Sony A7r II with Zeiss Batis 85mm f1.8

[Peter Coulson]

© Peter Coulson 2015

Photographer: Peter Coulson @ www.peter-coulson.com.au
Model: Bec Vicious Models

Natural light

Make: Sony
Model:sony A7r II
Shutter Speed:1/125 second
Aperture:f/2
Lens: Zeiss Batis 85mm f1.8
ISO Speed:100

 

 

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[Cheatah]

Sorry, these portraits are nice, but not really as crisp as expected at their eyes.  But this has nothing to do with the new camera and lens! It is not focused properly by the photographer!

 

No doubt, I can get it better with my comparable old C/Y Zeiss Planar 1,4/85mm adapted on my Sony A7!

[964ducktail]

Beautiful work as usual Peter.

[swldstn]

Sorry, these portraits are nice, but not really as crisp as expected at their eyes.  But this has nothing to do with the new camera and lens! It is not focused properly by the photographer!

 

No doubt, I can get it better with my comparable old C/Y Zeiss Planar 1,4/85mm adapted on my Sony A7!

Can you provide a link to a portraits that you considered in better focus?

[christer]

Can you provide a link to a portraits that you considered in better focus?

 

https://500px.com/photo/118490227/emptyname-by-nix-pix?from=set&set_id=2336731

 

I hope the comparison is valid as the picture was shot with a 30 year old Olympus Zuiko 100mm f/2,8 lens.  ;-)

[christer]

Hier in höhere Auflösung:

 

https://www.amazon.fr/clouddrive/share/4a23Sk1JJ3nqlzvn7iXCdpSXmNz6kjElJEsU2ckl2Ik?ref_=cd_share_link_copy

[DigitalMinds Photography]

Great picture!

[Miraks]

Such a legend Peter

[seb]

Sorry, these portraits are nice, but not really as crisp as expected at their eyes.  But this has nothing to do with the new camera and lens! It is not focused properly by the photographer!

 

No doubt, I can get it better with my comparable old C/Y Zeiss Planar 1,4/85mm adapted on my Sony A7!

 

Hmm... I'm glad he didn't focused the eyes perfectly (the picture get's some sadness with that). I think this is just art not a sharpness test (look at his website).

Not everything has to be on the third rule and on eye fokus to please the humans mind.

 

And the C/Y Zeiss Planar 1,4/85mm: Yeah! Love that lens too, it's one of my few legacies.

 

@Peter: Well done!

[Peter Coulson]

Sorry, these portraits are nice, but not really as crisp as expected at their eyes.  But this has nothing to do with the new camera and lens! It is not focused properly by the photographer!

 

No doubt, I can get it better with my comparable old C/Y Zeiss Planar 1,4/85mm adapted on my Sony A7!

This was from my very first shoot with both camera and lens. And this was using the auto focus on spot,  you can see auto focus will always focus on the eye lashes and not the catch light in the eye, at f2 you can't get both sharp thats why I always use manual focus. I did have trouble getting use to focusing manually with focus by wire. I prefer a mechanical manual focus over wire. I'm doing more tests this week and will keep you informed.

[seb]

hmm... brings me to an idea I have to test on the next portraits... manual focus with a fast portrait lense (85/1.4) slightly behind the eye (same distance like to the eye lashes but behind) and then resharp the eye pupil in post. the pupil should pop out with that...

[christer]

This was from my very first shoot with both camera and lens. And this was using the auto focus on spot,  you can see auto focus will always focus on the eye lashes and not the catch light in the eye, at f2 you can't get both sharp thats why I always use manual focus. I did have trouble getting use to focusing manually with focus by wire. I prefer a mechanical manual focus over wire. I'm doing more tests this week and will keep you informed.

 

Yes it is darn difficult to focus on the eye itself rather than on the eye lashes. I shot a few pictures last nicht, mainly using one small  _domestic_ halogen spot as sole source of light. I used the 55mm 1,8 (auto eye focus) and my old Zuiko 2,8 100mm from my film days. The extreme lighting situation is truly not typical, but I found that most keepers were made with the manual lens. Sure, in other situations it may be the other way round. Some pics from the shooting are in the "Riane" set, (URL below) with lens data if you scroll down..

 

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https://500px.com/Nix-Pix/sets

[blackfeather]

superb.

[Sandokan]

It looks to me as if the pupils and cornea are sharp but not the eyelashes. A good reason to stop down to f2.8   What was your working distance to the model?