Mike Kobal: Sony A7, working impressions
As you know you can post your best shots and vote the pictures you like most on the SAR Facebook readers wall (Click here). Some of the most liked pictures will be posted on SAR once in a week. Here are this weeks best:
Joe Gunawan | fotosiamo.com for SLRLounge.com“
Joe Gunawan: “The image is part of an article that I will be writing up soon in regards to my experience shooting studio shoots with the the Sony a7R and adapted lenses. I have shot with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L II attached to the Metabones Smart Adapter III, as well as the vintage and superb Olympus OM 180mm f/2.0 with the a7R. Both lenses were sharp, but the Canon has the advantage of AF, even though it was a bit slow at 1-1.5 second focus speed. Even on the a7 it is slow, which makes me wonder if the Metabones Adapter does not activate the Phase Detect AF and only uses the contrast AF on the a7.”
Ren Murray: a77 with Sony 16-50 f2.8 — mit LuLu Sparks.
John De Bord Photography: Mule Deer buck photographed at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge just before sunrise. To get the shot, I used a Sony a65, Minolta 70-210 f4 “beercan” and a Puffin Pad for stability.
Nal Landro: sony a900 jeffrey j ottem http://500px.com/photogenicplanet
Víctor M Colón Berríos: Here’s Don Quijote de la Mancha…hi all from Puerto Rico…a warm sunset in the mountains of this tropical island and a flower that reminds me of the mentioned character…a580+70-200mm 2.8
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Joe Gunawan,
The best shot!
Thanks ESwede! Much appreciate the comment. Adapting a Canon lens to the a7R is certainly a workable solution until more native lenses come out, as long as you know the shortcoming.
Still though, that Canon 70-200 f/2.8 II on the a7R just sings! So much sharpness!
The Olympus OM 180mm f/2.0 and the Olympus OM 250mm f/2.8 that I used were also amazing and sharp lenses.
– Joe
fantastic shots! bravo!
Beautiful stuff!
Just remember any photo you post to Facebook gets owned by Facebook, forever. This is why photographers should never post there… From the TOS:
“For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP License). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.”
So, all those people who post to your wall are giving their photos to Mark Zuckerberg to profit from, forever. Just a heads up.
Good post, Taran! 🙂
Thanks for the info, nice photos though.
With respect, its a moot point. Size your images to a fixed res with a watermark and what will they be able to do with your images? Nothing. Professionals post their material to FB all the time, for marketing and social outreach. Not doing so because of their license is foolish, in the end it will not keep you from getting clients or getting published (although you should exercise judgment with the exclusivity of some of your content).
Great job. Overall, the quality of SAR reader images is fantastic. Think about it… a 2% market share and arguably far better photos. I cannot into math, but that means something!
Mike Kobal shot is amazing!!
Excellent work! I really appreciate that new reader photo posts Andrea, a good idea! Thanks for your and also the users effort!
Can´t we get the photos and voting directly here in this site in stead of dreaded Facebook ?!?
Mike Kobal, my hats off to you. Excellent photograph!
I’m surprised someone has blown up these photographs 1000 times and found some objectionable grain.
Thanks Andrew and Chapacubra. So many great shots here to show case the strength and creativity of SAR photographers! Thanks for the reminder Taran, quite a few of my photographer friends have deleted their facebook accounts and also the main reason why mine is practically dormant. Having it directly here on SAR would be much better 🙂
sorry for the typo, Chupacabra X
No affirmative action photos please.