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Fun With Sony Cameras

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The Ute

The Ute

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What remains of the old movies set from "the Professionals" starring Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin
Valley of Fire Nevada
A7RII/ Tokina Firin 20mm
 
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vjbelle

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Barry Haines said:
Thank you Bart....Luna is indeed lovely, sadly she had been badly mistreated in her past but fortunately rescued from that previous existence!...We are very happy to have her with us now and she is settling in just fine :)

Re: Sigma Art 35mm F1.2 DG DN Sony FE mount (Brief summary)...Spectacular indeed!
This is one of Sigma's recently announced ART lenses specifically designed for mirrorless cameras rather than DSLR's - It has a very tiny amount of CA shot WO which cleans up dead easy in ACR (A lot less than you would expect from such a fast lens...much less than the LaCA on our 21mm f1.4 Noktons).
Barrel distortion is evident in the (fixable) raw files but not really evident in the jpgs with camera corrections switched on as you would naturally expect.
The weight, size, focus by wire and possibly the price will be the main drawbacks for those who like to manual focus their Voigtlander 40mm F1.2 E...Other than that - IMO it is the finest 35mm FL lens that I have owned to date MF or AF (and I have owned many).
Bokeh quality is subjective but for me it has that lovely soft buttery rendering WO with fantastic sharpness from f/1.2 upwards.
It's relatively easy today to find a super sharp 35mm WA (Aperture stopped down) lens or a 35mm WA lens with creamy/dreamy bokeh (Aperture wide open) but not so easy to find a lens with both those attributes altogether in one single package that works well with Sony's thick sensor cover glass that doesn't require an adapter.
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Barry..... thanks much for feedback on this exciting lens. Just got my 7RIV and needed a 35mm lens and was looking hard at the Milvus but have read a lot about the Sigma... all positive except for size, weight and cost. None of that bothers me.

I'll have it in two days. Today I receive the Voightlander 65mm. Exciting times..... This is more fun than my 4150:)

Victor
 
pegelli

pegelli

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The Ute said:
And see I'm thinking of making my kit even smaller :rolleyes:
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I agree, it's a constant struggle. Every time I see these nice photo's from the Fuji and Hasselblad "cropped" MF's I get tempted, same with the great (and big/heavy) Sony G lenses. But in the end there's no way I can carry it all on the type of outings I make, so smaller size and reasonable performance come at a premium for me. But that doesn't mean that I can't dream about those other systems and lenses :facesmack:
 
Barry Haines

Barry Haines

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vjbelle said:
Barry..... thanks much for feedback on this exciting lens. Just got my 7RIV and needed a 35mm lens and was looking hard at the Milvus but have read a lot about the Sigma... all positive except for size, weight and cost. None of that bothers me.

I'll have it in two days. Today I receive the Voightlander 65mm. Exciting times..... This is more fun than my 4150:)

Victor
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Congrats Victor on getting your A7R4...Having fun with your gear is surely what it's all about :)
The 65mm Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar and the Sigma ART 35mm f1.2 DG DN are stunning pieces of glass for the Sony mirrorless cameras.
Excellent choices IMHO (especially if you are not concerned with regards to the weight)...enjoy :)
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Recently let go of my 2 small Voigtlander lenses (12mm and 15mm E mount) for the Sigma ART 14-24mm DN DG...I'm also happy with that decision :) :thumbup:



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Landscapelover

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vjbelle said:
Barry..... thanks much for feedback on this exciting lens. Just got my 7RIV and needed a 35mm lens and was looking hard at the Milvus but have read a lot about the Sigma... all positive except for size, weight and cost. None of that bothers me.

I'll have it in two days. Today I receive the Voightlander 65mm. Exciting times..... This is more fun than my 4150:)

Victor
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Hi Victor,

I am also a Phase One IQ4150 owner. Compared to the P1, the Sony A7R IV is a super camera :) But it took me several years until I started to like the Sony A7R. I think Sony've listened to the users and critics.

There are lots of fantastic light-weighted lenses to choose from - Sony 24mm f/1.4, Sony 12-24mm, Sony 24-105mm, Zeiss Batis 18mm, Sony 70-200mm f/4 etc. Even the old Zeiss 16-35 and 24-70mm f/4 are fantastic and weight nothing. I've just bought the 200-600mm and it's amazingly light. It also works very well with the x1.4 and 2.0 TC. My main priority for the Sony A7R IV lenses is "light-weighted".

Basically, I get the 24-105 (or Zeiss 24-70), 70-200 f/4 and 16-35 f/4 (or f/2.8) and I'm good to go.

I also have a lot of fun with a wide varieties of specialty lenses for example the Zeiss Otus 55mm and Leica 50mm Noct and APO (although it's not as good as using with the native Leica M/SL). The files are gorgeous with 3D quality like Barry's Sigma 35mm f/1.2. If you have Canon lenses the Sigma adapter works very well. It's a plus.

You will love it. You will find out it's a great complement to the Phase One. At least it works for me.

Best

Pramote
 
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