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A dog's life is not so bad. A7ii body with Batis 85mm lens. 1/5 second, f2.5, ISO 100. Developed in Lightroom and finished in Topaz Impressions.

A7 Mark II using Batis 85 shot wide open at f1.8. 1/1600 second at ISO 100. Developed in Lightroom using Pretty Presets. 25% of saturation removed.

One off my trip to family in Indonesia Jakarta. Taken with the Sony a7r II + Batis 85mm WWW | Jakarta Indonesia by Daan Wagner, Wagner Photography

Hi, Photo Zone and Lens Rental are my two trusted sources when it comes to lens resolution review. But from time to time, I am baffled to see quite some discrepancy between them. Wanted to make a post here to see if anyone had the same doubts or have answers to this. Eg.1 photo zone shows very minor difference in resolution between the batis 85 and Sony 85 1.8, while LensRental shows the MTF chart between the two lens has quite a perceivable difference. Eg.2 photo zone shows quite a bit resolution difference between the Zony 55 1.8 and Sony 85 1.8. While LensRental shows the MTF charts are very comparable between the two. The first discrepancy might be explained in that the main difference in LensRental MTF chart is in the high frequency lines, and the CMOS pixel density was not fine enough to pick up the difference. (50lp/mm is equivalent to 1200 line pairs across the sensor height of 24mm, while A7R2 has around 5000pixel across CMOS height, so about 4 pixels per line pair, 2 pixels per line) However the second discrepancy really baffles me. Maybe it’s because of different focus distance? (LensRental does test at infinite distance, while photo zone does it at a finite if not close distance) Anyone has any thoughts on this? reference: http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/overview#sony_aps https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/06/sharpness-tests-of-the-sony-fe-85mm-f1-8-g/ https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2016/06/the-sony-fe-lenses-mtf-and-variance-summary/

That Candid moment when our model smile with joy holding a playful sausage dog. Captured with a7rII, batis 85, single studio portrait light. www.instagram.com/billchenphoto/ www.billchenphotography.com

Testing new Firmware 20 with native Sony 85mm Batis. Very sharp with good bokeh. A7mkII body, Zeiss 85mm Batis, 1/2000, f1.8, ISO 100

Hi guys, I just got my A7RII recently and has been adapting a Leica 35 1/.4 lens I borrowed from a friend who don't use it much. I never knew manual focus can be so much fun. (tried my friend's leica lens on a leica body, not so enjoyable. now given the multiple interesting functions on A7RII requires a native FE lens, I'm now in the search for a new native e mount lens that I may take out together with my leica 35/1.4. I have been considering between FE 55/1.8 and Batis 85/1.8. Wonder what would be your recommendation. I think I might mostly be taking them during city strolls and travel, maybe some portrait infrequently. ultra wide angle can be assisted with my canon lenses (list at the end). my current thoughts: FE55: very light, fast AF, top notch IQ. all-rounded focal length, can do both street and portraits photography. but would I be able to somewhat replace it through cropping with leica 35? Batis 85: relatively more specialised lens for portraits and tight framed scenes. might be more difference from (and potentially a better match with) leica 35? I have tried Batis 85 in Sony show room (but only on A7s), its AF seems slow. (manual focus 35 is not that quick for me so ideal the other lens could focus quick enough for capturing precious instants) any other suggestions? 90 macro is a top notch lens and macro works can be fun, but would it worths for relatively limited amount of macro work? I also have canon 16-35/4 IS, 24-70/2.8 II, 70-200/4 IS, Sigma 35/1.4. But they are just way too big for A7RII and only used in very limited specific occasions, or used on canon body directly (no longer any weight saving after adding the adapter and the AF speed of canon lens on A7Rii is just acceptable, esp 70-200. this also makes buying sony zoom less an ideal options, unless I decide to sell all my canon gears I guess. Thanks a lot.

Say hello to Winnie (mostly Cocker and some Poodle) First photo with my right out of the box Batis 85 f1.8, 1/200 at ISO 100 using AF-C focusing.