Hi Bob, Links marked with * are affiliate links on which I earn a small commission on your purchase without any additional cost to you. Direct Manual Focus, Manual Focus, Single-Servo AF: Autofocus Points: Phase Detection: 117 Contrast Detection: 25: Autofocus Sensitivity-1 to +20 EV: Flash. Thanks a lot! A motor drive fstop change should be possible too. I have a Sony 70-200 f4, but I dropped it and its no longer sharp (a day may come when I can think about this without swearing a lot, but dont hold your breath). Thanks, again! (pictures are done with Summicron 35 and 50, Elmarit 90, in aperture priority, at 400 iso, and use of focus peaking and/or magnifier. Some new Sony FE .. Is streetphotography a speciality? If I was you I would probably buy an affordable manual lens like the Canon FD 2.8/35 and the FD 2.8/135 for a little more than $100 for both lenses and see how well they work for you. To get started the cheaper K&F adapters*for $20 are perfectly fine. Hi Steph, I think there are apps to record exif as well. Research led me to an obscure-ish lens made by Pentax an f/3.5 version of one of their 28mm lenses. Get a set of manual lenses as described in many articles on this blog and you're set up with gear that offers top notch image quality and is very suitable for most types of photography. That's a LOT. I will admit that the bigger body with the smaller lenses will balance a bit worse. Might be worth adding a line or two to clarify apertures/adapters in the main article. Didnt know you were an OM user of old, Kit! Using Sony . Javier Aguilar. My current kit is a7riii with loawa 15 f2, 24 GM, zony 55 1.8 & 85 1.8 FE mostly for taking pictures of my 2 years old son (thanks AF) & for landscape photography. Answers to these questions would be very much appreciated, as Im just thinking of buying the A7RIII or waiting for the A7III. You calibrate it wide open for best accuracy and then you can rest asured it will be tack sharp stopped down when shooting i.e. Both of these cameras have an anti-alias filter that works only in one direction: Vertical on the Nikon but horizontal on the Sony. And dont expect good astro performance from that lens at f/2.8, f/4 should work okays but for very good results you need to stop it down to f/5.6. Awesome. At f/22 it will be very dark for artificially lit scenes but brigth on a sunny day outside. If you have a young child a a7III with a 2.8/24-70 is a much more handy tool than a manual focus prime. 2) Sony is not the best in terms of good quality for price. When you have learned to use the 50mm lens you could add a 24mm and a 100mm or 135mm lens. Lighromm* helps you to correct it. Transfer photos and videos to a Windows computer using PlayMemories Home. Number one: its silent shooting mode. Hong Kong reader here. Is there a way to set the view finder to remain visible at low light when setting ASA to manual at low settings? Ive been shooting a Leica M6 for years. Basically, you dont have to worry if your focus is right when shooting landscapes, cityscapes etc. Other factors like bokeh, contrast, color and CA in contrast are easily visible even at smaller resolutions. . 1. Of course , if set to ASA auto this problem will go away. Unfortunately I was one of the first to review it on Youtube and now the prices have climbed a lot especially with the surprise A99ii arrival. Both lenses are terrific for landscapes. I love so much your work ! 3. the site is not ready yet, Im working on the sample pictures. This doesnt mean that manual lenses are unsuitable for the a6x00 series but if you have the choice I would go full frame. Sony a7II would certainly address all your needs for IS . I think the biggest improvement is the much better EVF which makes using manual lenses quite a bit more pleasant. I am having issues with a MD 16mm F2.8 Fisheye. However within this article I couldnt find any further hint on what the reason could be. MD or MC are sure signs that it will fit. It depends of my mood. And neither is expensive. Most decent 28mm manual focus lenses are going to perform well at f/8, even if they are aging designs. I recently found an optimal way to set my A7s, NEX5R, A7iii to manually focus legacy lenses (Leica M-35mm, 50mm, Minolta Rokkor 35, 58, 135mm lenses). General information about PlayMemories Home. Consider adding an ebay.co.uk affiliate links as well. Vintage SLR retrofocus wide angles usually perform better on FF sensors than vintage rangefinder