It is a pleasure @Cretanis. Hope it was very helpful. 60 pounds is really cheap and great value for money for a lens like that. If you are lucky to stumble on it, grab it. It is worth every penny. With love to Crete.
My 135mm f/2.8 SF lens has sat in my "Orphan Lens Drawer" since I got the 70-200mm f/4L IS lens. However, my recent acquisition of a Sony A6500 camera has sparked my interest in reviving and giving new life to old lenses. The 135mm f/2.8 SF meshes nicely with the A6500 as a portrait lens because: 1. It works quite decently with my MC-11 adapter giving me face detect AF (but, not Eye-AF) - I can tweak the AF with MF + focus peaking... 2. It is a relatively lightweight and small lens which matches the form factor of the A6500... 3. The IBIS of the A6500 makes up for lack of IS in the lens... 4. The approximately 200mm equivalent focal length and f/2.8 aperture can isolate the subject and provides relatively nice bokeh... 5. On an SF setting of "0" the lens is quite sharp... And... of course, since I have had this lens for years and also have the MC-11 adapter, so it cost me nothing to use the lens...
I have been looking at investing in the Sony system Richard Crowe. I had my mind set on either the A6000 as that has recently come down in price but looking at the specs I think the A6300 or 6500 are better buys. Your feedback on these lens is very helpful. It will come in handy. So in the meantime, I am saving for the A6500 instead of settling for the A6000. I might get better features for slightly more money and I am sure the prices will drop again with the release of the A6400. I have the 70-200 F4 L but the rendering of the soft focus lens is quite different from the F4. It just has a slightly different aesthetic to it. But it is a great substitute when you don't want to draw attention to yourself in some places but need that reach. I have been using this lens with the Canon M50 and guess what? The eye auto focus works on this lens with the EF to Ef-M adaptor. The lens works like a native lens built for the M series. It is just that Canon's eye auto focus is not on the same par with the Sony eye auto focus. It is also works well with the focus peaking feature in the camera but this lens was not really made to manual focus but it works though. It is a lens I am reluctant to part with and I find it useful when I need killer head shots.
Also picked up one of these from Ebay for less than £90 and it is a bargain indeed. Fantastic on my 200D but also on my Sony A7 which I use a Canon to Sony AF adapter which allows aperture control. Need to use a fast shutter speed as there's no stabilisation but the sharpness is excellent. have a look at one shot I took with it on the Sony A7. www.flickr.com/photos/9553472@N05/28078044239/in/dateposted/
Chris Simmonds Thanks for the feedback. £90 is good bargain for this lens and the image quality it can produce. I love everything about it. It is a pity about the lack of image stabilisation but it is not a deal breaker. The price and good glass and focal length and aperture offset that negative. I use it a lot for portrait and event work but it is also good for general photos and landscape as perfectly illustrated in the photo you captured. I think the focal length gives it an advantage because if you used a wide angle lens you would have lost a lot. Excellent. Enjoy it. You have an excellent taste in glass.
In both circumstances, it would not have made sense to use those features. I have been overwhelmed by shoots and editing work for clients so I have not had the opportunity to shoot the video and or images for that video. So it will come as soon as I have delivered work for my clients.
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Thank you for your tutorial. Very informative and wow 60 pounds that’s really nothing. Greetings from Crete
It is a pleasure @Cretanis. Hope it was very helpful. 60 pounds is really cheap and great value for money for a lens like that. If you are lucky to stumble on it, grab it. It is worth every penny. With love to Crete.
My 135mm f/2.8 SF lens has sat in my "Orphan Lens Drawer" since I got the 70-200mm f/4L IS lens.
However, my recent acquisition of a Sony A6500 camera has sparked my interest in reviving and giving new life to old lenses.
The 135mm f/2.8 SF meshes nicely with the A6500 as a portrait lens because:
1. It works quite decently with my MC-11 adapter giving me face detect AF (but, not Eye-AF) - I can tweak the AF with MF + focus peaking...
2. It is a relatively lightweight and small lens which matches the form factor of the A6500...
3. The IBIS of the A6500 makes up for lack of IS in the lens...
4. The approximately 200mm equivalent focal length and f/2.8 aperture can isolate the subject and provides relatively nice bokeh...
5. On an SF setting of "0" the lens is quite sharp...
And... of course, since I have had this lens for years and also have the MC-11 adapter, so it cost me nothing to use the lens...
I have been looking at investing in the Sony system Richard Crowe. I had my mind set on either the A6000 as that has recently come down in price but looking at the specs I think the A6300 or 6500 are better buys. Your feedback on these lens is very helpful. It will come in handy. So in the meantime, I am saving for the A6500 instead of settling for the A6000. I might get better features for slightly more money and I am sure the prices will drop again with the release of the A6400.
I have the 70-200 F4 L but the rendering of the soft focus lens is quite different from the F4. It just has a slightly different aesthetic to it. But it is a great substitute when you don't want to draw attention to yourself in some places but need that reach.
I have been using this lens with the Canon M50 and guess what? The eye auto focus works on this lens with the EF to Ef-M adaptor. The lens works like a native lens built for the M series. It is just that Canon's eye auto focus is not on the same par with the Sony eye auto focus. It is also works well with the focus peaking feature in the camera but this lens was not really made to manual focus but it works though. It is a lens I am reluctant to part with and I find it useful when I need killer head shots.
Also picked up one of these from Ebay for less than £90 and it is a bargain indeed. Fantastic on my 200D but also on my Sony A7 which I use a Canon to Sony AF adapter which allows aperture control. Need to use a fast shutter speed as there's no stabilisation but the sharpness is excellent. have a look at one shot I took with it on the Sony A7.
www.flickr.com/photos/9553472@N05/28078044239/in/dateposted/
Chris Simmonds Thanks for the feedback. £90 is good bargain for this lens and the image quality it can produce. I love everything about it. It is a pity about the lack of image stabilisation but it is not a deal breaker. The price and good glass and focal length and aperture offset that negative. I use it a lot for portrait and event work but it is also good for general photos and landscape as perfectly illustrated in the photo you captured. I think the focal length gives it an advantage because if you used a wide angle lens you would have lost a lot. Excellent. Enjoy it. You have an excellent taste in glass.
Man come on you made two videos about this lens but not one did you talk about the soft focus features. What are you even doing?
In both circumstances, it would not have made sense to use those features. I have been overwhelmed by shoots and editing work for clients so I have not had the opportunity to shoot the video and or images for that video. So it will come as soon as I have delivered work for my clients.