Recording summary · December 2015
sony 16mm f2.8 lens video test
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Overview
A video test evaluates the Sony 16mm f/2.8 lens on aspects such as minimum focus distance, background blur, autofocus speed, walking stabilization, and relying on cropping in iMovie instead of optical zoom.
Trees and bushes in a nearby area were cleared, causing a loss of privacy and exposing a neighboring house and people.
A pond setting is considered for placing a boat or a large rubber duck.
Themes
Landscape changes, clearing of vegetation, and loss of privacy exposing a neighboring house.
Performance testing of the Sony 16mm f/2.8 lens compared to an older lens, including focus distance, background blur, and cropping in iMovie.
Camera stabilization challenges while walking and costs of camera bodies with built-in stabilization like Olympus mirrorless models.
Autofocus speed observations during testing of the Sony 16mm f/2.8 lens.
Placing a boat or a large rubber duck in the pond.
Developments
Trees and bushes near the house were cut down.
A video test of the Sony 16mm f/2.8 lens was performed.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether the clearing of trees and bushes was part of a major cleanup or done for another reason.
Whether the recording is excessively shaky.
The identity of strange, alien-looking plants.
Whether the autofocus speed is genuinely faster on the Sony lens or merely a subjective perception.