I'm of the same mind set as Roger: if possible, assemble a set of lenses that have some consistency in color and character to help pull together a body of work using various focal lengths.
Even though they are big and heavy, were I to adapt R lenses it would be ones I came to prize for their "old school" sublime rendering and character, which "new school" digital lenses cannot compete with: R35/1.4 and R80/1.4.
I'd probably add the base to the A7R to facilitate their use a bit more. For what and how I shoot, I could get on with just those two Rs … and in fact did so with R/DMR cameras for many years, even though I had a number of other R lenses.
IMO, Zooms are a tricky business. How much you would gain with bigger, manual focus adapted R zooms compared to the Zeiss AF zoom with Image Stabilization could be debatable. The truly great R zooms come with a not so great price tag, and some compromises in handling on the A7s … variable aperture, or size for example.
- Marc
Even though they are big and heavy, were I to adapt R lenses it would be ones I came to prize for their "old school" sublime rendering and character, which "new school" digital lenses cannot compete with: R35/1.4 and R80/1.4.
I'd probably add the base to the A7R to facilitate their use a bit more. For what and how I shoot, I could get on with just those two Rs … and in fact did so with R/DMR cameras for many years, even though I had a number of other R lenses.
IMO, Zooms are a tricky business. How much you would gain with bigger, manual focus adapted R zooms compared to the Zeiss AF zoom with Image Stabilization could be debatable. The truly great R zooms come with a not so great price tag, and some compromises in handling on the A7s … variable aperture, or size for example.
- Marc