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- Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:10 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75707
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
Peter - all these lenses become 100% useful on the A7R II. You can even get an AF adaptor for the Contax G lenses. I've been shooting today with the Canon 5DS and the A7R II, using my Sigma 12-24mm at 12mm on the Canon, and the VSLT 12mm on the Sony. Both need some CA correction, both are softer at ...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:03 am
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75707
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
Don't even be concerned by the AF - the A7R MkII is an entirely different thing from anything before. The very shallow superstructure of the BSI sensor means the phase detect pixels are maybe two to four times as effective, and they have taken full advantage of this. It focuses like a DSLR especiall...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:14 pm
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: Ultrawide choices
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18621
Re: Ultrawide choices
Biggest difference Barry is the f/2.8 - none of the other ultrawides can focus properly. f/2.8 plus an f/2.8 centre AF point gives much more accurate focus so the Tokina always wins.
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:16 am
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75707
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
Truth is, for the cost of a trip to London, I might as well get a flight to New York and spend a day with the guys at B&H... I could visit Sony in Germany cheaper. Information is not a problem - and Sony is very controlling, Mark always sounds as if he is not governed by their normal methods (al...
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:16 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75707
Re: Post about the A7R II up now
No pictures allowed and pretty hard to say anything more. Yes, I think it's probably a great camera but yesterday's trip only reinforces my absolute contempt for Sony and how they run things in the UK. Here's how it used to work: the sales or PR manager for an importer would call me and say, we've g...
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:34 pm
- Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
- Topic: Post about the A7R II up now
- Replies: 66
- Views: 75707
Post about the A7R II up now
I've done a post on the A7R II, and have hands-on the camera tomorrow, though not sure whether any proper tests or reporting will be allowed.
http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2015/06/1 ... -obsolete/
David
http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2015/06/1 ... -obsolete/
David
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:31 pm
- Forum: Digital non-SLR
- Topic: A7R II
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15082
Re: A7R II
It's very unlikely they will try to make screw-drive lenses work with the on sensor PDAF. Only a few of them report their relative focus state accurately enough (D-series lenses) so even if the phase detection says 'we need to focus 1cm closer then fire' the lens can't actually do it. Some late D mo...
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:26 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Dragonflies
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2922
Re: Dragonflies
Lovely captures - moiré in the dragonfly eye too, some resolution at work there!
- Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:20 pm
- Forum: Alpha A-mount System
- Topic: A77II review finally turns up
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14047
Re: A77II review finally turns up
Still waiting for the price to fall - and for a separate GPS to be introduced by Sony!
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 3:35 pm
- Forum: DSLRs pre-2006
- Topic: Rear filter for Minolta AF 500mm Reflex lens
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11266
Re: Rear filter for Minolta AF 500mm Reflex lens
The Sony one will be identical. I needed to get a 4X ND for my Tamron 500mm and found a Camlink 30.5mm for under £10, but I really doubt it is the required quality - rear filters for mirror lenses must be absolute top grade.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:27 pm
- Forum: Alpha A-mount System
- Topic: Using The LA-EA4 for alpha mounts
- Replies: 9
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Re: Using The LA-EA4 for alpha mounts
There's no f/2.8 centre point on the LA-EA4 but all the AF points on it will work as well, some report better, than the A900 or A850 and are a close match to the A99.
I certainly have no trouble with it.
David
I certainly have no trouble with it.
David
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:24 pm
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: Sony FE 70-200mm OSS - help needed - info
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14139
Re: Sony FE 70-200mm OSS - help needed - info
It was my regular lens for several years. Love the size. Main problems - soft wide open at 300mm (but this was in the days before AF calibration, or live view focus, and focus errors were just as likely to be the cause as anything else); slow AF, quite noisy; fixed 1.5m minimum focus which I find a ...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:09 pm
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: Sony FE 70-200mm OSS - help needed - info
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14139
Re: Sony FE 70-200mm OSS - help needed - info
The SSM G version 2 is probably better. I can only say that both the Sigmas I use, the 70-300mm OS and the 70-300mm APO Macro, proved sharper than my 70-300mm G at 300mm wide open, which tends to be my criterion for these lenses. There may have been back or front focus error contributing to this dif...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 2:39 pm
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: Sony FE 70-200mm OSS - help needed - info
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14139
Re: Sony FE 70-200mm OSS - help needed - info
Just an update. I've come within a moment of pressing the buy button for a £780 lens - I would not buy it at £1249 and find the difference in import and 'native' prices extreme, it's much better in Europe but maybe that's down to the Euro exchange rate. Then I decided to take a few casual handheld t...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:42 am
- Forum: Lens Lore
- Topic: Sony FE 70-200mm OSS - help needed - info
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14139
Re: Sony FE 70-200mm OSS - help needed - info
I've decided not to buy the 70-200mmm- cost, size, usefulness of the focal length range, focus restrictions etc. Generally if I want telephoto reach, I want as much as I can get without lugging a 70-400mm around and the best way to get that is not to try to do it on full frame. My money would be bet...