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- Tue Aug 23, 2016 11:33 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: "Brexit" hits prices hard on tech goods
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21708
Re: "Brexit" hits prices hard on tech goods
This week sees a further round of price increases, for example the entire Intro2020 stable (including Samyang and Tamron, but no longer including Phottix which has moved to MAC Group Europe) increased prices by around 10% on August 22. However many stores still have older priced stock, it's just new...
- Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:19 am
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: How wide is wide enough?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40254
Re: How wide is wide enough?
I tried it on the A900 but not on the A99. It had quite strong moustache type distortion. However, with the A99 and also with the latest Adobe software that is lens profile corrected now so it would be a much more useful lens - there were no lens profiles when the A900 was launched and I created a f...
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:33 pm
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: How wide is wide enough?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 40254
Re: How wide is wide enough?
Earlier this year I traded my 12mm Voigtlander full frame for a 10mm (new model) which is the widest you can buy anywhere with straight lines. It is used very rarely, but when needed, it's more than useful. But it's an extreme luxury and in the course of a normal day's shooting I would not use it. I...
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:33 pm
- Forum: Alpha A-mount System
- Topic: Sony cameras out of stock
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8727
Re: Sony cameras out of stock
Most service repairs are also on hold. Earthquake issues... no sensor stock left...
- Mon Apr 25, 2016 11:06 am
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: 24mp sensors and lens performance
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20156
Re: 24mp sensors and lens performance
Testing the MC-11 right now. Do not hold your breath... I've identified problems within minutes of getting it, and my findings have gone straight back to Sigma.
- Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:31 pm
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: 24mp sensors and lens performance
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20156
Re: 24mp sensors and lens performance
It's very easy to forget that the 24MP APS-C sensor is equal to a 56MP full frame, and therefore higher resolution than the A7RII and even than the Canon 5DSR. So of all the sensors out there, it imposes the greatest demands on the centre of the image field (for full frame lenses) or the entire fiel...
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:58 pm
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: Widest FF wide angle - not fisheye
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7684
Re: Widest FF wide angle - not fisheye
There's this new Chinese FF wide angle - http://www.ukdigital.co.uk/laowa-15mm-f ... ony-a.html. Otherwise, the Samyang 14mm f/2.8, or my favourite, which is simply the Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 zoom.
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:07 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75450
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
I wanted a shift lens (tilt is really not that important to me for wide angles, but could be useful in the studio... only I have parted with my 55mm Micro Nikkor for a while) and wider than 24mm. My first trials were with the Canon 20mm f/2.8 FDn, which has about the widest image circle of any such ...
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75450
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
The 28mm is a 26.2mm before correction. I'm not keen on 28mm in general, preferring to have 24mm available and finding 40mm-ish a better standard lens. However, with the A7R II you can simply crop if a tighter angle is really better. Sony doesn't really make the lens line-up I would want: 16 or 17mm...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:22 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75450
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
Remember, I'm testing them in Canon EF mount using a Commlite adaptor. Even, they function really well on the A7RII - just the occasional communication glitch (common even with Canon lenses). They are very fast focusing, quite large, and well made along the same line as current Sigma ART lenses. tam...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:34 am
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75450
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
Pako - the 28mm f/2 has lots of distortion for a fixed focal length, but it's not as extreme as the correction applied to for example the 24-240mm or the little 16-50mm for APS-C. I find it one of the best lenses I've got and it compares well with what I was out using today - Tamron 35mm f/1.8 and 4...
- Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:12 am
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Wide range lens for a900
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16447
Re: Wide range lens for a900
To update on this, I recently had a chance to use the new Tamron 28-300mm USD zoom (ultrasonic focus motor) on a Canon adaptor on the A7 II for a day. The lens proved excellent and could be recommended for the A900, A850, A99 or indeed for the A7 series with the right adaptor. I am sure it would als...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:59 pm
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: CZ A-mount 24 real CZ 25 FE mount
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6963
Re: CZ A-mount 24 real CZ 25 FE mount
Can't compare with the Batis, but I can tell you the performance of the 24mm ZA SSM is transformed by using the A7RII. It hunts a lot before fixing focus on all the other A7 bodies, but just zips straight to focus and tracks perfectly on the A7RII with LA-EA4. I'd say it compares directly with the 2...
- Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:00 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75450
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
No MD, but tried the 70-210mm f4 beercan -
Section at 100% - and this is in dull light, f/6.3, iso100, 135mm focal length -
You can see the threads on the flag - sub-pixel res. Still a good lens!
Section at 100% - and this is in dull light, f/6.3, iso100, 135mm focal length -
You can see the threads on the flag - sub-pixel res. Still a good lens!
- Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:56 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75450
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
I just bought a Meike battery grip (under £60 with a very good wireless remote) and that stacks up two batteries with a proper display on the camera for batt 1 and batt 2 and levels and switching. Also, I have an Expro power pack for Sony and that does the equivalent of 4 to 5 batteries.