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 p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Sony A-Mount 135 1.8 with LA-EA4 -- usable for sports? | |
You can disagree with my statements, but you can't say that I haven't used the lens because I owned it and the autofocus with LAEA4 was worse than my Canon t3i. I preferred to use the Zeiss 135mm f2 Apo, which is completely manual, over the ZA.
There is no question about this optically quality of the lens, and I would buy it over the GM if it were a native E mount lens (for rendering only). But it's almost 2020, and the LAEA4+135mm ZA autofocus performance belongs to probably 2 decades ago. Yes, it can take pictures and I can share some very accurately focused samples taken with this lens, but it would be completely misleading to suggest that every shot taken with lens will be like that. The focus points cover ~ 10% of the frame, which means you have either to focus and recompose or rely on manual focus when the subject falls outside the 10% area covered by the LAEA4 focus points.
The autofocus of ZA is not slower than the GM. It's much much slower.
And by the way, the question is about using this lens for sports and whether the LAEA4 is better than Metabones with Canon lenses if you have missed that.
Good day sir.
pasblues wrote:
I don't agree at all with ysultan. I had that lens and adapter combination for a couple of years with the A7R3 and "it's not even good for portraits" is a totally false statement clearly made by someone who hasn't owned or doesn't know how to use that combination.
BBF will help you and working on your contrast-point focus technique.
"I would say it's a collectible lens at this stage" - there actually is a Sony lineup (dslr) that uses A-mount lenses so this is just a misinformed statement.
I compared the ZA with the GM in some shots on a different thread. I'll see if I can dig it up.
Is it as fast as the GM? No, of course not. The GM has two AF motors in it - which commands the price tag of over 4X what your Craigslist offering is.
One point to keep in mind is that using the adapter will claw back about a 1/3 stop from the ZA's f1.8, making it more like a f2.
I would say that somebody selling the ZA WITH THE ADAPTER for $500 is either desperate for money, is selling something with a problem (like it's not working 100% or it's, mhm, "borrowed") or isn't selling it with the adapter or the adapter isn't included (adapter is worth about $175-$200 by itself) and the lens is worth at least $700 by itself. So, the used market price on those two items should be more around $900.
Craigslist is a cray-cray place. Proceed with caution as I'm sure you will. Meet and transact inside the lobby of your bank during business hours where there is security and security cameras - so you feel safe. That is absolutely the ONLY way I have ever conducted a Craigslist transaction - and that is AFTER I inform the other party that my husband is an ex-cop who doesn't tolerate shenanigans (licensed to carry). Some people maybe would think that is "oh, that's overdoing it" - yeah. I overdo security at all times. I'm not meeting some dude in a parking lot somewhere to exchange $$$.
Below I have a comparison I shot at a concert between the ZA and the GM Sonys. The rest are with the ZA. Emphasize: I use BBF and old-school AF techniques. This isn't hard to do - it's a skill acquisition.
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