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This is a pretty amazing endorsement. Something about the files hooked me as well. This morning I shot the A7 and 6D back to back and while it isn't night and day with the shots, I did prefer the A7 and then there is the whole size/weight thing. Plus I'm a sucker for one or two small/well-crafted primes that really send me. That can actually make me happy with a whole system. The Pentax ltd primes were awesome, and I just loved the 77/1.8 for whatever reason. The FE 55/1.8 is proving to be one of those lenses.Well well well. I'm the crazy one for sure. The Sonys both a7 and A7r have replaced my Nikon system. Have to say and after doing a really big runway gig, workshop and client work that I have yet to hit the oh **** wall that I can't do something but on my radar screen I need a tethered solution at the end of the month . 2 days in the studio shooting models and cloths. Basically a catalog shoot. Gear not the issue as I have what I need its the tethered I need to figure out and be rock solid on it. So far so good but I can understand Marc's and others decision to hold on for awhile. Now I'm not completely crazy as I held unto some Nikon mounts as if it gets too much I can go rent. But I'm going to say this without hard proof but more on my experience and I feel my files are actually better at least in the area of color and look. I'm liking the color better over my Nikons. That was a risk I took in switching was I wanted better color and I believe that thought pattern panned out with the Sony. I'm not going to run a side by side on it but I'm going with my gut feeling on the Sonys.
I'm going to add a comment here and I maybe proved wrong but I feel everyone seems stuck in the mud and Sony is actually innovating
Geez I would never have thought that of myself. I'll just call it a great quality of my personality. How's that. ROTFLMAOGuy, you are a (gear) WHORE!
The Eye-Fi wireless 16G card tethered to an iPad or desktop system seems quite sprightly for JPEG file review. 2-3 seconds per full resolution JPEG with the E-M1—haven't tested with the A7 yet.... I need a tethered solution at the end of the month . 2 days in the studio shooting models and cloths. ...
Out of curiosity Bob, which hurdles did it fall at?Well, I picked up Guy's and used my pre-purchase checklist on it.
I have not bought one.
YMMV
-bob
You mean with a Sony AF lens? I dunno. With a manual lens, the A7 is automatically always in MF mode. Just be sure you (one time) enable "shoot without lens" in the menus.Okay guys, how do I turn off that auto focusing, without me actually pressing any buttons?
This always has me boggled!
Really? I can't get mine to do that. I can magnify with C1, but not by turning the focus ring. What am I missing? (FE lens, a7r)Depends on lens but Native lenses like the 35 and 55 FE just turn the focusing ring and it switches to manual magnified view. Very cool
Set the focus mode to manual.Okay guys, how do I turn off that auto focusing, without me actually pressing any buttons?
This always has me boggled!
Or DMF. That way you get AF with half shutter push (and focus peaking ), then if you turn the focus ring you get the magnified view. Cake and eat it too.Set the focus mode to manual.
The rear thumb button will then AF when you want it, but otherwise it's manual focus (regardless of lens used) without pressing anything.
- Marc
That's how I'm setup with AF.Or DMF. That way you get AF with half shutter push (and focus peaking ), then if you turn the focus ring you get the magnified view. Cake and eat it too.
I understand that … but the question was "How do you turn off the AF without having to press any button?"Or DMF. That way you get AF with half shutter push (and focus peaking ), then if you turn the focus ring you get the magnified view. Cake and eat it too.
Hmmm that sounds interesting. Like to know that menu setting Marc. I may try it.I understand that … but the question was "How do you turn off the AF without having to press any button?"
The answer to that is to set the camera's focus mode to Manual Focus.
Then AF defaults to the rear thumb button. I have my A7R set this way because all of my other cameras are set the same way … so the operation is the same camera-to-camera. AF is usually faster this way.
- Marc