Official Sony A7 or A7r discussion thread

[Thoth]

Thanks. Whats my best bet for the above mentioned?

Depends on how good u want yr 50/1.4 to b? FD 50/1.4? Pentax K SMC 50/1.4? Minolta 50/1.4? Canon LTM 50/1.4? Too many to choose from unless u can understand wat color signature n d type of Bokeh they render to make the right decision. Also sharpness of each variant is different even of d same lens model due to d different versions thru out d decades.

 

[Oly5050]

PDAF cant be turned off and is passive if your Af is on with a compatible lens. Regardless on or off in the menu, pdaf will always stay on , u cant turn it off. The option in the menu only shows the grids of the pdaf area and does not serve as a function to turn it on or off. Also , PDAF does not come in play in dark/low light conditions and above f6.3. Running on those condtions, it switches to full CDAF. Thats the nature of hybrid sensors.

Oh....interesting. Thanks!!

 

[Jlee74]

Depends on how good u want yr 50/1.4 to b? FD 50/1.4? Pentax K SMC 50/1.4? Minolta 50/1.4? Canon LTM 50/1.4? Too many to choose from unless u can understand wat color signature n d type of Bokeh they render to make the right decision. Also sharpness of each variant is different even of d same lens model due to d different versions thru out d decades.

A cheap cheam...hehe. I want sharpness with high speed at a not so big size. Of course value for money (not necessary cheap)

 

[comicgeek]

Can anyone share their setting in getting a none smudged looking OOC jpeg? Seems the in camera jpeg engine is so harsh especially at wide apertures and high ISO.

 

[sabrewolf]

Can anyone share their setting in getting a none smudged looking OOC jpeg? Seems the in camera jpeg engine is so harsh especially at wide apertures and high ISO.

Try turning off noise reduction

 

[comicgeek]

Try turning off noise reduction

Yeah. Will try that out. tq

 

[ricleo]

Did anyone manage to purchase and install the lens compensation app from the US website?

gotta have a us credit card to purchase. anyone done it yet?

looks like we have to wait for the app to appear in Singapore page

 

[m3vapour]

Is it true that PDAF is causing the camera to hunt during videos? I read somewhere that this is a tendency for PDAF. If so, that I think I should disable the PDAF function in the A7. Seems like there is no apparent benefit for this additional function in the A7. Any thoughts?

I am not a video person so can't comment. But I leave pdaf on as I thought its a tad faster when it's on. Or could be placebo effect on me haha

gotta have a us credit card to purchase. anyone done it yet?

looks like we have to wait for the app to appear in Singapore page

Alternatively, u can purchase PSN (playstation network) Us store prepaid cards and charge it to a US registered account and use it for the apps. These cards are easily available at various local game shops /amazon in denominations like $20usd etc.

 

[snoopyzai]

http://forum.hklfc.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=137737

 

[Atarandas]

http://forum.hklfc.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=137737

nice sharing, but surprised to see purple fringing on the LEICA SUPER-ELMAR-M 50mm f3.4 ASPH. hmmm 50mm leh , how come :think:

 

[shioks76]

Another wide angle alternative:
Minolta 17-35 f2.8-4 400-500 on ebay,
should work well with la ea4 with af

 

[Thoth]

A cheap cheam...hehe. I want sharpness with high speed at a not so big size. Of course value for money (not necessary cheap)

difficult to advise like this leh bro

 

[ricleo]

thanks for the advise.

i bought a PSN us prepaid card on amazon registered to my US vpost address and it worked. I have the lens compensation app successfully installed on my A7 now

lens correction profile created for my SEL10-18 works pretty well! no more crazy distortion to correct haha! a pity i sold off my CV15mm already. otherwise will try the vignette correction tool.

Alternatively, u can purchase PSN (playstation network) Us store prepaid cards and charge it to a US registered account and use it for the apps. These cards are easily available at various local game shops /amazon in denominations like $20usd etc.

 

[Thoth]

thanks for the advise.

i bought a PSN us prepaid card on amazon registered to my US vpost address and it worked. I have the lens compensation app successfully installed on my A7 now

lens correction profile created for my SEL10-18 works pretty well! no more crazy distortion to correct haha! a pity i sold off my CV15mm already. otherwise will try the vignette correction tool.

u can try my cv15 bro

 

[ryanlio]

thanks for the advise.

i bought a PSN us prepaid card on amazon registered to my US vpost address and it worked. I have the lens compensation app successfully installed on my A7 now

lens correction profile created for my SEL10-18 works pretty well! no more crazy distortion to correct haha! a pity i sold off my CV15mm already. otherwise will try the vignette correction tool.

Mind sharing which lens compensation app you mentioned?

 

[Red Dawn]

thanks for the advise.

i bought a PSN us prepaid card on amazon registered to my US vpost address and it worked. I have the lens compensation app successfully installed on my A7 now

lens correction profile created for my SEL10-18 works pretty well! no more crazy distortion to correct haha! a pity i sold off my CV15mm already. otherwise will try the vignette correction tool.

buying from amazon, there's no physical delivery? just getting a number to redemn?

anyway i realised i will have to reset all my settings in camera to change the store location from Singapore to the US....... drats
all the previous apps were wiped out as well.....

 

[skygon]

buying from amazon, there's no physical delivery? just getting a number to redemn? anyway i realised i will have to reset all my settings in camera to change the store location from Singapore to the US....... drats all the previous apps were wiped out as well.....

No worries. Just reinstall them..

 

[Red Dawn]

No worries. Just reinstall them..

Does the playstation gift card requires me to actually have a playstation to see the redemption code?

 

[Atarandas]

A cheap cheam...hehe. I want sharpness with high speed at a not so big size. Of course value for money (not necessary cheap)

that sounds like a FE 35mm F2.8 !

 

[Atarandas]

thanks for the advise.

i bought a PSN us prepaid card on amazon registered to my US vpost address and it worked. I have the lens compensation app successfully installed on my A7 now

lens correction profile created for my SEL10-18 works pretty well! no more crazy distortion to correct haha! a pity i sold off my CV15mm already. otherwise will try the vignette correction tool.

Does the profile works only on Jpegs ? Hopefully it corrects raw as well and save the hassle to go PP thereafter