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johnvanr wrote:
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I shoot with both Sony and Canon systems. For Sony I have the A7V and A6700. For Canon I also have the R6MKII and the 5Ds.
You mentioned the classic 24-70/2.8 lens and I have that (RF 24-70/2.8 L IS) and it is an amazing lens. However, it might not fit your criterion of being light. For the Sony side, have you looked at the 40/2.5 G lens? It's pretty light and great for environmental portraits. I do a lot of travelling as well but when I do I often do model shoots thus my MVP lens there is the Sigma 28-105/2.8 DG DN ART. It's the lens I take for street editorial/fashion and then straight to the beach for swimsuit shots. Once again you might find it heavy but if you are considering a 24-70 then you should look at the Sigma as well.
A couple of years ago I owned an A7c with several lenses including the Sony 40mm f2.5 G. Yes, I agree with you, it's a very good compact lens. My only issue with it was that I had to exchange two decentered copies before I git a good one. Same with a Sony 85mm f1.8. Unfortunately I sold that camera and several lenses because I thought I was going to use only Canon gear. Three months later I ended up re-purchasing another A7c plus the 3 Tamron lenses I currently own.
I've only owned Sigma lenses in F mount, so I don't have any FE experience with them. I have read that Sigma produces good lensds; their 24-70mm f2.8 seems good on paper.
Do you print your images? One lens that hardly gets any mention here is the Sony 15/1.4 G. It's an aps-c lens but I tried with my A7V and it works really well. I seldom print but I tried it with the Super Resolution feature in Photoshop and it works really well.
I haven't printed in years except for the occasional prints I get whenever I test out a film camera that I buy.
So, why do you want large files? Is there something wrong with your OM-5 files from Japan?
I am not OP but dynamic range takes a hit on small sensor cameras.
This means its easy to blow out say a white dress.
For example, if the scene needs 7 stops of DR, you wont clip the dress until above ISO 4000+ on A7C but with OM-5 you will clip the dress above ISO 1600
I’ve shot tens of thousands of shots with MFT and the relatively narrower dynamic range has never been an issue. And my MFT gear can warn me when I’m about to blow the highlights, while my Canons can’t.
Granted, I’m not one to seek details in the shadows.
Noise used to be the biggest issue, but that’s gone with the great noise reduction software.
The relative difference in DoF goes both ways. For travel, I’m fine with MFT’s DoF.
I shoot all formats, btw. About to give up APS-c.
That’s an odd way to put it. If dynamic range has truly never been an issue, then you wouldn’t need a warning telling you when you’re about to exceed it in the first place.
That doesn’t make sense. It’s just a highlight warning. Leica’s have them as well, to warn against overexposure.
That’s the contradiction. You’re saying dynamic range has never been an issue, then immediately citing a feature you use to warn you when you’re about to exceed the sensor’s dynamic range. If the limit genuinely never mattered, there would be nothing to warn you about.
Take a simple example: you meter an 18% grey card to establish the correct exposure for the subject. If, at that exposure, the white dress exceeds the sensor’s highlight limit and clips, then the scene requires more dynamic range than the sensor provides at that ISO. You can underexpose to save the dress, but now you’re shifting the problem toward the shadows.
If you have time to slowly compose the shot, sure, you can watch the warning and adjust the exposure until the clipping disappears. But if you’re capturing a spontaneous moment, you may not get that opportunity. The dress may already be irretrievably clipped by the time you see the warning.
A camera with more dynamic range gives you more exposure latitude and reduces the chance of losing either highlights or shadows in the first place.
Alternatively, you can ask all your subjects to get a spray tan and wear dark clothes. That should solve the dynamic-range problem too. /s
Every sensor has a limit to its dynamic range. Several brands offer blinkies to warn when that range is exceeded. I think my 100mp Fuji does as well. That feature has nothing to do with limitations of dynamic range.
And as I said, I never found the dynamic range of my MFT gear limiting to my photographic needs. There are other reasons I don't exclusively use MFT, but that's not it.
There is no need for your sarcasm.
only the “spray” part is sacarsm (you need a real tan not spray, spray looks orange)
I have and do get the kids to wear clothes darker than their skin tone.
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