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Old 03-04-2016, 09:34 AM
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Nightscape using Sony a7R2 and Zeiss Batis 25mm

The Zeiss Batis 25m F2 lens made for Sony emount is about the best lens I have ever used. Its awesome.

I have also since gotten the Zeiss Loxia 21mm F2.8 for Sony e-mount and it is rapidly establishing itself as one of the best 21mm lenses ever.
These 2 will be my goto lenses for nightscapes.

Here is one I took over Easter in the 1 hour before the nearly full moon rose.

Zeiss Batis 25mm, Sony a7R2, Polarie, 2 shots one tracked for the stars and one untracked for a sharper landscape.

The a7R2 is a fabulous camera but long exposures at high ISO beyond 30 seconds is not as good as it could be. A7r was better but a7R2 is still very good. Needs a bit more noise reduction as colour noise seems to intrude in the dim areas which was always a Sony strong area. But the a7R2 has very high QE being a backside illuminated CMOS sensor and it seems ISO3200 is as bright as ISO6400 was in the past or at least that is my impression.

http://www.pbase.com/image/162922130/large

Greg.
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