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Pmgongpal modified the Sony A7r into a “Contax” version. I really like it! And I am sure you are curious to know what lens is fitted on the camera: The [shoplink 41386 ebay]Hexanon 50/1.2 (see them on eBay)[/shoplink].
Lovely combo! Now I want Sony to give us a Silver A7 version too 🙂
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Jony, la gente esta muy loca!
w.t.f.?
This is miles better than the Hasselblad 🙂
This is relatively old, though. Even you posted this image before, Admin. This is just a cosmetic thing. Nice and elaborate, probably expensive for what it is. Worth noting is that the Japan Camera Hunter has contacts for cosmetic modifications for a few cameras. Those look pretty neat compared to this.
This already was on SAR before.
If the hand grip were removed it would look very much like a classic film camera.
Right, without grip the lens mount could be moved to the center leaving more space for EVF in the corner.
Oh yeah, Konica Hexanon lenses are something special. I won’t sell my collection; can’t wait to try them on a A7rII…
Ah, of course, that Hexanon is ultra expensive…I wonder if it’s any good optically.
Like all contax, you ll get chromatic aberation because no software correction..
All lenses <1.4f are overpriced on Ebay since mirrorless camera come out.
After Contax ones… I would prefer coating from Zeiss ones than this one.
That isn’t entirely true. The Canon FL 55/1.2 is an incredible buy. You can get one for under 200 bucks. Heres some examples from my copy on my a7. https://www.flickr.com/photos/8539414@N07/sets/72157659324814681
Contax = Zeiss
You have no idea what you’re talking about, the Contax G lenses use T* coatings.
CA can be present with lenses that have the best coatings, and absent from lenses with no coatings, it all depends on how the lens was designed, how much effort they put into corrections, and the manufacturing tolerances.
Like all Contax? What’s Hexanon got to do with Contax? And there are no Zeiss 50mm f/1.2 lenses, other than a limited edition Contax.
“Lovely combo! Now I want Sony to give us a Silver A7 version too ”
Yeah, lack of silver A7x is the only problem with the A7 line.
Holy moly that’s beautiful. I’d love a Contax’d a7SII.
Only if it was a real Contax, not a rebadge like this
Could you imagine a real Contax mirrorless that used the G lenses?
I didn’t mean the mount. I meant the design and UX of it.
100%, I just love that 45 f/2.0 it’s the truth. Pun unintentional. 😉
Loved that lens too and the 35mm G as well.
I have the M version of this lens and think that it is a really special lens. I love the rendering.
I’m spent the good part of my morning thinking about this camera mod. I’ve come to the conclusion that it indeed is epic.
Sony should learn from Apple: design matters…greatly. People may say these cameras are just tools, but they are more than that to most enthusiasts. Look at Leica and Fuji and how they have carved out their market niches, partially on design aesthetic.
If Sony is smart they’ll copy this design fast…because it will sell. They can still keep their other bland looking version, but they should offer a version that looks like this.
I am so surprised that we all see how amazingly successful Apple is as a company, and yet so few companies learn the basic lesson that design counts.
With Apple, marketing comes first – then design.
Also, i’m not sure if you have noticed that Leica have now released 2 cameras that are similar in design to the Sony’s. They pretty much just changed the shape and location of the buttons and removed the button labels.
you like this silverish top? really?
Yes very much so. And many others do too. What’s your point? That you don’t have a firm grasp of the potential of design aesthetic driving sales?
not arguing, but just pointing out that black and technical is an aesthetic choice and design as well. and some, possibly even many, like it. a lot of flashy gimmicky designs (like apple) do not hold up well, and become aesthetically outdated and tacky after just a few short years. look at most tech from 5- 10 years ago..then it was “great”, now, its bobo. theres such thing as classic aesthetic, which remains relevant. sony knows what they are doing in the aesthetic department, imo.
Well – I belong to the Black is Beautiful group 🙂 Same color choice for Panasonic GX7. And saying it with Henry Ford’s words: “You can have it in any colour – as long as it is black”
You forgot Olympus. Their mFT bodies were the first to reintroduce the retro look in to the mainstream.
But like Gruesome Flowers said, some of us like the way Sonys look. Black cameras create far few reflections when shooting reflective surfaces and small (non retro) cameras can be carried more easily.
Out of the brands mentioned so far, only Leica gets the real recognition for retro looks because they really are retro both inside and out, jokes aside. No one who knows cameras respects a Fuji X for looking retro.
Part that sucks about silver is when it scratches. It becomes a serious glaring mark on the camera and/or lens- and you’ll find yourself staring at it all the time.
Hope he took the time to install Tough EMount. Contax would never release a plastic flange camera. The heavy Hexanon might reduce the shutter shock though.
I’m not sure I get it.
Why would Sony want to copy some one else’s old design anyway?
Sony’s marketing on these cameras is about changing your old perceptions and looking to the future for new ways of doing things.
This is totally against their marketing of these cameras.
Black body is better anyway because silver (especially angled like that) with get reflections in your subject.
Am I the only one that think it’s ugly?
This thing süçks, why there’s a frėäkin’ snake beside the camera? And where the fûçk is the A99II???