The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

dancook said:
I ended up using my canon 200mm f2 on Louise's 1100d and my rx1r
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That must’ve counted as one piece of hold luggage on its own ;)
 
twist said:
Only sticking point for me so far is lenses, must have 35 1.4. So it's samyang / mc11 35 art or wait zzz for 35 art native
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My problem is that I have arguably the best 35mm in the Canon L, I know the Sigma 35 Art is good but it's not Canon L....but the Sigma would be like £500...hopefully.
 
Does anyone know when Sigma are releasing the art range for the sony E mount?
 
Raymond Lin said:
Don't wait, you can always wait for the next one but this camera IMO is undervalued and underpriced. Looking at what you get, compare to the A9 and A7R3 pricing, and also what the 5D4 and D850 retails for, I would have stick this at £2500 - £2700 and it would STILL look good value.

£2000 is seriously unexpected, this is 6D2 price point with D850/5D4 performance.
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100% agreed.
 
Has nobody here tried the Samyang 35 1.4, then? Quality wise, it would seem to be sharper than the Zeiss 35 1.4, which is surprising.
 
ohms12 said:
Has nobody here tried the Samyang 35 1.4, then? Quality wise, it would seem to be sharper than the Zeiss 35 1.4, which is surprising.
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Its meant to be very good, been doing some reading about it this evening, at its price though I'd struggle to choose it over a Canon Fit Sigma 35 f14 and an MC-1 adapter...
 
nandbytes said:
@addicknchips has one... I have called dibs on it when he sells it :D
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It’s very good. It’s sharp and the focus is on par with the zeiss also. Doesn’t have the zeiss build quality and there is a bit of noise when focusing. But it’s quieter and sharper than their 50mm.

The focus is more reliable than the art lens adapted - so if that’s important to anyone it needs to be considered.

A great effort by samyang and I imagine an 85mm and 135mm will follow on from this.
 
I wonder do any canon lenses work well with A7RII in advanced mode when using metabones or is that mode there just for a joke?
 
twist said:
Yup... It's not very good in the corners either.
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Didn’t know that! Good advice.

jonneymendoza said:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYWGuH8xc0c

O u mean the samyang one?
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Will need to have a look at that later.

addicknchips said:
It’s very good. It’s sharp and the focus is on par with the zeiss also. Doesn’t have the zeiss build quality and there is a bit of noise when focusing. But it’s quieter and sharper than their 50mm.

The focus is more reliable than the art lens adapted - so if that’s important to anyone it needs to be considered.

A great effort by samyang and I imagine an 85mm and 135mm will follow on from this.
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That’s impressive as I thought the adapter Sigma Art EF f1.4 was pretty good on the MC-11
 
Hadn’t considered the adapted lens as the AF surely just isn’t as good as the Samyang..

twist said:
Yup... It's not very good in the corners either.
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Not sure where you read that - from the charts and reviews I’ve seen, it’s better than the Zeiss in the corners.
 
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chrism_scotland said:
Didn’t know that! Good advice.



Will need to have a look at that later.



That’s impressive as I thought the adapter Sigma Art EF f1.4 was pretty good on the MC-11
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It’s very good on the A7rii and obviously improved in the newer bodies. I can only go by my own experience with different a7rii’s and the 35 art adapted let me down on one occasion which meant missing a shot. Not a challenging shot either but an important one. It does not perform like a native lens in all conditions!

Used the canon 85mm f1.2 last night. Great in good light. Refused to focus at all in lower (not silly low) light. It does not perform like a native lens in all conditions.
 
nandbytes said:
The samyang picture seems to clearly show blur from shaking. I don't think he knows how to test sharpness tbh.
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Look at the crop from the centre, its not blurred, something whack is going on there in the corners.
 
twist said:
Look at the crop from the centre, its not blurred, something whack is going on there in the corners.
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There is nothing whack that guy just doesn't know when to use a tripod or if he did he forgot to turn off IBIS (though I suspect its the former).
Not sure I'd trust any of his results since he can't even get the basics rights for someone posting sharpness tests.

(p.s. samyang might well be softer and I don't know if it is but that blog isn't a reliable source is all I am saying)
 
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nandbytes said:
There is nothing whack that guy just doesn't know when to use a tripod or if he did he forgot to turn off IBIS (though I suspect its the former).
Not sure I'd trust any of his results since he can't even get the basics rights for someone posting sharpness tests.

(p.s. samyang might well be softer and I don't know if it is but that blog isn't a reliable source is all I am saying)
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Both shots are sharp in the centre and don't show shake, toward the outer extremes though its a different story. Shake would be across the frame.

Its odd because of this MTF..... maybe sample variation... or the blogger has messed with the results.

https://www.ephotozine.com/article/samyang-af-35mm-f-1-4-fe-review-31696

Im very interested in this lens though and hope it is this good.
 
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twist said:
Hope so mate, may order it instead of waiting for the drainpipe ART... or pay little extra and pray to get a decent Zeiss.
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order from amazon and if you don't like it send it back. simple.
its a very decent lens.
 
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