Sony A7 models with non-Sony lenses

Thanks for the input. Next time I'm in the vicinity of B&H, I'll see if I could exchange, although Metabones IV sells off like hotcakes and there's no guarantee there would be one in stock to try out and exchange. Or I could perhaps ask them to send exchange prior to returning.

In the meantime, this evening's test shots:

Eugene I use medium for focus peeking with the color set to red. In terms of zoom yes you can zoom in during focus.

I have set the Af/mf button as focus magnifier. You can do this under Menu-> Settings (cog symbol) ->tab 6 -> custom key settings. Then all you do is press that button to zoom in twice. You can also move the focus location by using the the scroll wheels.

I have also set the magnification time to unlimited. Menu-> Settings (cog symbol) -> tab 1 -> focus magnif. Time -> no limit.

Congrats Eugene!

a7R + Zeiss 55mm

Eugene, Congrats! I'm interested in your findings as I can't decide between another 24 tse or a 16-35 f/4. Will hopefully be purchasing next week

who needs a zoom lens? lol

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that's what a manual focus is capable of... it's hard to AF a subject thats small when you're far away.

navydoc wrote in post #17110385
This is as close as I've been able to come to shooting the St. George Temple in sunny, blue sky conditions. Maybe a third time will be the charm although I have no plans to visit again soon. We ran into mostly cloudy skies with occasional thunder storms just as we did on the last visit a couple of weeks ago.

a7r + FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS

Nice Gene!

David Arbogast wrote in post #17110431
^Love the temple shot - the white looks so crisp.

a7R + TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II:

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Reflecting at Lake Buteo by David Arbogast, on Flickr

Good reflection David. Seems like a mosquito's dream

vinmunoz wrote in post #17110947
who needs a zoom lens? lol

cropped version.

vinmunoz wrote in post #17110947
who needs a zoom lens?

Ha-ha.. excellent

Love the resolution on this camera

I only found out you can actually force crop mode regardless of the lens , I realised you could put crop E lenses on and it would auto change , but didn't know it could be forced on with any lens - Yeah it reduced the resolution but it was great for a zoo visit effectively magnifying my 70-200.

And if you need to get a bit better high iso performance out of the A7r just down sample to 12 MP in an emergency situation.

and you get the ISO performance of the A7S.....

vipergts831 wrote in post #17110487
Eugene I use medium for focus peeking with the color set to red. In terms of zoom yes you can zoom in during focus.

I have set the Af/mf button as focus magnifier. You can do this under Menu-> Settings (cog symbol) ->tab 6 -> custom key settings. Then all you do is press that button to zoom in twice. You can also move the focus location by using the the scroll wheels.

I have also set the magnification time to unlimited. Menu-> Settings (cog symbol) -> tab 1 -> focus magnif. Time -> no limit.

Great hack, thank you!
I went ahead and ordered 3 more Metabones adapter with hopes that one would fit right. By the way, what's shipped with the adapter? My order came inside a plastic carrying case in a flimsy Metabones cardboard box (of course, B&H packaged it inside bubble wrap and their sturdy box); inside the carrying case were two hex wrenches and two small rubber caps, adapter with caps and a tripod mount. No printed instructions. Sounds about right or am I missing something? It had a feel of 'returned item' when I first saw the box.

vinmunoz wrote in post #17111164
and you get the ISO performance of the A7S.....

not really. A7s looks to hold ISO well past 12800, where the A7r just crumbles at that iso and beyond.

Mu Eugene wrote in post #17111195
Great hack, thank you!
I went ahead and ordered 3 more Metabones adapter with hopes that one would fit right. By the way, what's shipped with the adapter? My order came inside a plastic carrying case in a flimsy Metabones cardboard box (of course, B&H packaged it inside bubble wrap and their sturdy box); inside the carrying case were two hex wrenches and two small rubber caps, adapter with caps and a tripod mount. No printed instructions. Sounds about right or am I missing something? It had a feel of 'returned item' when I first saw the box.

Nope sounds about right. Version IV of the adapter looks like this:

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Charlie wrote in post #17111251
not really. A7s looks to hold ISO well past 12800, where the A7r just crumbles at that iso and beyond.

when downsampling to 12mp, it does look similar.

this is even with A6000 only at 25600 ISO with a little ETTR.
sorry for posting it here in this thread....

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Charlie wrote in post #17111251
not really. A7s looks to hold ISO well past 12800, where the A7r just crumbles at that iso and beyond.

He is saying it off my comment. When you downsample an A7r file to 12 MP you get pretty good ISO results. Almost comparable. I had both cameras and can attest to it. Here is DPReviews comparison of downsampling A7r and 5dmkIII to the 12 mp of the A7s.

http://www.dpreview.co​m …s-a7r-vs-canon-eos-5d-iii

This lines up exactly with what i saw when i had both cameras:

This is why i wont hesitate to shoot at high isos in a pinch. I just need to remember i am effectively going to shoot a 12mp image. I can live with that in those circumstances