to answer a few burning questions I had and wasn’t able to find answers to:
The Track: field report shooting with the Sony FE 28-135mm, Zeiss FE 16-35mm and A7s
The Track: Portrait Of A Runner: from Mike Kobal on Vimeo.
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Zeiss Fe 16 35mm f4 OSS gets tested by photozone
Photozone tested the Zeiss Fe 16 35mm and they liked the lens.
“It is capable of delivering sharp results at medium apertures. In fact it’s pretty much excellent around the 20mm mark especially considering the 36mp sensor of the test camera. The weakest spot is at 35mm where the corners could be better at f/4 and f/5.6 but beyond they are just fine actually.”
If you are into mtf charts, head over to photozone and read the full report.
I purchased the lens as soon as it became available and absolutely love it.
Quick look at the Sony A7II, how does it compare and integrate with current A7 models
A quick video comparing the A7II with the A7s and A7r. A few things I should add:
You will need a fast 64 GB SDXC card to record in XAVC S codec, SDHC cards will only allow AVCHD.
I am using the PNY 64 GB SXHD, currently the best deal, I have been using these cards for a few month on the A7s without issues.
Relocated shutter button: makes perfect sense on the new grip, not a significant upgrade, since I don’t have a problem with the shutter location on current models.
AF speed: I don’t have the A7 any longer to do a side by side comparison, feels very snappy in good light, you even get the little dancing squares from the A6000 (only in wide af mode).
Sensor: same as in A7, I don’t mind the AA filter since it is very weak, however, this sensor without an AA filter would have been a nice upgrade.
Port access: I am not a fan of the new rubberized port covers on the A7II, the orig design was and is much better.
Who should get the A7II: anyone who misses image stabilization on their lenses.
Who shouldn’t get the A7II: A7s shooters, who don’t need the additional resolution. AF speed is about the same in bright light, in low light the A7s focuses faster and the insane high ISO easily makes up for the lack of IBIS.
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When you don’t need to worry about high ISO settings. Shooting with Sony A7s, the most underhyped camera of 2014
shot with the Sony A7s and the Pentax SMC 135mm f2.5 wide open at ISO 200
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