wide angle lenses. Depress the shutter button fully to take the photo after you obtain your preferred composition. Is there an elegant way to manage this? I was quite happy with the Canon FD 2.8/20 but you really need to stop it down to f/8 or better f/11 for very good results. Choose Menu > Gear icon (Page 3) > Pre-AF > Off; Choose Menu > Gear icon (Page 6) > Custom Key Settings > AEL Button > AF On; Change your auto focus settings. I have found that the live view effect does not work when the focus aid is activated, so my dark viewfinder image brightens substantially. On a tripod, where you can use live view, the Nikon works fine. I think the Samyang is a very nice lens for portrait: Very smooth bokeh and good sharpness from f/1.4. Wow, such a great and informative article! If the focus ring does not turn, remove the lens from the camera body. Does somebody have an Idea to increase the Moir-Effect? You just move your focusing ring to infinity hard stop and shoot without worrying. Whichare some good lenses to get started? Which lens am I using? Wow this is really cool to read and see. Nikkor Ais Micro 105/28 At faster apertures most of my older lenses have softer corners than modern ones but because I very rarely have important details in the corners that doesnt matter to me. Then you need two adapters:A Canon FD to E-mount adapter* and aMinolta SR to E-mount adapter*. Ive now read your recent review of the lens and it sounds like it would perfectly complement my other lenses and give me a consistent set up and handling for all my shots. On the 28: Is your lens shade adjusted correctly? . If you want to focus fast and precise you cantake advantage of a technical shortcoming of the electronic viewfinder (EVF). Your pictures taken with this lens are very pleasant ! You can see some photos taken with it on the forum. Sony A7rii is not a good camera for vintage lenses in general, because of high megapixel.Its a very demanding camera and You need very excellent and expensive glass, and you also need tripod for landscape. The CV 4/180 Bastian reviewed recently is one of them but very expensive and rare. I will post the amazon link for them if anyone else is interested. And no A7III. Go to Camera Settings 1 / AF2 (page 6/14) Select Center Lock-on AF and choose On: a square will appear in the middle of the screen. I am going mirrorless because I believe this is where we are all going. And that is the major beauty of these lenses which very much simplifies shooting street, landscapes, nighscapes, starscapes etc. It works like this: You press a button and a small orange rectangle appears. *But manual lenses would not be good for kids photography as focusing is manual. That was what I was using back when I was learning posture and flexibility from you! Thank you so much for your comprehensive survey Phillip. I have tried this against some fabric and notice what I think is the shimmering, but when I put it against other subjects I only get a solid haze of speckles from the peaking function, I cant seem to see this shimming affect. Any recommendations in both wide and normal lenses appreciated. Give me a break. I hope theres a way to restore it! Hello Phillip, Have you tryed the old Zuiko om lenses? Greetings from Holland, I work for a Broadcast OB Van company in Bielefeld (Gre! Sigma tamron definitely better but you will need to go la eax adapter or sigma mc11 as mentionned by phil. 1. Will the Monolta 1.7/55 MD be a good choice for $60? http://phillipreeve.net/blog/user-guide-ultra-wideangle-lenses-sony-alpha-7-series/ . 35-105 (first version), 70-210 f4 (beercan), APO 100-300, and 50mm f1.7 all in excellent plus condition that cost me a total of $1000 more or less. I own quite a lot of Metabones adaptors, which -with one exception- are all well crafted and work flawlessly. What lenses would you recomend me? Your mileage may vary, of course. Cheers. Many thanks for your patience and understanding with me and others using your blog, regards, Andy, Yeah I need to apply for the Amazon.co.uk affiliate program but I havent yet . I would try to avoid any artificial light, put the camera on a tripod and experiment with different kinds of natural light (cloudy, sunny, different hours of the day). This will result in over sharpened JPGs but if you are shooting raw this wont bother you. No scientific test here, but I love the Contax N 70-200 (as well as the 24-85mm and the 100mm macro), sharp enough for me