Sony A7 Review – Cheapest way to Full Frame Video – Lenses Included
Real World Sigma 50mm ART lens review by 3D-Kraft.
Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 FE lens testet at DC.watch.
Lower-cost options for avoiding the WATE (Luminous Landscape).
New Lens Turbo pics at Kameravalg and video on Youtube.
Full review of the Sigma 30mm f/2.8 DN Art for E-Mount is up on Admiring Light.
Robert: “I want to thank you for giving me a shout out on the site for my photo blog cameracounter.tumblr.com. To wrap up the project I’m doing a short run book. The collection is going to be called Don’t Shoot Yourself! and orders available on kickstarter now https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/249128430/dont-shoot-yourself”
France: “I tried the flash Sony HVL-F20M with my Sony A7R & FE35F2.8, and it is amazing! considering the fair price and the light weight it gives very sharp and bright images : I shot some beautiful Cosplay models at the Thailand Comic Con 2014 last week. http://thailandfacts.com/thailand-comic-con-2014-models-cosplay-bangkok/”
Arthur: “If you’re interrested in some pictures taken with this insane gear, i have made a road trip along the us with it .you can take a look at them on http://atleast25.tumblr.com/ and http://nastysloth.tumblr.com/”
Deniz: “We are Turkish Sony user group Alpha Turk, Want to tell you our new photo upload site www.sonyfotograf.com”
Bart: “I’ve been promising to do this comparison for a while. I compared a Sony A7r in “APS-C crop mode” (15MP) vs. full images from the A77 (24MP) for noise, detail and overall image quality. I don’t think you’ll be surprised with the results. I like both cameras – but it’s amazing what an A7r is capable of! If you use the same lens, and the same subject – in many cases the A7r in crop mode will out resolve, and have a cleaner image than the A77. In short – the A7r is Sony’s best crop body (until the A77II is shipped) http://www.leica-boss.com/2014/05/sony-a7r-a-better-aps-c-camera-than-the-sony-a77/”
Phil: “*Lowest price of the year* Super special EOFY deal – **strictly while stock lasts** Sony A7r with FREE battery grip – $1899 AUD http://www.camerapro.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=+sony+a7r”
Tomas: “Perhaps I have something interesting for your weekend roundups. I, Thomas Worbs, am the owner and operator of www.mountainpanoramas.com. I rececently equipped and trained the expedition leader Tim Mosedale (www.timmosedale.co.uk) for shooting high resolution panoramics in the Everest Region. Tim did all the photography, stitching and retuche I did. Two panoramas are now finalized:
http://www.mountainpanoramas.com/___p/___p.html?panoid=2014_M2&labels=1 – Gokyo Ri
http://www.mountainpanoramas.com/___p/___p.html?panoid=2014_M1&labels=1 – Everest Base Camp
These panoramas are interactive, you can move around dragging the mouse. Mouse wheel will zoom in. Try to zoom, it will almost never end. It was the first time that we could produce Gigapixel Full Sphere interactive panoramas with a low weight equipment suitable to be brought up in high mountain regions. The equipment: Sony A7R, Sony/Zeiss 35 mm, Bushman Panoramic Gobi head (www.bushman-panoramic.com), Gitzo ultralight carbon tripod.“
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1st blood! full of past generation gears stuffs…
Oh. I am sorry to hear that again.
good points made
Just read the the blog-post from Bart. He reminds that with high Mpix sensor like in A7R even the crop results are amazing. This is very important to understand for those people who constantly complain about the lack of lenses for FF e-mount cameras. Because the e-mount is e-mount regardless of sensor behind the bayonet, all e-mount lenses are usable. And as Bart describes the results can sometimes be even better when APS-C-lens is used in FF-camera, compared to if same lens is used in APS-C-camera
If I wanted a cropped sensor body I’d buy an a6000 and get better AF. But if I want a FF sensor and have an a7 or a7R, the lack of anything wider than 24mm that will autofocus is starting to become annoying.
Looks like you will only have to wait another 6 or 8 weeks and the 16-35mm should be available by then. As I have had Sony E-mount for a few years already I had a 10-18mm lying around. Been using it on the a7r in FF mode, and the results are OK in the 13-16mm range so I’m not complaining.
No… your problem is you want fast AF lenses wider than 24mm. You can get AF lenses down to 12mm on the a7 series if you wanted that.
Also, it’s not an insult to your manhood if you touched the focus ring of a lens once in a while… if manual focus was such a crime, manufacturers wouldn’t leave the controls in the lens, right? These are not view cameras, range finders or SLRs… manual focusing has become so easy with these bodies it takes a lot of the necessary skill away. Try it… you’ll be able to take more photos instead of wallowing on sites like these talking about what you can’t do.
If you already have an APS-C E mount lens with OSS, sometimes you might put it on an a7(r) in the FF mode to what happens or for some very specific use case… other than that it makes no sense at all, to do so.
What I don’t understand is before the FF thing came about, everyone raved about the ZE24/1.8 on APS-C but when we got the 35/2.8 that does the exact same thing but a whole lot better, everyone’s whining like something was taken away.
The A7r has witnessed the largest price drop that I am aware of 2099 Euros to 1375 Euros. Sony A7 is doing better at ~1035 Euros (from 1499).
Lenses are 1/2X priced (fair price) in Japan than elsewhere.
No sign of Nissin i40 yet.
The system is in limbo.
With adapters for everything, one can make do if they are into manual focusing and not much of a tele lens user.
where does the 7r cost 1375 eur?
http://www.eglobalcentral.eu/sony-alpha-a7r-body-only-mirrorless-digital-camera-en.html
Works fine. 🙂
well it might get more expensive if you have to pay import duty afterwards. i guess they ship from a country outside the eu.
If you are really interested, find out for yourself. I had exactly the same concern.
This site looks quite dodgy to me.
I bought from them before. All those sites are shipping from Hong Kong. Keep in mind that they use either fedex or ups and declare “full” value of the item for their own protection. So custom import duty is pretty much inevitable.
A7 dropped further down to 990 Euros!!
I handhold a 300 quite frequently on the a7r. Sometimes I use a 600mm mirror. When handholding heavy weight lenses (over 2kg), we rest the lens on one hand and lift the camera with the shooting hand. It helps to have a light body (with a viewfinder) rather than a heavy one.
I see Phillip Bloom has started his A7S review and has 4k files you can download. I like the footage at the http://prolost.com review though. There seems to be lots of stills “reviews” around which is nice to see.
Tomas’ panoramas are stunning!
Totally agree. I have seen a lot of Everest region pics but an interactive panorama makes the environment much more accessible.