New 50mm f1.1

Huss said:
In the 1.1 shot of the bamboo fence, it is obvious that the lens is very weak (at 1.1) on the outer thirds of the frame. But for a portrait where it is centered, that may look great as one may want the image to soften up like that.
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I am struggling a bit to correlate the bamboo fence and Ten-Tec radio images:
The radio is cohesive across a wide part of the frame; but the fence falls apart quite quickly.
Both were taken at f/1.1 at close to minimum focus and are un-cropped beyond the FFx1.5 out of the GXR-M.

Neither was anywhere near square on, so I'm thinking I've a good bit to learn in order to visualize how the bokeh front and rear of the focus behaves. Similarly there is likely field curvature to contend with plus focus shift on rangefinder cameras.
 
Thanks! The more images are posted from this lens, the better.

From the images that have been posted online by multiple owners of the 7artisans 50/1.1 I think that the strange looking OOF occurs when using the lens wide open when the subject being photographed in the front of the image is in less light than what we see in the background. This happens in daylight scenes and in night scenes. The OOF rendering then can look strange and not so smooth or not beautiful as compared with a lens that manages to give back a very smooth OOF rendering even in such conditions. One of the lenses that can handle such issues is the vintage Zeiss 5cm/1.5. I have one from 1938 with very clean glass (modified to ltm) that I use for scenes that have high contrast portions in the images.

This also means that if we avoid such settings, we may get beautiful rendering overall.
This lens may be great for portraits taken in open shade, wide open.

My guesses here will be verified or refuted soon after I receive my lens in the mail.
 
Looks like an over-corrected Sonnar on Steroids, IMO, like a faster Nikkor 5cm/1.4. That's a good thing, I feel.

Couldn't resist after all, cann't wait to see how the lens performs at f2.

Roland.
 
raid said:
I think that the strange looking OOF occurs when using the lens wide open when the subject being photographed in the front of the image is in less light than what we see in the background...

This also means that if we avoid such settings, we may get beautiful rendering
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This seems like a key rule to apply when using the lens
 
rogthai used a SONY A7mii full frame camera. I wonder if using a full frame by a different brand will give images that look very similar. In a 50mm lens, I expect the images to look very similar.
 
shane_goguen said:
When I made the offer the seller responded back asking if I would accept the silver version, I declined, they then said Black is Okay and accepted the offer.
If you want a silver version for that price maybe give them a shot.
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Thanks for the the heads up. I decided to stick with what I have.
 
I made sure to get the silver version. It is the same as the black one, but I feel like having the silver lens this time.
 
I am returning mine-- while not as horrible as I initially thought, the lens has a critical flaw if you are using a RF-- the shape of the focusing cam does not allow for accurate focusing at all distances-- if you calibrate it close up, it is way off at a distance-- if you calibrate for mid to long distance, it is way off up close.
 
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