kit laughlin
Subscriber Member
I am considering getting a NEX 7 for just one lens, the CV 35/1.7 ASPH. I want a sleek form, carry anywhere camera and lens combo.
The reason I am considering the NEX 7 (rather than the X-Pro1) is that, while there seems to be problems with the NEX 7 and UWA lenses, there do not seem to be any with normal, or near normal lenses. It has a built-in hi-rez finder, and it's small.
I have been trying this same lens on an M8, but because I do not have the finder corrected for my vision, assessment of focussing ease is hard. As well, the M8 us a surprisingly big camera, thickness-wise (and this one's fitted with the grip, too).
So: using this kind of lens on the NEX 7, what are the options, re. focus?
WRT the GXR M module (using the EVF) you have both a magnified mode and a Predator mode (a kind of peaking) on two buttons. Both assists disappear with a half-press, for framing, but I have not found how to move the magnified part of the image to (say) the RHS for portrait-orientation head shots, so a focus-then-recomposes seems necessary.
Please tell me how you use the focussing aids on your NEX 7!
TIA, kl
The reason I am considering the NEX 7 (rather than the X-Pro1) is that, while there seems to be problems with the NEX 7 and UWA lenses, there do not seem to be any with normal, or near normal lenses. It has a built-in hi-rez finder, and it's small.
I have been trying this same lens on an M8, but because I do not have the finder corrected for my vision, assessment of focussing ease is hard. As well, the M8 us a surprisingly big camera, thickness-wise (and this one's fitted with the grip, too).
So: using this kind of lens on the NEX 7, what are the options, re. focus?
WRT the GXR M module (using the EVF) you have both a magnified mode and a Predator mode (a kind of peaking) on two buttons. Both assists disappear with a half-press, for framing, but I have not found how to move the magnified part of the image to (say) the RHS for portrait-orientation head shots, so a focus-then-recomposes seems necessary.
Please tell me how you use the focussing aids on your NEX 7!
TIA, kl