Well I want something for street photography, and I want something for professional use.
So 35mm 1.4 ZA has AF - great for professional use - but not zone focussing and it's quite bulky for street.
The loxia 35mm f2 would be ideal for street, but I don't mind going wider and the 25mm has the oled gauge.
So 25mm for street, 35mm for walkabout + pro usage.
how is the balence on the 35 1.4, I know it's big and heavy but no reviews ever talk about the balance and how it feels on the camera
How many pictures did you take? Do you turn the camera off when you think you are not going to take a picture for a while?
I turn the rear screen off in the menu and I turn the camera off if I don't think I'm going to shoot for a few minutes and although I have one in the bag I rarely need the second battery. I can take up to 100 pictures when on maybe a 3 - 4 or 5 hour walk.
I'm surprised people are going back to DSLR's. They are a cheaper package I suppose and each to his own but there's no going back for me as I'd miss the combination of FF in a small package, no front / back focusing silliness and all the goodies like WYSIWYG, peaking and magnified view etc.
And you can't live with the quite small Sony 35mm f2.8? Is the additional f0.08 over f2 too much?
Is it that you're shooting in very low light and need a very wide aperture or do you like the shallowest depth of field? Or is the problem something else like focus speed?
reWell, if you want faster than f2.8 and you need AF then the options are limited. Maybe the 35mm f1.4 will suit you if the 28mm f2 doesn't.
My old Minolta 35mm f1.8 is ok for me but it's obviously manual focus.
Not too long ago I shot a lot of gigs with ISO 1600 film and an f4 lens and no one complained but these days the quality that gave just doesn't cut it
Well, if you want faster than f2.8 and you need AF then the options are limited.
They look nice lenses and a bit more expensive than the mass market film SLR stuff I have.
I've no idea why anyone would pay more for the 50 f2 when theres already a fantastic 55 1.8. Manual only....whoopee :/ got me so thrilled...not.
I've no idea why anyone would pay more for the 50 f2 when theres already a fantastic 55 1.8. Manual only....whoopee :/ got me so thrilled...not.
Hi gang , I have a a7 and until nowhere used it only with mf lenses , what is my most cost effective way of getting auto action on it ?
Fe lenses or via a Sony adaptor and Sony A lenses ?
I'm extremely tempted to jump ship, or at least run fuji alongside the sony
None of the sony lenses thrill me either, the 55 is nice, I've decided the 35 1.4 is too big and expensive, 28 f2 would be good but then that's where it stops- I have a few nice voigtlander lenses and I use canon lenses on adapters but until the 25 and. 85 come out ( and god knows how expensive they're going to be)
Depends what your looking for but the kit lens (28-70) is actually pretty good and seems to be around £200 used
Gone back to my 5d3 for today photo adventure..
Still debating which camera to bring to new York.
Where is the best place to look ?
My Minolta 50mm f1.2 has had a good day out well over 100 pictures with it, ISO's all in the thousands I've been using white peaking but decided to try red and yellow and have decided that yellow is perhaps the best to see for me.
Pointless post without pics...
The rumor site is saying that there will possibly be two new FF cameras. An A7rII and a 50mp model too.
Read all about it...
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr3-...ming-within-the-next-feew-days/#disqus_thread
But as the release of these cameras has been rumoured several time in the past and they've been no shows I suppose we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully after a few false predictions we'll see them sooner rather than later.