Sony A7 models with non-Sony lenses

davidfarina wrote in post #17473684
Thats what i mean, f/5... Look at the left lens, it says 200mm and the max aperture i see is f/5

oppps sorry i missed it.

with the Nikkor 105mm at f2

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nikkor 105mm f1.8 wide open

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one more today from the nikkor 105mm f1.8 wide open.

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davidfarina wrote in post #17472326
Yeah, im amazed too at how sharp it can be even wideopen. At least the center looks great at 1.4 when focus nailed!

Btw have you seen my post few posts back about the paintjob i did on it?

Cool images!

Thank ya very much. You guys need to stop posting about this Nokton 40/1.4 though. It's tempting me to try lol

i hear you bud... i'm a victim too Do et!!.....

Spring is just around the corner at my place. I plan on going to the local botanical garden later today (they open at 11:00am) and see what is starting to blossom there as well.

a7r + Canon 70-200 f4 IS. I wish the Sony 90mm macro was being released sooner than July!!

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jocau wrote in post #17473251
Apparently Phillip Reeve has another tip for using manual focus without using focus peaking or focus magnifier although I don't really understand it.

Can someone explain more about Phillip Reeve technique?

this was what he said:

In portrait, I usually want the eye brows sharp. I wanna see every strand so I usually focus there.

Seriously:

Magnify, focus, half-shutter, recompose.

It is just the same when people shot on manual lenses on film bodies except for the magnify...they had a focus screen and had to judge by eye rather than the nice instant "go for the place with the peaking is at".

I think I can probably manual focus a shot on the a7s in around 5 seconds from raising the camera.

I do shoot quite a bit of film mind so that may have helped! I do the same with my medium format with the waist level. You drop the magnifying glass (which is an actual magnifying glass), focus on the thing you want to focus on, push the magnifying glass back in place, compose and then hit the shutter and pray you judged the light right.

It may take some practice, but the results from manual zoomed focus so far for me have well outdone even the 5D MK IIIs auto centre point when it comes to shooting like ISO 12800 F2 1/160:

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Can anyone recommend a M42 > E adapter in the UK preferably please? My C/Y > E is okay but has a little play on the camera mount end. Or is that the norm regardless?

^Really noisy. Cool building.

Yeah, I just applied a preset because I was lazy.

Re-uploaded.

Still a bit noisy, especially in the sky but I really like the color tones of the shot. Nice find and shot.