Sony Headphones Characteristics

4 years I did not use new MacBooks. It is great progress. So many new technical characteristics.

The copy of the Sony Distagon I received, after examining numerous, brick wall and other images at f/1.4 and other apertures at various distances showed no evidence of the right-side lens tilt or decentering that this lens is often accused of. Of course, I don't own an optical bench; who knows what that might reveal, but to my eyes, the lens' characteristics appeared to conform pretty closely to the DXOMark test measurements. This is not a perfect lens. I'd prefer that it had an on-lens, auto-manual switch; it doesn't. I'd also prefer that it was sharper in the corners, wide open. I also wish the aperture settings on the Sony went to F/22 instead of just F16. But that's not a deal breaker for me. I'm very satisfied with the image quality of this lens and have included a few of images with minimum post processing and some cropping in Lightroom; two at f/1.4 and the other at f/16. Basically, you have to work with this lens' strengths. This means, for example, when recording images with the lens fully open and up to f/2.2, center focusing without recomposing and composing with crops during processing. Where this lens really shines is between f/2.8 and f/11, where its easily as sharp as my Sony FE 55mm f/1.8. Fully open at f/1.4, the lens does an excellent job of isolating a subject with a very decently smooth, blurred background. For me, this means close-up work reproduction ratio is ca. 0.2 with found objects, flowers, etc., and some portraiture. I don't tend to do a lot of low-light work, but the capability is there if I need it. Except at low light, where the lens hunts a bit, the auto focus is superb in all modes. I don't do video, so I can't really assess the lens' capabilities for video capture. All in all, this lens is capable of delivering stunning images, so long as one learns and accepts its characteristics and plays to its strengths. If I could, I would rate this lens at 4.5, but I'm rounding up to a 5, because it is really is a pleasure to use.

First let me say that this is a large lens. It's the biggest 50 mm lens I own. It's quick, responsive and incredibly sharp. I have used other zeiss lenses and I think this is likely the best I have ever used. I also have to say that this is also the first Sony labeled lens that I have used on the ar7ii, and it is probably something I should have done sooner. It helps for everything to be matching because there was an automatic improvement in the performance of the cameras features, like the auto white balance. The colors I have shot in with this camera are just better, more realistic and subtle in nature. I love this about this lens, but it may be the same with all Sony labelled lenses I don't know. This one is really good. It also incorporates the stabilizing characteristics which coupled with the size of the sensor make taking parts of the picture out in a crop a dream. Clarity remains amazing even when held in your hand and snapped a little more quickly than wanted on the street. It in the end it may not be a good lens to take on the street with you because of its size, but coupled with the eye focusing characteristics of the camera and everything else, it might be the best choice for a lot of shooters. The size of the lens is going to have to be a personal choice decision. I'd recommend trying this before buying only because of its size, but if that doesn't bug you, I'd say you will probably love this baby as much as I do. What a lens.

My Sony headphones look like new! AMAZING!!!

Durable, great signal characteristics, blah blah blah. This is where it's at.

I love my new Sony headphones and the shipping was really fast!

The sound really came alive using these cans. Sony knows headphones.

Fit perfect for my Sony headphones

Good weight, full information on their characteristics

So much has already been said but I just want to say that I love this and I'm always on the look out for opportunities to shoot this to get the most out of it unique characteristics.