I had to return my Samyang 14mm.
I am glad I bought it from BH photo, no issues with ordering from Australia. Email communications and sent an image showing the smearing in one corner on the A7R and they accepted that this was a fault of the lens and sent the RMA form.
On the M9 the lens is jaw dropping, while on the A7 I would not rate it without more 90s to compare.
I had been using the tele-elmarit 'thin', which is equally compact, but which flares real easy and does not totally 'wow' on the M9. The CV is a sweet handler, and so nice if you are on hike etc. 28-50-90 is a nice set.
Never tried the CV 90 but have had a few other focal lengths I did like. I thought the CV 40mm was one of the sharpest lens I ever had. I've got the Zeiss Sonnar 90mm 2.8, I like it on the Contax G1 camera but I'm not to impressed with the adapter I have for the lens for digital use, suppose I should invest in a better adapter as I have the 2/28 also. Really liking my Zeiss 2/100 since I got the new adapter for it, I picked up a AF Canon EF to E (a) mount for less then half of the metabones adapter and I'm happy with it, camera control aperture and Exif data works. Here's one more of the kids toy doll, she makes a good model.
zhangyue wrote:
Small box will make camera have harder time to focusing, especially at low light. The way you described can't be used for moving kids, if they are not moving, you have many way to do the focus Why you need MF with AF lens?
I found trying to moving box and do the tracking focus have two issue in addition to slow (you need hit the center button first then move), distract composition, overload camera which have limited process power. No wonder you will feel frustrated. This can not be used for tracking kids
I would suggest:
1. observe the scene, predicate the composition, move the focus box at the same time to fit your composition and do AFC focus (detail see my previous post )
2. Focus and recompose, still the best way to fully control by you. I hit focus once, and recompose and at the same time do the tracking by my hand or body. watch your shutter speed though, (I assume you already have high shutter speed with kids, but you might want extra for your movement)
AF, just like MF need some practice and thinking process.
3. From your kids pics posted here, I see you do many close range portrait. You might want use small box if they are not moving(though slow), if they are moving at that range, only thing you can do is practice and luck with either manual predict focus or AF-C earlier (means lock focus first and tracking.) Even top DSLR won't be able to do tacking at MFD
Your images looks great! I love them.
Sorry if this distract the image thread.
Leica 80-200mm F4 a7 at Huangshan Anhui, China
I usually only post Leica R images in R thread.
edwardkaraa wrote:
Wide AF area and face detection work best with kids. You just compose and wait for the box to light up in green on the face. Alternatively, you can use focus/recompose with the flexible small box, but kids tend to move a lot, so unless they're static, or you're willing to sacrifice a bit on the composition part, it's not gonna give you the best results.
great! i will try using the wide area + face detection.
i had a D90 and only use the basic functions most of the time, got a little confused with the terms and many features with the A7.
its great to be here1 i get to learn from the best.
jlee1974 wrote:
great! i will try using the wide area + face detection.
i had a D90 and only use the basic functions most of the time, got a little confused with the terms and many features with the A7.
its great to be here1 i get to learn from the best.
i tired and realised that when a face is detected , the box is always grey until i half press the shutter . when shutter is half pressed then the box will turn green. but the box will not move anymore even if the face moves away.
is the above correct?
is my settings correct?
i am on: DMC, Lock-on AF is OFF, Focus area is Wide, Face Detect ON.
1. should i switch to AF-C?
2. what does Lock-on AF do anyway? because i can't tell the difference when its On or Off. I think it only works in AF-C and i have this Big Green box that follows my subject and it keep changing in size.
