marco_gea

One more from today: straight out-of-camera JPEG at f/11, "Velvia" film simulation. No flare, good contrast, no CA, no fringing, nice sunstar

Hi all, I recently acquired a Zeiss ZM 18mm f/4 for use on my X-E2s via Fuji's own M-mount adaptor (which I chose so as to be able to dial in any necessary in-camera corrections). It turned out that only a very minor correction is required for distortion ("barrel weak"), while some more pronounced tweaking of the vignetting and corner colour shading controls is required to clean up those aspects of the lens' performance. Here's the corner shading and colour cast without correction... ..and then after dialling in the right amount of in-camera corrections: With that out of the way, I then set out to take some test shots. Here's a 100% original resolution file below. Shot at f/8 as JPEG with "Astia" film simulation and circular polarizer, focused at the f/4 hyperfocal markings (i.e., assuming a stringent 0.015mm CoC, rather than the standard 0.030mm). The white plumage in harsh midday light made this a good test bed for any chromatic aberration or purple fringing - gladly, there is none whatsoever of either. Post-processing was limited to some minor lifting of shadows and some added vibrance; no other corrections were applied, and no additional sharpening (in-camera sharpening was set to 0 = default). Marco

"the 360° still shot itself was shot on the Fuji XT-2 with the excellent Zeiss Touit 12mm lens"

Nice! Some of my own OOC JPEG test shots here: http://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/744-90mm-sample-pics/?p=9439 Cheers, Marco

Hi, not RAW, but unretouched straight out-of-camera JPEGs from an X-E1: All hand-held, but I used high shutter speeds so as to prevent any shake-induced blur. 1) First, one admittedly very boring shot of the gravel on a footbridge at f/4, just to show how SHARP this thing is! 'Astia' film simulation, DR = 100 View: original size 2) Then, a 'torture test' for CA: wide open, and backlit against an almost (but not quite) blown-out sky. Impressive control of all chromatic aberrations, and razor-sharp plane of focus. 'Astia' film simulation, DR = 200 View: original size 3) A 'bokeh' shot at f/2. Quite neutral and pleasant, IMO. 'Astia' film simulation, DR = 100 View: original size 4) Lastly, an indoor shot wide open at ISO 6400. Coming from film, I still find getting such high-quality and 'film-like' results at such high ISOs amazing... 'Negative High' film simulation, DR = 100 View: original size Marco