The 16mm f/2.8 e-mount damn sure does have magenta casting on the NEX-7. It's every bit as noticeable as with the CV 15mm.
New firmware for NEX 7 is here
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The 16mm f/2.8 e-mount damn sure does have magenta casting on the NEX-7. It's every bit as noticeable as with the CV 15mm.
albertri
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Bro albertri, you might wanna read some of what Erwin Puts wrote about Leica wide primes. He seems to be less than enthusiastic about some of them, especially the 35/2 and the 35/1.4. He also notes that the optics in the 24mm f/2.8 are Minolta's design.
There's a wealth of information, reviews, and commentary available on R lenses. Using those resources can help one to make good choices when buying R stuff, and it also enlightens as to why R glass prices are so divergent--some very cheap and some expensive.
Gonna go DL that firmware . . . disabling that damned video button will greatly improve the NEX-7's ergonomics, especially for one-handed bug hunting!
thanks bro for the feedback yeah read some about it... specially the minolta-leica partnership...
Yeah just disbaled my rec button keep pressing it accidentally
albertri
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bro is it PF or pruple haze? coz PF sure is with most fast primes specially wide open even the new PL 25mm f1.4 has one of the owrst PF I've seen on new lenses
but love the colors and smooth out of focus rendering of this lens.I shot this with the e-mount 16mm f/2.8 the day after I got my NEX-7. The magenta cast would have looked far worse had the sky been blue. I dumped the 16mm off in B&S the next day. It was a perfectly good lens, a great value too, on the earlier NEX models. But on the NEX-7, the periphery looks as if it was made with a crayon rather than a camera.
bro is it PF or pruple haze? coz PF sure is with most fast primes specially wide open even the new PL 25mm f1.4 has one of the owrst PF I've seen on new lenses
Bro, trying to get some folks to understand the difference between purple fringing and magenta cast is like talking to a wall. ;p
Thoth
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Haha... Noob here... I m one of those who cant tell... ;p
albertri
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Here's two before and after I made seems the purple haze is indeed there even before the FW upgrade.... Look at the right side of the pix
FW1.0 (cloudy so the purple haze is slightly seen)
FW1.01 (you could still see the puple haze from the blue background)
Lens used is Sigma 19mm shoot at F8 ISO100 A-Mode
these shots are OOC JPEG just ran it against LR that's why it has my signature
FW1.0 (cloudy so the purple haze is slightly seen)
FW1.01 (you could still see the puple haze from the blue background)
Lens used is Sigma 19mm shoot at F8 ISO100 A-Mode
these shots are OOC JPEG just ran it against LR that's why it has my signature
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ageha
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The flange distance is still relatively short compared to SLR lenses, E-mount or any adapted rangefinder lens should have similar issues.
After DL'ing the new firmware, I used the menu option to switch off the MOVIE button, hoping the firmware update would completely disable the MOVIE button, as in press button, nothing happens.
However, pressing the MOVIE button now generates a sound, along with a screen message, "Cannot shoot movies with the current settings..."
Oh, well . . . I guess any improvement helps, but it means that button still f**ks the camera's ergonomics.
However, pressing the MOVIE button now generates a sound, along with a screen message, "Cannot shoot movies with the current settings..."
Oh, well . . . I guess any improvement helps, but it means that button still f**ks the camera's ergonomics.
albertri
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can buy small soft shutter button and paste it over the record button?
I've seen a couple of makeshift solutions posted on the internet, but I ain't gonna perform any kind of mutilation that might void the warranty. Even though the firmware update didn't do what I'd hoped for, it'll still be an improvement. I may lose a shot or two this way, but at least it won't tie up the camera for an additional eight or ten seconds the way it did previously.
albertri
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same for me now when I shoot few things I make sure my thumb is on the right place haha...
ageha
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Why so complicated? Just put the NEX-7 in an underwater housing and remove the movie button from it.
albertri
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albertri
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wangzb
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sigh minor upgrades anyways so far compare with my A77 I am happy with ISO of NEX7
I am hoping that a77 have new firmwares hahaha... ot....
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