New A7rIV is 26mpx in crop mode your 24 would be a 36mm lens in crop mode
Part two of this if your a wedding shooter or event and even family photo kind of shooter. Do you really need more than 26. I'll answer that hell no. So reality is you don't need a AF35. Now your a landscape shooter here you may want 61mpx 35mm shots than buy a nice manual focus for landscape
Expand this further if I have 24/36 in one lens than maybe jump to a 45/50 for AF work. My gap and many others is 24/85 so how do we fill that now when you have a legitimate crop camera
Something to chew on
I'm actually thinking going 45/50/55 and just bag the 35 AF lens. Of course I have a MF kit too
I'm waiting till I at least get my A7rIV in a couple weeks. I have the cash on hand but want my hands on it first. I'm not in a big hurry on this lens
Now Tamron as most may know they have a killer 35 1.8 and 45 1.8 today in Canon/ Nikon mount . So they look like they can easily do at least these two
I had the 35 and it was killer sharp. Little clinical but still a nice lens. So Tamron may solve all this 35 angst and there is a ton of it still even with the new ones coming out
I think there still is a battle here and no clear winner or least amount of compromising
I'm really happy with the Voigt 40/1.2 in any case except it's MF and I'm not a fan of TAP the M-mount. Therefore, still waiting and watching the competitors battle in the forum arena.
sebbe wrote:
At least for me the winner is still not clear.
I'm really happy with the Voigt 40/1.2 in any case except it's MF and I'm not a fan of TAP the M-mount. Therefore, still waiting and watching the competitors battle in the forum arena.
In this area 35-55 the most popular focal length . Go for two.
It's the forum way but really it's not a bad idea . Have a nice AF lens when that needs arise and a really hot MF lens like the CV 40 or 50. I have the CV 50 and looking for maybe a 45 in AF to add to the pile
sebbe wrote:
At least for me the winner is still not clear.
I'm really happy with the Voigt 40/1.2 in any case except it's MF and I'm not a fan of TAP the M-mount. Therefore, still waiting and watching the competitors battle in the forum arena.
GMPhotography wrote:
Im getting older by the moment the better freaking hurry.
Fred Im in serious limbo here. I dont know WTH i want
I may just go get the 50 1.4 again. Loved that lens
For me there is nothing better than FE 24/1.4 GM + 50/1.4 ZA. I also have the Sigma 45 as a lighter option to the latter.
Decided to keep the CV 75/1.5 for the times when the 85/1.4 GM is too big and heavy to bring along.
The only wild card is the Sony 35/1.8. I'm getting one for review.
Aug 21, 2019 at 03:22 PM
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Fred Miranda wrote:
For me there is nothing better than FE 24/1.4 GM + 50/1.4 ZA. I also have the Sigma 45 as a lighter option to the latter.
Decided to keep the CV 75/1.5 for the times when the 85/1.4 GM is too big and heavy to bring along.
The only wild card is the Sony 35/1.8. I'm getting one for review.
I think this Sigma 45 f/2.8 and the Sony FE 85 f/1.8 (or the CV 75 f/1.5 if you are willing to MF) both make a really nice complement to the very nice but bigger Sony ZA 50 f/1.4 and GM 85 f/1.4. You can pull out the bigger lenses when you need the rendering and speed and don't mind the size and you can use the small lenses when you need small size and still have a nice option.
GMPhotography wrote:
Im getting older by the moment the better freaking hurry.
Fred Im in serious limbo here. I dont know WTH i want
I may just go get the 50 1.4 again. Loved that lens
Just be patient. I'm sure we will see the holy trinity 24/1.4GM + 40/1.4GM + 85/1.4GM with the nice 35/1.4 + 50/1.4 as fillers. Anything else does not make much sense.
Aug 22, 2019 at 01:57 AM
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Lens in hand, it's REALLY nice. Can confirm stellar build quality, handling, bokeh etc. Can also confirm that AF-C is extremely wonky on a7S- lots of hunting and missed focus. Have not tried eye-af or face detection yet. AF-S is solid, works great. Manual focus is as good as it can get on a fly-by-wire, I believe. Smooth, accurate.
This is tempting as a walk around lens. I'm looking for small and good autofocus lens for everyday (I already have the CV40 if I want to be serious). How does it compare to the cheap little 35mm Samyang? I've heard that autofocus is a little loud on that.
Aug 22, 2019 at 05:25 PM
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I had the Sammy 35 for a while, don't have it anymore for direct comparison, but I thought it was great (for the price, I mean). I recall some noise with the focus, yes. I'm guessing in a while, price on the Sigma will drop some, so it won't be too much more of an investment.
I'll have to test tonight with video because it's loud pretty much everywhere in Philadelphia before 11pm, but I can't hear *any* focus noise with it.
The build quality between the two is night and day. The Sigma is longer, but both are compact and light. The focus and aperture rings on the Sigma put the Samyang to shame.
IQ seems about in the same league, but I'm aware that I had a really good copy of the Samyang, so YMMV. Will have to see when I play with the RAWs in LR, but my impression is that the Sigma is richer in contrast and color. The bokeh is definitely smoother and you'll get more of it at 45 vs 35.
Seabassius wrote:
This is tempting as a walk around lens. I'm looking for small and good autofocus lens for everyday (I already have the CV40 if I want to be serious). How does it compare to the cheap little 35mm Samyang? I've heard that autofocus is a little loud on that.
