Sony A7x lounge

another one from the set....

https://photography-on-the.net …p?p=18023686&i=​i226667351

Sony A7II & Contax N 24-85mm

Got some much needed shooting

vincent thomas bridge

The first I heard about this, Sony has major damage to sensor production factory.

http://www.sonyalpharu​mors.com …ue-the-earthquake-damage/

Charlie wrote in post #18023727
Got some much needed shooting

vincent thomas bridge

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Cool. What's holding the sphere up?

mystik610 wrote in post #18023783
Cool. What's holding the sphere up?

it's a small glass holder that I ghettoshopped out. Really should have taken an exposure without the glass holder to do a cleaner photoshop job.

Looks like you did good Charlie
No shooting for me this weekend. Busy with family stuff. Although I could probably go out tonight if you're up for it.

Charlie wrote in post #18023786
it's a small glass holder that I ghettoshopped out. Really should have taken an exposure without the glass holder to do a cleaner photoshop job.

I can't really tell where the holder was so it works!

Need some advice. I sold my boat last night (nothing fancy just a small fishing boat that I got £500 for) and can't decide what lens to 'invest' the money into. I've been back and forward constantly for weeks with the voigtlander 15 e mount and the Batis 18. The voigtlander is £650 and the Batis is £1190 so a fair difference in cost. The voigtlander is appealing due to its size as I could add it to my bag and not add much more bulk and the Batis is appealing as it takes filters and I love my other Batis lenses. I have also considered swapping my canon 16-35 for the Sony but more recently thought about getting rid of the zoom completely as I shoot it mostly at 16 so could make do with the Batis 18 and 25 for my landscapes.

Thoughts?

Eddie, there are quality control issues with the Voightlander 15 right now. Maybe the new batch will be better. It looks like a very nice lens though. Perfect size with the Sony a series bodies. I would go for the Batis 18 as will complement you 25 nicely. It can also serve as an astrophotography lens.

Batis 18 is back-ordered though.

xpfloyd wrote in post #18023813
Need some advice. I sold my boat last night (nothing fancy just a small fishing boat that I got £500 for) and can't decide what lens to 'invest' the money into. I've been back and forward constantly for weeks with the voigtlander 15 e mount and the Batis 18. The voigtlander is £650 and the Batis is £1190 so a fair difference in cost. The voigtlander is appealing due to its size as I could add it to my bag and not add much more bulk and the Batis is appealing as it takes filters and I love my other Batis lenses. I have also considered swapping my canon 16-35 for the Sony but more recently thought about getting rid of the zoom completely as I shoot it mostly at 16 so could make do with the Batis 18 and 25 for my landscapes.

Thoughts?

If you're not in a rush, maybe wait for the samyang 14? Not really a compact option, but not Zeiss expensive either. Too many compromises for the FE mount voitglander, and it isn't exactly a cheap lens either.

digital_AM wrote in post #18023830
Eddie, there are quality control issues with the Voightlander 15 right now. Maybe the new batch will be better. It looks like a very nice lens though. Perfect size with the Sony a series bodies. I would go for the Batis 18 as will complement you 25 nicely. It can also serve as an astrophotography lens.

Batis 18 is back-ordered though.

I'm ok playing the lottery a few times if I go the voigtlander route, the Batis 18 was in stock in the uk everywhere but I checked again tonight and it's back ordered everywhere. I normally have a 3 lens walkabout setup and a separate dedicated landscape bag. I don't mind bigger heavier lenses in the landscape bag but like to keep the bag size down for the general walkabout. Currently that bag contains Batis 25, fe55,Batis 85. My thoughts are that I could sneak the voigtlander in there too without having to increase the bag size (which I want to avoid) but the Batis 18 would live in my landscape bag and only go out when I was specifically taking landscapes. On the flip side the Batis seems the better IQ and is filter friendly.

Maybe I need a bigger bag

mystik610 wrote in post #18023872
If you're not in a rush, maybe wait for the samyang 14? Not really a compact option, but not Zeiss expensive either. Too many compromises for the FE mount voitglander, and it isn't exactly a cheap lens either.

I already have the Samyang 14 canon mount in my landscape bag and the fe mount version doesn't actually interest me that much As wouldn't need the af and it will likely be more expensive than the one I have. But again not being filter friendly this lens is basically a nightscape lens to me.

If the voigtlander had a removable hood I would probably have bought it already. I really can't decide what to do. It's seems I'm either get the Batis 18 and lose the zoom vs keep the zoom and add the voigtlander

Just order the Batis 18mm. Might not be the easiest answer, but it is the best answer.

And do yourself a favor and get a ND Throttle to use with your 14mm. That makes it very "filter friendly" and will make your 14mm much more useful to you.

I'm in almost the same boat. Here's my current leanings.

I ordered the Batis 25.
I will add the Batis 85 to my walkabout bag eventually.
I already have the FE 55 to complete that trifecta.

I will probably get rid of the Canon 16-35 (as much as that pains me) and order the Batis 18

I do own the CV 15 (M-mount version) and it's a fantastic and compact lens. I will probably keep it for now, and re-evaluate once I have my hands on the Batis 18. One option is to replace the 15 with the 10mm since the 15 and 18 are close in FL.
I would dump the CV 15 if I was keeping the 16-35, but I almost never use that anymore as I tend to use it mostly as a 16mm lens (and use the Sigma 35/1.4 for the 35 FL). So in that sense, getting rid of the 16-35 makes sense.