got 55 and 28 as AF lens, the rest are all manual

This post has been edited by philipcs: Nov 3 2015, 01:57 PM

Yup, i bought the Voigtlander 15mm F4.5 III because of the small size and easy to carry around. However, this lens is not that light in weight

It's not light? How is the older V2 then?

Thinking of getting the smaller V2 to replace the SEL20 for snapshot duty on my 5T. If it's heavy then maybe not.

Anyway, spam of the day:

Dead Red Desolate by Eirakkun, on Flickr

I have v2 on my a7s last time and it is light and small. very easy to use. just point and shoot no need to focus

GOOD FLARE RESIST


super sharp star from light.

Due to the III is bigger and full metal built quality, it difinitely heavier than II. But is not like very heavy lah. Later I weight.