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18mm ƒ2.8 Batis is here!
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Vivek
Guest
The filter size went up for a slower lens.
Christopher
Active member
Well isn't a surprise is it ? It's much wider...
pegelli
Well-known member
Well, if you look at the amount of plastic around the front lens element keeping it at 67 mm would not seem a very difficult design task.
MikeEvangelist
Member
I've got to believe there's good reasons for making the front that large. The old 18mm Distagon, which was slower (ƒ3.5), had an even larger filter size (82mm).
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Vivek
Guest
The market will put an end to this madness.
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Hardly people are pre ordering it all morning here in the States
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Vivek
Guest
Of course, there is no choice at the moment!
pegelli
Well-known member
Might be, but I wonder what that reason is. Using 50% of the front diameter (75% of the surface) for a piece of opaque black plastic that's not part of the optics seems overkill in my layman's eyes.
An embarrassment of riches!
All the new exciting lenses is starting to make me dizzy. I just bought the Loxia 21mm and now they have an 18mm. I'm gonna skip this Batis and wait for the Voitlander 10mm as the ultimate wide angle for those times when 21 is just too darn narrow!
But we certainly live in exciting times for Sony shooters.
All the new exciting lenses is starting to make me dizzy. I just bought the Loxia 21mm and now they have an 18mm. I'm gonna skip this Batis and wait for the Voitlander 10mm as the ultimate wide angle for those times when 21 is just too darn narrow!
But we certainly live in exciting times for Sony shooters.
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
That's the best reason I've seen so far for buying an A7. Congrats!
My pusher has 2 x A7R and 1 x A7R II used for sale... hmmmm
My pusher has 2 x A7R and 1 x A7R II used for sale... hmmmm
iiiNelson
Well-known member
There are enough improvements in the A7RII (over the originals) to warrant going to that model at a minimum.
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Vivek
Guest
Wait for the A7r IV to appear so that A7r will be affordable. :lecture:
Quentin_Bargate
Well-known member
I will stick with the Loxia 21mm, which is a wonderful match with the A7RII, and continue to use the very good 16-35mm zeiss zoom when necessary.
After getting a chance to review the files I shot with the 21mm today I understand your decision. For landscape work all I need to do with this lens is set it to infinity and I get corner to corner sharpness and beautiful images. It's really very, very good. The only other wide lenses I'm considering are the Voigtlander 10mm and 12mm. But those are such different animals it's hard to think of them together with the 21mm at all.
You can be a little more precise with the focus magnification and pick the best front to back focus spot rather than just set to infinity, I shoot long exposure BNW landscapes and I love the horizion to be sharp with the water blurred and easy to achieve with live view and focus magnification. The 21mm is awesome especially for me with BNW.
I played around with the manual focus on some test shots. The background was across a small river and about a quarter mile from where I was standing. I tried to find a best focus point using the higher magnification assist (I think it's ~ 10X on the A7S). Truth be told, to my admittedly old eyes I couldn't see any advantage to the infinity stop point. I am eager to try tethering the camera to a larger display (maybe a large laptop screen) and experiment with improving on the infinity stop. In the meantime I'll try shooting some slightly less challenging items to test the focus.