Samuli Vahonen wrote:
When I decided to commit fully to Sony FE-mount (=selling most Canon bodies and switching them to A7 and A7r) it was clear to me that I have few limitations:
- no more urban night photography
- no more night photos, where moon is visible (see Ryan's photo above, even Ryan posted very small size the moon has clearly visible weird blob around it - this is typical to R-model, it has slightly different issues, but I consider it as useless for this kind of situations)
- no more daylight photos, in which sun is in the photo
Samuli
Now, that looks like a severely crippled system. I would never give up Canon on those premises.
And... awesome shore shot first on last page! Cant figure you out really, I think you written somewhere that youre going to sell that lens cause it has some serious flaws too
wfrank wrote:
Now, that looks like a severely crippled system. I would never give up Canon on those premises.
Life is compromises. I still have one 5DmkII left, and may keep it as shops won't pay anything for L-bracket, batteries, etc. accessories I have more than enough. And for 5DmkII they only pay 650-700EUR, maybe even not that much as the one body remaining has 40k exposures in it's shutter and some scratches. I may end up keeping the last Canon body. Time will show.
wfrank wrote:
And... awesome shore shot first on last page! Cant figure you out really, I think you written somewhere that youre going to sell that lens cause it has some serious flaws too
Thanks - lens is fine in most photos, it just has few major faults a) boke is horrible in my usual forest shooting, worst I have seen (fine in almost everything else) b) if shoot larger aperture than f/11 one needs to fix magenta tint (in corners=zone A) and green tint (in zone B) if subject contains neutral areas making tints visible, sometimes it's also visible even at f/11.
I'm pretty sure I have not said I will sell it, as I plan not, but it won't see much use as ZE 1.4/35 is really really good. Secondary purpose of Crete holiday was to figure out FE35 and FE55 (and A7/A7r) quality and usability - during actual (short) shooting season I don't want to waste time and energy to struggle with equipment. Unlike majority, I did not get A7(r) for size&weight, just for the sensor quality and lens compatibility - sure size&weight are nice bonus, but I value performance almost always over size&weight.
I'm liking this lens quite a bit, but it needs a bit of work to look as sharp as the Contax G 45/2. I think it's just that it doesn't have as much microcontrast as the 45, but it is quite sharp.
Sony A7 + Olympus 50 3,5 Macro
Lovely at short distances. Not so good (compared to the Contax G lenses) at mid distance and infinite.
A few test shots with the a7R and Zeiss 16-70/4 in crop mode. Lens is pretty sharp and has nice color rendition, IMO. Interesting result when shooting into the sun.
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
Good news: your camera is OK, works like Sony has designed it
Bad news: your camera is OK, works like Sony has designed it
When I decided to commit fully to Sony FE-mount (=selling most Canon bodies and switching them to A7 and A7r) it was clear to me that I have few limitations:
- no more urban night photography
- no more night photos, where moon is visible (see Ryan's photo above, even Ryan posted very small size the moon has clearly visible weird blob around it - this is typical to R-model, it has slightly different issues, but I consider it as useless for this kind of situations)
- no more daylight photos, in which sun is in the photo
BTW. Does anyone know point and shoot camera for night photography (serious question as I'm trying to figure out camera for night photography)? Needs to have
- bulb mode
- M-mode
- zoom starting from 28mm or 24mm (equivalent) and good image quality at closed down f/4 in wide end
- quite small noise at ISO 100/base-ISO with long exposures (=takes dark frame after the actual exposure)
I'm sure there are some foodies on here. I went on a trip w/ my gf to visit her sister and on the way we stopped here at the Mountain BrauHaus (since 1955) in Gradiner, NY. I'm a German beer nut so I was in heaven.
All Voigt 40 @ ~2-2.8 + A7. The glass by itself is ISO 5000 for reference.
Another Atlanta cityscape. This time from Piedmont Park looking over the lake at Midtown Atlanta. I really like the FE 55 for this kind of shot. 20 Second exposure at F 5.6 with polarizer.
zephoto wrote:
I'm sure there are some foodies on here. I went on a trip w/ my gf to visit her sister and on the way we stopped here at the Mountain BrauHaus (since 1955) in Gradiner, NY. I'm a German beer nut so I was in heaven.
All Voigt 40 @ ~2-2.8 + A7. The glass by itself is ISO 5000 for reference.
A few from a recent trip to Chicago, all on the A7. I am loving this camera with my manual focus glass, can't wait to pick up an AF lens at some point down the road.
Here's some shots from my first few days with the a7. I was formerly a 7D shooter and have found that this camera is the basically the opposite. It has been fun shooting manual for the first time.
