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very good lens for Black and White Dionisis Partheniadis Photography

need help: how can a wrong lens info get into the EXIF!? For a few days in 2016 LAOWA sent me the new LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D prototype for testing and comparing with my brand new Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 Aspherical. I used the A7RII and made many testshots with both lenses and had to change the lenses for each scene. The LAOWA 12mm had a Nikon F mount and I used my fully mechanical Metabones Sony E - F adapter. The camera does not know of any lens. The Voigtlander had the fully compatible electronic E-mount and the camera can see the lens and aperture. I developed the RAW with Capture 1, my LR Ver. 5 did not support the A7RII. I wrote about the results here on SAR with many images of the test. https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/experiences-laowa-12mm-f2-8-zero-d-prototype/ I published the images in my flickr - all with embedded EXIF. A few days ago I got a comment in flickr, that my title of the images, saying the LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D, is wrong, the EXIF says Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 ??? I checked all LAOWA images and all had the wrong Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper 10mm in the EXIF!!! The same wrong EXIF in the article here at SAR. Some images with the LAOWA show the wrong Voigtlander in the EXIF, but no aperture The images with the Voigtlander show the correct Voigtlander in the EXIF, but with aperture!!! I developed the images again with my C1 for Sony and with the new LR Ver. 6 and with ACR and Photoshop CS6 and with Affinity all show the same wrong lens in the EXIF. I attached 3 screenshots from LR6, you see the EXIF info in the upper left corner laowa1 shows the image with the Laowa 12mm, the EXIF shows only the exposure time is shown, the lens is --- and no aperture I changed the lens to the Voigtlander 10mm laowa2 shows the image with correct lens info Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper with exposure time, the complete lens info with 10mm and the rest in brackets, and aperture I changed the lens back to the Laowa 12mm laowa3 shows the image with the Laowa 12mm, now the EXIF shows the exposure time, but only the lens in brackets without the 10mm in front and no aperture (of corse, no electronic connection) I tried to reproduce this with the Voigtlander and any other lens with the Nikon Adapter, but did not get this effect again. How can the wrong and incomplete lens info get into the EXIF? Does anybody have an idea??? thanks dierk

V by Ilya Artemiev, on Flickr

Travel shoot at Kundasang, Sabah. With Mount Kinabalu as backdrop. Taken with A7iii, Voigtlander Nokton Classic 40mm f/1.4 MD: Vivi Gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bdrc1989/

Here are a few images taken with my Sony A7R and Voigtlander 15mm MKIII in Bangkok, Thailand

I am getting mine delivered today. I will be sharing my photos, taken with Sony A7r. Let’s see yours. (If a similar thread exists, please let me know. I did not see one.)

I've been using fast 35mm primes as my main lens for a few years now and the Voigtlander 35/1.2 always intrigued me as it is the fastest 35mm that I knew of, so a soon as the a7R was introduced I knew it was time own one. The a7R didn't last long however, as a low light shooter it just wasn't the right camera for me plus I didn't like how it demoted my legacy lenses to pieces of junk. Luckily Sony didn't wait long to provide me with the perfect escape route out of an otherwise bad investment in the form of the amazing a7S, a long awaited mirrorless successor of my beloved D3s (what a beast that was). The Voigtlander 35/1.2 is an awesome and unique lens, the way it renders the out of focus background wide-open is just stunning as is the smooth transition from sharp to the out of focus zone. Wide open there is a nice glow which gives this lens some character which aids in the smooth boke, that said I would like my main lens to be a bit sharper and contrasty wide-open for some extra pop so I'm secretly eyeballing the 35/1.4 FE. Mugshots with the iPhone 5 and the Hipstamatic app (my other camera): Here's a couple of images I took in Montenegro last year on a one week photo trip with my Nikon buddies, they gracefully allowed to me to tag along with my first Sony All images where shot wide open at f/1.2 on the a7R. And one with the a7S from a local museum in Amsterdam, haven't used this combo much but vignetting is a lot better than on the R:

I've not long had this combo, using it as my general purpose 35mm lens - but recently also bought the voigtlander 35mm 2.5 pancake to (maybe) replace it for street photography - only because it's smaller. Sony A7S + Voigtlander Nokton 35mm 1.2 II by dancook1982, on Flickr Here's a selection of photos I've taken with it Piano Bokeh by dancook1982, on Flickr Clio on Fire by dancook1982, on Flickr Keep behind the line by dancook1982, on Flickr DSC02238 by dancook1982, on Flickr Lou Night Running by dancook1982, on Flickr Cameo by dancook1982, on Flickr Untold by dancook1982, on Flickr I see you by dancook1982, on Flickr Jazzy Gym Wear by dancook1982, on Flickr