Sony A7 photo sample - share Sony A7 series photos here

[Dylan777]

When you spend 2 thousand american dollars on a mirror less camera, you have to take some photos (even if the weather outside is sh!tty) ... so here is a miniature pumpkin, (smaller than a Coke can diameter), which I've been hoarding for more than 2 months ... I have a habit of buying colorful fruits and vegetables to take photos, but most of the time I forget about them and my wife gets on my case for buying stuff that we don't eat and the stuff ends up lying around in the house ;D ... anyway today she threatened to cut up the pumpkin for dinner as she was getting p!ssed with it just lying around in the house (I had promised her that I'll take the photo of that pumpkin and then she could use for cooking after that ... now, that was 60 days ago) ... anyway she threatened to dismember the pumpkin, so I had no choice but to take the photo, before it is killed ... sorry, this is the best I've got as I cannot go outside to take photos due the bad weather.
By the way, as unfortunate as it is, there was no happy ending for neither the pumpkin nor our dinner, when we cut the pumpkin (after I took the photo) we found it rotten :-[

A7 series is weather sealed, so let see some raining photos ;D

The "GAS" for 300mm f2.8 IS II has went away. I'm now itching for 600mm. A7 now? or use that $$$ toward to 600mm? :

In my home town (Goa) we stay indoors, coz there is so much of it during monsoons ... but here in Qatar, we come out in rains, coz it only reains once in a few years, that too for a few minutes at best ... so no chance of rain photos for the next 8 months.
Oh yes, the GAS! ... it is a strange feeling, the moment I come to Canon Rumors I get it real bad and it takes a very long time for it to go away ... only to come back when gentlemen like you influence me into buying Sony a7 ... you said you were buying it and then you go get the 300 L IS, not cool man (just kidding) ... the 600 L sounds awesome.

Keep in mind, the Zeiss 55mm is not arrive at local sony store yet I might not yet done with my "GAS" for 2013

I'm officially done with my 2013 G.A.S

Played with this combo !!!AGAIN!!! in HongKong. Went back to the hotel. Turn on my laptop and went to BH site. Got my American Express out. Pushed the purchase button. I'm now feel better ;D ;D ;D

I'm stand by to see what Sony/Zeiss has to offer in 2014, otherwise, the new 24-70 f4 OS looks really nice

Will sell some of bulky Canon lenses soon...except the big white 400mm ;D

 

[Rienzphotoz]

When you spend 2 thousand american dollars on a mirror less camera, you have to take some photos (even if the weather outside is sh!tty) ... so here is a miniature pumpkin, (smaller than a Coke can diameter), which I've been hoarding for more than 2 months ... I have a habit of buying colorful fruits and vegetables to take photos, but most of the time I forget about them and my wife gets on my case for buying stuff that we don't eat and the stuff ends up lying around in the house ;D ... anyway today she threatened to cut up the pumpkin for dinner as she was getting p!ssed with it just lying around in the house (I had promised her that I'll take the photo of that pumpkin and then she could use for cooking after that ... now, that was 60 days ago) ... anyway she threatened to dismember the pumpkin, so I had no choice but to take the photo, before it is killed ... sorry, this is the best I've got as I cannot go outside to take photos due the bad weather.
By the way, as unfortunate as it is, there was no happy ending for neither the pumpkin nor our dinner, when we cut the pumpkin (after I took the photo) we found it rotten :-[

A7 series is weather sealed, so let see some raining photos ;D

The "GAS" for 300mm f2.8 IS II has went away. I'm now itching for 600mm. A7 now? or use that $$$ toward to 600mm? :

In my home town (Goa) we stay indoors, coz there is so much of it during monsoons ... but here in Qatar, we come out in rains, coz it only reains once in a few years, that too for a few minutes at best ... so no chance of rain photos for the next 8 months.
Oh yes, the GAS! ... it is a strange feeling, the moment I come to Canon Rumors I get it real bad and it takes a very long time for it to go away ... only to come back when gentlemen like you influence me into buying Sony a7 ... you said you were buying it and then you go get the 300 L IS, not cool man (just kidding) ... the 600 L sounds awesome.

