p.80 #3 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
Lee Saxon wrote:
Lots of comments on Steve Huff's articles about how this camera, which is too short for my entire hand to fit on the grip, is too big. Why? Because their pursuit as "photographers" is "street photography" and they need a camera their "subjects" won't notice. They admit it. THEY ADMIT IT.
How is that not a parole violation? Are these guys who aren't on the registry yet?
Taking a photo without subject awareness is the very definition of a candid shot.
Awareness of the observance inherently changes the subject's behavior to one degree or another and potentially ruins the essence of the shot.
Observational psychologists would also take issue with your assessment.
p.80 #6 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
Gary (sssh, don't tell anyone) but I've been told by someone in the know at Sony Canada that a "soft launch" will occur next week. As I understand it, prepaid pre-orders will be filled first (meaning allocations for them guaranteed) and then the rest.
I can hardly wait to start moaning about the shutter sounds.
p.80 #7 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
I'm not sure where to post this, but this seems like the most general A7/A7r thread.
I've been really liking the JTec L bracket with my Nex 7 (thank you Snowboarder) and I wanted to find out when they would have one available for the A7r. Here's the response that I received:
"Based on our measurements of the camera, our Mini Universal will fit the camera.We are moving away from dedicated brackets to those designed to adapt to various designs, and will have no dedicated A7/r bracket. We have found, in the digital age, customers change cameras much more often than in the film age, and are not pleased with having to change all their accessories every time they change cameras. So we are phasing in designs that are adaptable."
I didn't know if it was appropriate to post the link and No I do not have any affiliation whatsoever with Jtec. I hope this may help anyone looking to get their hands on an A7/A7r L bracket sooner rather than later.
p.80 #8 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
Jeff,
Thanks for that. I ordered one and will report back once I have both in my possession. At worst I'll demote the jtec universal L-bracket to duty on my EOS-M; hopefully it will be good enough to hold me over until RRS or Kirk develop a dedicated L-bracket.
Jeff Kott wrote:
I'm not sure where to post this, but this seems like the most general A7/A7r thread.
I've been really liking the JTec L bracket with my Nex 7 (thank you Snowboarder) and I wanted to find out when they would have one available for the A7r. Here's the response that I received:
"Based on our measurements of the camera, our Mini Universal will fit the camera.We are moving away from dedicated brackets to those designed to adapt to various designs, and will have no dedicated A7/r bracket. We have found, in the digital age, customers change cameras much more often than in the film age, and are not pleased with having to change all their accessories every time they change cameras. So we are phasing in designs that are adaptable."
I didn't know if it was appropriate to post the link and No I do not have any affiliation whatsoever with Jtec. I hope this may help anyone looking to get their hands on an A7/A7r L bracket sooner rather than later....Show more →
p.80 #9 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
From DPR, first comments from a new owner include a few tidbits I found interesting:
1. One can disable automatic focus magnification yet still manually magnify. I have MF Assist off from the Menu yet use hotkey c1 to magnify. I can now do the very same thing with an E Mount lens that I only could do with adapted lens with my old Nex-7. Thank you Sony for listening.
2. Peaking is there during MF magnification. But more one magnifies the less peaking is shown. Looks like peaking needs stronger setting than before, I have mine set to high now the see as much peaking as I did with my Nex-7. People say that there is no peaking when zooming because it takes higher setting to be visible than before
3. There is now distance scale (have not seen this reported anywhere) on the EVF/LCD when MFing with an E Mount lens. When MFing the screens show both graphical and numerical value of the current focus distance, including infinity. Love this feature, makes it immediately obvious where to turn focus ring. Much faster to go right direction than with a Nex-7 when starting badly out of focus. ...Show more →
I wonder if that visual infinity indicator will be suitable for astro-photography? Cool in any case.
p.80 #10 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
I'll do mine like the a99, Michael. Use the af/mf for focus mag (FM) which in the a99 is one press to show the box (in case you want to move it, I generally do not unless being very fussy on a 'pod) then one more press to get level one, then one more press for the higher level. I expect the same for the a7r as it uses alpha style menus.
I use peaking set low, I am lazy and value consistency more than lots of futzing with settings while shooting. Peaking on high with a sharp wide angle turns the EVF screen solid red/yellow/white!
I think peaking is good for all-of-view asssessment, but horse for courses, it can be fine with a telephoto to check an eyeball or eyelash. It attempts to cover DoF so test for personal preference as it can miss exact focus if your shot needs that.
p.80 #12 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
The A7R seems to be in stock here, but you can't get a native lens with it anymore.
The 35/2.8 delivery date (Sony online store) has moved to the end of January. I think that'll be a letdown for a lot of people.
p.80 #13 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
Jochenb wrote:
The A7R seems to be in stock here, but you can't get a native lens with it anymore.
The 35/2.8 delivery date (Sony online store) has moved to the end of January. I think that'll be a letdown for a lot of people.
That seems odd if you look at this link for SAR regarding both the cameras and the FE 35mm f2.8 lens.
Maybe they just shipped them all to the US?
I now checked the Sony store in other European countries (the Netherlands, France, Germany,...) and the same story there. End of January.
p.80 #15 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
Rich, from what I can tell availability for lenses varies in different parts of the world. Allocations for pre-orders have probably been distributed and/or they are holding back some lenses. I recall when the NEX-7 and other components and lenses (SA24/1.8, the EVF for 5N) was introduced the availability indicated in various Sony on-line stores for different countries would vary greatly. In Canada stock would be available one day, not the next, then show up later in the day.
Store.sony.com stlil lists the FE35 as shipping Dec 1 but that might change soon!
In Canada the lens isn't even listed on their on-line site, but cameras are shown as shipping next week.
I give up trying to figure it out, but do believe there'll be a FE35 lens with my camera when I'm called to come pick up my order next week. What I really want is the FE55 to be there too, but don't expect it.
p.80 #16 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
Jochenb wrote:
Maybe they just shipped them all to the US?
I now checked the Sony store in other European countries (the Netherlands, France, Germany,...) and the same story there. End of January.
