Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
for someone's limited purpose. For me, it's better to specify the lens for clarity. I do know that the Zuiko film camera lenses are legendary and I've seen superb results for landscapes, at (21mm) and portraits, (100mm) using the Canon 5D.You are welcome, but why would you want to use a lens with an insufficient image circle (4/3 is just no fit for 36x24mm)?
Michael,
Ben makes timeless images of the narrow stone alleys and spaces of the Old City, but he also uses lenses, especially Pentax Takamur lenses with character for people pictures. Ben's 28mm Pentax picture, as "art" is fine for me. I don't need any straight lines, constant illumination, flat plane of focus or even any focus, LOL!!
But he want's this for fine architecture. Now I get it! I'd frankly use a Canon 24mm or 17mm TS lens and have my students carry my gear. They're always delighted to give back! But Ben has moved away from Canon, saving weight and getting higher resolution. I can see that he needs superb optics for which the camera has further corrections possible within the lens correcting firmware. The Canon T/S lenses can be rented and anyway are MF on any system. Can one use DXO to correct Canon lenses on a Sony Camera?
Still, the new Sony WA 16-35 mm zoom lens is likely the best solution given it has to be mated to the A7R. If that's part of putting bread on the table, and I think it is, then it's worth sacrifices to get it. All the other suggestions are slower and less likely to be corrected or correctable completely in a professional workflow.
Asher