Michiel, Tim, Bob, Serhan, others, great stuff on this page!
On my side, with little time for shooting, I am still amazed with the amount I am getting from the A7R and FE 35 SOOC. One very close up, which does not seem to to be too popular around here.
lostinjapan wrote:
Similar to one I posted earlier, taken on the A7r with the CZ 135/2 APO Sonnar.
Ryan
Ryan, when shooting with the 135mm APO Sonnar, do you carry/walk around with your setup by holding the lens or do you use a strap with the lens and adapter attached to the camera body?
I find the 135mm to be a wee bit heavy (lovely lens though!) and usually carry my setup by holding the lens and adapter in one hand...without any strap attached to the camera body. I feel more secure with it in hand like that, but less mobile/flexible since only one hand is basically free.
Alpha_Geist wrote:
Ryan, when shooting with the 135mm APO Sonnar, do you carry/walk around with your setup by holding the lens or do you use a strap with the lens and adapter attached to the camera body?
I find the 135mm to be a wee bit heavy (lovely lens though!) and usually carry my setup by holding the lens and adapter in one hand...without any strap attached to the camera body. I feel more secure with it in hand like that, but less mobile/flexible since only one hand is basically free.
It is a heavy lens, regardless of what camera to which it is mounted. As a rule, I always have a strap on every camera I own. I am afraid to carry the camera alone without any additional support. However, with a lens as heavy as this one, especially when there is an adapter used as well, I carry it with the strap around me neck and then carry it by holding the lens. I wouldnt let it freely swing from my neck, just asking for trouble.
Hi Kumar, what is the aperture you used for that shot? Having used that lens for several years I am familiar with its rendition on Leica bodies. I have to say that the bokeh looks a little funky to me while the target is super sharp .
Another question, Kumar. How do you get that beautiful result with SEM 21? I have miserably failed ot get anything useable out of my Elmar 24, and I would love to get it to work on my A7R.
edwardkaraa wrote:
Thank you Bob. I find the high iso really fantastic. The fine grain pattern at iso 6400 is like iso 1600 on my M9.
I don't know Ed, that looks cleaner than any 1600 ISO shot I've taken with the M9... I'm really anxious to get mine (Wednesday, it should arrive).
I should go through your older posts and see what your take is on the camera, since you come from an M9, which I am as well...
If I recall, you also had an a900 at one time, which I still have, so the a7r fits in nicely, but I only have two actual AF Minolta/Sony lenses. All the rest are Leica R lenses Leitax adapted to the A mount, with chips.
It's going to be an interesting weekend testing out the new camera.
---Michael
EDIT: What I mean to say is that the M9 gets into chroma-noise land pretty quickly over ISO 1000, and this appears to keep that very tamed for the most part. Obviously, a full resolution version might show it more, and the raw conversion software can impact that heavily.
I actually like the look of the chroma noise WHEN CONVERTED TO B&W. Feels a bit like TXP pushed to 3200 or similar. Anyone remember the TXP days? (Back before TMX, TMY, TMZ?).
Indeed I had the A900 and still have the M9. I thought the M9 is one step better than the A900 despite it being an older technology, but it all depends on the raw converter, and ACR does a really good job with both Sony and Leica files. The A7 is probably 2 stops ahead of the M9, but it doesn't like underexposure so it's important to nail the exposure and not depend on pushing the files in PP.
rji2goleez wrote:
Nice shot Edward - I love high ISO on the camera!
It is a really big adavantage over the Nex-6, ISO 1600 files with the Nex are quite brittle, you better get that exposure correct or they fall apart. The A7 Files in contrast are much better and I have no worries using ISO 3200 or even ISO 6400.
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