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Dreamscape17 wrote:
I recently got a Sony A7r for 50% off from my friend who's a Sony employee! I've been interested in the camera since launch but the lens selection really put me off. I figured at this price heck, why not give it a shot at least? I primarily shoot landscapes with a D600 and I honestly have no complaints about the system. I've backpacked 30+ miles on trips with this camera the entire time. The weight and bulk of DSLRs don't really bother me, but the A7r is noticeably smaller than my D600 with battery grip. For me, the main upsides for the A7r are the lack of AA filter and megapixel count.
My first option is to adapt my Nikon lenses for now. I use my D600 with the 18-35 G (great lens!), 24-85 VR, and a 50 1.8. I use the 18-35 80% of the time due to how wide it is. I'm thinking with the A7r I can buy an adapter and just use my Nikon lenses, but I would really like to have functional AF at times for when I take pictures of friends and such. Also, has anyone used the Rokinon 14mm on the a7r? How does it perform?
The second option is to go all native with the FE system. My friend can get me 25% off all lenses and 40% off most accessories. I would likely get the 24-70 f4 but all the negative reviews are really off putting, especially for the kind of photos I produce. I used the FE 24-70 in the store and was surprised at how big the lens looked on the A7r. I'm sure I'd get used to it but lenses like the FE 70-200 f4 are going to look ridiculous.
The last option is to adapt A mount lenses. I could get the LA-EA4 and go with the 16-35 f2.8 but the light loss due to the mirror wouldn't help much for astrophotography purposes.
I would love to hear everyones story on which lenses they're using with the A7r, especially if you do landscapes. Ideally I'd like to go all native FE with the A7r, and use lenses like the Rokinon 14mm for specific things, but it's hard to tell which direction Sony is going. Will size be a priority at the detriment of IQ? When will there be native fast wide primes?
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Well it seems to me that a mix of options may be your best bet for now. Getting an adapter and using your Nikon 18-35 is a good place to start. It should be even better on your A7r than on your D600. Using the adapter will be a bit of a pain, but you will get used to it before too long and not having AF for landscape shots on such a wide lens really isn't that big of a deal. Then for when you need AF I would get the Sony/Zeiss FE 55 f/1.8. A very very good lens by most accounts and it should serve your needs there well.
Beyond that I would wait a bit. One of the next 3 lenses Sony is going to make for FF e-mount is an ultra wide angle zoom. It will be jointly designed with Zeiss and most people seem to think it will be a 16-35mm f/4 lens. When that come out you can see if you prefer it to your Nikon 18-35. My guess is that it will be just as small and have similar IQ. If that is right you could add it to your kit and then you would have AF on your ultra-wide zoom as well. My guess is that Sony will not build any f/2.8 zooms or fast primes for the FF e-mount for a couple of years allowing that niche to be filled by A-mount lenses on an adapter, and they do have a very decent set of f/2.8 zooms and fast primes in A-mount. Instead, I expect them to build at first smaller somewhat slower lenses. They will soon have a set of 3 f/4 zooms and most people think they will have an 85mm f/1.8 lens soon as well (they have said they will build a fast aperture prime lens). My guess is that early on they will build a faster 35mm (probably a f/1.8) and they will build a truly small 50mm and 85mm. I think you can also expect a 24mm (probably an f/2.8) and probably a 135 f/2.8 and a 200 f/4. These are just my speculations, however. What Sony has promised is 15 total FF e-mount lenses by the end of 2015, but I would not be too surprised to see that timeline slip.
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