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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Lenses you own, and how you feel about them | |
after probably 30 years of having canons, a medium format film and M4/3, a full panasonic gh3 plus 7 lenses for travel, i sold almost all of that to go sony, for size, sensor capability, and associated health issues with arthritis in my back. i wasn't enjoying photography hikes anymore, or long long days at disney world with photo friends
a7rii, what can i say that hasn't already been said, i have fallen head over heels with this camera, it's that good to me, i have taken more photos, keepers, in the last 9 months, than maybe the last 3 years, i find it such a pleasure to hike/bike/walk around with
55 1.8, first lens that i ordered with the camera, this may be the sharpest lens i have ever owned, and i had the canon holy trinity on a 5d3 at one time.
35 2.8, i like mine, a lot, i bought for a street car photo charter in philadelphia, because the 55 would have been a little too tight for that. i have no complaints, it just does not see a lot of use this winter as i have a couple of others that i use a little more. and because of that, no 1.4 for me, too large and expensive to justify for me
28 f2, love this one also, i guess i got a really good copy, i really feel sony has tightened up quality control, this is my current dark ride lens at disney world.
16-35 f4, i'm happy with this one, it's not seeing as much use as i thought it would, but it makes the trip on all the steam photo charters i go on, and it does get used somewhere on the trip.
24-240 sony, this one is adequately sharp for my web usage, which frankly is where most of my photos end up, i may print 1-2 a year, makes a great travel lens on my a6000, especially on trips to major league stadiums, the lighting these days is so good, that even though it's not fast, the sensor on the a6000 allows me to capture the action acceptable for my little side project of documenting my trips towards seeing a game in every mlb stadium.
24-70 f4, a lens that i think is moving past it's previous bad reputation, i hesitated a very long time but kept tracking posts, both here and flickr, and user reviews on b&h and other retailers, i definitely within the last 9 months saw a major increase in happy users and quality photos on display, so in late january i bought one, checked it out, my copy seemed fine, and took it to the cumbers and toltec charter, and i have no complaint about the results, over on the fe photo thread, page 1502, dawn at the trestle, taken handheld, with this lens at 33mm, f6.3, on the a7rii body, my first photo ever posted on this site, and i think i can hold my head up on that one.
i have also gotten back into some manual focus stuff. i bought the metabones canon FD to E mount adapter, and have been exploring the pleasures of the canon 17mm f4, 50mm f3.5 macro, 100mm f2 macro. to the point where as soon as i have the funding, i'll be getting that loxia 21mm, and if i like it as much as so many posters on here do, i might end up selling the 16-35, simply because of low usage.
i will be checking out that 70-300 recently announced, i was all set to get the 70-200 f4 as my next move but the canon 70-300 L was a lens that along with the 24-105, accounted for 80% of my photos. i wish sony would do a 24-105 f4, i'll probably have to make a trip into b&h to assess the physical size on the body, to make up my mind about it, i really like the longer reach at disney world, especially at animal kingdom and for stage shows
for me, and my interests, the great results from the a7rii have me questioning more and more about ever needing or wanting any 2.8 zooms again, i'm finding f4 zooms, along with the 28 and 55 primes cover my needs with a fairly light kit.
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