An evening trip to Saltburn. A7 and Sony 40mm f2.5. Pictures at middling apertures, f5.6/f8 and one at f2.5. Sorry about so many pictures. I'm just testing it out to see how I feel. "I always feel like somebody's watching me. And I have no privacy. Oh Oh."
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Colour and texture.
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Patriotic Tower.
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If only they were open.
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Station.
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Bikes at f2.5.
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I think it's a really good lens. Performance across the frame and into the extreme corners seems to be good and there doesn't seem to be any visible vignetting or distortion after applying the profile in PS2023. Colour and contrast seem to be punchy. The build is nice and the aperture action is nice and the markings line up when going both ways which is more than the aperture markings on my Sony 20mm f1.8 manage. The lens seems to be silent in operation and of course it doesn't extend, the manual focus action is ok too and I've enjoyed using it as a manual lens. The MFD is pretty nice and it'll focus a bit closer in MF. End stops would be wonderful but it doesn't have any. What a shame.
I have had a 40mm lens before and a 45mm too and my first camera was 43mm so I thought I'd give this one a go. I don't know if this can depose 35mm as my most used focal length as using it it does feel a little tighter but obviously not 50mm tight. I can't really critisise the sharpness, performance across the frame or colour and contrast though and the bokeh does seem to be nice. I should have taken a 35mm too to shoot some more scenic shots and see how I feel about the difference going from 35 to 40mm and I think I will do that in the coming days.
So that's the 24mm f2.8 and 40mm f2.5 little G's I have now. In the past I used to like to take a 24 and a 50mm out as a pair so I thought these two G's might be nice as a pair. I'll see how I feel when I'm more used to it.