Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA Images

navydoc wrote in post #17347796
These are a few scenes I took of the local hobby shop train setup. The one issue I tend to have with my a7r is that the main wheel in the back can be easily bumped and moved. I've kept it for changing iso and in a few cases, like these images, the iso has gotten bumped from auto iso to iso 64. I saw no change in the viewfinder so I kept shooting. It sure makes for some slow shutter speeds.

I should add that the Sony 35mm f2.8 lens has become my go to lens for the most part it seems.

(The 'edit metadata' function doesn't have iso 64 but that's what these were all shot at)

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Lol, looks like depth of field play with a tiltshift lens
I first thought it was!

^Amazing cake!

A friend of mine that I met here at POTN came by my place today.

Just lit by light from the window on his right and overhead florescent lighting.

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Excellent! Super sharp. Perfect looking color and exposure.

I am still deciding what I want to do at 35mm. I had hoped Sony would have already announced and priced the upcoming 35mm f/1.4.

David Arbogast wrote in post #17443145
Excellent! Super sharp. Perfect looking color and exposure.

I am still deciding what I want to do at 35mm. I had hoped Sony would have already announced and priced the upcoming 35mm f/1.4.

Thanks David. I thought it turned out pretty well considering no flash was used.

The thing I like about the 35 f2.8 lens is its diminutive size. Until I see results from the future Sony f1.4 35mm lens, I don't see the advantage to me in wanting to change. I also have a Sigma 35 f1.4 Art lens so I'm familiar with the narrow field of focus but it's a very large, heavy lens and I would assume the Sony lens will be as well...relatively speaking.

navydoc wrote in post #17443241
Thanks David. I thought it turned out pretty well considering no flash was used.

The thing I like about the 35 f2.8 lens is its diminutive size. Until I see results from the future Sony f1.4 35mm lens, I don't see the advantage to me in wanting to change. I also have a Sigma 35 f1.4 Art lens so I'm familiar with the narrow field of focus but it's a very large, heavy lens and I would assume the Sony lens will be as well...relatively speaking.

I heartily agree that the size of this little one is extremely appealing. I only returned mine to reconsider all the upcoming options (I also really like the Loxia 35mm f/2) - from what I've seen it has uniquely beautiful sunstars - and it starts making them at f/2.8. Not sure if I've ever seen that before in a lens.

Another feature of the Sony 35 f2.8 lens that I should have mentioned that appeals to me is the fact that even at such a small size, auto focus is integrated into the lens.


For the image above, auto face detection put a square around his face and when I pressed the 'OK' button, a small green square appeared over his left eye which is the auto eye focus mode.

From the help guide:

Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera ILCE-7/ILCE-7R

Eye AF
Focuses on a person’s eyes when you press the button.

1. MENU →

(Custom Settings) → [Custom Key Settings] → assign the [Eye AF] function to the desired key.

2. Press the key to which you have assigned the [Eye AF] function and focus on the eyes. 3. Press the shutter button while pressing the key.

Depending on the circumstances, the camera may not be able to focus on the eyes. In such cases, the camera detects a face and focuses on the face.
If the camera cannot detect a person’s face, you cannot use [Eye AF].
Depending on the circumstances, you cannot use [Eye AF], such as when [Focus Mode] is set to [Continuous AF] or [Manual Focus], etc.

[Eye AF] may not function in the following situations:

When the person is wearing sunglasses. When the front hair covers the person’s eyes. In low-light or back-lit conditions.
When the eyes are closed.
When the person is in the shade.
When the person is out of focus.

Gene, for the eye focus, if face detection already recognizes the face, you can forego the focus button and straight to eye focus button. Saves a step.

Charlie wrote in post #17443737
Gene, for the eye focus, if face detection already recognizes the face, you can forego the focus button and straight to eye focus button. Saves a step.

Exactly. The camera automatically detects the face with no input from the shooter. Then by pressing the 'OK' button (the default), the eye AF focuses on the eye. A shutter press is all that is now required to make the exposure.