thinking about switching

Got a a7rii and rented the g series 24-70

Wish me luck haha

Nick Aufiero wrote in post #18302618
Got a a7rii and rented the g series 24-70

Wish me luck haha

Nice. The f/2.8 G Master? Did you buy or just renting the A7Rii? (either way, 30-day return policies are very nice - that's how I took an extended test drive of the 5D4, with very high hopes that didn't pan out)

I bought the body and I'm renting the lens. So far after a couple of test shots wide-open I'm not overly impressed with how sharp it is, or isn't but I have it for the whole weekend and I'm gonna shoot it as much as possible. They also have an adapter for my art series lenses so I might just stick with that adapter and keep my 24 in my 50 mm lenses and just work towards the G series 85mm for portraits

I actually haven't purchased any of the Sony zooms for that reason. I've not come across many reviews where the people were actually impressed with the sharpness. Since I don't use it for action, I can live with the slowish AF of adapted lenses.

Yeah I don't need fast auto focus either. I normally shoot prime is for this reason but I figured since I was selling everything and getting made of lenses I would give this a try for the weekend. I'm going to shoot more portrait work with it over the weekend and see how I feel. It would honestly just be for family sessions and stuff instead of having to swap from prime to prime so yeah. I really do want to get the adapter so I could use my art series lenses though but if I do that I won't be getting this 24 to 70 so I've got some contemplating to do

try the 85GM, very impressive if portraits are your thing. Very sharp with very smooth bokeh.

yep that is what I'm saving up for!!

Nick,

I am in a similar boat but I have all Canon glass. I wish I had all the Sigma Art glass now! For now, I am keeping all my current stuff (except the M3 in my sig) and just going to fly with what I've got on the A7Rii. I just got my 35A with MC-11 today and can confirm all of the native focus works. There are still use cases for both cameras, which I think has been discussed. So I'm not currently planning to sell my 5D4. I think the 2 can live in harmony. I do wish I had the Art glass instead of all this Canon glass. I think my Canon zooms will adapt ok, but I wish I had the Art 50, 85 and soon 135. I may still eventually. Maybe not the 85 though as that may be detrimental to my marriage as she got that for my 40th birthday last year.

Semi-related question, since I am in the early stages of a similar decision . . .

I have a Rovelight 600B, and 5 Godox 860's. I have been using the Yongnuo 622C-XC and 622C's for flash control. What type of flash radio controllers would I need to continue to use my flashes with the Sony A7RII?

golfecho wrote in post #18303644
Semi-related question, since I am in the early stages of a similar decision . . .

I have a Rovelight 600B, and 5 Godox 860's. I have been using the Yongnuo 622C-XC and 622C's for flash control. What type of flash radio controllers would I need to continue to use my flashes with the Sony A7RII?

xplor 600, I ditched the RL, it was too cumbersome. Xplor 600, x1s transmitter, extension heads.... golden. Yongnuo's do work, but cumbersome fiddling with settings, so switched all to flashpoint aka godox.

edit: it flashpoint does full ttl and hss seamlessly.

yeah I definitely love my Art series stuff and would love to keep supporting them.

As much as I wanna change over to sony lenses I think I may keep my art series and continue to buy them purely because I wanna get an old school 5DC and use that when I wanna have fun or teach my wife.