Sony a7(R): Best thing that happened to Canon users this year.

^ Lost AF / IS function / EXIF data etc, are not a big deal; but lost Infinity focus with any adapter will be very very irritable.

I had a camera store owner work his demo charm and try to persuade me to sell off the d800e and get the a7r. It's nice in the hand and the focusing was interesting. He had a 50 Summicron on it and was shooting in monochrome. Then I started reading the reviews. As far as I can tell not much is going to out perform the d800e and zeiss ZF lenses. It's a clean working system from capture to print.

jetcode wrote in post #16622327
I had a camera store owner work his demo charm and try to persuade me to sell off the d800e and get the a7r. It's nice in the hand and the focusing was interesting. He had a 50 Summicron on it and was shooting in monochrome. Then I started reading the reviews. As far as I can tell not much is going to out perform the d800e and zeiss ZF lenses. It's a clean working system from capture to print.

I agree with your assessment. I will say, however, that the a7Rs real magic is in the whole manual focusing experience. On a tripod a DSLR in LiveView is easy to focus, but nothing beats the manual focus tools in the a7R's superb EVF. Really, you should keep the D800E for tripod work and get an a7R for handheld shooting.

More and more I feel that people should use both Canon & Nikon system together to get the best result if possible.

Sony a7 / a7R is best bridge between Canon & Nikon.

For Zeiss lens, I'll stay with Canon EF mount as it get all exif and electronic control of lens, too.

David Arbogast wrote in post #16622474
I agree with your assessment. I will say, however, that the a7Rs real magic is in the whole manual focusing experience. On a tripod a DSLR in LiveView is easy to focus, but nothing beats the manual focus tools in the a7R's superb EVF. Really, you should keep the D800E for tripod work and get an a7R for handheld shooting.

I've gotten pretty good at manual focus without focusing tools. The a7r focus is helpful and it's a better street camera from a functional standpoint but I've been lusting for a Xpan for street and I have a Shen-Hao 6x17 for tripod work.

Zeiss 1.4/35:

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David Arbogast wrote in post #16617200
By the way, I use the x-rite color checker passport to make a Lightroom color profile for my a7 today and I am very pleased with the color rendition of the a7 now. I had had some concerns about certain colors (some of my skies were looking very cyan), but the color profile fixes that to my satisfaction.

I'm glad you're using the X-rite color checker passport. I use it for everything I do. It's an extra step in my workflow to reassure color accuracy.

^^Nice shots there X-Tan. Love the first and third shots.

jdizzle wrote in post #16623332
I'm glad you're using the X-rite color checker passport. I use it for everything I do. It's an extra step in my workflow to reassure color accuracy.

After making a color profile for both my cameras, I created a LR processing preset with some basic settings I prefer as a default, including basic sharpening as well as the camera's color profile. When importing to LR the processing preset is automatically applied, so it really takes a minimal effort to utilize. And it's well worth the effort.

Question: At some point I was out shooting and I must have done something to make the electronic level disappear from the EVF (still shows on the LiveView screen). How do I get that back?

David Arbogast wrote in post #16623686
Question: At some point I was out shooting and I must have done something to make the electronic level disappear from the EVF (still shows on the LiveView screen). How do I get that back?

press the back scroll wheel UP.... and then UP again ad then Up again... until it appears, if it does not, go into the menus and enable it.

dtufino wrote in post #16623705
press the back scroll wheel UP.... and then UP again ad then Up again... until it appears, if it does not, go into the menus and enable it.

That fixed it. Thank you!

David Arbogast wrote in post #16623602
After making a color profile for both my cameras, I created a LR processing preset with some basic settings I prefer as a default, including basic sharpening as well as the camera's color profile. When importing to LR the processing preset is automatically applied, so it really takes a minimal effort to utilize. And it's well worth the effort.

Excellent!! Edit less, shoot more!

More Otus stuff from this afternoon:

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Wow, those are super sharp David. I'm curious though, do you recall what color the walls were? On my monitor, there is a bluish cast to them.