and lovely colours. Does my MInolta f1.4 lens from my XE-7 still function as a f1.4 when mounted to an adapter and the Sony a6000/a6300 camera? You can move this rectangle around wherever you want to focus. Pick a subject with fine structures with some contrast like print or a carpet. You mean focus shift, not focus breathing, but generally yes, focusing at wider apertures and then stopping down can give slightly better results. If you can teach me some method to improve the results, I would appreciate. Thanks again for all the great info. So set that option to FF. But if that lens is what you like: sure, go for it! I have been able to get some really nice images but now want to step up and also to use again my Contax (c/y) Zeiss lenses as they will seem both much more natural for me to use and also should give excellent results whilst enabling me to move to full frame without major expense apart from the camera body. About $1100 used at ebay.com* or new at Amazon.com*. Gruss, Peter, I dont think I will find time for that too soon but maybe this older guide in German is helpful to you: https://www.systemkamera-forum.de/topic/94662-ein-kleiner-einstellungsf%C3%BChrer-f%C3%BCr-die-nex-6/, Hi Phillip, thanks a lot, will have a look. You have mentioned that the modern lenses (for example, Nokton 50 f1.2 E) has a better contrast and color reproduction compared to older lenses. Apologies in advance for this long winded post. I had a similar experience recently. Sorry, you cant have it. Just copped a clean, used a6000 body this week on Adorama, so Im officially in the club. if you know what to look for you will see it much more easily. I can recommend our lenses for astrophotography guide. you could mail me a picture of the mount but I cant promise that I will be able to identify the mount. Just use A-mode and the camera will do all the metering. (beyond aperture (notan option for 500), I suppose the ISO could adapt itself). Im gonna have to use the la-ea4 on an A7 for now as I need to get the hang of using manual focus lenses manually (my sight aint helping much). Im sure you have covered this in this very well written article but im new to photography so bare with me for this one. I prefer it, others dont. Your photos with the Minolta lenses are wonderful Im also struck by your willingness in answering questions so here goes mine. For ILCA-77M2, SLT-A77V, SLT-A99V, or DSLR-A900 models. The image stabilization is another game changer. Notice of Limited Warranty Updates for Sony Electronics Inc. and Sony of Canada Ltd. DO NOT SELL OR SHARE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION. After WWII most of Carl Zeiss production facilities were shipped to the Soviet Union. Not sure how prices are in Germany, but in UK, Amazon sell them for 89.99. I thought i would bite the bullet as someone new to photography and buy the Sony a7ii. Any other lenses/mounts you could recommend? I think it is very unlikely that an adapter is the reason for your unsharp images, you technique is a much mor elikely reason. I have been thinking of the FE 2/28 which although focus by wire would give me an AF lense for family photos and some street photography as well as landscape. Zoom as well. Im going to have to test it out with fabric to look for this shimmering you mention but most of my work is on a tripod and I have the time to make use of focus magnification and peaking. Thank you. Nikkor Ais 20/28 Obviously will differ from camera to camera, but do you select M (full manual) or something else? Thanks for the constant prodding, Phillip. Obviously, this is not a focusing process for quick action shots, but when accurate focus on a specific point is desired it works fine for me, at least. 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Thank you so much!! The 80-200 Zeiss is decent, but if you dont miss the 70-100mm range, the 100-300 is in another league. Is there any way to automatically record aperture or you have to remember and update manually each photo using LensTagger? I sold my A7 a couple months ago, after 3 years, and upgraded to an A7RM2. Links to 2 recent photos using this method: So far I have seen no evidence of reflections from either adaptor. My first Sony Alpha was the A7ii, moving away from a Nikon D3 system and a Leica M9 in the interim. I have 35 manual focus prime lenses, many of them Takumars with the early auto-Takumars, 55 f2, 55 f2.2, and 35 f3.5 being favorites, as well as the 