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Yeats wrote:Do it! If you don't, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
Airmantharp wrote:Yeats wrote:Do it! If you don't, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
I'd have said don't do it-
Airmantharp wrote:Size and image quality is where it's at- that's Sony's coup in the photography market. They wouldn't want to piss off Nikon and Pentax by continuing to compete in the DSLR space, after all .
Yeats wrote:Airmantharp wrote:Size and image quality is where it's at- that's Sony's coup in the photography market. They wouldn't want to piss off Nikon and Pentax by continuing to compete in the DSLR space, after all .
Pentax is in their own weird, unprofitable space, anyway. And Sony was spectacularly unsuccessful in the DSLR market.
Airmantharp wrote:Yeats wrote:Airmantharp wrote:Size and image quality is where it's at- that's Sony's coup in the photography market. They wouldn't want to piss off Nikon and Pentax by continuing to compete in the DSLR space, after all .
Pentax is in their own weird, unprofitable space, anyway. And Sony was spectacularly unsuccessful in the DSLR market.
Yet Sony made, and Pentax makes, truly solid DSLRs/DSLTs. But only Canon knows how to be truly profitable in that market, even when needing a sensor upgrade!
Airmantharp wrote:On light leaks, for the A7/A7R-bound.
lonleyppl wrote:But I love my a7. The 55mm is fantastic (the only better 50-55mm I've seen is the Otus, and that's $4000...). I'd honestly vote for trying out some adapted 35mms before settling on the FE 35mm. If you're using it for architecture and landscapes, AF doesn't really matter, and for the price I think there are better options. Maybe browse some a7 threads to narrow it down.
Word of warning on adapted lenses though, even some old FF lenses vignette like crazy (but the colors are fantastic, as this is straight off of the camera, with no edits, except to brighten it by 1 stop as I accidentally underexposed)
Yeats wrote:Also, sticking with the ungainly K-mount is no longer helping.
Yeats wrote:Interesting. On Pentax Forums some users have been testing Pentax lenses on the Sony A7, and all the pre-digital lenses seem to work very well.
lonleyppl wrote:Yeats wrote:Also, sticking with the ungainly K-mount is no longer helping.
How is the K-mount more ungainly than the E-mount or Canon's EF-S mount? Serious question, as I've been using K-mount lens caps on E-mount lenses, and they're visually pretty similar.
Yeats wrote:
The problem is that the lenses which make Pentax unique - the Limiteds - are generally designed to be physically small lenses. But the K-mount's registration distance is now huge compared with Fuji, Sony, etc. and as a total package a Pentax DSLR + Limited lens is comparatively bulky. K-mount and EF-S have more than twice the flange distance as E-mount and Fuji XF, I think.
Edit: I'm speaking in a purely modern context. I think it's great that every Pentax lens made since 1975 works easily and excellently on any Pentax body, and all those lovely m42 lenses as well, with a cheap adapter.
TheEmrys wrote:Well, I went and did something. I am selling it all and going a7, with the 35, 55, and 24-70. I'll also have the adapter for my trusty beercan 70-210/4 and my 100-300 APO. Now I need to get a good CY adapter for some Contax lenses my friend has.....
Yeats wrote:Airmantharp wrote:On light leaks, for the A7/A7R-bound.
Yeah, Imaging-Resource has been tracking this for a while. Much ado about nothing, except for the cameras-are-gadgets crowd.
lonleyppl wrote:On JPEG quality - oranges, browns and yellows really aren't great straight off the camera. Blues and other cool colors are pretty good. Evidence (RAW | JPEG):
Airmantharp wrote:Yeats wrote:Airmantharp wrote:On light leaks, for the A7/A7R-bound.
Yeah, Imaging-Resource has been tracking this for a while. Much ado about nothing, except for the cameras-are-gadgets crowd.
I was posting the solution, the problem has been tracked for some time, as you said
TheEmrys wrote:lonleyppl wrote:On JPEG quality - oranges, browns and yellows really aren't great straight off the camera. Blues and other cool colors are pretty good. Evidence (RAW | JPEG):
These are characteristics of the lens more than the body.
TheEmrys wrote:But, allegedly there are some where it is a real problem, and Sony is working on a solution. And its an issue with just about every camera brand out there.
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2014/03/the-sky-is-falling-the-light-is-leaking-and-the-a7r-anti-massacree
I'll probably go the scrunchy route for my 35mm. But, if Sony issues a fix, I'll get it. I wonder if they will develop an adhesive gasket that can be stuck on at home. We'll see what happens.
lonleyppl wrote:TheEmrys wrote:lonleyppl wrote:On JPEG quality - oranges, browns and yellows really aren't great straight off the camera. Blues and other cool colors are pretty good. Evidence (RAW | JPEG):
These are characteristics of the lens more than the body.
How do you figure? I've noticed this with all of my lenses. In this case, I'm fairly certain the shot was taken with the Sigma 21-35mm, but I've seen similar results with the kit lens, my Vivitar and my Pentax.