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Hi FM crowd.
I am new to the forum and new to Sony. Recently bought the Alpha 1 with a few lenses to start build my system, and become a fan of Loxia lenses. However, I've seen similar issues with 3 Loxia, two 35mm and one 21mm. Want to post it here to see if anyone else has experienced the same.
For all three lenses on Alpha1, when set the aperture ring to certain stops faster than F4 and slower than the wide open, the focus magnifier just won't stay, no matter activated through turning the focus ring or a function button manually. The magnifier would just comes up for a brief moment and than disappears. Just imagine having 21mm set to F3.5, for instance, when I turn the focus ring continuously, magnifier would come and go like crazy. None of the stops above 4 have this issue for all three lenses. Lenses are full functional otherwise and I really like the images produced. But this glitch is driving me a bit insane I am thinking about returning them...
I have a 50mm GM which has an physical aperture ring, it doesn't have this issue at all.
My Alpha is on the 1.1 firmware, and I emailed Zeiss customer service but they say they can't reproduce with the same setup. To me it feels as if the aperture info transmitted to the body is not properly recognized, or the body thinks the lenses are in between stops... and it feels like a software problem. I am gonna try the lenses on my friend's A7R3 tomorrow, but I don't have another A1 to test.
I wonder if this issue is seen by others, and should I just live with it, since for each lens there is only 1-2 stops that show this glitch...
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