20mm f4.5 SMC lens. Im a canon user, mostly shooting video, but ill switch to Sony, A7S probably.mirrorless cameras can rescue a lot of lenses, as you said. Anything you can recommend to get rid of this? The Phottix flash is set to TTL, and I get great results. And might be overkill i shoot primarily with a7s so colossal amounts of detail is not what im after. Which is your favorite the manual focus lens for rendering aspect (3d pop / colour / contrast)? I just need to train my eye to see the shimmering better and quicker. I have bunch of Legacy Minolta MF Lenses and trying to use them on Sony A6000. I would love to use an OLympus 2/50 or 2/90 Macro for example. In terms of CAs, I think its worse than the nFD 80-200mm f/4 L and the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS. I also heavily use MF when focusing manually. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. I love the blog, if I had the money I would go and buy an A7 II tomorrow . So you would have lost very little. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. For starters there werent any professional digital cameras anywhere near the size and weight of a Leica M6, so holding the camera in one hand for an extended party became difficult. The aperture will be closed all the time but as long as you have suffient light the image will be bright. Thanks for creating a wonderful blog covering variety of manual focus lenses. https://hye4lg-sn3301.files.1drv.com/y2pGyl-xc746aBBXg31N1QT6knGkAzZyzYYnBQ0evfrGmoQ3sFY8ycikGG5YLj8T1wjWLDD_beNu6GrvxqX8ABOUq2XFyGcJ_2QCKP_WbggJtlNgdN5PA_UDeTWNl6NaqVOa_TyC7tjCakOnZ4yFIZR7A/Zeiss%2080-200%20f4%20CA.jpg. Thanks. And his little brother is also terrific closed down. Now I can start with these manual ones first. I have no budget to get one, is it can use a cheaper adapter to control the Aperture? especially the 42mp. It is still abit of work and you have to remember lens and aperture but it can be very handy. For family pictiures, especially the grandkids, I will still have my RX100ii and if I want bokeh then I will have the 1.4/85 and will probably be shooting in a more considered manner anyway. Saving up for my studio lights and gear. The difference between the cropped a7rii and a6500 will be pretty small and I have no idea which would come out first. I look forward to your further writing here. Buy an A7 (to choose between the 4+ models available: stabilisation or not, 24 Mp or 36/42 Mp) and just keep my lens range as it is since Ill have 24mm on FF. http://www.marktomaras.com/weddings/ac#9 This is also true for the AF adaptors. As I Said before,I now onley use Sony A7 with vintage lenses,but I have had thoughts about buying A7ii and A7iii, but right now I dont need image stabilisation and autofokus,so sony A7 and fujifilm x-t3 is all I need now. One of them is a Tamron 70-300mm f/4-6.5 and I would like to know your advice about which lens to go, knowing that I travel a lot (Voigtlander primes are quite light), I like landscapes very much, and sometimes a 70 to 300mm range can be very useful (I remember nice close-ups of puffins in Iceland). 2. Align the subject with your selected Focus Area. Some examples of my attempts on the website link with varying lengths between 100/200mm F4/5.6. If I get good adapters they can be quite expensive. (Which also really helped me during a concert shoot with a manual lens the other day I used focus assist though. Thank you, Philip for the ideas! I dont do a lot of this type of shooting to justify the likes of the Sigma 150-600mm or the shorter more expensive sony lenses, but like the challenge, Ever try anything like this ? The a6000 will be a treat to play with great features and controls. Its only about $60 and has a great build. b. If you try under optimal circumstances to focus exactly it is not possible. One thing that I have noticed is that with the lenses I've been using you can't manually focus while the camera is set in most of . Its better WO at 35mm than the Minolta version, but a bit less good at 50 and 70mm. Some reviewers even claim the Sigma MC-11 would handle better than the Metabones IV AF adaptor, because Metabones features a distracting Arca mount!! 