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Hi is anyone shooting with these at the moment? I'm really really tempted to get one as a backup to a 5d mk3 and my 6d perhaps eventually replace the 6d I shoot portraits a few landscapes here and there I do also do weddings but will stick with the 5d3 for that as have a huge canon l lens selection I guess the a7 ii would be my "fun" camera
 
owenb said:
thank you sir ;-)
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Youre welcome, the A7 are fine cameras, AF isnt the best, lens selection isnt amazing but as a travel camera its very nice, the the Sony 28 f2, Zeiss 35 2.8 and Zeiss 55 1.8 should cover most types of walkabout shooting. You can also use pretty much any legacy lenses via cheap adapter and manual focusing.
 
thanks for the help I have saw the autofocus isn't gr8 I'm guessing for people though it is adequate, I have l lenses so would try and use some of them although the zeiss ones look amazing so would have to purchase one of those also ooops here comes the GAS lol
 
owenb said:
thanks for the help I have saw the autofocus isn't gr8 I'm guessing for people though it is adequate, I have l lenses so would try and use some of them although the zeiss ones look amazing so would have to purchase one of those also ooops here comes the GAS lol
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In good light its fine/good in AFS, AFC isnt great but usable and in lower light AF speed overall slows down a fair bit. Youll get a fast enough lock with people posing but for kids who cant sit still youd be better off using your DSLR, but thats the beauty of having 2 good systems, they compliment each other.
 
perfect I am going to have an indepth read later of the thread thanks for your help ... might have to look in the classifieds later lol
 
Just on the AF debate...

For me my A7 is perfectly ok but I only ever use single point and never any tracking mode and never let the camera decide what to focus on. Used in single point mode it's as fast as any of my DSLR's were (Canon, up to 5D) and very consistant and accurate.
 
..... forgot to mention that my comments were also based on single point. I also dont bother with auto af point selection.
 
I would use single point as well tbh so that's good info thank you :-)
 
Also take a look at my recent comparison with the Nikon D750 and the ensuing discussion.

tl;dr: It's really uncomfortable to hold in one hand and not that much of a weight saving if you use top quality glass, especially fast zooms. The EVF is great / terrible depending on whether you like EVFs. The tracking AF is acceptable. Moving the focus point is cumbersome.
 
Don't agree that moving the focus point is cumbersome.

I have it set to a custom button so it's a case of pressing the button to call up the option and then pressing the centre button to activate and the focus point can then be moved using the central 4 way control. It's a two button press and then move... takes all of half a second and I'm moving the focus point. The only way it could be quicker would be to have the centre 4 way conrtrol set to move the focus point. Don't know if that's possible with the Sony as I've never tried but it certainly is with my Panny but of course when doing it that way you lose the four functions of those keys and moving the focus point can be done too easily by accident. All in all I much prefer having to call up the function rather than have it set to the four way control.
 
from my limited research there are a lot of custom functions on the a7 series I like the sound of it so far
 
woof woof said:
Don't agree that moving the focus point is cumbersome.

I have it set to a custom button so it's a case of pressing the button to call up the option and then pressing the centre button to activate and the focus point can then be moved using the central 4 way control. It's a two button press and then move... takes all of half a second and I'm moving the focus point. The only way it could be quicker would be to have the centre 4 way conrtrol set to move the focus point. Don't know if that's possible with the Sony as I've never tried but it certainly is with my Panny but of course when doing it that way you lose the four functions of those keys and moving the focus point can be done too easily by accident. All in all I much prefer having to call up the function rather than have it set to the four way control.
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That's one of the reasons I changed from an A7 to D750, it might only take a second to change it but when you are doing it a lot it becomes very tiresome very quickly. You can't assign AF to the direction controls.

A good camera should get out of your way and just let you shoot.
 
Willo said:
That's one of the reasons I changed from an A7 to D750, it might only take a second to change it but when you are doing it a lot it becomes very tiresome very quickly. You can't assign AF to the direction controls.

A good camera should get out of your way and just let you shoot.
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Agreed, it depends on your style/requirements, a direct 4 dial selection is way quicker and Ive never accidentally moved a point. If youre a 'slow' shooter or focus recompose type then it doesnt matter and if youre into manual focus then it doesnt matter at all either way.
 
If you want (much) better AF you could also consider the A6000 (apsc), that has excellent AF and nicer handling. Noise control is good, about 1 stop worse than the A7, which is pretty good imo. Again, you can use other lenses on it. Just another option.
 
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Willo said:
That's one of the reasons I changed from an A7 to D750, it might only take a second to change it but when you are doing it a lot it becomes very tiresome very quickly. You can't assign AF to the direction controls.

A good camera should get out of your way and just let you shoot.
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I do do it a lot. Maybe not for every shot but I do routinely move the focus point (rather than focus and recompose) and I honestly don't see adding a second to the process as cumbersome although to be fair I suppose it depends what irritates you.

I can't quite remember how I used to move the focus point with my Canon DSLR's, I remember there was a little cursor stalk thingy but not exactly how it worked but regardless of how DSLR's work for me moving the focus point on any of my CSC's and sending it back to its home position or moving it to another point is pretty much a non issue, YMMV.... and I'm sure the OP can consider this and make his own mind up.
 
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