Soligor 200mm 2.8 for my NEX-7

[fractal]

I picked up another non-native lens for the NEX-7. Soligor 200mm f2.8 in Minolta mount for about $150 . The lens is in fantastic condition and feels very solid.

It also came with a nifty leather carrying case...

For my longer length shots I've been using the Sony SEL 18-200mm 3.5/6.3. It does have stabilization but is slow on the long end which requires me to shoot a higher ISO than I want for sports/action shots (especially when indoors). I'll be comparing the two over the next few weeks.

I did manage to take a few shots of hanging flowers on my deck as the sun was setting. I did some PP in LR and what I found was that I had to add a decent amount of contrast, but overall I'm pleased with these first results. The third shot I believe was in f/4 while the rest at f/2.8. The big test for this lens will be on Saturday at my daughter's dance recital.

 

[NowInc]

Seems like theres a LOT of chromatic aberration going on along the edges of the flowers and leaves. Did you try correcting that in post? Other than that, the lens looks pretty good..ESPECIALLY for that price!

 

[fractal]

Seems like theres a LOT of chromatic aberration going on along the edges of the flowers and leaves. Did you try correcting that in post? Other than that, the lens looks pretty good..ESPECIALLY for that price!

Yes there is and I did try to fix in LR4 but could not do much with it. Shooting into the sun wide open also created lens flare and on some shots so much "haze" that I had to trash them. The manual focusing is also a bit challenging at f/2.8 despite focus peaking.

Thanks for the feedback - this lens certainly has a different character than a "modern" lens and I think I'm going to enjoy playing around with it this summer.