Image courtesy: Photozone.de
Photozone released a triple lens review:
1) Sony 30mm f/2.8 DT macro review: “Like most dedicated macro lenses it is extremely sharp straight from f/2.8. Possibly the nicest aspect of the Sony lens is its pricing. At less than 200EUR/US$ it’s really a steal in relation to its capabilities.“
2) Sony 50mm f/1.8 DT review: “The Sony 50mm f/1.8 DT ( SAL-50F18 ) is pretty much a no-brainer for Sony APS-C DSLR users. The lens is very sharp even at f/1.8 and the resolution is about as good as it gets around f/5.6.“
3) Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.5 Aspherical review (on Sony NEX): “So all-in-all it isn’t really a perfect lens but it’s fairly affordable on the used market.“
9 Responses
30mm macro lens is something strange, couldn’t imagine to do macro with shorter than 100mm lens. Longer lens also is nice for portraits.
Edgars, I haven’t shot a single macro image with an SLR, so could you please enlighten me – what about DOF? I mean, shorter lens means greater DOF, isn’t it beneficial for macro?
Oooh, that’s true. Though you’d have to virtually press the lens to the subject at closest focus.
I’ve seen some remarkable photos that were taken that way.
no, the DOF difference is almost 0 between a 200mm macro and a 30mm macro.
See if this works – insert www.
pixiq.com/article/wide-angle-macro-photography-part-1-close-ups-with-impact
great article, but you can easily use non macro lenses for that kind of photography, the best solution would be the 24mm CZ and a FF caemra, along with a 8mm extension tube if you want to get really close.
camera*, and apparently i don’t know if you can find a 8mm ring for sony, but you can easily get a kenko 12mm.
DOF is one part of the story. I found that best solution is multiple image stacking with soft like a Zerene Stacker. Another part, may be even more important, is bokeh. Shorter lenses tend to be with terrible bokeh and Sony 30mm macro is not exception. For Sony 100mm macro it is really buttery, therefore it is very useful portrait lens – sharp and excellent bokeh.