Keep in mind, the Zeiss 55mm is not arrive at local sony store yet I might not yet done with my "GAS" for 2013

I'm officially done with my 2013 G.A.S

Played with this combo !!!AGAIN!!! in HongKong. Went back to the hotel. Turn on my laptop and went to BH site. Got my American Express out. Pushed the purchase button. I'm now feel better ;D ;D ;D

I'm stand by to see what Sony/Zeiss has to offer in 2014, otherwise, the new 24-70 f4 OS looks really nice

Will sell some of bulky Canon lenses soon...except the big white 400mm ;D

Glad to see that you did not betray my trust ;D ... also glad that you have not gone astray in your wayward quest of a great white ;D
Congratulations! ... hope to see some pics with your new ZEISS 55 f/1.8 lens ... having seen some of your work, I am sure they'll be awesome. For a short while I did think of getting the ZEISS 55, but I'm not really a prime lens type of guy as I also don't have the skill and patience required for a prime lenses, so the few prime lenses that I do have, just stay in the camera bag most of the time as back up, for my zoom lenses (with the exception of 100 IS Macro).
About the 10-18, I'm still thinking to get it or not ... but I might have a customer who wants to buy my EOS-M (with kit lens, 22mm, adapter, extra batteries and a flash), so if I sell it off, then the 10-18 is definitely coming in.

 

[Dylan777]

Glad to see that you did not betray my trust ;D ... also glad that you have not gone astray in your wayward quest of a great white ;D
Congratulations! ... hope to see some pics with your new ZEISS 55 f/1.8 lens ... having seen some of your work, I am sure they'll be awesome. For a short while I did think of getting the ZEISS 55, but I'm not really a prime lens type of guy as I also don't have the skill and patience required for a prime lenses, so the few prime lenses that I do have, just stay in the camera bag most of the time as back up, for my zoom lenses (with the exception of 100 IS Macro).
About the 10-18, I'm still thinking to get it or not ... but I might have a customer who wants to buy my EOS-M (with kit lens, 22mm, adapter, extra batteries and a flash), so if I sell it off, then the 10-18 is definitely coming in.

I'll post some photos Rienzphotoz.

I can't believe you selling the "BEST" mirrorless camera for a Sony ... :... ;D
I sold my lovely Fuji x100s, lost about $175. I hope I don't have "seller's remorse" for that.

You know LR5.3 supports A7 + new FE lenses?

 

[Rienzphotoz]

You know LR5.3 supports A7 + new FE lenses?

I didn't even think of it, until I saw your post ... so I just fired up LR 5.3 now to check some of the test images I had taken on Saturday when I got the Metabones adapter ... lo and behold LR 5.3 does support A7+EF lenses .. here is an image made with EF 85mm f/1.8 at f/1.8 ... the first one is straight out of the camera, the second one is the same image without any post processing other than tick mark "Profile" in "Lens Corrections" of LR 5.3 ... as you can see it does take care of vignetting.
Due to bad weather I was only able to test my lenses (with A7+metabones) at home ... so I have more such "test" images with EF 40 f/2.8, 50 f/1.4, 100 f/2.8 L IS Macro, 16-35 f/2.8 L II, 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II & Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC ... basically all of them are supported in LR 5.3
EDIT: Sorry my bad, it does not support automatically, I was too excited to check if it supports or not, so in the excitement I forgot that I was selecting Custom Lens Corrections Profile in LR5.3 ... Moral of the story: too much excitement can will lead to embarrassment :-[

 

[Dylan777]

You know LR5.3 supports A7 + new FE lenses?

