Sony A7 photo sample - share Sony A7 series photos here
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Eldar said:
Probably end December, looking forward to it.
My flirt with the Leica M9 was a tragedy, for me, lovely Camera, sort of, but you need young eyes for a Rangefinder, or at least good old ones. Clunky 1980's Menu system, but wonderful Glass.
Hopefully the Sony ticks some of the box's the M9 didn't (for me, I have friends that love the Leica M system and produce amazingly good Images from it), at least the a7r should be a reasonable smallish camera when the 1Dx is just to much for the job.
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eml58 said:
Awesome eml58 ;D
I would add 35mm as well if my wife willing to give up her RX1, I just don't see how that going to happen though.
We really enjoy our RX1 as walk around camera. The Zeiss FE 35mm looks quite small compared to 55mm, which I think it will be perfect for small body like A7r.
I placed my pre-order(A7 + Zeiss 55mm) 20mins after the announcement. I hope to hand on this x-mas.
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Dylan777 said:
That is a serious endeavour at Planning, I salute you Sir, I generally buy by default something I like, but this planned spread has me re thinking how serious I should take my NGAS, well done Dylan777.
On your Zeiss WA, I purchased last year the Zeiss Distagon T 2.8/15, this is a truly supreme Lens, I have yet to put it into my Underwater Housing on the 5DMK III, but it totally blows away my 8-15 @ 15 which is my current go to WA lens for underwater photography, you give up Auto Focus, but that hasn't been an issue for me to date, price, like all Zeiss Lenses is a killer, but you do get what you pay for with these Lenses.
I've ordered the Zeiss Otus 55 1.4/55 as well, intend using this on the 1Dx to replace the Canon 50 1.2 L II.
The a7r, if it lives up to expectations, will hopefully become the walk around/general Body, I'll also be keen to see if I can get it into an Underwater housing, with the Zeiss 15 & 35 it should work excellent, just need a good Macro Lens for it, Hmmmmm.....
I would add on the Zeiss 15, the reason I've not put it into the Underwater Housing, is the really PIA Hood attachment, completely boneheaded idea on an otherwise remarkable Lens, getting the Hood off, is doable, but a bit scary and not for the feint hearted, unfortunately the Hood Petals protrude far enough they come up against the Glass on the WA Port of my Housing set up, bummer.
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Sold my Nikon D7100 & 18-300 today morning and ordered the Sony a7 with the kit lens (28-70mm) a few minutes ago ... will try to get the metabones EOS adapter when it becomes available. I had stopped buying sony products a very long time ago due to abandoned product lines ... hope they keep to their word this time and are committed to the FF mirrorless lens line up without any rude shocks.
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I ordered the a7 and a Novoflex adapter for my Nokton 58/1.4. I also preordered the Zeiss 24-70 zoom.
I'll play with the a7/Nokton combo over christmas. Let's see if I can get good results focusing at f/1.4.
Anyone has used the new Metabones smart adapter, the one supporting AF? I imagine it would be slower, but I'm interested to hear about accuracy.
I'll play with the a7/Nokton combo over christmas. Let's see if I can get good results focusing at f/1.4.
Anyone has used the new Metabones smart adapter, the one supporting AF? I imagine it would be slower, but I'm interested to hear about accuracy.
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Just got the a7+kit lens (24-70) delivered to me ... camera feels good, so does the lens ... but I did not get to use it as the battery needs to be charged for 310 minutes (that's over 5 hours without being able to use the camera)
Sony should have supplied a battery charger with this thing.
Sony should have supplied a battery charger with this thing.
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Rienzphotoz said:Just got the a7+kit lens (24-70) delivered to me ... camera feels good, so does the lens ... but I did not get to use it as the battery needs to be charged for 310 minutes (that's over 5 hours without being able to use the camera)
Sony should have supplied a battery charger with this thing.
There's no charger? Do you have to charge the battery in the camera?
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That is correct ... there is no charger provided with the purchase ... so I have to charge it in camera and it takes 310 minutes to charge each battery ... I am now charging my 2nd battery, will keep the 3rd battery for charging before I go to bed ... now that's almost 16 hours to charge 3 batteries and I cannot use the camera during that time. But Sony is releasing a charger for $50 (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1008167-REG/sony_bctrw_w_series_battery_charger.html)TWI by Dustin Abbott said:Rienzphotoz said:Just got the a7+kit lens (24-70) delivered to me ... camera feels good, so does the lens ... but I did not get to use it as the battery needs to be charged for 310 minutes (that's over 5 hours without being able to use the camera)
Sony should have supplied a battery charger with this thing.
There's no charger? Do you have to charge the battery in the camera?
But I made a mistake, I did not realize that there is a third party battery charger, by Watson, for $20 that works with these batteries (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/837444-REG/watson_c_4228_compact_ac_dc_charger_for.html) ... oh well :'(
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Does anyone know how to change the focus point in a7? ... I read the 95 page manual provided with the camera but cannot find how to change the focus points. Also, the manual is probably written by a 2nd grade student, it is really that basic and bad ... it hardly feels like a manual fit for a camera of this price range. As I went through each page, my reaction was WTF!
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OK, I figured out how to do it ... a bit long winded, but it works. In doing so I found that the sides of the images are horribly soft ... I guess it might be the weakness of the kit lens ... but the center is stunningly sharp.Rienzphotoz said:
For those who are like me searching how to change focus points:
Hit "Fn" button, choose "Focus Area" and select "Flexible Spot M" ... then you can use the Control Wheel on the back of the camera to select the focus point.
If anyone knows a faster way, please do share. Thanks
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Rienzphotoz said:
I hope your experience gets better from here. We do a lot of complaining about Canon products around here, but this has been a little reminder that there a lot of things that Canon DOES do right. Looking forward to seeing some of your images from the new kit.
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Rienzphotoz said:That is correct ... there is no charger provided with the purchase ... so I have to charge it in camera and it takes 310 minutes to charge each battery ... I am now charging my 2nd battery, will keep the 3rd battery for charging before I go to bed ... now that's almost 16 hours to charge 3 batteries and I cannot use the camera during that time. But Sony is releasing a charger for $50 (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1008167-REG/sony_bctrw_w_series_battery_charger.html)TWI by Dustin Abbott said:Rienzphotoz said:Just got the a7+kit lens (24-70) delivered to me ... camera feels good, so does the lens ... but I did not get to use it as the battery needs to be charged for 310 minutes (that's over 5 hours without being able to use the camera)
Sony should have supplied a battery charger with this thing.
There's no charger? Do you have to charge the battery in the camera?
But I made a mistake, I did not realize that there is a third party battery charger, by Watson, for $20 that works with these batteries (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/837444-REG/watson_c_4228_compact_ac_dc_charger_for.html) ... oh well :'(
If you need a charger now you also have the following options.
The charger is currently available Direct from Sony store.
The previous version of the Sony charger is still available from Best Buy.
ttp://www.bestbuy.com/site/battery-charger/2702788.p?id=1218346635697&skuId=2702788&st=Sony%20charger&cp=1&lp=2#tab=specifications
I have the same version as the one at Best Buy in fact I bought it there because Sony wanted $79 for the old charge.
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