1. I like shooting product photography as well, Cakes, food and beer. And rent expensive Sony Zoom. This will determines the focal length you need. The lens cost me 230 Euros. Even though I only had the a7 with its compressed raws. Sure, the limits of your lenses become more obvious with 42MP but that doesnt make your images any worse compared to the 24MP sensor. Thank you for the prompt reply. Regarding the shimmering of the subjects texture as a focusing aid, it is quite useful and thank you for the tip. Sony a7r IV I have been really pleased with the RX100ii, most recently using it mainly with Manual mode, Raw, and toggling to manual focus and focus magnification on critical images, although have had to learn how to get the best out of the autofocus as my film cameras were manual focus only. You should aslo know that the lens is most probably not very good. This are a 28mm 2.8 Ais and 105mm 2.5 AiS. If you want to do a bit of pixel peeping to get a better feeling on how well older lenses perform on a Sony a7 please check out this flickr albumof full resolution images. Taking account of your answer above, would you still give the same advice when the body in question is the FF A7 II? I used mine a lot for two years and still use it occasionally. Benefits etc as Im leaning towards that. Make sure the focus mode switch is set to MF. Either they didnt sync or they were blown out. And could you also tell me what adapters i would need for the the two lenses you suggest? Adjust manual focus for sharper images with Sony RX0,for aerial photography. Is the Sony a7II still worth buying? To me it just looks like manual focusing with any manual lens. But 700 euro worth? If you use A-mode this shouldnt happen. Make sure that the camera doesnt switch automatically to the APSC format : when the camera is set to auto switch (aka detecting whether you have mounted an APSC or a FF lens) it will work correctly with FE or E lenses, but may guess wrong with legacy glass that dont communicate with the body. I bought a Minolta 28-70mm 3.5 MD zoom lens from an eBay seller who claimed to be the original owner and lens was in excellent shape. Manual flash is a night mare. I had been using AWB , Shade and Daylight WB. 4. The work much less well on 4/3 because of the much smaller sensor. If the seller doesnt reply, Im going to have to try and recover my money from eBay. You will have to live with a few trade offs but overall it is still a very capable camera, especially with manual lenses. But still, there is a struggle I met, slowness. Yes, I know we are talking about how amazing Sony's autofocus is, but I still thought I'd point out that there is a manual focus mode. Here is my very brief take on the topic: It is priced very attractive and a good option if you are on a very tight budget. Once focus is established, i switch off the focus aid and dial in the final aperture and exposure, using the histogram in my viewfinder. Sony FX30 review: pro-level . 1) situations were AF is superior are actually more common then depicted here: kids, sports, street with movement, wedding with movement etc Tagged: A7, A7II, lens adapter, manual focus, Sony. Can you point me to a source. The a7rII uses a BSI 42mp sensor which allowed to increase the resolution and high ISO performance over the a7II at the same time. Fotodiox Adapters seem to work well enough. If you use older lenses there will be trade offs you have to make but they also offer advantages. Set the Focus Area to Wide. Another adaptall stand out is the 151B, which is a tiny 17mm. and in my countery is so hard to find a e mount version,and i think buy a canon mount and use it with adapter,these adapters will reduce T stop and sharpness? These are all taken with the fullframe Sony a7 which has a sensor 2.25 times the sizeof your Fuji. Maybe it can make it to your top lenses list , just got myself an OM 1.8/50 and I have a large stack of lenses waiting for a review so yeah i might look at it but not soon. Some adapters made before the introduction of the A7 series were built with the Nex and and APSC format in mind and the opening isnt enough for FF. . and I was quite disappointed how bad focus peaking is even in modern cameras (stills and video) compared to broadcast viewfinders from Sony. I am very happy with the Novoflex adapter so if you are looking for the best solution and dont hesitat to pay good money for it I would go for it. 2. But if you are careful and a bit more experienced your chances of getting bad lenses are very low, I have probably bought over 100 lenses on ebay and I had only four cases were they were in bad condition, three of them could be resolved. I finally switched from my Canon F1 to the A7m2. Der Adapter hat