I didn't even think of it, until I saw your post ... so I just fired up LR 5.3 now to check some of the test images I had taken on Saturday when I got the Metabones adapter ... lo and behold LR 5.3 does support A7+EF lenses .. here is an image made with EF 85mm f/1.8 at f/1.8 ... the first one is straight out of the camera, the second one is the same image without any post processing other than tick mark "Profile" in "Lens Corrections" of LR 5.3 ... as you can see it does take care of vignetting.
Due to bad weather I was only able to test my lenses (with A7+metabones) at home ... so I have more such "test" images with EF 40 f/2.8, 50 f/1.4, 100 f/2.8 L IS Macro, 16-35 f/2.8 L II, 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II & Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC ... basically all of them are supported in LR 5.3
EDIT: Sorry my bad, it does not support automatically, I was too excited to check if it supports or not, so in the excitement I forgot that I was selecting Custom Lens Corrections Profile in LR5.3 ... Moral of the story: too much excitement can will lead to embarrassment :-[

What about zeiss FE lenses? Thanks

 

[Rienzphotoz]

You know LR5.3 supports A7 + new FE lenses?

I didn't even think of it, until I saw your post ... so I just fired up LR 5.3 now to check some of the test images I had taken on Saturday when I got the Metabones adapter ... lo and behold LR 5.3 does support A7+EF lenses .. here is an image made with EF 85mm f/1.8 at f/1.8 ... the first one is straight out of the camera, the second one is the same image without any post processing other than tick mark "Profile" in "Lens Corrections" of LR 5.3 ... as you can see it does take care of vignetting.
Due to bad weather I was only able to test my lenses (with A7+metabones) at home ... so I have more such "test" images with EF 40 f/2.8, 50 f/1.4, 100 f/2.8 L IS Macro, 16-35 f/2.8 L II, 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II & Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC ... basically all of them are supported in LR 5.3
EDIT: Sorry my bad, it does not support automatically, I was too excited to check if it supports or not, so in the excitement I forgot that I was selecting Custom Lens Corrections Profile in LR5.3 ... Moral of the story: too much excitement can will lead to embarrassment :-[

What about zeiss FE lenses? Thanks

With LR 5.3 release, all the 3 below lenses are supported:
1. Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
2. Sony ZEISS FE 35mm F2.8 ZA
3. Sony ZEISS FE 55mm F1.8 ZA

 

[Dylan777]

You know LR5.3 supports A7 + new FE lenses?

I didn't even think of it, until I saw your post ... so I just fired up LR 5.3 now to check some of the test images I had taken on Saturday when I got the Metabones adapter ... lo and behold LR 5.3 does support A7+EF lenses .. here is an image made with EF 85mm f/1.8 at f/1.8 ... the first one is straight out of the camera, the second one is the same image without any post processing other than tick mark "Profile" in "Lens Corrections" of LR 5.3 ... as you can see it does take care of vignetting.
Due to bad weather I was only able to test my lenses (with A7+metabones) at home ... so I have more such "test" images with EF 40 f/2.8, 50 f/1.4, 100 f/2.8 L IS Macro, 16-35 f/2.8 L II, 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II & Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC ... basically all of them are supported in LR 5.3
EDIT: Sorry my bad, it does not support automatically, I was too excited to check if it supports or not, so in the excitement I forgot that I was selecting Custom Lens Corrections Profile in LR5.3 ... Moral of the story: too much excitement can will lead to embarrassment :-[

What about zeiss FE lenses? Thanks

With LR 5.3 release, all the 3 below lenses are supported:
1. Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
2. Sony ZEISS FE 35mm F2.8 ZA
3. Sony ZEISS FE 55mm F1.8 ZA

Thanks Rienzphotoz.

Can't wait to fly back home to see the kids, wife and NEW TOYS

 

[Rienzphotoz]

You know LR5.3 supports A7 + new FE lenses?

I didn't even think of it, until I saw your post ... so I just fired up LR 5.3 now to check some of the test images I had taken on Saturday when I got the Metabones adapter ... lo and behold LR 5.3 does support A7+EF lenses .. here is an image made with EF 85mm f/1.8 at f/1.8 ... the first one is straight out of the camera, the second one is the same image without any post processing other than tick mark "Profile" in "Lens Corrections" of LR 5.3 ... as you can see it does take care of vignetting.
Due to bad weather I was only able to test my lenses (with A7+metabones) at home ... so I have more such "test" images with EF 40 f/2.8, 50 f/1.4, 100 f/2.8 L IS Macro, 16-35 f/2.8 L II, 70-200 f/2.8 L IS II & Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC ... basically all of them are supported in LR 5.3
EDIT: Sorry my bad, it does not support automatically, I was too excited to check if it supports or not, so in the excitement I forgot that I was selecting Custom Lens Corrections Profile in LR5.3 ... Moral of the story: too much excitement can will lead to embarrassment :-[

What about zeiss FE lenses? Thanks

With LR 5.3 release, all the 3 below lenses are supported:
1. Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
2. Sony ZEISS FE 35mm F2.8 ZA
3. Sony ZEISS FE 55mm F1.8 ZA

Thanks Rienzphotoz.

Can't wait to fly back home to see the kids, wife and NEW TOYS

I understand, new toys are lots of fun coz they are new ... but wife and kids ... you know, same ol, same ol ;D... I'm just kidding ... my wife will kill me if she sees this post. :-X ... more than that I am scared she might stop her once a year gift of buying me a lens for my birthday ... last year she didn't buy a lens as we had gone on a holiday and she promised to give it next month ... so I better not make stupid comments like these else I might lose the gift :-X ;D

 

[Dylan777]

Thanks Rienzphotoz.

Can't wait to fly back home to see the kids, wife and NEW TOYS

I understand, new toys are lots of fun coz they are new ... but wife and kids ... you know, same ol, same ol ;D... I'm just kidding ... my wife will kill me if she sees this post. :-X ... more than that I am scared she might stop her once a year gift of buying me a lens for my birthday ... last year she didn't buy a lens as we had gone on a holiday and she promised to give it next month ... so I better not make stupid comments like these else I might lose the gift :-X ;D

LOL... ;D

The #1 reason that I got all these stupid FF camera gear is my kids. They are my #1 treasure in my life.

If I have no kids, I think would still be shooting with little Canon $99 P&S. Back in 2006, my wife and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon. Can you guess, what camera that I bought and brought with us?

 

[Rienzphotoz]

If I have no kids, I think would still be shooting with little Canon $99 P&S. Back in 2006, my wife and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon. Can you guess, what camera that I bought and brought with us?

I'm bad at guessing ... but I'll give it a shot ... its a $99 Canon P&S

 

[ClayStevens]

I think I have more interests in the A7 now. ;D

 

[Rienzphotoz]

While cleaning out my cupboard today, I found the Kenko Extension Tubes, which I had bought many years ago and haven't touched ever since I bought a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro (which was sold to make way for the EF 100 f/2.8 L IS) ... anyway, since I unexpectedly found these extension tubes, I thought why not check it out with with my Sony a7 & EF prime lenses. So, I took a few shots of a metal turtle, which my niece was playing with ... I was quite surprised to find that the the EF lenses auto focus slightly faster with the Metabones adapter+Kenko extension tubes, than when mounted only with the metabones adapter. Anyway here are the images, straight out of the camera ... they are not pretty images, its just to show my setup for this little (unplanned/unexpected) test ... also, my niece was playing with the turtle in the backyard ... so its a bit dirty :-[
The first image is just to show what I was shooting - a metal turtle (sitting on the Kenko 12 & 20mm extension tubes) ... this is made with just the Metabones adapter+EF 85mm f/1.8 lens mounted on the Sony a7 ... the subsequent images show the set up and the image captured. All images are photographed at 2 second exposures, f/22 aperture & ISO 800 (the higher ISO was an oversight, I thought it was ISO 200 as I was not wearing my reading glasses).

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Here is the image made with Sony a7+Metabones Adaptor+Kenko 36mm Extension Tube+EF 85mm f/1.8 lens ... the second image is just the set up

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Here is the image made with Sony a7+Metabones Adaptor+Kenko 36mm Extension Tube+EF 50mm f/1.4 lens ... the second image is just the set up.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Here is the image made with Sony a7+Metabones Adaptor+Kenko 36mm Extension Tube+EF 40mm f/2.8 lens ... the second image is just the set up.

 

[bholliman]

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.

Rienzphotoz - Looks like you have had the a7 for over a month now, do you recommend it? How does image quality, AF and the overall user experience compare with you Canon and Nikon DSLR's?

 

[stochasticmotions]

Here is a shot I took a few weeks ago using A7r with metabones adapter, 70-300L at ISO 1600 hand held on a rather dark, very cold (almost -30) day. Fun subject since we don't get Mandarin ducks on the north shore of Lake Ontario very often

Also one from last week this one using the canon 100-400L at 400 ISO also handheld but only at -10 degrees so I was only shaking a little.

So far everything works very well, autofocus is very slow as expected but focus peaking works amazingly well (at least with the 70-300, the 100-400 I have always found changes focus with way too small of a movement to work for me). Can't wait to get out in something other than cold grey, white and beige to play with it with more wide angle lenses.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

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.

Rienzphotoz - Looks like you have had the a7 for over a month now, do you recommend it? How does image quality, AF and the overall user experience compare with you Canon and Nikon DSLR's?

Hi bholliman ... for me the Sony a7 is a compliment to my existing Canon & Nikon gear, not a replacement. For me photography is a fun hobby, so I just eyeball the images that my gear is able to produce in real normal situations rather than get into reading test charts and stuff ... so take my opinion with a pinch of salt.
1. Image quality is on par with 5D MK III
2. AF is definitely not as fast as 5D MK III
3. Great Wifi connectivity with almost no lag between the photo/video on cam and phone.
4. I can use all my current Canon, Tamron & Sigma lens on a7 (using a small adapter) with Auto Focus (except for 50 f/1.4 which does not AF with the metabones adapter).
5. Lot more fun than the 5D MK III, bcoz it is light weight and the apps make complex editing easy and fun.
Let me elaborate a bit with an example on the last part ... I like timelapse, but with 5D MK III I had to take the photos, import to LR5, edit, then take to another software to complete the timelapse and export/publish it ... but with the a7 the timelapse app does everything for me i.e. taking photos to editing and converting them into a timelapse video, so I don't need to do a lot work for editing and still get some great timelapse footage ready to be shared with my family and friends.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Here is a shot I took a few weeks ago using A7r with metabones adapter, 70-300L at ISO 1600 hand held on a rather dark, very cold (almost -30) day. Fun subject since we don't get Mandarin ducks on the north shore of Lake Ontario very often

Also one from last week this one using the canon 100-400L at 400 ISO also handheld but only at -10 degrees so I was only shaking a little.

So far everything works very well, autofocus is very slow as expected but focus peaking works amazingly well (at least with the 70-300, the 100-400 I have always found changes focus with way too small of a movement to work for me). Can't wait to get out in something other than cold grey, white and beige to play with it with more wide angle lenses.

Fantastic photo ... looks just as good (if not better) as a photo taken with a Canon camera and the 70-300 lens.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Forgot to mention, the EF 50 f/1.4 does not AF on Sony a7+metabones adapter ... but when I mounted the Kenko Extension tubes on Sony a7+metabones adapter+50 f/1.4, the lens actually auto focused ... I am not sure what happened there but the Kenko extension tube is doing something to this combo and enabling it to auto focus ... thought some of you might be interested to know and those of you who have that combo, might want to give it a try and share your feedback. Cheers.