Really tired at the moment, for the right reasons (lots of work), but tired and cannot remember the last time I had a day off*.
Time to play.
Hope 25mm time, revisiting a lens I liked the day I got it and apart from the hiccup of the sub-par 16mm, like the series.
What am I looking for?
Good behaviour, a lens that gets out of the way, is invisible or at worst only adds nice things.
Sharpness.
Beautifully sharp. Like my 300mm, the sharpness holds down to very micro levels, but can seem elusive on first glance, so smooth, mild contrast sharp. For video, this is lovely.
Handling.
Silky smooth ring movement, tight mount, decent but balanced heft. I am finding hand held, wide open near macro shooting is hit and miss, but the peaking on the G9.1 is possibly not fine enough.
Bokeh.
Oh yeah.
Smooth, well behaved with a little character.
Flare control.
In the image below I am shooting straight into the sun with only a small spring leaf between the lens and old Sol. Some of my best stills lenses would struggle here.
There it is peaking through.
3d “pop”.
A bit subjective here as “pop” and good transition can be at odds, but for this lens and it’s intended use (interviews), a lovely amount of separation. This shot below also provides a decent check on vignetting and distortion.
The 50mm next.
*being a day free of camera use or processing.