objektivseitig jedoch extrem Spiel, vermutlich mehr als 1mm und erzeugt dadurch bei Einstellung auf Unendlich fr unschrfen ist also praktisch unbrauchbar. I guess Ill have to experiment which feels and works best. I dont want to get OT here, so will leave that for when we can catch up in person! Since manual lenses are so cheap a little experiment isnt very expensive though. So my question have you trialled the E mount 20mm 2.8 pancake lens on an A7? You should definitely be able to see it then. Reviews of Sony gear on the Tangents blog. Thanks for the great review. Thanks Kit and good luck with the a7rII . (I also assume 24 mP is enough since it is 4000*6000 which gives quite a lot of definition) There are mechanical adapters for Minolta A-mount but using them isnt that much fun. i.e. About$500 used at ebay.com* or new Amazon.com*, The Sony a7II is my top pick to get started with manual lenses. As is my habit, I tested the gear, and I had noticed that my method was hobbled. Repair information and service assistance, Keep track of all your products in one location, A place where you can find solutions and ask questions, Please accept Youtube cookies to watch this video. 5. My main focus was available light and dance/theatre work in Sydney in the 80s, and I shot dress rehearsals, so the shutter noise was no problem. 5.When looking through the viewfinder, is it always bright even when the aperture is stopped down to f22? I have to think about this 7artisan 28mm instand of a 21mm. DRO / Auto HDR: Off. The Helios is best known for its swirl-bokeh. Im really thinking about trying this myself. Thank you so much for all of the wonderful reviews and content. No, but usually cheaper It does seems to work with a native FE lens, but that little delay every time I squeeze the shutter kills me. This video is kinda old, so I'd suggest taking a look at an updated video I made on the subject. The picture always turn out washed out. Hi Phillip It can be useful but most often it is not. When shooting fast lenses wide open, I almost never managed to hit correct focus with the Nikon. This will be more expensive but also less risky. It will look fine on the screen but the image is over or under exposed. I started about 5 years ago with manual lenses and some lenses I bough back the cost twice as much today. . Do you own any native lenses and does whichever exposure mode you are using work with them? AF is a sure sign that it wont. I have bought a number of these (24.64) so that I have one per lens. Voigt 15 (waiting) Thank you so much for such a practical, helpful, informative, and inspirational website and set of blogs and images. Hi Phillip, Both are very good optically but the Samyang seems to be not very reliable. . With a fast lens, I sometimes open the lens and use the shallow depth of field to assist before stopping it down to the DOF I want. This led me to experimenting with different lenses. When doing this with Nikon DSRL at exactly same setting, no problem. Great article! the higher the peaking setting, the less selective it will be in highlighting areas which are not really sharp. But one thing you didnt mention there in connection with that (maybe because you feel like Duh) is that when you do focus like that, I find its fastest to focus just about right and then move my head slightly back/forth to get it to just the perfect point. I may make a video on how to because I think that properly calibrated infinity focus is soooo handy i many situations. I wish I have the Leica SL EVF for critical focus. The big problem with Sony FE system compared to fujifilm ,as I see it,is very expensive native lenses ore much more weight. I am awaiting delivery of A7 shortly so I am going to recalibrate them again for A7 + relevant adapters. Any idea how effective the ibis would be while in magnified mode while hand held trying to focus. Getting exif that way is certainly handy. The size of the SLR lenses in general is already a bit compensated by the fact that the single EF to FE adapter attached to the camera takes out 24mm of the length, its weight is 125 grams. My choice is the AF/MF button. 3. Its MUCH more expensive for sure, but its really impressive. Is there any more info, measurements, or pics that I could give you on the lens that might help determine the proper adapter? So as an all rounder nature lens which which wont cost me the earth would you recommend? 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