Hi there back, Ashwin!
Hi Cam, THe AA can be stripped from the A7s...Kolarivision does this....I am tempted. Charles has had a mod done for his A7R, and I am toying with the idea for my A7s, though I am not sure how loxia performance may be affected and worry a bit about this...
Yes. I've thought about this. Seriously. But I'm not sure if it will play nice with FE lenses either, which gives me pause... Then, again, it's my one big bugbear with the RX1 (I don't have the RX1R) -- it's like I can see that veil and it drives me mad! Too many years of shooting without AA, I guess.
Speaking of which, how does the 35 Loxia compare with the glass on the RX1R, in your opinion? Is it close? The RX1 made me fall back in love with 35mm, both because of the character of the lens and the fact that I now could get close enough.
Cam, great to hear from you!!!
You know, I felt the same way about the loxias (redundant to my M's, as both are manual focus), but then I tried them out....and they had to be in my kit. I immediately sold my 35 and 55 FE lenses, to get the loxias, and zero regrets...
All of that said, I still love my M9P and adore the MM...they do make the heart and soul sing!
I've missed you even if you are such an evil influence on me
I take what you say seriously, so I'll probably do a Lens Rental next time I'm in town. (I actually do shoot the RX1 manually most of the time.)
But I got the A7S so I could learn auto-focus, pfffft!
And this:
And keep in mind, all that the M9 would not have been able to make the first shot that I posted...the A7s barely blinks at ISO 12800...which is bonkers....
It
is insane! And it's spoiled me such that when I go back to the Ms, I sometimes get taken up short, lol.
You all have me thinking hard about what gear I will take on my next trip overseas to Iceland and beyond...A7s and Loxias, or M kit with M9p and Monochrom..the choice is not clear cut...
Seriously consider it... The last trip I took both (not the Loxias, obviously) and the MM stayed in the bag. It was a conscious choice -- I needed to see if I could be content with just the Sony. I was.
I missed the act of shooting with a rangefinder, not just the cameras and the glass glass, but there was something nice about not having to think so hard -- I just let myself have fun. And the fact that there really wasn't a cap on the ISO and the silence itself that allowed me to play in many situations where I just wouldn't have tried with the M.
Not only did I want a light* kit I could travel with but, also, an inexpensive kit. Well,
relatively inexpensive... The Sony with lenses cost less than one piece of Leica glass in many cases. That's very freeing.
* I picked up a used Mitakon, too, because I still like to shoot in ridiculously low light, sometimes, and knew that... Negates some of the weight savings, but the Noctilux was always one of my favourite travel lenses.
On that note, okay... You've all convinced me. I'll give the Loxias a try to see if it might be part (aside from the intact AA) of what I'm missing on the Sony. Sigh, Ashwin, you've never been very good for my pocketbook!