Re: Official: Sony A7 and A7r Fullframe Mirrorless
Smart move to fit a 1/8000s pro level shutter for the intended audience to head off the RX1 complaints of \'where is the ND filter\' when using f1.4 optics.
for carsten and Vern, a piece my MR who got a play pre-release:
\'For some photographers (myself included) putting Leica M mount lenses on the Sony A7R may be reason enough to break out a bottle of Veuve Cliquot champagne and celebrate. Using an M to E adapter (I have a Metabones), virtually every Leica M lenses that I own works well on the A7R. Some of the ultra-wide and very wides do vignette, so be aware of this. There is no software correction for this, because we\'re mixing and matching. With other systems where the lens and camera are from the same company there\'s a lot of magic that can be done in firmware.
I had neither the time nor the full selection of lenses to test in detail what works and what doesn\'t, but I think it fair to say that most retrofocus design Leica M lenses will work on the A7R. When you consider that this camera has a high resolution EVF, focus peaking, intelligent Auto-ISO – so manual aperture lenses can be used in a semi-automated manner, and of course a 36 Megapixel sensor, this is hot stuff indeed.
In my opinion, anyone who owns a set of (or even a few) high quality M series Leica optics should seriously look at the Sony A7R. They make for a killer combination, and the Sony costs less then a third of an M240 camera. Just test that the lenses that you plan on using work as you expect before taking the plunge.\'
Oct 16, 2013 at 04:38 PM
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