Opticallimits tested the X-mount version and concluded:
Not all Laowa lenses are excellent but some are and the Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO is certainly among them. Canon, Fujifilm & the likes have reasons to get a little nervous by now. As of today, Laowa is still a niche player today but once they’ll be able to source the necessary parts for implementing AF and electronic coupling, they’ll be heading straight for the mainstream.
Marc Alhadeff tested the new Voigtländer 50mm FE lens and this is the sharpest lens he ever tested! He writes:
The Voigltänder 50mm F2 Apo Lanthar is an exceptional lens which redefines what sharpness is on A7RIV. It excels at close distance for portrait (very good color rendition and smooth background) and is excellent for distant subject like landscape or architecture with an incredible level of detail and an excellent contrast. Its small form factor and very good ergonomics make it a pleasure to use on day to day
The only other lens that can come close to this optical quality for a 50mm is the Sony Planar T* 50mm F1.4 Zeiss which share similar sharpness in the centre but is less consistent that the Voigtlander. However its F1.4 aperture & AF and smoother rendering will please more to the majority of photographers
If you looking for the best 50mm for portrait and street landscape and you are ok with manual focus and F2 , this is the best lens you can get
Marc Alhadeff now updated his graph displaying the lens sharpness performance on your Sony A7rIV. A total of 95 lenses are now ranked (previously they were 50 “Only”). The very best you can get are:
Phase One updated the new Capture One 20 software. to version 20.0.2. It contains a long list of bugfixes I listed at the bottom of this post. UPDATE: You now get 25% off at checkout when using the coupon code “25EXTRA”
Also new are those two tutorials:
20.0.2 Bug Fixes Mac
Here you will find the list of fixed bugs that were detected in the previous major/service release versions of Capture One on Mac computers.
Fixed an issue with the script ‘Get Logs’.
Fixed various issues with ‘View Selected Color Range’ in Color Editor.
Fixed various crashes.
Fixed an issue where Lightroom import items had missing IPTC metadata.
Fixed an issue where Lightroom import items had wrong white balance.
Fixed an issue where the Curve Point Picker would not work correctly.
Fixed an issue where Rotate using the cursor tool would be inoperable when on a Layer.
Fixed a refresh issue with Advanced Search and Smart Albums.
Fixed an issue with the ‘Image Time HH’ token.
Fixed an issue where Crop handles were visible in Keystone and Rotation.
Fixed a performance issue when browsing System Folders.
Fixed an issue with the Capture Pilot camera settings direction.
Fixed an issue with watermarks when using Publish Plug-ins.SAR
Fixed an issue where the clockwise Fibonacci Spiral would be counterclockwise.
Fixed an issue with highlights in DNG files when hardware acceleration was on.
Fixed an issue where Leica Q2 DNG ras files would be oversaturated.
Fixed an issue with LCC profiles causing a green color cast.
Fixed various cosmetic issues.
Fixed various translations issues.
Fixed an issue with Auto Crop (Capture One Cultural Heritage only).
Fixed an issue where AppleScript ‘app version’ property was incorrect.
Fixed an issue where some sliders in High Dynamic Range were not mapped to Tangent devices.
20.0.2 Bug Fixes Windows
Here you will find the list of fixed bugs that were detected in the previous major/service release versions of Capture One on Windows computers.
Fixed an issue where Direct Color Editor adjustments on Layers would be ignored on export.
Fixed an issue where Lightroom import items had missing IPTC metadata.
Fixed an issue where .eip files would not show thumbnails in Windows File Explorer.
Fixed an issue where temporary reset would permanently reset with wrong cursor placement.
Fixed an issue where the Copy Stand Tool could not be added in Live View(Capture One Cultural Heritage only).
Fixed a performance issue with rotation.
Fixed an issue with arrow key behavior for navigation.
Fixed an issue where Capture One might hang when moving images from Trash to Albums.
Fixed an issue with the Open With list.
Fixed an issue where missing files could not be deleted from Session Albums.
Fixed an issue with hardware acceleration in a multi-user environment.
Fixed an issue with a missing ‘Delete’ option for corrupted images in Sessions.
Fixed an issue where images were not removed from Smart Albums when deleted from the file system.
Fixed various crashes.
Fixed an issue with highlights in DNG files when hardware acceleration was on.
Fixed an issue where Leica Q2 DNG files would be oversaturated.
Fixed an issue with LCC profiles causing a green color cast.
Fixed an issue with the Capture Pilot camera settings direction.
Fixed various translation issues.
Fixed an issue with Ctrl-M Shortcut when editing and viewing.
Fixed an issue with exporting variants from a Group.
Fixed an issue with crop visualization when viewing multiple images.
Fixed an issue where some sliders in High Dynamic Range were not mapped to Tangent devices.
I do agree with Steve Dent from Engadget when he says the A6400 and A6600 are somewhat underwhelming considering the competition. And I also agree when he says that the A6100 is an exception: At this price point it’s the best camera to get mainly because it’s terrific autofocus performance:
