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

twist said:
In everyday shots its highly unlikely you'll notice, its only if you frame a group tight or manage to hit your target on that 1/4 RHS. Never seen CA as bad but fairly easy to manage. I found the AF really quick which is the major plus, the OOF areas are nice and smooth, it renders really nicely imo.

Its a nice lens just bloody annoying to pay top end money for dodgy QC and ultimately why I sent it back to try the incoming Sigma at a lot less money, I really hope they release a GM version and thats better.
Click to expand...

Group shots typically will be at deeper DOF and further away, that shouldn't be a problem. Won't be shooting landscapes, and anything at night will be F/5.6 or something.

The bonus thing I guess is this Zeiss is light, it is the highest of the 35 between the Canon, it is also lighter than the 50 CZ and the Sigma 50. Actually it feels cheap due to the lack of weight!
 
Raymond Lin said:
Group shots typically will be at deeper DOF and further away, that shouldn't be a problem. Won't be shooting landscapes, and anything at night will be F/5.6 or something.

The bonus thing I guess is this Zeiss is light, it is the highest of the 35 between the Canon, it is also lighter than the 50 CZ and the Sigma 50. Actually it feels cheap due to the lack of weight!
Click to expand...

Should be okay then, you could try send it back to Sony if you find its an issue but from what I understand theres not much point as they cant really fine adjust the SZ35.

It comes in 30g less than the 35 ART. The 50 ART is substantially heavier.

Heres an annoying thing for me, the Samyang is a better performer optically and thats £500. AF is slightly quicker with the SZ though.
 
jonneymendoza said:
You need Sony permission for such a thing I imagine.
Click to expand...
twist said:
Because they can charge you 50 quid for a dock and may not have wanted to pay Sony for some sort of partnership/protocol. Sony has used Tamron designs in the past for lenses so they have history of working together like Zeiss.

Yeah, me to!
Click to expand...

I doubt tamron have to pay anything for it. That's the whole point of making it an open standard isn't it?
 
twist said:
Should be okay then, you could try send it back to Sony if you find its an issue but from what I understand theres not much point as they cant really fine adjust the SZ35.

It comes in 30g less than the 35 ART. The 50 ART is substantially heavier.

Heres an annoying thing for me, the Samyang is a better performer optically and thats £500. AF is slightly quicker with the SZ though.
Click to expand...

May be i am just used to the weight of the Canon, perhaps Sony will bring out a GM version but until then, this will have to do.

Now let's take some photos with it, that's the real test.
 
nandbytes said:
I doubt tamron have to pay anything for it. That's the whole point of making it an open standard isn't it?
Click to expand...

Isnt that only for "basic" specifications though? Wether this is regarded as basic or advanced Im not entirely sure.
 
What makes the samyang optical better?
twist said:
Should be okay then, you could try send it back to Sony if you find its an issue but from what I understand theres not much point as they cant really fine adjust the SZ35.

It comes in 30g less than the 35 ART. The 50 ART is substantially heavier.

Heres an annoying thing for me, the Samyang is a better performer optically and thats £500. AF is slightly quicker with the SZ though.
Click to expand...
 
jonneymendoza said:
I've pre ordered the 105 sigma
Click to expand...

I am hoping it will fit into that space at the top.

6oAOyJZ.jpg
 
How do Nikon owner cope with everything reversed lenses? It's driving me potty.

I had Nikon years ago but I must have completely got used to doing things the way Nikon doesn't.

Other than being driven potty I'm loving these old pre Ai lenses.
 
woof woof said:
How do Nikon owner cope with everything reversed lenses? It's driving me potty.

I had Nikon years ago but I must have completely got used to doing things the way Nikon doesn't.

Other than being driven potty I'm loving these old pre Ai lenses.
Click to expand...

You mean putting the lens on anti clockwise? Contrary to everything else in the world, ever?
 
The aperture ring and focus rings are opposite to everything else in the world ever too.

This must have been second nature to me once. My Nikon SLR was my first interchangeable lens camera, I don't remember being this phased when I switched to Canon. I must be getting old.
 
Last edited:
F/1.4 said:
Wonder how Tamron lenses can be updated via the camera and Samyang lenses can't. Strange.

I hope this is the case with the Sigma Arts too if they ever need updates etc
Click to expand...

Remember.... Sony actually own a stake in Tamron around 12% of the business, so they're closer to Tamron than they are Samyang or Sigma.
 
Raymond Lin said:
This 35 CZ sure does focus lighting fast, I.N.S.T.A.N.T.
Click to expand...

I can only imagine, distinct lack of images for us to drool over though!

I've been pleasantly surprised by the adapted lens performance, I just had to try it myself after looking at so many conflicting reports\videos etc. It's not lightning fast by any means, but so far it looks to be more than usable. Low light is definitely the achilles heel, but in good light it even tracks pretty well at 10fps if needed. Lots more testing to do yet, but I'm more tempted to change over to Sony rather than wait to see what Canon do. I really love my Fujis, but I don't think they'll be around much longer :( All depends on if I can get over the handling though, I've ordered an L bracket to see if that helps enough.

I have to eat humble pie over the eye AF as well, I'd pretty much dismissed it as gimic\crutch etc. but I can see why everyone raves about it now. It is so different to the Fuji implementation it's not funny! The main difference is just activating by a button (that caught me out when trying to find the setting for it in the menus....) I think even the Fuji implementation would be much more useful if it could be used like that.
 
jj_glos said:
I can only imagine, distinct lack of images for us to drool over though!

I've been pleasantly surprised by the adapted lens performance, I just had to try it myself after looking at so many conflicting reports\videos etc. It's not lightning fast by any means, but so far it looks to be more than usable. Low light is definitely the achilles heel, but in good light it even tracks pretty well at 10fps if needed. Lots more testing to do yet, but I'm more tempted to change over to Sony rather than wait to see what Canon do. I really love my Fujis, but I don't think they'll be around much longer :( All depends on if I can get over the handling though, I've ordered an L bracket to see if that helps enough.

I have to eat humble pie over the eye AF as well, I'd pretty much dismissed it as gimic\crutch etc. but I can see why everyone raves about it now. It is so different to the Fuji implementation it's not funny! The main difference is just activating by a button (that caught me out when trying to find the setting for it in the menus....) I think even the Fuji implementation would be much more useful if it could be used like that.
Click to expand...

I will compare to my adapted Canon for speed and also IQ when I get a chance and the eye AF is not a gimmick, certainly not. People who think "oh, I can just spot focus on that"….sure you can, so can I but by the time you move the focus point and compose, I could have just press eye AF and shot about 20 frames off (if I wanted). Also the tracking in AF-C, you just hold down the Eye AF and compose it knowing it will be focus on the eye all the way.

It's a different way of shooting, a easier way of shooting, dare I say it, a better way of shooting.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top