Focus peaking initially seemed to be a great solution … and is nifty when stopped down a little to mask body sway/subject movement when working hand-held. IMO, shooting fast aperture lenses wide open is more difficult, including longer focal lengths closer up. Very hard to nail it/shoot it.
It also depends on the amount of contrast edges that can be detected in a scene … especially in flat lower ambient. You can get preoccupied looking for it rather than concentrating on the image to be made.
The ultimate test for me has been a M50/0.95 on the A7R … if I can get the focusing technique down for this lens most others will be a cake walk.
I've been practicing with using focus magnification … which revealed how much practice I need to do yet. When you magnify while working hand-held, the image is bouncing around in the EVF like it was from a really long lens.
IMHO, the Sony A cameras would have benefited greatly from IBIS.
If someone came forth with a FF EVF camera to take M lenses that was equipped with IBIS, I'd swap systems in a NY heartbeat.
- Marc
It also depends on the amount of contrast edges that can be detected in a scene … especially in flat lower ambient. You can get preoccupied looking for it rather than concentrating on the image to be made.
The ultimate test for me has been a M50/0.95 on the A7R … if I can get the focusing technique down for this lens most others will be a cake walk.
I've been practicing with using focus magnification … which revealed how much practice I need to do yet. When you magnify while working hand-held, the image is bouncing around in the EVF like it was from a really long lens.
IMHO, the Sony A cameras would have benefited greatly from IBIS.
If someone came forth with a FF EVF camera to take M lenses that was equipped with IBIS, I'd swap systems in a NY heartbeat.
- Marc