Official Sony A7 or A7r discussion thread

[syke]

Am I reading this right? 5 aspheric and 1 ED elements in this lens? If so, then will be bloody impressed

yes that's what they said on B&H photo too...

that's a lot of crazy stuff in there now that you mentioned it...

 

[Thoth]

yes that's what they said on B&H photo too...

that's a lot of crazy stuff in there now that you mentioned it...

Wah... nowadays must be very easy and cheap to make aspherical elements... LOL

 

[pinholecam]

Just share some info on battery life from a MF lens user experience.


Covered the Thaipusam on Fri 0001hrs to 0600hrs.
6hrs straight shooting at a regular pace.

Over 700 shots in RAW
All on one battery.


Airplane mode is turned off.
Camera switched off when not in use.

 

[ZoomZ]

The super sharp and highest resolving 55mm FE only got 3 aspheric lenses inside. This zoom lens got 5 aspheric lenses with 1 ED lens. Think can slice durians...

Wah... nowadays must be very easy and cheap to make aspherical elements... LOL

 

[Thoth]

The super sharp and highest resolving 55mm FE only got 3 aspheric lenses inside. This zoom lens got 5 aspheric lenses with 1 ED lens. Think can slice durians...

Still not interested in an f/4. Haha

 

[spinworkxroy]

i tried the Timelaspe LE app today.
It is pretty fantastic app..however, i think because it's LE edition i can't set the ISO/Shutter etc..it was all automatic so the exposure keeps changing and the camera kept using ISO6400
I wonder if the FULL version has the capability to set those settings? If so..i don't mind buying it...
To switch regions i had to factory default the camera...lost all my settings...quite silly..

 

[Errz]

The super sharp and highest resolving 55mm FE only got 3 aspheric lenses inside. This zoom lens got 5 aspheric lenses with 1 ED lens. Think can slice durians...

Maybe can cut diamond

 

[Red Dawn]

Maybe can cut diamond

I tried the 24-70 f4 E Mount zoom on the A7 yesterday. Initial impressions aren't that positive - don't really like the fact that it extends out so much when you zoom from 24 to 70mm.... Even the kit 28-70 doesn't do that - that only extends by a little bit. The Zeiss zoom does feel weightier and consequently give the impression of the better build quality.

 

[silgt]

AFAIK the FE24-70/4Z don't extend over the entire zoom range

 

[Atarandas]

I tried the 24-70 f4 E Mount zoom on the A7 yesterday. Initial impressions aren't that positive - don't really like the fact that it extends out so much when you zoom from 24 to 70mm.... Even the kit 28-70 doesn't do that - that only extends by a little bit. The Zeiss zoom does feel weightier and consequently give the impression of the better build quality.

oops so it really extends, oh well , probably hard to one that doesn't extend

 

[Red Dawn]

oops so it really extends, oh well , probably hard to one that doesn't extend

Haha I was replying to your earlier comment before u edited.
Here's a pic of it

http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/david5stones/12007048265/sizes/m/

Sorry using iPhone now so hard to do a proper embed....

I expected it not to extend much due to my positive experience with the kit zoom. If only the kit zoom is a constant f4

 

[Red Dawn]

AFAIK the FE24-70/4Z don't extend over the entire zoom range

Nope, this one does, and moves the lens hood together with the extending front portion!
Like some cheap kit lenses from other makes I know of

To be fair though pro f2.8 zooms like Nikon and Canon ones do extend as well, but their huge lens hoods serve to hide / cover that up. Maybe it's not possible to get quality without an extending design.

 

[spinworkxroy]

Nope, this one does, and moves the lens hood together with the extending front portion!
Like some cheap kit lenses from other makes I know of

To be fair though pro f2.8 zooms like Nikon and Canon ones do extend as well, but their huge lens hoods serve to hide / cover that up. Maybe it's not possible to get quality without an extending design.

No leh..i think i remembered my old Canon 24-70 F2.8 II also had the hood move with the lens..only the mk1 didn't

 

[Red Dawn]

No leh..i think i remembered my old Canon 24-70 F2.8 II also had the hood move with the lens..only the mk1 didn't

Oops ok my info outdated - wasn't a canon user already when the mark II came out - but it's quite horrifying to hear!
The Nikon 24-70'a hood, though big, hid the extending portion of the lens very well....

 

[Errz]

Full version can select ISO using Custom Theme.

i tried the Timelaspe LE app today.
It is pretty fantastic app..however, i think because it's LE edition i can't set the ISO/Shutter etc..it was all automatic so the exposure keeps changing and the camera kept using ISO6400
I wonder if the FULL version has the capability to set those settings? If so..i don't mind buying it...
To switch regions i had to factory default the camera...lost all my settings...quite silly..

 

[Errz]

any test shots?

Haha I was replying to your earlier comment before u edited.
Here's a pic of it

http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/david5stones/12007048265/sizes/m/

Sorry using iPhone now so hard to do a proper embed....

I expected it not to extend much due to my positive experience with the kit zoom. If only the kit zoom is a constant f4

 

[Atarandas]

Haha I was replying to your earlier comment before u edited. Here's a pic of it http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/david5stones/12007048265/sizes/m/ Sorry using iPhone now so hard to do a proper embed.... I expected it not to extend much due to my positive experience with the kit zoom. If only the kit zoom is a constant f4

Think to keep it small Bo bian . Already got 5 asph element and one ed . That's where all the moolah goes to. Plus supposedly the OSS is 3-4 stops ? Hopefully can offset the f4 to go at lower shutter speed, the online review showing the OSS at max zoom is quite steady