Re: Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
Makten wrote:
Yesssss, I got my hands on an a7 at the local photo fair today! One strange thing is that I can\'t see any signs of the weather sealing. No gaskets, nothing. And you can\'t access the menues during charging. Oh well.
One of the advantages of also purchasing one of the AC chargers for the camera. I have one ordered to come with my A7r. That way I could also charge 2 batteries at once. One in the camera and one in the separate AC charger. turnstyle wrote: waterden wrote:
Scott - check out the ZM C-Sonnar 50/1.5. Jewel of a lens - no magenta banding in my experience - but needs stopping down if you want across the frame sharpness, but that\'s not really the point of it.
Thanks for the suggestion! From what I\'ve seen, the advantages of the Lux vs. the Sonnar come down to: better sharpness wide, smoother oof, and negligible focus shift (which will only factor in if I ever try a Leica body). The obvious advantage to the Sonnar is cost.
I thought this was an interesting new test set, comparing the Lux 50 ASPH on A7r vs. M240:
Previous comparisons of the Lux 50 on A7 or A7r vs. M240 or M9 have left me thinking the Leica bodies outperformed -- but the comparison above leaves me feeling more hopeful -- yes?
OTOH, the earlier tests were of distant subject, whereas this one is with the subject at 2 meters -- so, perhaps there is still some figuring to do.
Does it make sense that the A7/A7r would match the M240/M9 with the Lux 50 for near subjects, but fall behind for distant subjects?
Thanks!
Have you also considered the Leica R 50mm f2 Summicron V2?
Re: Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless
Makten wrote:
Yesssss, I got my hands on an a7 at the local photo fair today! One strange thing is that I can\'t see any signs of the weather sealing. No gaskets, nothing. And you can\'t access the menues during charging. Oh well.
One of the advantages of also purchasing one of the AC chargers for the camera. I have one ordered to come with my A7r. That way I could also charge 2 batteries at once. One in the camera and one in the separate AC charger.
Rich
Nov 23, 2013 at 11:10 AM
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One strange thing is that I can\'t see any signs of the weather sealing. No gaskets, nothing. And you can\'t access the menues during charging. 
Oh well.
I have one ordered to come with my A7r. That way I could also charge 2 batteries at once. One in the camera and one in the separate AC charger.