And here is the first video of the new version of the Commlite Nikon F to Sony FE autofocus adapter. That adapter will go for sale in January.
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Camera: Sony A7RII
Lens: Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Adaptor: Commlite Nikon F to Sony E Electronic Adapter
Focus: Contrast + Phase detection
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Pentax AF adapter anyone? :^)
I doubt it. Not enough market to justify the development!
If some made an ($800) adapter for the Contax N and 645, I doubt that. The only issue here is with the screwdriver.
This will probably solve all my lens needs.
I wonder what Sony can bring after this A7rII.
It’s already so awesome
1) Better battery
2) Builtin GPS
They had gps with their a mount cameras, and replaced it with wi-fi on e mounts and modern a mounts
http://gizmodo.com/sonys-building-a-battery-with-40-higher-energy-density-1748668432
I’m sure that GPS will come when battery is not an issue anymore, GPS devices are too power hungry to workout on mirrorless.
I once thought GPS was desirable (I have a PnShoot with it), and what I have found is that the camera has to be on quite some time to get a GPS fix. I generally shoot and power down, power up and shoot and as a result rarely got Lat/Long in the metadata. I solved it with a pocket GPS (the size of a matchbook and runs for 14 days) after my trip I sync photos across all my devices to it in post. This way I always have the location of every photo – not just a few.
Hey Keith, Which pocket GPS do you use? I might give it a try. Thanks
i-gotU USB GPS Travel & Sports Logger – GT-600. It comes with software to sync the GPS location file into the meta data of your images. One issue is that it does not run on OSX, but since I can run windows on my Mac – it has not been a problem. PS: if you do this and cary more than one camera / device it makes sense to sync the date/time on all your cameras. I have used it the last four years on our road trips, so in addition to geotaging photos it tracks our entire trip.
Cool. Thanks Keith for the info and for getting back to me.
Next up is the new A6xxx or A7000 APC-C machine with 28MP BSI sensor without a low pass filter.
It will also have IBIS, the first touch screen and a few other goodies.
You heard it here first.
BSI-stacked sensor, just BSI wouldn’t do any better than the Samsung that only does one point above the Sony’s 24mp.
Now stacked sensor could mean the end of mechanical shutter and rolling shutter, not to mention much faster drive, AF and refresh rate (for faster EVF).
Ehhh they should just releae the next A7X or A9.
That stutter still sounds horrible, glad I didn’t buy it.
I always hated (I still have the NEX5N) Sony’s shutter sound. It’s very loud.
I meant what I wrote, the stutter of the lens motor while looking for focus.
you can hear it if you turn up the volume,
My bad. I read, “stutter = shutter” Oops.
I have only A7r II and it is quite discrete. Not as low as the Fuji X-T1, but shutter curtains have also to be twice as large, and faster (1/8000s).
that’s sony next step, get rid of the mechanical shutter and implement global shutter
People don’t read, they just react. It is pretty clear you were referring to the lens chatter or stutter. I agree. The other adapter in development did not seem to do that.
Stuttering Nikon lenses is a standard Nikon “feature”.
https://youtu.be/G1_Pj92aT_U?t=103
If you want to own Nikon lenses, this is what you have to get used to.
Yes nikon is bad at video, what is happening in the commlite video is not what is happening here.
The noises seems to be the same. You were referring to the noises, right?
That’s just a standard Nikon thing.
no, what happens with nikon bodies is that they focusing in and out to gain sharp focus, (canon does that too) what happens with the commlite is that they shut off power and start the motor again over and over again.
The annoying noise is the same. Noisy lenses are a Nikon feature.
Canon and Sony lenses are superior in this regard.
No the noise is different and you won’t be getting that noise when shooting stills. But yes canon has some really nice fast and silent STM lenses but not all canon lenses are the high quality stm lenses that are nice for video.
It’s the same noise. You’re okay with one of them, then you’re okay with the other.
That’s what you sign up to when you go for Nikon.
No one is the lens doing what it is made for, the other is commlite trying to do something in a way that is probably killing the lens.
Don’t you hear the pain that poor lens is going trough?
#lensmotorlivesmatter
I’m not so sure about that. It’s much easier to hear to noise in my video, it’s louder and stronger noise, if something kills the lens, it’s the D810, not the commlite adapter which I could barely hear compared to the person’s voice.
The sound you hear in your video is from the bodies microphone using the lens.
Sound and vibrations are going trough the metal directly to the microphone which isn’t much more than an inch away from it. (This is why shotgun mikes are still sold and off camera audio is a big deal people are spending a lot of money on even those using Canon and Sony gear)
the sound you hear in the commlite video is from the device that is recording the clip filming the sony using the nikon lens.
A couple of feet away.
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Why do people making these videos suck so much? Doesn’t take much to detect something in focus when it’s on nearly the exact same plane as the last thing that was focused on. You need something close and something far away to bounce back and forth between to get any idea of its real world performance.
Using the remote camera APP to pinpoint the focus around would be much better to show the use of the whole PDAF area.
Or at least hook it to a big TV via HDMI like they do in any presentation.
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I have lots of Nikon lenses and this is not bad IF I add A7RII to my gear
Many Nikon mount lenses do not have image stabilization, even many recent lenses.
For example the Sigma 800mm f5.6.
These Nikon mount lenses are actually much better suited for use on the Sony A7Rii with in body image stabilization than on any native Nikon camera.
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That lens chatter is pretty disturbing! The other adapter in development that was shown on SAR the other day did not seem to do that.
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Not a particularly great demo. The constant stutter from the lens motor whilst trying to acquire focus is pretty disturbing. I hope the adapters that are shipping don’t suffer from that issue. Steel Chen’s prototype adapter didn’t seem to suffer from that issue in his example video.
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