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Quick Samples: Sony A7r and Zeiss 55mm f1.4 Otus

Chris Gampat
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10/30/2013
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Last Updated on 11/05/2015 by DigitalMGMT

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens samples (1 of 1)ISO 1001-200 sec at f - 4.0

As we continue our misadventures on the Sony press trip, we were able to test out the new Zeiss 55mm f1.4 Otus lens a bit on the Sony A7r. Even with Sony’s focus peaking, we found this lens to be incredibly tough to focus when shooting with it wide open. The version that we’re using has an EF to E mount Metabones adapter, and so focus confirmation doesn’t exactly work in the same way that it can with a DSLR. However, we believe that Zeiss should make the lens in an E Mount or A Mount version for sure for better focusing performance.

Here are a couple of quick sample images. We’re going to be working on more later on today hopefully with studio lighting and all. Stay tuned.

AS ALWAYS: the EXIF data is in the file name of the image

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (2 of 10)ISO 1001-500 sec at f - 4.0

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (3 of 10)ISO 1001-1600 sec at f - 2.0

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (4 of 10)ISO 801-2500 sec at f - 1.4

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (5 of 10)ISO 1001-500 sec at f - 5.6

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (6 of 10)ISO 1001-2000 sec at f - 2.0

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (7 of 10)ISO 1001-2000 sec at f - 2.0

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (8 of 10)ISO 1001-1250 sec at f - 1.4

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (9 of 10)ISO 1001-1250 sec at f - 1.4

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (10 of 10)ISO 1001-1250 sec at f - 1.4

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7r and Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4 lens sample images (1 of 10)ISO 1001-5000 sec at f - 1.4

 

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.