We finally have first books to learn more about our A7 A7r cameras! Here they are:
UPDATE: I completely forgot to mention the great book from Gary Friedman (Click here).
Sony A7 / A7R: From Snapshots to Great Shots at Amazon US (Click here). In Stock!
The Sony a7 and a7R: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide at Amazon US (Click here). To be released on July 1.
And now the writers have to hurry to write a book about the soon to be announced A7s too 🙂
All current Sony deals can be seen on that eBay page and on that Amazon page.
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gonna be a very short book because……
THERE’S ONLY 5 LENSES AVAILABLE.
Hmm, I’ve shot mine with at least 15 lenses 😉
please share with us where did you found the other 10 Sony FE lenses.
He didn’t say FE lenses!
oh that’s right…. you use a pricey big and heavy adapter and lens that defeats all the purpose for having a mirrorless full frame.
Oh please, it doesn’t defeat ALL the purpose of having a mirrorless FF. It annoys me when people have to say that the smaller size is the ONLY factor in getting a mirrorless. I for one love shooting with an EVF over an OVF.
I also love having the ability to adapt any modern Canon lens and Alpha lens in addition to the FE lenses and other vintage lenses available The a7R makes the Canon 100mm f/2.8L macro, 24-70mm f/2.8L II, and the 70-200mm f/2.8L II sing like they never can on a Canon body.
Just look at what I was able to shoot with the Canon 70-200mm: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5z9ggEcvy77SUFUSDFqQTFTRTA&usp=sharing
And you don’t need a bazillion lenses, either. Just the ones you need for your photography. I shoot fashion/products/commercial and I’d need 3-5 lenses tops. 85% of what I shoot can be shot w/ the Zeiss 55mm and my alpha mount Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro (portraits and products).
yes you are right it’s not needed many lens. but 2 normal zooms and 2 primes and 1 tele isn’t certainly ideal. we need an ultra wide zoom.
Yes, but even Micro 4/3 and Fuji took some time to flesh out their system. Just be glad Sony’s not treating their mirrorless the way Canon and Nikon do with their mediocre mirrorless system 😉
Canikon ML offerings are a joke. I would hate to be the person invested in those systems. I also fail to see what the problem is with using MF 3rd party lenses. This has always been one of the selling point for the emount system. The ability to adapt any 3rd party lens to it is priceless.
How many native lenses available again for EOS M? Still only 3?
You don’t need any lenses because you’re a poser who wouldn’t know what to do with a lens if it fell on your flat head.
go play with your iphone camera and stfu
The Iphone is the only camera you will ever own. It’s already more than you could handle.
Not all of the manual focus lenses are expensive, big/heavy.
It took me forever to find the option to turn off the AF confirm beeps! They called it “audio signal” in the options, they should name it something like Beep Confirmation under the auto focus section
Sony A7 / A7R: From Snapshots to Great Shots is basically a book for the beginning photographer using the a7/a7R. I’m not sure how many beginners have one of these cameras. It really doesn’t go into any great depth on the camera itself. It covers the camera superficially and concentrates more on the different types of photography you can do with it but at a rudimentary level.
I’m about 75% of the way thru this book and I agree. I found maybe 1-2 things that I wasn’t 100% sure about but not knowing them didn’t slow me down much. I find myself skipping sections when the author goes in “noob” mode.
I have been shooting an Olympus OM2 for most of the 90ies until early 2000. Then I got an Ixus point and shoot then a S90 then a NEX-5 then a NEX-6 then the A7r. I am definitely not a pro and I dont sell my pictures. If asked I would still say that I am a beginner. Would this be correct ? What would define a non-beginner ?
may i skip them? thank you!
A7 and A7R are history now. I hope A7s will last longer.
What an absurd statement. The A7s is a 12 megapixel still camera with 4K video. The other two are 24 and 36mp still cameras with 1080P video. they don’t compete with each other in either a still photography or a video photography market.
The stupidity never ends.
A7 and A7R – Auto Focus worse than (3 times cheaper) A6000, light leaks, noisy shutter, pro price but amateur finish.
Stupidity is to buying A7 or A7R (!) Those books are for mindless people.
I hope sony show something more reliable than A7.
AMATURE FINISH? REALLY??
How do you judge light leaking and fancy-noisy shutter?… Another big poor story is battery (!) For such a money??
Do you have a A7 or A7r ?
I think you are being sarcastic, the A7r is great and I get great IQ from it. Are the A7r unreliable ? Really ? Please substanciate.
Book By Gary Friedman: http://friedmanarchives.com/A7r/index.htm
Brian Smith: http://briansmith.com/books/sony-a7-a7r-book/
So, not first book on A7/A7r.
These books already need to be revised to include the a7s
If any of these books include the full manual for these cameras then they are worth the dime.
There is an ebook i pre ordered, supposed to be released in the next couple days.
Eoshd.com a7 lens guide
Brian Smith’s book
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0321968603/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1396742026&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40
Is excellent and is the one I generally refer people to when asked.
I’ve read Gary Friedmen’s new ebook and it’s definitely aimed at the experienced shooter (and it’s a great read too!)
You can check it out here:
http://friedmanarchives.com/A7r/index.htm
Is there a version available for autistic people?
No, not by Gary, but hopefully you will find something that will help you. Good luck and best wishes wishes in your struggle. God bless.
Gary Friedman’s book on the A7/r is out, and I have always found his books to be the quintessential guide on the Sony alphas. I have read his books since the Sony a100 and they have always taught me about every feature of my camera I could want – and the ones I didn’t even know about!
http://friedmanarchives.com/A7r/index.htm
I’m sure I could learn quite a bit from these but the question is do I?
Just out of curiosity – is it really that hard to set ISO, aperture, shutter speed and release shutter on A7/R?
I have both the Friedman and the Smith books. As stated above, the Smith book is really for complete noobs to photography in general—very little of it actually covers the complexity of the cameras themselves (in fairness to Smith, he states up front in the introduction that his purpose was not to re-write the manual. The problem is, that’s exactly what we need given the nature of the manual. And as someone else correctly, imo, pointed out, how many noobs to photography are really buying these cameras?). The only positive I can say about the book is that the images are professional looking (but are they all done with the A7 series cameras…?), as is the book design—although the nature of most ofthe information in the book is often so generic that it strongly feels like it could have been cut and pasted from another Smith book on photography.
In stark contrast, the more desktop-publishing look and less good photography (again, in fairness the book’s photography is mainly simply illustrative of the cameras’ features, not “good” photography) in the Friedman book belies a work that truly DOES strongly augment the exceedingly spartan manufacturers manual. The contrast is night and day between the authoritative and rich information ABOUT THE CAMERAS in the Friedman book and the highly general introductory photography information in the Smith book. If you want to better understand the A7 and A7R cameras, buy the Friedman book—no question.
another ridiculously essential book from Gary Friedman!
I’ve read several of Gary Friedman’s camera books, and IMHO, they are by far the best available. I haven’t found the depth of coverage that he provides, anywhere else. And these Sony manuals really don’t tell us much about the ins and outs of the various settings, so a book like this is sorely needed. Plus, he writes in a very engaging and, at times, entertaining style that makes his books a pleasure to read. ~Highly Recommended!