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More from the SAL 135 f1.8

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Another from the FE 28mm

We were watching my girlfriend's parent's dog for a few weeks, Chipper was not a fan. This is about as close as they'd get to getting along

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KayakPhotos wrote in post #17583285
A couple of landscapes from tonight. FD 24mm f2.8 on a7.

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great stuff

A few wildlife while I was waiting for the sun to go down.

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That's some awesome bird action. What lens was it shot with?

Puckman wrote in post #17583486
That's some awesome bird action. What lens was it shot with?

Sony 70-400 G1. It's a very nice lens. I used to shoot wildlife on the 7D with the original 100-400. I sometimes miss the better ergonomics and focus tracking etc., but the image quality with the Sony setup is in a whole different league.

Amazing captures Daniel!

I finaly received my close focus adapter for the Voigtländer 40 1.4. I love it! Having the possibility to focus closer makes the background smooth out completely! This is so great.

Hmmm. .... I've been toying with the idea of one of those myself. Not just for the CV40 but also the Leitz Tele-elmarit 90 too.

davidfarina wrote in post #17583934
I finaly received my close focus adapter for the Voigtländer 40 1.4. I love it! Having the possibility to focus closer makes the background smooth out completely! This is so great.

I got the cheapo garden variety from ebay.... I love it, it totally transforms the lens, and it didnt cost much more than the regular mount. Just cheapo M to E helicoid.

Charlie wrote in post #17583939
I got the cheapo garden variety from ebay.... I love it, it totally transforms the lens, and it didnt cost much more than the regular mount. Just cheapo M to E helicoid.

I got the expensive voigt adapter, because there was nothing i could find on the fast. However at least i can be sure that it is a wellmade thing.

And yeah, it brings the 10% which are missing that lens to make it perfect.

So, I am going to have to go ahead and get the CV 40/1.4 now....Thanks
Been kinda holding off since I bought so many lenses last month. But I did like what I saw of the CV 40 when I used Charlie's one afternoon...

FE 28mm

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Puckman wrote in post #17583969
So, I am going to have to go ahead and get the CV 40/1.4 now....Thanks
Been kinda holding off since I bought so many lenses last month. But I did like what I saw of the CV 40 when I used Charlie's one afternoon...

Hoops sorry.. Lol. You will have fun with that lil lens!

Help me out here guys please. I need to run my latest thinking past you to make sure im doing the right thing.

For those that dont know last year I sold all my canon stuff and bought a Fuji XT1 and lenses as I wanted a smaller setup. I then didnt like the way the files were handled by lightroom so sold all the fuji and bought an A7R and FE 55 and some canon lenses again which I used adapted. I then felt that although the AF was ok with the FE55 in good light it hunted a bit too much in lower light and I was struggling to manually focus my 135L on it (on moving targets). There was also a lack of AF lenses at the time (I felt) and the A7R was a bit "clunky". Adding to that the shutter noise drove me mad and I wasnt happy with moderate to high ISOs. I then bought a 5D3 and eventually sold of the sony stuff as I couldnt justify to myself having so much cost tied up in what was essentially a landscape body for me.

So, fast forward to today. Im now thinking about giving it another go as the A7ii looks to have better layout and AF and then theres the A7s with its amazing ISO ability etc. and im still lusting after that small setup. This has been brought on by the fact I bought a 24-70II and realised how much I hate the weight and the bulk.

Current setup - 5D3, TSE 24 II, 16-35 IS, 24-70II, 35 IS, 40 STM, 50L, 85 1.8, 135L

Im thinking sell the 24-70II and buy an A7ii with the money. Sell the 50L and 40 STM and purchase probably the FE55. Now the idea is that if I find the AF to be acceptable for my needs I could then add the 28 f/2. Then if I was really sure of the setup I could eventually phase out the canon by selling the 16-35 and buying either the sony equivalent or adding the voigtlander 15 III instead (really love the size of that lens). The last to go would be the 5D3, 35 IS and 85 1.8 (Not selling the TSE 24II). With the money from the 5D3 sale I could always add a A7s for low light situations where the A7ii may struggle

Concerns - I LOVE my 5D3 apart from its size. I love the ISO ability and have it on aperture priority and auto ISO most of the time. As noted above I seem to be going in cycles with gear trying to find the perfect setup, im concerned this is another costly example of this.

So the question is am I mental? Is this just GAS? Does my plan make sense?