Guy Mancuso
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CongratsWell, out with the A7/kit lens, in with the A7r. Now I'm having double the non-AA fun
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CongratsWell, out with the A7/kit lens, in with the A7r. Now I'm having double the non-AA fun
In my case, my local shop was running a "trade in deal." Essentially you give them any old camera (in my case, an iPhone 3G), and you get $300 off. So I traded the A7 kit straight across for the A7r. (well, I owed them $25 due to the difference in tax). Since I had already bought the 35 and 55 FE lenses, certainly worth it to me. I got the RX1r used from B&H for $1800 (in mint condition) so for once I didn't pay top-dollar to get the gear I wanted.and is it worth the expense?
In my case, my local shop was running a "trade in deal." Essentially you give them any old camera (in my case, an iPhone 3G), and you get $300 off. So I traded the A7 kit straight across for the A7r. (well, I owed them $25 due to the difference in tax). Since I had already bought the 35 and 55 FE lenses, certainly worth it to me. I got the RX1r used from B&H for $1800 (in mint condition) so for once I didn't pay top-dollar to get the gear I wanted.
many thanks for the suggestion!Have you tried the M-Rokkor 28mm? I have heard and seen great things.
Speaking of things NOT to let my wife see... these have to be top on the list. She is a bass player too :ROTFL:
That jumps around based on what is news. Right now Sony is the one making news.and at least most of the people here seem interested in Sony
Canon (2 Viewing)
Fuji (13 Viewing)
Leica (13 Viewing)
Nikon (18 Viewing)
Pentax (2 Viewing)
Sony (51 Viewing)
currently, but it was the same in the previous days
The PC-Distagon in fact works nicely on the A7R. It's sharp at the edges of the large image circle (fully shifted on the long side of the sensor) at f8. It can't compete the FE 2.8/35 ZA in the center ... but it's better at the edges. So I'll simply keep both of the lensesI am waiting for my Contax PC-Distagon 2.8/35 (should be here in Germany end of next week or so). If it's as good as reported on the A7R, I'll sell the FE 2.8/35 (since I don't like the manual fosusing, the field curvature and the light falloff). The PC-Distagon also covers a focal range up to 24mm when stitching. Maybe this solves my problem with wides to some degree (at least for static subjects).
Guy, be aware that many users have had focus issues with the ZA 24. I ended up returning mine after trying a repair with Sony that did nothing to fix the variable focus performance - some hits, lot's of misses. When it was on it was ON but could not depend on it.Im sitting here thinking you know how dangerous that can be. My guess is we use our Sony 4 adapter for it. If I get the ZA 24 that gives me 3 ZA lenses already and than the FE glass should work. Okay whats the downside.
If I sold my A7 I can get the ZA 24 that I planned but I can order the FE 24-70 that I have not ordered yet. Spare change and get a second adapter.