proper miserable day today. i'd very much rather be back on holiday.
follow my lead by Jonathan Howes, on Flickr
Lovely
proper miserable day today. i'd very much rather be back on holiday.
follow my lead by Jonathan Howes, on Flickr
Just a heads up folks..
Amazon Primeday have some Sony deals....
Sony A6300 = £674 then - £150 Sony Cash Back = £524
Sony A7 = £719 then - £100 Sony Cash Back = £619
Sony A7S = £1250 - £200 Sony Cash Back = £1050
Sony RX100 III = £427 - £75 Sony Cash Back = £352
I have picked up the Sony RX100 III for Holiday Snaps! But was really temped to get the Sony A7 or A7S
Happy GAS days!
Lovely
Hi,
I managed to pick up one of the A7 cameras with the 28-70mm lens from Amazon for £719 the other day.
Been looking at lenses and thinking they weren't too badly priced. I have may a 'schoolboy' error in thinking that E-mount was just E-mount. I realised when looking at the Samyang 12mm that it was E-mount APS-C, as were many of the other lenses I was looking at. Wondering if I should have gone for the A6300 now!
Essentially 95% of my photography is landscape and previously I have tried to be a jack of all trades and master of none - I am going to focus on landscapes now.
I am thinking about keeping the 28-70mm for general use but getting 1 dedicated landscape lens (used to use Canon 10-18mm and loved it) - would consider a wide angle prime.
I won't be spending above £500 on any lens.
Can people please make some recommendations?
Thanks
Hi,
I managed to pick up one of the A7 cameras with the 28-70mm lens from Amazon for £719 the other day.
Been looking at lenses and thinking they weren't too badly priced. I have may a 'schoolboy' error in thinking that E-mount was just E-mount. I realised when looking at the Samyang 12mm that it was E-mount APS-C, as were many of the other lenses I was looking at. Wondering if I should have gone for the A6300 now!
Essentially 95% of my photography is landscape and previously I have tried to be a jack of all trades and master of none - I am going to focus on landscapes now.
I am thinking about keeping the 28-70mm for general use but getting 1 dedicated landscape lens (used to use Canon 10-18mm and loved it) - would consider a wide angle prime.
I won't be spending above £500 on any lens.
Can people please make some recommendations?
Thanks
The 28mm f2 will be a great option that when paired with an a7 will fit in a winter jacket pocket. Will also leave change in your pocket.
Might not be wide enough for you though.
I have it. It has qc issues so be awareSamyang wide angle
How about CV15?
You could also look at some legacy options like OM 21mm/3.5.
Though landscape lenses doesn't necessarily mean UWA. You could also add the cheap and very good samyang 35mm/2.8
The 28/2 is a great option for keeping the system small but for landscapes it doesn't offer anything over the kit lens as it will be stopped down to F11-16 anyway.
I'd agree with @twist with the Samyang 14mm as an alternative option.
Did watch a review of that kit lens remaining soft in the corners throughout the range.
Did watch a review of that kit lens remaining soft in the corners throughout the range.
My kit lens is fine, quite good actually and certainly not soft in the corners throughout the range.
G master? LolCompared to?
Compared to?
G master? Lol
Do you need to compare a lens to another to know if it's soft or sharp? Surely just looking at the overall image will tell you that.
Compared to the review you read saying it's soft in the corners throughout the range.Compared to?
well, there are different levels of sharpness.
I'm sure you'll make very good use of your new lens.
Compared to the review you read saying it's soft in the corners throughout the range.
As I've said several times, I have this lens but haven't used it outside the house and garden (I like and use primes in the real world) but it seems fine. Actually it seems more than fine, it seems like a good to very good standard range variable aperture zoom.
If anyone wants some 100% crops I'll fit the lens to the camera, shoot and crop but it'll have to be another day, I'm a bit busy today.
thats wonderful - but id have to question how much testing you can possible give a lens that hasn't been out out of your home.
I'm not saying that there aren't better lenses than the kit 28-70, clearly there are. However, in a landscape situation, the difference between lenses gets less obvious as you're generally stopped down, on a tripod, focusing on a fixed point.
Shooting in low light with fast AF and wide aperture is another story altogether!
I just like to put some alternative thoughts into the some of the standard replies in this thread (not yours) that suggest paying out thousands when someone has already set a budget and hasn't even used the kit lens yet.
agreed.
are you going to be able to use any other glass to test on your a7?
thats wonderful - but id have to question how much testing you can possible give a lens that hasn't been out out of your home.
I shoot at F2.8 on my wide lenses frequently.
That's a fair comment. How much have you used the 28-70 and what are your thoughts?
I'm not saying that there aren't better lenses than the kit 28-70, clearly there are. However, in a landscape situation, the difference between lenses gets less obvious as you're generally stopped down, on a tripod, focusing on a fixed point.
Shooting in low light with fast AF and wide aperture is another story altogether!
I just like to put some alternative thoughts into the some of the standard replies in this thread (not yours) that suggest paying out thousands when someone has already set a budget and hasn't even used the kit lens yet.
You'll have to stop talking sense Steve.
venice pt1-672.jpg by Jon Richy, on FlickrWell done, you're clearly not a 'traditional' landscape shooter hence my advice/suggestion for @Tom Green with shooting landscapes.
Yea true. i guess i like shooting at night hehe.Nice shots although the builders of the buildings in the second shot seem to have lost their spirit levels ;0)
As I said though, the 'traditional' landscape approach (I understand that nothing is cast in stone) is generally on a tripod stopped down for hyperfocal distance focusing and front to back sharpness and most lenses perform at their best when stopped down so the differences are less obvious.