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Well isn't a surprise is it ? It's much wider...The filter size went up for a slower lens.
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.Well isn't a surprise is it ? It's much wider...
Of course, there is no choice at the moment!Hardly people are pre ordering it all morning here in the States
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.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).
There are enough improvements in the A7RII (over the originals) to warrant going to that model at a minimum.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
Wait for the A7r IV to appear so that A7r will be affordable. :lecture:My pusher has 2 x A7R and 1 x A7R II used for sale... hmmmm
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.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.
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.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.
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.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.